May 19, 2014 at 6:30 PM - Regular School Board Meeting
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1. CALL TO ORDER
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2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
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4. OPEN FORUM
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5. LE SUEUR - HENDERSON SCHOOL DISTRICT RECOGNIZES
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5.1. Donations & Grants Received
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5.2. Congratulations to the Le Sueur - Henderson Students who Received Excellence or Superior Ratings at the MSHSL Visual Arts Competition.
Presenter:
Bill Floyd
Description:
Shane Boehne (Gr. 11) - Superior: Drawing
Emily Eibs (Gr. 11) - Superior: Drawing Excellence: Painting Superior: Mixed Media Breanna Hill (Gr. 11) - Excellence: Drawing John Paul Sosa (Gr. 12) - Excellence: Drawing Kaley Tappe (Gr. 11) - Superior and Best of Category: Painting Superior: Craft Ellie Tiegs (Gr. 9) - Superior: Drawing Excellence: Printmaking Selena Wiederich (Gr. 12) - Superior: Mixed Media |
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6. CONSENT AGENDA
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6.1. District Office Consent Items
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6.1.1. Minutes of May 5, 2014 Regular School Board Meeting.
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6.2. Business Office Consent Items
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6.2.1. Treasurer's Report
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6.2.2. Bills and Claims in the Amount of $636,448.90 Subject to Annual Audit
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6.2.3. Recommendation to Declare the 1980 Riding Lawn Mower as Obsolete.
Description:
The mower is not working. A student of Mr. Vrklan's has offered to pay $100 for the mower.
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6.3. Personnel Consent Items
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6.3.1. Recommendation to Approve Resignation of Custodian, Mike Tiegs.
Description:
Approval is recommended. We thank Mr. Tiegs for his service to the district.
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6.3.2. Recommendation to Approve Resignation of Preschool Teacher, Katie Waibel.
Description:
Approval is recommended. We thank Ms Waibel for her service to the district.
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6.3.3. Recommendation to Approve Rita Kramer-Curtin as High School Summer School Teacher.
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.4. Recommendation to Approve Ann Zeiher as High School Summer School Teacher.
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.5. Recommendation to Approve Cathy Schluter as High School Summer School Teacher.
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.6. Recommendation to Approve Sherri Fritz as High School Summer School Teacher.
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.7. Recommendation to Approve Brad Propp as High School Summer School Teacher.
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.8. Recommendation to Approve Jennifer Hovick as High School Summer School Teacher.
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.9. Recommendation to Approve Elke Braun as High School Summer School Paraprofessional.
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.10. Recommendation to Approve Patricia Krekelberg as High School Summer School Paraprofessional.
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.11. Recommendation to Approve Laura Lindell as Elementary ESL Teacher Contingent upon Successful Background Check.
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.12. Recommendation to Approve Justine Schrader as District Technology Integration Specialist Contingent upon Successful Background Check.
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.13. Recommendation to Approve Jackie Madden as DCD Summer School Teacher (K-5) Contingent upon Successful Background Check.
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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7. REPORTS
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7.1. Program Reports
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7.1.1. Food Service
Presenter:
Jeff Morris & Judy Cameron
Description:
Representatives from Taher will be with us to update us on how the food service program has done over the past year.
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7.2. Other Reports
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7.2.1. Community Education 2014-15 Budget Report.
Presenter:
Layne Wilbright
Description:
Mr. Wilbright will present the proposed 2014-15 Community Education budget.
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7.3. Committee Reports
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7.3.1. Finance & Facilities 5-7-14
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7.3.2. Human Resources 5-8-14
Presenter:
Henry Endres
Description:
The Human Resources committee is in ongoing negotiation with Local 3290 and the LSHEA. We will update our progress.
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7.3.3. Outreach Committee 5-12-14
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8. OLD BUSINESS
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8.1. Consideration to Approve Transportation Contract Extension with 4.0 Bus Services.
Presenter:
Rich Hanson
Description:
We have successfully negotiated a contract extension with 4.0 Bus Service that will provide a savings of nearly $35,000 in the 2014-15 school year as well as additional savings in future years. Outside of annual adjustments that are made due to changing ridership, the contract revisions will be accomplished without impacting the lengths of bus rides or the times students are picked up and dropped off.
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8.2. Consideration to Approve the Following Budget Items:
Reconfigure Transportation Contract & Routes Supplement Pre-School Program Reduce MS/HS 1:1 Implementation Funds Reduce Elementary Reading Books - Due to Curriculum Re-Allocate Community Information Coordinator Funding
Presenter:
Rich Hanson
Description:
Approval is recommended by the administrative team and the Finance and Facilities committee for the listed items. With the exception of the Pre-School Program supplement, all of these approvals will result in cost savings for next year.
The only item remaining on the list for consideration for approval is the continuation of the AVID program. The AVID program continues to be supported, but due to some recent changes in leadership at the regional level, some adjustments are going to need to be made. These changes will result in equal or less cost than is currently being proposed. Mr. Enerson will also be sharing information at our Work Session about how AVID has benefited not only the students in AVID, but the students overall. |
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8.3. Discussion of Plans for School Board and Administration for Moving Forward.
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele & Rich Hanson
Description:
Board Chair Nikki Kiemele, Henry Endres and Supt. Hanson have been researching strategies for us to use as a School Board and Administrative team to grow and continue to move foreword. We will share those ideas and have discussion.
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9. NEW BUSINESS
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9.1. Consideration to Approve Food Service Management Contract.
Presenter:
Rich Hanson
Description:
The Food Service bids will be opened and review on Friday,. May 16 at 2:00 PM in the District Office. A recommendation will be forwarded to the Board to act on.
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9.2. Consideration to Award / Refuse Garbage Quotes for 2014-15 and 2015-16 School Years.
Presenter:
Rich Hanson
Description:
LJP submitted the low bid for refuse collection for the 2014-16 school years. LJP is our current service provider and we have been pleased with their performance. Approval of the bid is recommended.
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10. BOARD MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS / IDEAS EXCHANGE
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10.1. Discussion of Committees Working on Board Committee Improvement Plans.
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
Description:
As a part of our 2013-14 Improvement Plan, all Board committees also had areas of improvement to address. As a whole, we have not focused on those areas of improvement as much as we need to. We need to determine a plan of action so we continue to keep focus on the areas we have identified.
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10.2. Discussion in Regards to Holding Listening Sessions Prior to Regular Board Meetings.
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
Description:
We had several Board members recently attend the MSBA Phase IV training. An idea that came from the training was a different approach to our current Open Forum that would allow for more interaction and discussion between citizens, Board members and the Superintendent. We would like to discuss and consider this change in format.
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10.3. Annual End of the Year Staff Recognition Breakfast.
Presenter:
Rich Hanson
Description:
Our annual end of the year recognition breakfast will be held on Friday, June 6 at 7:30 AM in the MS/HS commons. All Board members are invited and encouraged to attend.
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11. NEXT MEETING INFORMATION
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11.1. Schedule of Upcoming Meetings
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12. ADJOURN
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