March 16, 2015 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. COMPAS Anthology - Hilltop Elementary Students
Presenter:
Bill Floyd
Description:
Hilltop Elementary Students Jacob Eibs, Harriet (Hattie) Tuck, and Sophie Klehr will have poem's they have written in the Compas Anthology.
Jacob Eibs - Untitled Hattie Tuck - Finding Out Sophie Klehr - The Great Day |
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5.2. 2014-15 MRC All Conference - Boys Basketball
Presenter:
Bill Floyd
Description:
All Conference
Senior - Luke Smith - Point Guard Senior - Jordan Kahlow - Shooting Guard Senior - Riley McGraw - Center Honorable Mention Junior - Tyler Eccles - Forward
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5.3. Don Marcussen - MRC Boys Basketball "Coach of the Year"
Presenter:
Bill Floyd
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5.4. Jordan Kahlow - MRC MVP - Boys Basketball
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5.5. 2014-15 MRC All Conference - Girls Basketball
Presenter:
Bill Floyd
Description:
All Conference
Senior - Kayla Stowell - Guard Honorable Mention Junior - Carlie Brandt - Guard
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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 March 2, 2015 Regular Meeting
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Approval is Recommended.
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6.1.2. Minutes of March 4, 2015 Special Meeting
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.2. Business Office Consent Items
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6.2.1. Treasurer's Report
Presenter:
Lisa Steinborn
Description:
Approval is Recommended
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6.2.2. Consideration to Approve Bills and Claims in the Amount of $682,926.83 Subject to Annual Audit.
Description:
Approval is Recommended.
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6.3. Personnel Items
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6.3.1. Consideration to Approve New Superintendent Contract with Brian Gersich.
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.2. Consideration of Resolution Relating to the Termination and Nonrenewal of the Teaching Contract of Probationary Teacher
Presenter:
Rich Hanson
Description:
Teaching positions currently filled by teachers teaching using a variance (one year licence) must be reopened and posted for the upcoming school year. We currently have three teachers that fall into this category. Due to the laws and regulations we must follow, these three teachers need to be nonrenewed. The positions will be advertised and we will follow our hiring process to fill these positions. All three teachers are able to reapply. Approval is recommended.
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6.3.2.1. Jenifer Biss
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.2.2. Catherine Goettl
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.2.3. Kyle Savage
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.3. Recommendation to Approve Volunteer Baseball Coach, Jordan Sinell.
Description:
Approval is recommended.
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6.3.4. Recommendation to Hire Craig Hink and Cedric Schluter as Assistant Golf Coach.
Description:
Approval is Recommended.
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6.3.5. Recommendation to Hire Travis Evenson as 8th Grade Baseball Coach.
Description:
Approval is Recommended.
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7. REPORTS
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7.1. Other Reports
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7.1.1. World's Best Workforce
Presenter:
Christine McDonald
Description:
World's Best Workforce is a required document of the Minnesota Department of Education. This is the first year of the requirement as it replaces the former Curriculum and Instruction Report. Ms. McDonald will share a summary of the document and the process used to compile it.
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7.1.1.1. Consideration to Approve the World's Best Workforce.
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
Description:
Approval is Recommended.
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7.2. Committee Reports
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7.2.1. Human Resources 3-2-15
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
Description:
The Human Resources committee met and reviewed the process of termination and nonrenewal of probationary teachers. The committee recommended approval of termination and nonrenewal of probationary teachers, Jenifer Biss, Catherine Goettl, and Kyle Savage.
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7.2.2. Human Resources 3-12-15
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8. OLD BUSINESS
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8.1. Consideration to change April 20, 2015 start time to 6:00 PM and location to Hilltop Elementary.
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
Description:
In order to accommodate the time we need for our Work Session with Dennis Cheesebrow and to replace a meeting we moved from Hilltop to the Middle/High School on March 2, it is recommended we move our April 20 Regular Board Meeting and Work Session to 6:00 PM at Hilltop Elementary School.
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9. NEW BUSINESS
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9.1. Consideration to Approve the First Reading of the Listed Policies.
Presenter:
Bill Floyd
Description:
In December we received 25 policies that had been revised and updated by MSBA. Seventeen of those policies are ones we have approved in the past year as a part of our comprehensive policy review. Eight polices are ones we have not yet done an initial review. Since the policies had been revised, we needed to put them through our review process again. For the most part, the revisions bring the polices into compliance with recent law changes. Some changes are only a word or two in the entire policy. The polices listed are the policies that have been re-reviewed by the Policy Committee and are recommending approval of.
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9.2. Consideration to Approve the 2015 -16 School Calendar.
Presenter:
Rich Hanson
Description:
The administration and representatives of the LSHEA have been working since December to gather input, and design the 2015-16 LSH School Calendar. The committee recommends approval of the 2015-16 school calendar.
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9.3. Consideration to Grant Initial Approval of Overnight Field Trip to Eagle Bluff for Hilltop Elementary Students.
Presenter:
Christa Luna
Description:
The first (in recent years) Eagle Bluff Trip was taken last year, and was a very positive experience for all. Approval of the trip is recommended.
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10. BOARD MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS / IDEAS EXCHANGE
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10.1. Retail & Business Expo
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
Description:
This year’s display will be “Meet your School Board”. The event is March 26, 2015 beginning at 3:00 PM in the Valley Green Square Mall.
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10.2. MS/HS Showcase Gala
Presenter:
Nikki Kiemele
Description:
In past years school board members greeted the public at the gala. The Gala is Tuesday, March 17 from 6 to 7:30 at LSH. If any of you wish to participate it would be appreciated!
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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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