May 8, 2017 at 6:30 PM - Regular

Description:  Demuth, Habben, Hesse, Humbert, Schurman, and Wesenberg. 

Student Members:  Lisa Volkers, Tayler Dingmann, and Nick Warne.

Description:  The Board Chair will lead the board and attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Description:  Board action to approve the agenda for the meeting is expected.

Description:  The agenda is open to visitors of the meeting to offer comments to and/or requests of the school board. The comments and requests should follow the adopted district guidelines which are printed and available at the meeting.

Description:  This agenda item allows for comment and updates from the student representatives.  The more formal report opportunity remains the second meeting of the month, but opportunity to share information is also afforded at this meeting.

Description:  Action is requested on the following items of the consent agenda. Consent agenda items are typically adopted without discussion of the individual items because they are routine or ordinary in action.  Any consent agenda item may be removed for further discussion and deliberation by any member of the board.

Description:   Amy Fink submitted a letter of resignation in March with an effective date at the end of the current school year.  Amy has now submitted a new letter of resignation with an adjusted effective date of May 5, 2017.  Because of the adjusted date of resignation, it is recommended that the new letter be accepted to confirm the end of service.

Description:  Stephanie Hillman, Community Ed Director has submitted a recommendation for an increase in hours for Cindy Voigt as a ECSE Paraprofessional to meet the needs of Special Education students that are riding the bus to school and arriving early.

Principal Jenson has submitted a recommendation for Meaghan Baynes to fill the Chemistry position at the High School for the 2017-2018 school year.  This would fill the vacancy created with the resignation of Jacob Zetah.

Principal Jenson has submitted a recommendation for Bob Stein to fill the Reading Interventionist position at the Secondary Schools for the 2017-2018 school year.  This would fill the vacancy created with Suzanne Schlangen moving to another building.

Recommend approval of the personnel items as outlined.

Description:  With the hire of the new Buildings and Grounds Director Brent Neisinger, the District Office is recommending that Ken Kraemer be retained to provide some support services during the transition time as Brent becomes familiar with ROCORI. The proposed agreement with Mr. Kraemer includes up to 20 days of transition time with the bulk in immediate transition but allowance to provide support over an extended time.  The District will also need Mr. Kraemer's Chief Boilers' License until Mr. Neisinger can fully complete and obtain his license.

Desired Outcome:  Assist in an effective transition for the new Buildings and Grounds Director.

Recommendation:  Approval of the agreement for services with Ken Kraemer.

Description:  Adjusting the pay rate for classified and paraprofessional substitutes has been on the improvement/reduction form that has been brought to the Board in the budget discussions.  The School Board traditionally sets the rate of substitute compensation through Board action.  

Desired Outcome:  Establish the classified and paraprofessional substitute pay rates for 2017-18.

Recommendation:  Approve the rates of pay as presented.

Description:  Bid opening for a roofing project was held on April 26, 2017.  The project is consistent with the information shared with the Facilities and Grounds Committee, the Long-Term Facilities Maintenance (LTFM) plan, and the information shared by previous Buildings and Grounds Director Aaron Pilarski. The results of that bid opening are included in the exhibits.  

Desired Outcome:  Approval of the roofing project.

Recommendation:  Accept the bid from McDowell which provided the lowest proposal for the work.

Description:  Discussion items receive individual attention because of the nature of the issues and the need for
introductory or other discussion in order to review the information prior to taking action. This is also
the agenda location for items which simply need school board review, but no formal action on the item
is required. Discussion items will typically return to the agenda at a future point for more specific
action.

Description:  The Policy Review committee has worked with a variety of policies, primarily from Chapter 8, and is sharing the information for board consideration.  

Description:  Several policies are brought to the School Board for initial consideration in the review process.  As the process has been revised, the Committee is asking the School Board to determine the next steps with the policies.  The question is whether or not the policies are acceptable as they are written or if they should be referred back to the Policy Review Committee for revision and review.  These policies are the final policies in Chapter 8.

Description:  The Policy Review Committee has completed work on several policies.  

The Committee work has replaced a current policy, Graduation Standards Implementation, with a new policy, Assessment of Student Achievement.  The new policy is based on MSBA Model Policy language.  Because this is new, this should be considered the first reading of the policy.  It will return before the board for two additional readings.

Policy 2-12 is offered as a first reading.  The policy is based on MSBA Model language for School Board committees.  The district has not had a policy on School Board Committees in the past so this is a new policy for ROCORI.  As a new policy, this would be the first reading.

Desired Outcome:  First reading of the new policies based on MSBA models.

Recommendation:  This is the first reading; no formal action is required.

Description:  Several policies are at the stage of second reading.  At the previous meeting, an MSBA Model Policy (Equal Education Opportunity) was introduced as a replacement for previous policies 8-9, Multicultural Gender-Fair Curriculum Policy and 8-11, Schools and Individual Religious Diversity.  The new policy would take the number 8-9 but would consolidate the policies into a single item.

In addition, several policies that were originally considered by the School Board had been referred back to the Policy Review Committee for additional revision.  Those policies are now returning to the school board in what would be considered a second reading.  The policies have experienced some revisions during the Committee work.  These policies will return to the full School Board for a third and final reading at the next meeting.

Desired Outcome:  Second reading of the policies included.  Any further adjustments or revisions to the policies should be offered at this time.

Recommendation:  No formal action is required on the policies at this time.  They will return under the consent agenda at the next meeting for adoption.

Description:  Members of the Administrative Team are expected to submit reports based on a schedule distributed among the team.  The reports are written and offered for board information.  The reports during the first meeting of the month are expected from the Academic team including principals and curriculum leaders.

Description:  A calendar of upcoming issues of concern to the school board is included as part of the agenda.