May 21, 2018 at 6:30 PM - Regular
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1. CALL TO ORDER
Presenter:
Habben, Board Chair
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Demuth, Habben, Hesse, Humbert, Schurman, and Wesenberg.
Student Reprresentatives
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2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Presenter:
Habben, Board Chair
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The School Board Chair will lead the board and attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Presenter:
Habben, Board Chair
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Board action to approve the agenda for the meeting is expected.
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4. COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FROM VISITORS
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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. As a general rule, items introduced in the opportunity for comments and requests do not receive action from the School Board, but are taken under advisement or consideration for future action.
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4.A. SCREENAGERS
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4.B. STUDENT SENATE REPORT
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The student representatives to the School Board will be offered
opportunity to update the Board members about Student Senate activities
or other items of interest and concern during this session of the
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5. FFA PROGRAM
Description:
Some parents of students involved in the FFA program have asked to speak to the School Board regarding their concerns on the direction of the program for the next school year.
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6. CONSENT ITEMS
Presenter:
Habben, Board Chair
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.
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6.A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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The minutes from the Regular meeting of April 23, 2018 and the Special Meeting of May 17, 2018 are included in the exhibits.
Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.
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6.B. TREASURER REPORT
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Board Treasurer Jason Wesenberg will have reviewed financial information for the board. This information is included in the Treasurer's Report.
Approval of Treasurer’s Report is recommended.
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6.C. APPROVAL OF BILLS
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Treasurer Wesenberg will have been at the school site to review bills, ask questions, and confirm information prior to the meeting.
Recommendation is to approve bill payment subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.
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6.D. EMPLOYMENT
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Principal Jenson has submitted a recommendation for Julia Slivnik as a 1.0 FTE Math Teacher (replacing Chelsie Stenzel), Jenna Volkers as a 1.0 FTE Science Teacher (replacing Meaghan Baynes), and Ty Zilken as a 1.0 FTE Industrial Tech Teacher (replacing Warren Christie) at the Secondary Schools for the 2018-2019 school year.
Principal Skanson has submitted a recommendation for Mitch Beaudry as a 1.0 FTE Special Education Teacher (replacing Cherie Eickhoff), Jason Teig as the Long Term Substitute in the EL Program (replacing Gwen Anderson, and Parvenah Trobec as a 1.0 FTE EL teacher (new postition) at Cold Spring Elementrary for the 2018-2019 school year. Principal Skanson has submitted a recommendation for Breanne Nelsen as a Long Term Substitute for the Media Specialist at Cold Spring Elementary beginning April 30th and continuing through the rest of the 2017-2018 school year. Food Service Director Barker has submitted a list of employees for the Summer Feeding Program. Principal Jenson is requesting to increase assignments for Renee Bacon (.14 FTE Business) and Kale Seifert (.083 FTE Math) and an additional Social Studies (1.0 FTE) position at the Middle School for the 2018-2019 school year. These requests are to fill the needs after registration was completed. Director Stephanie Hillman is requesting additional time for two of her Paraprofessionals and two other to be named. These would be to fill the needs after a change in programming has offered more time for the community. Director Stephanie Hillman is recommending Erin Peterson as an Early Childhood Teacher (replacing a nonrenewal), Grace Acheson as a Lifeguard for the swim lessons, and Olivia Tronbak as a Kid Care Aide at the District Education Facility for the 2018-2019 school year. Assistant Principal Guetter has submitted a recommendation for Derek Ruff (replacing a nonrenewal) and Levi Peterson (new position) as 1.0 Social Studies teachers at the Secondary Schools for the 2018-2019 school year. Director Neisinger has submitted a recommendation for Scott Larson as the 30 hour Custodian at the DEF. This position was approved last December and has now been filled. Recommend approval of the offers of employment to the candidates.
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6.E. RESIGNATION
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Nathan Klein, Language Arts Teacher at the Secondary Schools, has submitted a letter of resignation effective at the end of the 2017-2018 school year.
Judith Steil, Elementary Teacher at Richmond Elementary, has submitted a letter of resignation for retirement purposes effective at the end of the 2017-2018 school year. Judith has served the students of ROCORI for 31 years. Recommend acceptance of the resignation letter.
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6.F. LEAVE OF ABSENCE
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Leah Anderson, EL Teacher at the Secondary Schools has submitted a request for a leave of absence from September 2, 2018 through November 28, 2018.
Mike Rowe, Instructional Coach, has submitted a request for a three year leave of absence renewable every year. Recommendation: Approve the requests for the leave of absence as outlined.
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6.G. POLICY CONSIDERATION
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Policies are submitted on the consent agenda for third and final readings.
The policy at this meeting is the Wellness Policy. The description of a school day needed to be changed to be in compliance with the requirements by MDE. The policy is submitted for one reading only to approve the change. The policy, as approved, become ROCORI District policy. Recommend adoption of the policy.
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7. ACTION ITEMS
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Action items receive individual attention because of the nature of the issues, the need to discuss or review the information prior to taking action, or the specific kind of action required for the item.
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7.A. APPROVAL OF PAYMENT TO BSN SPORTS, INC
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Check #98515 in the amount of $545.18.
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7.B. APPROVAL OF PAYMENT TO COLD SPRING BAKERY
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Check #98525 in the amount of $7.29.
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7.C. APPROVAL OF PAYMENT TO US GAMES
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Check #98629 in the amount of $1,812.48
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7.D. EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
Description:
The Board Negotiators have been negotiating and meeting with the Paraprofessionals, members of the Classified group, Program Managers, and various Administrators. The proposals for each group are included in the attachments. There is also a Memorandum of Understanding with the Principals to add the Activities Director to the group.
Recommendation: Approval of each agreement as written.
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7.E. BUDGET
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Director of Business Service Bertram is expected to share an update on the 2017-2018 budget.
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8. DISCUSSION ITEMS
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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.
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8.A. SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH WITH SCHOOL EXEC CONNECT
Description:
David Vick and Dr Kenneth Dragseth from School Exec Conncect will be present to share information on the process and timelines for the Superintendent search for ROCORI.
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8.B. BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Description:
Director of Buildings and Grounds Neisinger is expected to be present to share information on the activities in his department.
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8.B.1. LEAD IN WATER PLAN
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Director of Building and Grounds Neisinger has provided a plan for Management of Lead-in-Water that was developed by IEA, our Health and Safety Consultants. This plan will need to be approved before July 1, 2018 as required by state statute.
No formal action is required at this time but the plan will return for formal approval at the next meeting.
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8.B.2. LONG TERM FACILITIES MAINTENANCE
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The Director of Buildings and Grounds will present on our ten year Long Term Facilities Maintenance plan. The forms submitted to MDE will be provided at a meeting in June for approval.
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8.C. QCOMP PLAN
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Members of the PLAT committee are expected to share information on the work of the PLAT committee and the QComp plan.
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8.D. 2019 TRIP TO COSTA RICA
Description:
Brian Herrig, Spanish Teacher at the Secondary Schools has submitted a proposal for a trip to Costa Rica in the summer of 2019 for eligible Spanish class students. The process in the past is for the proposal to come to you for a discussion and come back at another meeting for formal action.
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9. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS
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9.A. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS
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Administrative reports are requested of each administrator for update purposes.
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9.A.1. ACADEMIC REPORTS
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The reports during the first meeting of the month are expected from the Academic team including principals and curriculum leaders.
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9.A.2. BUSINESS/FINANCIAL
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9.B. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT
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The business office provides an update of district expenditures and revenues through the Budget Comparison Report.The report is intended to provide a financial picture of the district in a couple ways.One is to compare current year expenditures to the previous year.The second is to simply give a report on the current financial status.In addition to the report, special items of note are highlighted in the explanations offered. This report does not require formal action but is provided as an informational item.
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9.C. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
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The Superintendent is expected to have a report for the board regarding district activities and information.
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9.D. BOARD COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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Board members will report on activities within their portfolio of committee and representative assignments.
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9.E. COMMUNITY FEEDBACK
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10. UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITES
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A calendar of upcoming issues of concern to the school board is included as part of the agenda.
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11. ADJOURN
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