August 27, 2018 at 6:30 PM - Regular

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

Student Members:  

Description:  The School 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.  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.

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:  The minutes from the regular meeting of August 13, 2018 are included in the exhibits.

Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.

Description:  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.

Description:  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.

Description:  Assistant Principal Jake Nelson is recommending Marlys Pennertz as a .67 FTE Math Teacher at the Middle School for the 2018-2019 school year.

Mary Holmberg, Principal at Richmond Elementary, is recommending Tracy Johnson as a Long Term Paraprofessional Substitute for Christine Olson.

Stephanie Hillman, Community Education Director is recommending Wanda Och as an Early Childhood Special Ed Para for 15 hours per week.  An increase of six hours is being recommended to be added to Michelle Mehr's assignment. These hours were approved at an earlier meeting.  Ms Hillman is also recommending Marie Spott as a 30 hour per week Kid Care Assistant and Carol Murray as a 3 plus hour per week Kid Care Assistant.

Sam Court, Principal at John Clark Elementary is recommending Cortney Ryan as an elementary teacher for the 2018-2019 school year.

Principal Jenson is recommending Steve Ness as a Long Term Language Arts Substitute Teacher for two teachers that are on a leave of absence.  Mr. Ness will start at the beginning of the school year and continue until the teachers return.

Principal Skanson is recommending Susan Jansen as an Interventionist for the Parochial and Cold Spring Elementary schools for the 2018-2019 school year.

Recommend approval of the assignment as outlined.

Description:  Wanda Och has submitted a letter of resignation from her position as a Kidcare Assistant effective August 27, 2018.

Lori Givan has submitted a letter of resignation from her position as a Special Education Paraprofessional at Cold Spring Elementary for 25 hours per week.

Recommendation: Accept the letter of resignation from Wanda Och and Lori Givan.

Description:  A list of the coaches for the 2018-2019 fall activities is included for approval.  Some positions still need to be filled.

Recommend: Approval of he 2018-2019 Fall Coaches list as presented.

Description:  This is the third and final reading of the student handbooks for the 2018-2019 school year.

Recommend: Approval of the student handbooks for the 2018-2019 school year as presented.

Description:  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.

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 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.

Description:  The Superintendent is expected to have a report for the board regarding district activities and information.

Description:  Board members will report on activities within their portfolio of committee and representative assignments.

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