August 26, 2019 at 6:30 PM - Regular
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1. CALL TO ORDER
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Habben, Board Chair
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Bohnsack, Habben, Hesse, Humbert, Schurman, and Wesenberg.
Student Members:
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2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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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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5. CONSENT ITEMS
Presenter:
Habben, Board Chair
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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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5.A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
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The minutes from the Regular and Work Session meetings of August 12, 2019 are included in the exhibits.
Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.
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5.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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5.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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5.D. EMPLOYMENT
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Food Service Director Barker has submitted recommendations for Janet Macey as Head Cook at the Secondary Schools, Gabrielle Schmitz as a Cook's Helper at John Clark Elementary, and Sandy Fink as a Long Term Substitute Cook at the Secondary Schools for the 2019-2020 school year.
Director of Community Education Hillman has submitted a recommendation for Mitch Beaudry as a .778 FTE Early Childhood Special Education Teacher pending the approval of the Out of Field Permission request by MDE. Assistant Principal Guetter has submitted recommendations for Jenna Frank and Nancy Hoiseth as 6.5 hour Paraprofessionals at the Secondary Schools for the 2019-2020 school year. Principal Skanson has submitted a recommendation for McKenzie Timm as the Long Term Teacher Substitute for Kindergarten at the Cold Spring Elementary school until the teacher returns. Recommend approval of the assignment as outlined.
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5.E. RESIGNATIONS
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Christine DuHoux, Head Cook at John Clark Elementary has submitted a resignation effective September 2, 2019 or sooner if needed.
Julie Staska, Paraprofessional at the Secondary Schools, has submitted a letter of resignation effective immediately. Recommendation: Accept the letter of resignation from Christine DuHoux and Julie Staska.
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5.F. POLICY
Description:
The following policies are for an annual review and therefore are coming for a single reading only. There were little or no changes made to these policies.
#5-3 Emergency and Crisis #6-5 Family Leave Policy #7-4 Harassment Prevention Policy #8-6 School District System Accountability Policy #8-9 Equal Education Opportunity Policy #9-4 Student Discipline Policy #9-21 Mandated Report of Child Neglect Policy #9-22 Mandated Reporting of Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults Policy Recommendation: Approve the policies as presented.
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5.G. EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
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The employee handbook was shared at the meeting of August 12, 2019 for a first reading. It is brought back for an endorsement from the School Board.
Recommendation: Endorse the employee handbook as presented.
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5.H. STUDENT HANDBOOKS
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The student handbooks were presented with the changes at the meeting of August 12, 2019. The administration is looking for endorsement of the updated from the School Board members.
Recommendation: Endorse the updates to the student handbooks as presented.
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5.I. APPROVE SALE OF CARPENTRY HOUSE
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6. 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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6.A. PARAPROFESSIONAL MASTER AGREEMENT
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The paraprofessional group, SEIU Local 284, ratified their agreement late today. The redlined agreement is included in the documents.
Recommendation: Approve the Master Agreement with SEIU Local 284, Paraprofessionals, as presented.
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7. 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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7.A. POLICY
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Policy #9-18 Peace Officers is being presented for a first reading.
Policy #7-6 Reimbursable Meals is being presented for a second reading. No formal action is expected at this time.
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7.B. POSITION
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The Director of Buildings and Grounds has submitted a request for a change in a cleaning position. The request is to take what is currently three separate cleaning positions and roll them into one position for a total of 37.5 hours per week. There have been numerous attempts to fill the three positions with no applicants applying. There has been an interest expressed in the combined position.
Secondary Principal Jenson has submitted a request for two additional positions at the Secondary Schools. One position is for a 1.0 FTE Counselor at the Middle School and one position is for a 1.0 FTE EL Teacher for the 2019-2020 school year. Both of these positions are due to the increase in enrollment over the summer.
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8. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS
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8.A. 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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8.B. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
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8.B.1. ENROLLMENT
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8.C. 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. UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
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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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10. ADJOURN
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