January 24, 2022 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER
Bohnsack, Habben, Hesse, Hentges, Schurman, and Wesenberg. 

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The School Board Chair will lead the school board and attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Board action to approve the agenda for the meeting is expected.

4. CONSENT ITEMS
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.

4.A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes from the Regular Board Meeting on December 13, 2021, Organizational Board Meeting on January 3, 2022, Special Board Meeting on January 10, 2022 and Special Board Meeting on January 11, 2021.
Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.

4.B. APPROVAL OF BILLS
Treasurer Hentges will have been at the school site to review bills, ask questions, and confirm information prior to the meeting.
Recommendation is to approve the bill payment of $9,203,320.65 subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.

4.C. TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer Hentges will have reviewed financial information for the board. This information is included in the Treasurer's Report.

4.D. EMPLOYMENT
Recommend approval of the assignment as outlined.

4.D.1. Facilities and Grounds-District Education Facility Cleaner: Mark Schumann

4.D.2. Food Service Department-ROCORI Secondary Cook's Helper: Carley Bales

4.D.3. ROCORI High School-EL teacher: Robert Hage

4.D.4. District Education Facility-Childcare Assistant: Jenna Torborg

4.D.5. District Education Facility-ECSE Long term Substitute teacher: Mitch Beaudry

4.D.6. ROCORI Secondary-Paraprofessional: Crystal Dingmann

4.D.7. District Education Facility-Early Childhood SPED teacher: Julie Braegelmann

4.D.8. District Education Facility-Early Childhood SPED Paraprofessional: Becky Larson

4.D.9. District Education Facility-Early Childhood SPED Paraprofessional: Amber Jacobs

4.D.10. ROCORI Secondary-Paraprofessional: Greta Kerfeld 

4.D.11. ROCORI Secondary-Paraprofessional: Alexa Lanz

4.E. RETIREMENTS-RESIGNATIONS
Recommend approval of the following resignations and/or retirements.

4.E.1. Resignation-Food Service Department-Cook: Deanna Frank effective January 7, 2022

4.E.2. Resignation-ROCORI Secondary-Paraprofessional: Mandy Becker effective December 31, 2021

4.E.3. Resignation-Cold Spring Elementary-Paraprofessional: Cindy McCarney effective January 21, 2022.

4.F. MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUEST
Recommendation: Approve the medical leave of absence request as requested.

4.F.1. ROCORI Secondary-Paraprofessional: Kristin Witte requesting leave from January 17, 2022 through February 28, 2022. An anticipated return date of February 29, 2022.

4.G. LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUEST
Recommendation: Approve the leave of absence as presented.

4.G.1. ROCORI High School-English teacher: Linda Liebl requesting a one-year leave for the 2022-2023 school year.

4.H. PAY EQUITY REPORT
Recommendation: Approve the Pay Equity Report as presented.

4.I. POLICIES
The following policies have been reviewed by ELI and the Policy Committee. They are being recommended for approval.
2-14 Public Participation in School Board Meetings/Complaints About Persons at School Board Meetings and Data Privacy Considerations
8-5 School District Curriculum and Instruction Goals
8-16 Staffing Activities

4.J. POLICY
2-6 School Attorney is being recommended to remove from ROCORI District Policies. This information was delegated at the January 3, 2022 Organizational Consent Item 4.b.8. called Legal Counsel for Calendar Year   

5. ACTION  ITEMS
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.

5.A. APPROVAL OF PAYMENT TO COLD SPRING BAKERY
Payment to Cold Spring Bakery Check 1995 in the amount of $92.29
Payment to Cold Spring Bakery Check 107659 in the amount of $2,336.50
Payment to Cold Spring Bakery Check 107848 in the amount of $93.49
Recommend approval of the payments to Cold Spring Bakery for the total of $2,522.28

5.B. RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT A DONATION
Be It Resolved, by the School Board of ISD 750, ROCORI, as follows, that the following donation be accepted with gratitude: Thank you to all the organizations and individuals for their donations. 
The school district appreciates your generosity and continued support. 
Recommend adoption of the resolution to accept the donation

5.C. RESOLUTION DIRECTING ADMINISTRATION
As the district begins the budget process for Fiscal Year 2023, one of the first steps is to adopt a resolution directing the superintendent to make recommendations regarding reductions and/or changes to district programs. The resolution is typically adopted with the idea that it begins the budget development process and because it may be necessary to make reductions or changes in programs as the process moves forward.  
Recommend adoption of the resolution.

5.D. EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS
The Board Negotiators have met and negotiated with the following employees:
Program Managers
Principals.
Director of Technology
Director of Food Service
Director of Buildings and Grounds
Director of Business Services
Director of Community Education
The strike-out copies of the contracts with the recommended settlements are attached. 
Recommendation: Approval of each agreement as written.

6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
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.

6.A. REVISED BUDGET 2021-2022
The revised budget will be presented.  

6.B. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOUSE BUILD UPDATE

6.C. POLICIES
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee. It is being presented for first reading and call for public comment. 
2-3 School Board Meeting Guidelines Policy
2-15 School Board Meeting Minutes Policy
8-6 School District System Accountability Policy
9-20 Student Surveys Policy 

6.D. POLICY
The following policy has been discussed in the policy committee. It is being presented for second reading and call for public comment. This will come back for approval on February 14, 2022.

• Harassment and Violence Policy 7-4

6.E. COVID PROTOCOLS

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

7.A. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
The Superintendent will make his report about ROCORI Public Schools.

7.A.1. ENROLLMENT UPDATE

7.A.2. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT DECEMBER 2021
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.

7.B. BOARD COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
Board members will report on activities within their portfolio of committee and representative assignments.

8. COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FROM VISITORS
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.

9. UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
A calendar of upcoming issues of concern to the school board is included as part of the agenda.

10. ADJOURN