February 14, 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, Work Session, and Closed Meeting held on January 24, 2022.
Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.

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

4.B.1. ROCORI Public Schools-Multi-Cultural Liaison Long term substitute: February 1, 2022 to March 4, 2022.
(previous leave approval was December 18, 2021 through January 31, 2022)

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

4.C.1. Resignation-Facilities and Grounds-Laundry Worker: Terry Schue-last day February 3, 2022

4.C.2. Resignation-ROCORI Public Schools-District Nurse: Traci Kooiman-last day February 28, 2022

4.C.3. Retirement-ROCORI Secondary-Physical Education teacher: Brian Athmann effective June 3, 2022.

4.C.4. Resignation-ROCORI Secondary-EL teacher: Susan O'Sheaghnessy-effective February 18, 2022

4.C.5. Retirement-Cold Spring Elementary-5th Grade teacher: Jim Meyer effective June 3, 2022

4.C.6. Resignation-ROCORI Public Schools-Superintendent: Brad Kelvington effective June 30, 2022

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

4.D.1. ROCORI Public Schools-District Liaison: Yoseline Ramo Jimenez requests to extend her medical leave of absence from February 7, 2022 to March 7, 2022.

4.E. MEMBERSHIP
The annual member ship dues invoice for the Cold Spring Chamber of Commerce has been received. The School District has been a member of the organization for many years and continued membership is recommended.
Recommendation: Approve the membership dues for the Cold Spring Chamber of Commerce

4.F. SPRING COACHES LIST FOR THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR
The following coaches have been hired for the Spring Season.
Recommend: Approve the coaches hires as presented.

4.G. SECONDARY MIDDLE SCHOOL RYM AND RICHMOND ELEMENTARY GYM LIGHTING QUOTE
Recommendation: Approve low quote from Design Electric for Richmond Elementary and the Secondary Building.

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. REVISED BUDGET 2021-2022
The revised budget was presented on January 24, 2022.
Recommendation: Approve the Revised Budget for 2021-2022.

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. POLICIES
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee. It is being presented for second reading and call for public comment. These will come back for approval February 28, 2022.
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.B. TASKFORCE UPDATE
Members of the Community Taskforce will offer an update.

6.C. EQUITY UPDATE
An update will be provided on our work with the Equity Literacy Institute.

6.D. INVESTIGATION UPDATE
An update will be provided regarding the investigation completed at ROCORI Public Schools.

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

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

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