March 28, 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 Special Board Meeting and Work Session held on March,10 2022. The minutes from the Work Session and Closed Board Meeting held on March 21, 2022.
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 $3,508,969.62 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 Department-District Cleaner Floating Substitute: Owen Hoepner 

4.D.2. ROCORI Public Schools-District Nurse: Jessica Miller

4.D.3. ROCORI Spartan Online-Science teacher: Pete Spengler adding FTE 0.25 for trimester three for the 2021-2022 school year.

4.D.4. Facilities and Grounds-Summer Ball Field Specialist: Sam Rothstein

4.D.5. District Education Facility-Childcare Assistant: Jacob Piehl

4.D.6. District Education Facility-Childcare Assistant: Ella Boucher

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

4.E.1. Resignation-ROCORI High Schools-Special Education teacher: Amanda Ruegemer effective June 3, 2022

4.E.2. Resignation-Cold Spring Elementary-Special Education teacher: Katie Nelson effective June 3, 2022

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

4.F.1. ROCORI Public Schools-COVID Health Technician: Sarah Wotrang on leave from February 9, 2022 through approximately April 8, 2022. An anticipated return date of April 11, 2022.

4.G. POLICIES
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee. It is being presented for a third and final reading and call for public comment. 
Recommendation: Approve the policy as presented.
7-4 Harassment and Violence Policy

4.H. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT
The following information is for the Summer Cleaners and Food Service pay scheduled for 2022.
Recommendation: Approve the pay schedules as presented.

4.I. LANE CHANGES
The Master Agreement with our teaching staff allows our teachers to request a lane change in September, December and March of each school year. A report of the requested lane changes is included in your documents for approval. Once approved, the change becomes part of their pay the following month.
Recommendation: Approve the lane changes as presented. 

4.J. BOARD POSITION PROPOSAL
The following position has been proposed from the District Education Facility for an ECSE Paraprofessional for 6 hours/week.
Recommendation: Approve the position as presented.

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. 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.B. APPROVAL OF PAYMENT TO COLD SPRING BAKERY
Payment to Cold Spring Bakery Check 108394 in the amount of $29.33
Recommendation: Approve the Cold Spring Bakery Payment as presented.

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. POLICY
The following policy has been discussed at the policy committee. It is being presented for second reading and call for public comment.  2-2: Open Meetings and Closed Meetings

6.B. SECONDARY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL JOB PROPOSAL

6.C. ROCORI ELEMENTARY DEAN OF STUDENTS JOB PROPOSAL

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

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

7.A.1. ENROLLMENT UPDATE

7.A.2. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT FEBRUARY 2022
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