September 26, 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 held on September 12, 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 $5,623,194.04 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. ROCORI Secondary: Stacey Evens going from a Media Paraprofessional to an EL Paraprofessional

4.D.2. ROCORI Secondary-EL Paraprofessional: Wendi Sauza increased from 6.5 hours/day to 7.5 hours/day 

4.D.3. District Education Facility-Early Childhood SPED paraprofessional: Kaylin Diaz increased from 6 hours/week to 12 hours/week

4.D.4. District Education Facility-Early Childhood SPED paraprofessional: Cecilia Lopez increase of 3.5 more hours/week to a total of 20.5hrs/wk.

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

4.E.1. Resignation-Cold Spring Elementary-Paraprofessional: Brittany Berven effective August 29, 2022.

4.E.2. Resignation-ROCORI Secondary-Paraprofessional: April Simon effective September 19, 2022

4.F. POLICIES
The following policies are being presented for a third and final reading.
Recommendation: Approve the policies as presented

4.F.1. 7-8 Technology Acceptable Use and Safety Policy

4.F.2. 8-9 Title IX Nondiscrimination Policy, Grievance Procedure and Process

4.F.3. 9-21 Mandated Reporting of Child Neglect or Physical or Sexual Abuse

4.F.4. 9-22 Mandated Reporting of Maltreatment of Vulnerable Adults

4.F.5. 9-25 Staff Notification of Violent Behavior by Students *NEW POLICY*

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

4.G.1. Cold Spring Elementary-Kindergarten teacher: Emily Nibaur requesting leave from March 9, 2023 through May 7, 2023. An anticipated return date of May 8, 2023.

4.G.2. Cold Spring Elementary-2nd grade teacher: Summer Munstenteiger requesting medical leave from approximately March 27, 2023 through June 2, 2023.

4.G.3. Cold Spring Elementary-Paraprofessional: Kelly Schneider requesting leave from September 23, 2022 through October 5th, 2022. An anticipated return date of October 6, 2022.

4.H. 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. 

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. AUDIT REPORT
The auditing firm engaged by the ROCORI School District has conducted the annual financial audit of the district. BergenKDV is expected to be present to guide the School Board in the review of the financial audit.
The audit report is presented at this meeting for formal acceptance.
Recommendation: Accept the audit as presented.

5.B. APPROVE PRELIMINARY LEVY
The levy implementation process is conducted in two stages--initial certification and final certifications of the tax assessments applied within the School District. In order to prepare and finalize the levy authorization, initial action is required in September to set the expected tax levy within the district.
Recommendation: Approve the initial maximum levy authority, with final amounts to be approved in December.

5.C. INSURANCE RENEWALS
Many of the District insurance policies are set for renewal in October 1st. The District has received quotations on the property and liability insurance, network security insurance, and worker's compensation. Information about the quotations is included in the exhibits.
Recommendation: Approve the property and liability insurance with EMC, workers comp insurance with SFM, and network security insurance with Cowbell.

5.D. DISTRICT GOALS 2022-2023
The following goals have been comprised and reviewed by the ROCORI Administrative Team. They are being presented for a final reading. 
Recommendation: Approve the District goals as presented

5.E. EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK 
The district has put together an Employee handbook as a guideline for employees as to the district expectations. A summary of the changes is attached. This is your final reading of the handbook.
Recommendation: Approve the handbook 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. FIELD TRIP REQUEST
The following field trip request is being presented for a FFA trip for October 24-30, 2022.

6.B. POLICY
The following policy has been discussed in the policy committee. It is being presented for a second reading and call for public comment.

6.B.1. 7-10: Drug-Free Workplace

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

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

7.A.1. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT AUGUST 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.