February 27, 2023 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER
Bohnsack, Hentges, Hesse, Nierenhausen, Schurman, Thompson

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, Regular Board Meeting and Work Session held on January 30, 2023. The minutes from the Special Board Meetings held on February 13, 2023, February 14, 2023 are also included.
Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.

4.B. APPROVAL OF BILLS
Treasurer Nierenhausen 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 $3,888,162.26 subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.

4.C. TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer Nierenhausen 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. District Education Facility-ECFE paraprofessional: Jenni Metzger 

4.D.2. Facilities and Grounds-Cold Spring Elementary-Cleaner: Loren Eggert

4.D.3. ROCORI Secondary-Math teacher: Tammy Botten adding FTE0.083 for trimester three for 2022-2023 school year.

4.D.4. Program Managers Agreement  2023
The following contract has been brought forward with an adjustment for the Childcare Coordinator: Brittany Albers. 
Recommendation: Approve the revision as presented.

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

4.E.1. Resignation-Food Service department-ROCORI Secondary-Cook's Helper: Gayle Rapp effective 01-30-2023

4.E.2. Resignation-District Education Facility-Paraprofessional: Kaylin Diaz effective February 17, 2023

4.E.3. Resignation-ROCORI Middle School-Math teacher: Julia Slivnik effective June 2, 2023

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

4.F.1. District Education Facility-Parent Educator teacher: Erin Peterson requesting leave from approximately May 10, 2023 through June 2, 2023. 

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 policies as presented.

4.G.1. 208 Policy Development

4.G.2. 417 Chemical Use and Abuse

4.G.3. 420 Students and Employees with Severe Communicable Diseases

4.G.4. 521 Section 504 Nondiscrimination

4.G.5. 534 School Meal Policy

4.G.6. 601 School District Curriculum and Instruction Goals

4.G.7. 627 Selection and Review of Resources

4.G.8. 722 Public Data Requests

4.H. MEMBERSHIPS
Recommendation: Approve the membership dues for 2023

4.H.1. Cold Spring Area Chamber of Commerce Membership Dues 2023

4.I. SPRING COACHES LIST 2023
The following list has been provided by Director of Activities Joel Baumgarten.
Recommendation: Approve the coaches list 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. REVISED BUDGET FY2023
Director of Business Services Beth Downes presented the Revised Budget for FY2023 on January 30, 2023.
Recommendation: Approve the Revised Budget. 

5.B. SUPERINTENDENT CONTRACT 2023-2026
The following contract has been approved through the Negotiations committee for Kevin Enerson.
Recommendation: Approve the contract as presented.

5.C. ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2022-2023 Adjustment
We are recommending the following calendar adjustments due to the amount of school closures, e-learning days that have been used thus far. Recommendations are to add March 9th, 2023 as a student contact day, and March 10th as the Staff Professional Development day.
Recommendation: Approve the revised calendar are presented.

5.D. 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

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. CURRICULUM UPDATE

6.B. POLICIES
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee. It is being presented for a second reading and call for public comment. No formal action is expected.

6.B.1. 201 Legal Status of the School Board

6.B.2. 202 School Board Officers

6.B.3. 203.6 Consent Agenda

6.B.4. 207 Public Hearings

6.B.5. 209 Code of Conduct

6.B.6. 210 Conflict of Interest

6.C. POLICIES
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee. It is being presented for a first reading and call for public comment.
No formal action is expected.

6.C.1. 626 Class Size Policy

6.D. Calendar 2023-2024 
The calendars for the 2023-2024 school year have been approved through the calendar committee. The 2024-2025 school year will be presented at a future board meeting.
Recommendation: Approve the calendar as presented.

7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

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

7.B. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT JANUARY 2023
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.C. 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