December 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Mr. McMurtry shared the following:
Last day of school is December 9th
Kids return to school on January 5th
Next board meeting is January 12th
ESU School Board conference is January 13th

Discussion:  Mr. McMurtry presented the financial report
Renaissance is for the AR reading program
Inland Trucks was work on a yellow bus
Decker is a table utilized in a classroom
Seery is for the new doors installed in the old gym as well as the food pantry
Rocket List is an assessment tool
Midwest Inverters was to replace batteries that were ruined in the power surge
AJ's was to replace damaged logic boards
Maxwell Jr Wrestling was to transfer out their money and require them to open up their own account
Bond payment was made
Next bond payment is in July
Very little intake of funds this past month as expected

Discussion:  Mrs. Friend presented the administrator report as attached

Discussion:  Mr. McMurtry presented the following report on behalf of Jason Sommer:

• Finishing up 80 day inspections on all the vehicles yet again this week.

• Mr. McMurtry has some information on a mechanic that goes to Brady to do the inspections in house. I will let him explain more.

• Will be hopefully finishing up the project of Mr Feeneys over break to be all online when we start back up in January

• Winter sports are definitely going in full swing. Travel, sitting up and tearing down gyms seem like an everyday chore this time of year. 

• Misty is back after 6 weeks off with a couple different surgeries. We are so grateful to have her back and also all the extra help from Cassi and Kayli vacuuming the elementary while she has been gone. 

• We did not have any bids on the old Ford van that last time we tried to take sealed bids. Since that time I have had two people reach out and ask when it may be up for sale again. I do believe it would be worth trying again and add a minimum bid of $200 on it. That is approximately what we would receive if we would take it to the scrape dealer. 

• Will be getting a game plan together after the first of the year on what will be the best options for us in May having to get rid of the two white vans. I would like to not wait till May or June when 200 other schools are looking for minibuses or suvs. 

• Last but not least Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all!

Discussion:  Mr. McMurtry presented on the following items

 

Superintendent Report

• State School Board Conference
  Board members Robyn Huffman, Monica Breinig, Shaun Pagel and Levi Gosnell presented their takeaways from the sessions that they attended at the state school board convention
   

• Dani
  Mr. McMurtry requested a pay increase for Dani based upon her contributions throughout the building

• Legislative Update

  • Option Enrollment

    • Sped

    • Option funding Hershey example

  • FMLA - Union priority

• Vehicle Plan

  • Losing 2 vans which are an essential part of our fleet

  • Needing another road-worthy vehicle to replace the Suburban

• Accreditation

  • February 25-26

  • Will want to interview board members

  • I will share a schedule out

Discussion:  Mr. McMurtry explained that the newly adopted KSB superintendent evaluation plan is in effect.  Board members will receive an email and will need to fill it out prior to the January board meeting

Discussion:  Mr. McMurtry presented information from area schools on bus route pay.  The following changes are being made:
Bus route - $105 per day
All other daily routes - $55 per day
Activity driver pay - $20 per hour

Discussion:  Mr. McMurtry presented the financial literacy report as attached

Discussion:  Casey Meyer explained that negotiations went really well.  Both sides were in agreement fairly quickly.  Shaun Pagel said that the teachers offered, the board countered, and the teacher accepted the counter offer