May 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Ellys Gosnell and Jordan Redden gave a presentation on the pros and cons of switching to a 10 point grading scale.

Discussion:  Mr, McMurtry reported that if approved, the last day of school would be May 18th.  The last day for teachers is May 20th if they worked the flex day in August.  Otherwise, the last day for teachers is May 21st.  The next board meeting will be on June 15th.

Discussion:  Nancy Bailey provided the financial report.  Mrs. Bailey noted the good financial position that the district is in at the current moment.  Mrs. Bailey did point out that the lunch fund has not reimbursed the general fund for salaries which is why there is a surplus there.  Smaller income in the special building fund this month.  Mr. McMurtry noted that a bond payment will be made in June.  Mrs. Bailey noted that there were a lot of checks in the activity fund this month.  

Discussion:  Mr. Feeney presented the admin report

May 2026 Board Meeting - Feeney

Elementary:

• May 5, Animal Inside Out with 5th Grade

• May 7, K & 1 Field Trip

• May 13, K-2 Park for Test Celebration

• May 14, 3-6 YMCA Kearney for Test Celebration

• May 15, 4-6 Field Trip

• May 19, Wax Museum, Elem. Play, and Elem. Awards

• May 20, Field Day with Dismissal at Noon

• May 20, Staff Luncheon at the Church @ 12:45 PM

• May 21, Flex Day for Teachers

• May 27, Final Day of Science of Reading Training @ ESU

• May 28, Final Day of  Sped Cohort @ ESU

 

HS:

• Wrapped up all of our state testing in April. 

• Graduation was on May 9th. 

• AP government students took their AP test on May 5th. 

• Honors night was on May 4th. 

• Last day of school is on May 20th

 

AD:

• Baseball season wrapped up in Malcolm on May 7th

• District Track is on Wednesday, May 13th in Paxton

• Back to School Physicals will be held on May 18th during the school day for athletes who opt into. This is a change from our previous years- when they were held in August. 

• State Track is May 22nd & 23rd

Staffing/Courses/Technology:

• Abigail Goosey in 6th, with 7th ELA and 7/8 Creative Writing

• Cassie McMurtry in Title 1

• Rachel Howard in 1st 

• Adding another college credit social studies course. 

• Deliberating on a different way to handle our foreign language classes. 

Discussion:  Mr. McMurtry presented the Building and Grounds report on behalf of Jason Sommer

• Winding down to the end of the year has been hectic but has been going smoothly, Last track meet and field trips will take place Wed-Friay of this week.

• 3 white vans are in Kearney getting recertified.

• Coach bus will have to be taken down when they are finished for a recall also has a cracked side window

• 2 yellow buses have recalls on them and will be taken in next week

• Summer deep cleaning and painting will begin the end of the month

• Concrete project is finished on the NE corner of the lot minus dirt cleanup 

• Both gym floors will be refinished this summer. New gym next week and the old gym in late July

• Sale of snow plow truck and purchase for plow for the yukon. 

 

Discussion:  Mr. McMurtry presented on the following:

• Superintendent report

  • Graduation

    • Big thank you to Mrs. Mau

  • Para

  • Spanish

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  • Plan for staff on the 19th/20th is to dig into our curriculum maps

    • It was suggested as part of our external visit to revisit these

    • Teachers agree and are on board with the need for revision

    • I will work with Math as we have prioritized that to be completed first

    • K-12

    • Mrs. Friend will work with the specials

    • Mr. Feeney will take the remaining secondary core groups and have them begin the process together

  • Chromebook purchase

    • We think that 50 Chromebooks will get us through the school year next year

    • The model that we have purchased the last 2 years is no longer available.  We have selected a different Acer model to remain with the same brand

  • Handbook

    • We are asking to remove an attendance blurb that is not in practice

    • We are aligning our lice/knit process with what we have in policy

    • All other changes are name updates for positions

  • Additional volleyball coach

    • This requires an amendment to the negotiated agreement

    • Adding this position would add an additional $2,483.98

    • This would leave us with 3 assistant coaches in volleyball

  • Contract with CMH Interiors

    • Carpeting of music room and 4th grade classroom.

  • Maintenance Director

    • Jason is going to have a major surgery that will have him out for quite a while this summer.  That will impact what we are able to accomplish this summer