March 13, 2023 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. OPENING PROCEDURES
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COPY OF OPEN MEETINGS ACT: The Board of Education makes available at least one current copy of the Open Meetings Act posted in the meeting room at a location accessible to members of the public. The Act is posted on the south wall of the meeting room. ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS: The Arlington Board of Education reserves the right to adjust the order of items on this agenda.
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1.1. Call Meeting to Order
Discussion:
Matt O'Daniel called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm
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1.2. Roll Call
Discussion:
Shanon arrived at 7:05pm
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1.3. Pledge of Allegiance
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1.4. Approval of Regular Meeting Agenda
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Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2. WELCOME TO GUESTS AND PUBLIC FORUM
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC FORUM: Getting Started: When it is your turn to speak during the public forum portion of the agenda, please come forward, sign your name and address on the sign-in sheet and state your name to the Board of Education. Personnel or Student Topic: If you are planning to speak about a personnel or student matter involving an individual, please understand that our policies require that such concerns initially be directed to the administration for consideration. Board members will generally not respond to any questions you ask or comments you make about individual staff members or students. You are cautioned that slanderous comments are not protected just because they are made at a board meeting. General Rules: Please remember that this is a meeting of the Board of Education held in public for conducting the business of the Board of Education. Disruptions, offensive language, personal attacks and hostile conduct will not be tolerated. |
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2.1. Karen Toebben
Discussion:
Karen Toebben was present to speak on behalf of the bus drivers for APS. Karen spoke about the wages for the bus drivers, and presented some new wages from schools in the array that was used to come up with negotiations for wages.
Spoke on the issues they see on bus routes, the number of kids on bus routes- increasing numbers of students. Activity pay is lower than compared to other schools- they would like to see more pay, especially for Saturday's, days off, and field trips. They are not getting differential pay ($25) these days. |
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3. CONSENT AGENDA
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.1. Minutes of the Previous Board Meeting(s)
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3.2. Monthly Financial Reports
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3.3.
Resignations:
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4. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTION REPORTS
Discussion:
Colter Mattson & Erin Reed were present for 6th Grade
Erin Schaapveld & Madison Wakefield present for Art |
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5. REVIEW OF ANNUAL DISTRICT PLAN
Discussion:
Last revision tonight- newest goals, strategies added in pink at the board retreat in Feb.
Waiting for NRCSA to consider the Grant Writing Service would provide a service for us to research and find grants for us. A community engagement- meeting was held in January. The board want it to be an annual event, possibly at the same time each year. Would like to start to use the village digital board (on Highway 30) to help get information out to the public. Would like to look at how to improve some of the aesthetics at the Competition gym entrance to look better and more welcoming. Work on student services and mental health, and to continue to improve those services and how to help everyone that we can, use the benefits of Systems that Care to the fullest. |
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6. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS
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6.1. Mrs. Morgan's Elementary report
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6.2. Mr. Pfingsten's Secondary report
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6.3. Mr. Shada's Activity Report
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7. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis reviewed her leave log- and Legislative updates.
The legislative conference was rescheduled from January due to weather, and Dr. Lewis attended the conference in Feb. 2 really good bills that would provide some tax monies and relief for the school district. |
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7.1. Review Supt Leave Log
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7.2. Legislation Updates
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7.3. NASB & NRCSA Reports
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8. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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8.1. Committee for Curriculum American Civics
Discussion:
Met this evening before the meeting at 6:15-
Went over the CTE (tech Classes) want to do moving forward, mostly just needed to update the textbooks that they currently have. State is changing requirements for typing and we are already making sure that we are meeting meet requirements in that class. Mrs. Van Beek Ag- has much more consumables that they will need, for their upcoming curriculum, and Mr Parson just needed one book. The teachers are well seasoned and know what they need to teach the kids- so there isn't much needed to update these classes. |
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8.2. Negotiations Committee
Discussion:
Negotiations met last week and the recommandations will be later in meeting.
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9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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9.1. Discuss, Consider, and Adopt Amended Policy 5007--Admission Foreign Exchange on Second Reading
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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10. NEW BUSINESS
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10.1. Review and Approval of Policy 5006
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Policy and capacities resolutions were presented to the board- This is what sets our classroom sizes, nothing has changed on the capacity end, just updated the projected capacity for the upcoming year2023-2024 There has never been a year that we have needed all grade levels in Elementary have needed 3 sections in each grade level in the past 8 years.
Dr. Lewis read the policy to the board members, |
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10.2. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve the 2023-2024 APS School Calendar
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
The calendar for the 2023-2024 school year was presented.
PLC times will change on Fridays to have a School start time to 9:00am Bus times will need to be adjusted, and times that students will be able to arrive at school will be later. Calendar is based on Contract days for staff and contact days for students- this calendar meets those standards. |
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10.3. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve Wages for 2023-2024 for Classified Staff as Recommended by the Negotiations Committee:
Rationale:
The committee increased the base rates that were below the $12.00 required by 2024 up to $12. The settled on 4% for most subgroups. They added a 20-year bonus increase for both the 10-12 month employees, and the 9.5 month employees.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
The negotiations committee met last Monday March 6th and discussed the arrays from different schools. The committee's goal is to try to be at/or near the mid point of the various pay arrays that are presented each year from surrounding schools and conference schools.
The committee wants to be competitive with the tax payers monies, but also need to be responsible with tax payers funds- they stayed consistent with hourly wages. They try really hard to stay consistent with the arrays- there is a lot of wage pressure right now, we have a lot of things on the plate with many different groups coming to the table with a list of wants- we tried to be fair with all the groups. Dr. Lewis- suggested that the only place that the longevity wage had not been added to is the Drivers. 5 years would be .25 per hour- 10 years would be .50 15 would be .75 and 20+ would be $1.00 Committee would like to meet and discuss this addition, and table Negotiations will meet again to discuss the drivers pay and make changes. They will again present new wages on April board meeting. |
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10.4. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Enter into Contract for Superintendent for 2023-2025 as Proposed
Rationale:
The committee settled on increasing vacation days from 15 to 20 per year, and a 2% salary increase ($159,180). Total package with increased cost of benefits is 2.34%.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
The negotiation committee is presenting a contract for Superintendent Lewis at 2.34 % package increase in the salary for 2023-2024
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10.5. Discuss, Consider, and Take Necessary Action to approve CTE curricular choices
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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10.6. Review Policies 6700-6920:
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11. EXECUTIVE SESSION
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The Arlington Board of Education reserves the right to go into Closed/Executive Session at any time in accordance with Section 84-1410. A copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted in the board room for review by the public.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Went into executive session at 8:55/came out at 9:05
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11.1. Enter Into Executive Session for Discussion of Collective Bargaining and Legal Consultation/Advice
Discussion:
Matt O'Daniel took at 5 min break at 8:48 to sign Seniors present at meeting and to then enter into excutive Session.
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12. ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS
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13. ADJOURNMENT
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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