November 13, 2019 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting November 2019
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1. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance
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President Gould called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM and the Pledge of Allegiance was said.
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2. Motion to Excuse Board Member's Absence
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All members were present.
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3. Open Meeting Law
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President Gould reminded the audience that the Open Meeting Laws are displayed in the back of the room for their review.
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4. Consent Agenda
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Motion by Springer, second by Black to approve the consent agenda as presented, regular meeting minutes of October 16, 2019, special meeting minutes of October 10, 2019, October Financial Statement and November monthly bills as presented. RCV 6-0. Motion carried.
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4.1. Regular Minutes of October 16, 2019
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4.2. Special Board Meeting Minutes from October 10, 2019
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4.3. Financial Statement/Report
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4.4. Monthly Bills
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5. Correspondence/Recognition
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Congratulations to Tasha Osten for Nebraska's Middle School Counselor of the Year!
Phil Carlson will be retiring at the end of this month. We appreciate Phil's 30 years of service to Raymond Central and wish him the best in retirement. Thank you to Mr. Luke for his planning and delivery of the Veteran's Day Program at the Jr/Sr High School. He and the band did a fantastic job. |
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6. Public Forum
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7. Discussion Items
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7.1. Administrative Reports
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Submitted by Allison Stansberry, 6-12 Principal
Congratulations to Mrs. Tasha Osten on being named the 2019-2020 Nebraska Middle School Counselor of the Year! Tasha goes above and beyond for our students, staff, and families and we are incredibly blessed to have her at Raymond Central! Flipped Classroom: Mrs. Newman and some students will be at the November Meeting to discuss Flipped Classroom and how it is going. Intervention Advisory: On Monday. October 21st, we implemented a Jr High Intervention Advisory in junction with our Senior High Intervention Advisory. We have seen a decrease in the number of students on the down’s list and we have seen a decrease in the number of F’s amongst our 7-12 students. We have two locations for our Intervention Advisories. Our 7th and 8th grade students report to the Mustang Room and 9-12 students report to Mrs. Enevoldsen’s room where we have core teachers and para’s available to assist students on the course work for classes they are failing. Our data team continues to meet to look for trends in our data and next steps. Chromebooks: A survey was sent out to parents with students in grades 7 and 8 to help facilitate the conversations around allowing students to take their Chromebooks home. As we continue to move towards digital textbooks, assignments, etc. we want to ensure that students are not being restricted in their learning. We had 52 responses. 40/52 responses (78%) said that they felt the students would benefit from taking their Chromebook home and would like to see it happen. Mrs. Reinert and I will be discussing how to move forward within the next week and what our next steps will be. Curriculum Rewrite: Science met again on October 31st to continue rewriting the Science curriculum. Great progress is being made. Gary Nunnaly and Ashley Rasmussen from ESU2 also came in to discuss Discovery Ed and start the process of moving towards Standards-Based Grading. The new Social Social Studies standards were approved by NDE this past week. Gary and I will begin the conversation of when and how to start the rewrite process for our Social Studies teachers. Submitted by Brian Gralheer, Activities Director/Assistant Principal The track is complete and painted. We had to battle some weather and completed it just in time before the subcontractor closed down for the winter. Cross Country ended their season with districts in Aurora. There were no state qualifiers, but the runners put forth great efforts in their last hurrah. Volleyball finished their season in subdistrict play at York College against Lincoln Christian. The Mustangs battled, but lost 3-1 on the day of our first snowfall of the year. Football capped off their season with a senior night loss against Columbus Lakeview. They finished the season 2-7. Junior High Boys Basketball started practicing two weeks ago and will have good numbers with 30 kids. Their first game is November 14 at Arlington. As the fall season closes, I would like to thank all the fall coaches for the time and effort they devoted to our Mustang athletes. As we transition into winter, I advised these coaches take time to spend with family and friends after the season filled with long nights. Coach Placke and Coach Lillie have opened up the gym to basketball players to shoot around and transition into basketball season. Both coaches are looking forward to a great year. Coach Pester has been in contact with his wrestlers and holding informal sessions to help condition and prepare their bodies for the upcoming season. The Mustang Speech team will be heading to Papillion-LaVista to open their varsity season on November 9. Raymond Central Choir will be going to Wahoo on November 12 for NCC Vocal Music Competition. RC FBLA would like to thank all the community members who came to the Entrepreneur Breakfast on November 7. A large amount of effort was put into organizing this event. Thank you to all! The Raymond Central Marching Band received a superior rating at the Oxbow Marching Band Invitational in Ashland. Submitted by Shelly Dostal, Elementary Principal at Valparaiso/K-5 Curriculum Director Parent Teacher Conferences - The conferences were held on October 22 and 24. Attendance data is listed below. We appreciate parents showing their support of their children’s education. The on-line sign up worked well for most families. School Improvement - The committee met on November 5 to dig into the data. The group worked to find trends and answers to the "why?" We know we have work to do. I will be sharing the Spring NSCAS data with you at the board meeting. Curriculum/Instruction/Assessment- Grade level meetings are in process to focus on math standards, instruction, and assessment alignment. Dr. Kelly Georgius from ESU#2 is helping to facilitate these curriculum meetings. Professional Development - Professional Learning Communities have been working on their SMART goals and action plans. We continue training with the MTSS process. RC PTO -Many thanks to the PTO for the meals provided for the staff during parent-teacher conference nights. Family Game Night was well attended in Valparaiso on October 17. Dodgeball was very popular! Members of the FFA partnered with us to offer pumpkin carving and decorating. The PTO offered a Japanese Taiko drumming class in October; participants will showcase their learning at the Multicultural Fair if they choose to. PTO will offer a Japanaze culture class on November 13 for students. The PTO will be hosting a wonderful night of learning and fun at the Multicultural Fair on November 15 from 5:30-7:30pm at the High School. The cookie dough sales will start November 14 with delivery scheduled for December 17 during the Holiday Shoppe. Proceeds will be used to support class field trips. The annual Holiday Shoppe will be held on December 17. PTO has partnered with local businesses to earn a percentage of their sales for patronizing on a given day/night. A family day at Martin’s Apple Orchard was held on October 25, and Culver’s night will be November 11. Thank you to all who participate and to the businesses for their donations. Special Events at Valparaiso: A Scholastic Book Fair was held in conjunction with parent teacher conferences. Many families purchased books for their students and we thank them for encouraging students to read. We had our end of first quarter POP (Positive Office Pass) pass lunch for students and their guests. Red Ribbon Week was promoted during the last week of October. Each day students were encouraged to participate in a daily theme. For example, on day, students and staff were encouraged to wear PJs for the theme, "Healthy Choices are the key to your dreams!" Many students and staff showed their commitment to being drug and bully free throughout the week. Thank you to Mrs. White and the student council for assisting. Halloween Parties were held on October 31. Thanks to all the room parents for helping with the parties. We will host a Veteran’s Day assembly on November 11. We honor all who have served or are currently serving our country. Thank you to the Legion members for helping us observe this important day. Grandparents/Special Person Day is scheduled for November 15. We plan to host about 200 visitors in classrooms. Thank you to teachers for leading special activities and the PTO for providing supplies and treats. Special thanks to Miss Kalyn Brannagan for planning the Annual Turkey Trot. Students in grades 4 and 5 will trot and perform station tasks on Friday, November 8. Parents are invited to participate in this fitness walk/run, too. Younger grades will have some trot time during their PEH classes. The K-2 Winter Concert is planned for December 3 at 6:30pm. The 5th grade band will also perform. Please join us if you can. Thank you to all who participated in the RC Food Bank BackPack Program run/walk (Hustle) and pancake feed. A huge thank you to the Valparaiso Rural Fire District for allowing us to use the facility and their assistance with set up and clean up. With the many generous sponsorships, donations, and support of our community, we are able to fund the program! Submitted by Ann Egr, Elementary Principal at Ceresco/Special Education Director
Parent Teacher Conferences - The conferences were held on October 22 & 24 with 100% overall conference turn-out. Parent Teacher Conferences were held October 22 and 24. Ceresco Elementary had 100% of parents attend conferences and/or rescheduled a conference if they were unable to attend during the two days. Book Fair: Once again, the book fair was a HUGE success! Our fall book fair raised $2,859.35, which is $1597.65 in profit to go towards the purchase of new books, supplies or accessories for the library. The following were winners during the book fair: Kindergarten won book fair BINGO earning $30 scholastic credit; Mrs. Bohac won the teacher drawing earning $30 scholastic credit; Liam Powers, Emma Mager, Jackson Joel, Evie Kelly, Hailee Benes, Leighton Beckler, Emory Burch, Kayla Matulka, Willa Van Boening and Myah Matulka all won the coloring contests earning $5 in scholastic bucks. Finally, a big shout-out to Monica Blank for all of her hard work in making the book fair so successful. PTO: Thank-you so much for the fabulous meals during and for sponsoring our Para helpers, Cindy Kaiser and Matt Smith, during conferences. The wonderful things you do for our schools are greatly appreciated! Red Ribbon Week: Student Council sponsored Red Ribbon Week October 28-November 1. The school participated in various activities to support Red Week. Thank you Mrs. White for organizing the school wide event. Ceresco hosted Halloween parties on October 31. The students dressed in costume and paraded through the school. Thank you to the following businesses for contributing to the parade: Sweet Pea, Ernies in Ceresco, City Village, CerescoBank, and First Northeast Bank of Nebraska. It was a "spooktacular" time. Veterans Day: Ceresco will observe Veterans Day on Monday, November 11. Ceresco Elementary will have a coffee and roll reception before the assembly. Thank you to Lonnie Rech and the Ceresco's American Legion Post #244 for donating their time for this event. The annual Turkey Trot will be held in Ceresco on November 15. Ms. Brannagan is working to make this a success. Our fingers are crossed for a beautiful day! Grandparents/Special Friends Day: Students will invite special friends to join them on November 15. Once again, thanks to the PTO for sponsoring this event. The theme this year will be "Make your Mark and See Where it Takes You". PTO Multicultural Night is set for Friday, November 15. Thank you to Maureen Brase-Houchin and the PTO for sponsoring this event. Raymond Central is lucky to host such an educational evening. October Mustang Assembly will be held November 12 due to scheduling conflicts. Training: November 7 & 8 - I attended the Tri-State Special Education Law Conference held in Omaha. |
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7.1.1. Student Achievement Data Presentation
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Results from the spring SAT and NSCAS Achievement Tests were presented by Mrs. Stansberry and Mrs. Dostal.
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7.2. Curriculum Report
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7.2.1. Flipped Classroom from a Teacher and Student Perspective
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Mrs. Newman discussed her Flipped Classroom where she created short videos this summer of her lessons so students can view the instruction multiple times.
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7.3. Superintendent's Report
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The Board of Education Negotiations Committee has met with RCEA to go through the initial proposal and will now work to develop their counter offer.
Dr. Joel extended his appreciation to the Board of Education and RC Communities United for their time and dedication to our students in staying diligent in opposition to special permit #19035. While we are unclear what will come next in the process, your unified commitment in keeping RC students’ safety and well-being the number one priority is appreciated. Next month the Board of Education will evaluate the Superintendent using the 360 Evaluation Tool from NASB. Since we have surveyed all stakeholders over the past two years (4 times total), this year only the BOE will complete the survey as was recommended by NASB to avoid survey fatigue from the prior 2 years. |
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7.3.1. Goal 1: Continue a visible presence within the schools, the school community, and state.
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7.3.2. Goal 2: Continue the creation of a 10-year facilities strategic plan for implementation that addresses maintenance and improvements for existing building assets.
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7.3.3. Goal 3: Develop progress monitoring tools to evaluate the effectiveness of district initiatives to ensure sustainability over time.
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7.3.4. Goal 4: Create a two-way proactive and cohesive communications plan to inform and educate students, staff, and community members on district issues.
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7.3.5. 2019-2020 Raymond Central Strategic Plan
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7.4. Student Board Report - Isaac White
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Submitted by Isaac White, Student Board Member
Chicken Farm: We had several members of the student body attend and speak in opposition to the recent public hearing for the chicken farm. Their voices were heard and the farm was voted against by the Lancaster county commissioners. Sports: Fall sports have come to an end and Jr. High/High School winter sports have come to an end and Jr/Sr Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, and Wrestling have started. Fine Arts: The One Act Play has begun production and will be performing "A Zombie Wedding". Central Players High School Speech Team competed at Papillion LaVista for the first varsity tournament of the year. Receiving awards were: Varsity Entertainment: Logan Parde-6th; Novice Extemp: Faith Johnson-5th; Varsity Extemporaneous: Leany Enevoldsen-5th and Isaiah Enevoldsen-3rd; Varsity HI: Hunter Kohn-3rd; Varsity Inform: Haley Hain-6th; Varsity Poetry: Grace Cadotte-5th; and Team: Overall-5th. |
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7.5. Facilities Report
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An updated priority list for 2019-2020 was shared with Board members as a result of the BOE Facilities Committee touring of all three sites.
Dr. Joel and Jared Shanahan will work to obtain price quotes for the projects on the list and determine next steps. On Tuesday, we met with Trane to look at the seven 1960s air handler units at the Jr/Sr High School. |
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7.6. Review of Technology Plan
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From Keely Reinert, Technology Director
Raymond Central High School was accepted into the Microsoft Image Academy. This will provide technology students with free certifications. Students can take Microsoft Office and Computer Science Certifications which will give Raymond Central Students an advantage in college and beyond. One of our Uninterruptible Power Supply is failing due to age. The new one will be installed on November 12. The SAN was installed. Kidwell is working on the back end to get the software and virtualization setup. We are continuing to offer video training to teachers through Google Classroom. From Steve Rose, Computer/PowerSchool Administrator Elementary has really been working on Computer Science Fundamentals at all levels utilizing the Code.org curriculum assigned to each grade level K-5. Kindergarten has been using the chromebooks and becoming masters at controlling them to use the Code.org curriculum as well. Integrated into this curriculum are lessons dealing with Digital Citizenship and Being Safe Online. Classroom Technology has been updated and is being used more frequently then we have ever had it used in the past. Teachers are being proactive in asking for aid in getting technology integrated into their lesson design. Elementary Technology Fees have largely been paid and we are continuing to collect them. Some parents have expressed concern about why this fee has started and we have explained the necessity to stay on top of the technology needs for our students to become College and Career Ready that this is a vital component to making them the most successful in the classroom and moving forward. |
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7.7. Update of Raymond Central Crisis and Safety Protocol
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Stop!t App - We have had several conversations in regard to an anonymous reporting app for our students.
Safety and Security Core Meeting - The Safety and Security Core Team met on October 29 to discuss the NDE feedback from last year’s site visit. We will use this data set at the annual stakeholder and first responder meeting. A few points worth sharing -
The team also discussed the need to begin looking at district wide anonymous reporting application. |
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7.8. Committee on American Civics (Breitkreutz - chair, Springer, Burklund)
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7.9. Transportation Committee (Black- Chair, Breitkreutz, Springer)
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7.10. Finance Committee (Springer- chair, Blanchard, Breitkreutz)
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7.11. Facilities Committee (Blanchard- chair, Springer, Burklund)
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7.12. Negotiations Committee (Black- chair, Gould, Blanchard)
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7.13. Curriculum Committee (Gould - chair, Black, Burklund)
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7.14. Policy Committee (Springer- chair, Gould, Black)
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7.15. NASB Monthly Update
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7.16. 2019 RC Annual Report - Consider, discuss, and make any necessary changes before publication
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7.17. Review Raymond Central Public School's Annual Audit
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Board members received a copy of our audit for the year ending August 31, 2019. Overall it was a successful audit with no deficiencies in the actual money in and money out.
Thanks again to Joyce for her work on the annual audit and all of the work she does throughout the year! We will miss her next year as she begins planning for her retirement. |
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7.18. Review Public Forum Presentation(s) - Consider, discuss, and take all necessary action
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8. Action Items
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8.1. Approval of the NASB Leadership Encompass 360 for Superintendent Evaluation
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Motion by Breitkreutz, second by Burklund to approve the NASB Leadership Encompass 360 Superintendent Evaluation tool. RCV 6-0. Motion carried.
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8.2. Approve Updated Policy 4140 - Certified Staff Professional Growth
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Motion by Black, second by Breitkreutz to approve updated Policy 4140-Certified Staff Professional Growth. RCV 6-0. Motion carried.
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8.3. First Reading of Policy 5306 - Student Drug and Alcohol Testing
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Motion by Blanchard, second by Springer to approve the First Reading of Policy 5306-Student Drug and Alcohol Testing. RCV 6-0. Motion carried.
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8.4. Approval of Substitute(s)
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Motion by Breitkreutz, second by Black to approve Zachary Tanner as Substitute Paraprofessional. RCV 5-0, Springer-Abstained. Motion carried.
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8.5. Approval of Staff Resignation
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Motion by Blanchard, second by Black to approve the resignations of Nikki Haas, Paraprofessional at Valparaiso and Barb Ohnoutka, Head Softball Coach. RCV 6-0. Motion carried.
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8.6. Approval of Snow Removal Agreements
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Motion by Black, second by Burklund to approve the Snow Removal Bid from Pat Isaacson for parking lots, hard surface sidewalks and playground areas at the Valparaiso School for $200.00 per snow removal event. RCV 6-0. Motion carried.
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8.7. Approval of Next Regular Board Meeting - Wednesday, December 11, 2019
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Motion by Breitkreutz, second by Gould to approve the next Regular Board Meeting on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. RCV 6-0. Motion carried.
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9. Adjournment
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Motion by Breitkreutz, second by Black to adjourn the meeting at 7:30 PM. RCV 6-0. Motion carried.
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10. Important Upcoming Dates:
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