HAYES CENTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT #079

REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

DECEMBER 9, 2013

7:00 P.M.

CALL TO ORDER: The regular meeting of the Board of Education for the Hayes Center Public Schools District #43-0079 was held on Monday, December 9, 2013 in the Board Room at the High School. Notice of the meeting was given in advance by publication and posted in accordance with the Board policy of giving notice of such meetings. Notice of this meeting was given in advance to all Board members.

ROLL CALL- President Anderjaska called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. with Superintendent Ron Howard, and Board members Joe Anderjaska, Connie Brott, Britt Hill, Marian Richards and Bob Rosno present, Amanda Johnson was absent.

Richards moved, seconded by Rosno, to excuse Amanda from tonight’s meeting to attend to personal family matters. Voting yes: Anderjaska, Brott, Hill, Richards, Rosno. Voting no: none. Absent: Johnson. Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by those in attendance.

RECOGNITION OF VISITORS: FFA representatives were in attendance.

RECOGNITION OF OPEN MEETINGS ACT POSTER -The Open Meetings Act Poster was in the room and recognized by President Anderjaska.

ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA: Rosno moved, seconded by Brott, to approve the agenda and move Action Item #5 Superintendent Evaluation to a Discussion Item. Voting yes: Brott, Hill,Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska. Voting no: None. Absent: Johnson. Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

AUDIENCE COMMUNICATIONS-FFA President Seth Gohl and Vice-President Andrea Wach appeared on behalf of the Hayes Center FFA to ask permission to attend the Denver Stock Show January 11-13.They presented the group itinerary and senior members will give a report of the trip at a future board meeting. The request included coverage of the sponsor’s trip, fuel costs and grounds admission.

SERVICES REPORT- Mr. Howard presented Mr. Cox’s report-there are new brushes on the tractor used for snow removal; the modulator on the boiler will need to be replaced; Pfeffer’s made repairs on the Polk house; there were frozen pipes at Ms. Peter’s house.  Mr. Bishop and Mrs. Bishop were also present to answer any questions from the board.

TEACHER ASSOCIATION UPDATE-None

BOARD MEMBER/COMMITTEE REPORTS/REQUESTS: Anderjaska reported that the Negotiation’s teams had met and come to an agreement that will be discussed later in the meeting. Richards reported that Marcia Herring will be coming in January to begin the Community Engagement process approved in November and Craig Caples will be doing an e-meeting demo in January. She also reported on the various work sessions she attended at the State Conference.

ADMINISRTATIVE REPORTS- Mr. Polk will begin to do a monthly activities report in January. A written report of the various activities was included in the board packet. Post-season honors went to the following students: Football:Tristan Johnson-1^st team All District Defense; Seth Gohl- 2^nd team All District Offense; Kasey Schwenk 2^nd Team All District Defense; Honorable Mention –Nick Heskett, Taylor Walker, Austin Meyers, and Joe Soncksen. Volleyball: Whitney Rosno-West RPAC All Conference Honorable Mention. All-State Choir: Mason Harouff and Kaitlin Howard. One Act: placed 4^th at RPAC and 5^th at Districts. CONGRATULATIONS!!  Basketball began November 18^th with 7 girls and 9 boys playing. There will not be any JV games this season. There was an informative meeting concerning 6-man football for players and parents on December 5^th. It included rules for 6-man football, the division of teams based on location and scheduling.  Karen Haase will be here on December 18^th to do an assembly on cyber-bullying and legal ramifications involved in cyber-bullying. She will present to grades 5-8 from 9:00-10:00 and grades 9-12 from 10:15-11:15. Wallace

Schools have been invited and will attend the presentations that day. Parents are welcome to attend.

ACTION ITEMS- CONSENT AGENDA-Rosno moved, seconded by Brott, to approve the consent agenda consisting of the

approval of November 11, 2013 Regular Meeting minutes, approval of November Bank Transfers, approval of November Employee Benefit Fund claim of $44.00, approval of November Bond Fund claims of $167,973.75, approval of December General Fund claims of $202,566.44(Payroll - $155,175.72 Claims - $47,390.72), approval of School/Community Engagement Proposal – 2^nd reading, amend Board policy 4010.10 – 2^nd reading, amend Board policy 4010.4 – 2^nd reading, approval of Multicultural plan – 2^nd reading,  approval of Incentive plan for college classes – 2^nd reading. Voting yes: Brott, Hill, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska. Voting no: none. Absent: Johnson.  Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

APPROVE FISCAL AUDIT -Hill moved, seconded by Rosno, to approve the Fiscal Audit. Voting yes: Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska, Brott, Hill. Voting no: None. Absent: Johnson.  Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

NEGOTIATED TEACHER CONTRACT FOR 2014-2015 AND 2015-2016 – Hill moved, seconded by Brott, to approve the Negotiated Teacher Contract for 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. Voting yes: Rosno, Anderjaska, Brott, Hill, Richards. Voting no: None. Absent: Johnson.  Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

APPROVE FFA TRIP TO DENVER STOCK SHOW – Brott moved, seconded by Hill, to approve the FFA trip to the Denver Stock Show with the $750 as requested. Voting yes: Anderjaska, Brott, Hill, Richards, Rosno. Voting no: none. Absent: Johnson.  Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION – Moved to a Discussion Item.

DISCUSSION-STRATEGIC PLAN FOR BULLYING/HARASSMENT –Mr. Howard presented the Draft Plan of Action that he has been working on with Mrs. Lee, Mr. Polk and the School Improvement Committee. There will be further discussion and planning before a final draft is presented for approval.

INFORMATION ONLY- ESU 15 & 16 Board Member Workshop – January 29^th at 5:00 P.M

CORRESPONDENCE –Thank yous were received from: Vickie Christner, Gregg and Jeanne Bishop, Joyce Richter, Patty Lee, Gerry and Kim Maucher, Ann Fornoff, Cheyenne Jeffers, Marlene Tidyman, and Blake and Mary Gigax.

EXECUTIVE SESSION – None

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS/OTHER: Election of officers, Board Committee appointments, Official Depository and Newspaper, Superintendent contract, District technology plan, set date for Board retreat.

President Anderjaska adjourned the meeting at 8:02 P.M.

The next regular scheduled meeting of the Board of Education will be January 13, 2014 at 7:00 P.M.

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President                                                                                                            Secretary

These are a full draft of the minutes that will be considered for approval at the next regular Board meeting.