HAYES CENTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT #079

REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

SEPTEMBER 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, September 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 7:03 P.M. with Superintendent Ron Howard, and Board members Joe Anderjaska, Connie Brott, Britt Hill, Amanda Johnson, Marian Richards and Bob Rosno present.  The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by those in attendance.

RECOGNITION OF VISITORS: President Anderjaska reminded visitors to sign in if they wished to address the board.

 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. Voting yes: Anderjaska, Brott, Hill, Johnson, Richards, Rosno. Voting no: None.  Motion passed 6-0.

AUDIENCE COMMUNICATIONS-  Kris Kressin had questions on how the buildings are being utilized. Shane Wilkinson shared his concerns about Jr. High basketball. Tracy Cooper gave the board a summary of what is going on in the Ag Department.

SERVICES REPORT: Gregg Bishop and Jeanne Bishop were present to answer questions from the board.  Mr. Howard reported on the new custodians and window repairs at the High School. Gregg reported that the new Suburban has been ordered but not yet delivered. There were questions from Rosno on the capacity of the activity bus and if all the football gear could be hauled on it so other support vehicles would not be needed. Gregg will check on possibly removing a back seat to accommodate the water cart and also Mr. Howard will check on other potential options.

TEACHER ASSOCIATION UPDATE-None   

BOARD MEMBER/COMMITTEE REPORTS/REQUESTS: Richards reported on the workshop and conference sessions she attended and the need to update the Superintendent evaluation tool very soon so it can be approved by the state before December.  Mr. Howard reminded the board of the State Conference in Omaha November 20-22.

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT-Mr. Howard updated the board on the Jr. High football program. We have three boys participating with Wallace. The first game was today and Wallace won-all the boys got to play. NeSa test results have been released to administrators but are embargoed to the public until September 27^th. Mr. Howard did report that our district has seen significant improvements over last year’s scores.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT – None.

ACTION ITEMS- CONSENT AGENDA-Rosno moved, seconded by Johnson, to approve the consent agenda consisting of the Approval of August 12, 2013 Regular meeting minutes, Approval of August 12, 2013 Parental Involvement Hearing minutes, Approval of August 28, 2013 Workshop minutes, Approval of Building Fund claims of $4,655.00, Approval of Depreciation Fund claims of $10,493.21, and Approval of September General Fund claims of $228,354.56 (payroll $159,690.40-claims $68,664.16). Voting yes: Brott, Hill, Johnson, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska. Voting no:  none. Motion passed 6-0.

ADOPT 2013-2014 BUDGET-Rosno moved, seconded by Anderjaska, to drop the total budget $68,273.01 for a Budget Summary with total Personal and Real Property Tax Requirements of $2,330,081.40. Voting yes: Johnson, Rosno, Anderjaska. Voting no: Hill, Richards, Brott. Motion failed 3-3.

Brott moved, seconded by Hill, to accept the budget as posted. Voting yes: Richards, Brott, Hill. Voting no: Johnson, Rosno, Anderjaska. Motion failed 3-3.

Johnson moved, seconded by Rosno, to lower the Bond Fund to .08 to $218,474.14. Voting yes: Rosno, Anderjaska, Brott, Hill, Johnson, Richards. Voting no: none. Motion passed 6-0.

ADOPT 2013-2014 TAX REQUEST RESOLUTION-

                WHEREAS, public notice was given at least five days in advance of a Special Public Hearing called for the purpose of discussing and approving or modifying the District’s Tax Requests for the 2013-2014 school fiscal year for the General Fund, Bond Fund, Special Building Fund, and Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking Fund of Hayes County School District #43-0079; and,

                WHEREAS, such Special Public Hearing was held before the Board of Education  of Hayes County School District #43-0079 at the time, date, and place announced in the notice published in a newspaper of general circulation, a copy of which notice and proof of publication of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, all as required by law; and,

                WHEREAS, the Board provided an opportunity to receive comment, information and evidence from persons in attendance at such Special Hearing; and,

                WHEREAS, the Board, after having reviewed the District’s Tax Requests for each said fund, and after public consideration of the matter, has determined that the Final Tax Request as listed below are necessary in order to carry out the functions of the District, as determined by the Board for the 2013-2014 school fiscal year.

                NOW BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that (1) the Tax Request for the General Fund should be, and hereby is set at $2,020,886.85; (2) the Tax Request for the Bond Fund should be, and hereby is set at $218,474.75; (3) the Tax Request for the Special Building Fund should be, and hereby is set at $65,542.42; and (4) the Tax Request for the qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking Fund should be, and hereby is set at $36,102.02.

                It is so moved by Amanda Johnson__ and seconded by Connie Brott__  this 9^th day of September, 2013.

Roll call vote: Anderjaska-yes, Brott-yes, Hill-yes, Johnson-yes, Richards-yes, Rosno-yes. Voting no:  None. Motion passed 6-0.

DESIGNATION OF SUPERINTENDENT FOR FEDERAL/STATE CONTACT- Rosno moved, seconded by Brott, to designate the Superintendent as Federal/State contact. Voting yes: Rosno, Anderjaska, Brott, Hill, Johnson, Richards. Voting no: none. Motion passed 6-0.

SCHOOL ATTORNEY SELECTION- Rosno moved, seconded by Brott, to appoint Tim Thompson as our School Attorney. Voting yes: Hill, Johnson, Richards, Rosno,  Anderjaske, Brott. Voting no:  None. Motion passed 6-0.

DISCUSSION- Football classification for 2014 and 2015 2 year cycle - The board will need to decide by the October board meeting what they would like to do for the next two years with high school Football.  Options are 6-man, 8- man or Co-op.  If we co-op, that decision has to be made by November 1, 2013.  Otherwise the 6 or 8 man decision will need to be made by November 30th.  This is a two year cycle and you cannot switch during the cycle.  We will have, according to the present student count, 15 boys that play football for the 2014-2015 school year and 9 boys that play for the 2015-2016 school year.  Also, if we co-op, our 3 year, 9th - 11th grade total school count must remain at 83 or less to play 8 man football.  Our next year’s three year count if taken right now would be 23 students.   Junior High Basketball - we also have a few options for the upcoming Junior High Boys Basketball season.  We could combine boys and girls, move 6th graders up or send the boys to Wallace.  Mr. Gallegos (PE) and Mr. Polk (Activities Director) and Mr. Howard’s recommendation is to send the boys to Wallace for the season.  The boys already have played football with the Wallace boys and they seem comfortable with that situation.  Wallace is willing to take the boys for this season. Changes in the Hot Lunch program-Mr. Howard addressed a question on current practice for lunch payments for the program-no changes will be made.

 Information Only-Mr. Howard presented information on the following: ACT scores, Update of District Goals,   State School Board convention, November 20 - 22

Correspondence –none; Executive Session – None; Future Agenda Items/Other: Multi-cultural plan- Policy Updates- NeSA results and rankings -Superintendent Evaluation-Negotiations

President Anderjaska adjourned the meeting at 9:06 P.M.

The next regular scheduled meeting of the board of education will be October 14, 2013 at 7:00 P.M.

Submitted by Marian Richards, Board Secretary

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