HAYES CENTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT #079

REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

APRIL 8, 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, April 8, 2013 in the Conference 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, Principal Peggy Pruter, and Board members Joe Anderjaska, Connie Brott, Britt Hill, Marian Richards and Bob Rosno present. Eric Hill was absent.  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: B. Hill moved, seconded by Brott, to adopt the agenda with the exclusion of item 7 and the Legislative Update. Voting yes: Anderjaska, Brott, B.Hill, Richards, Rosno. Voting no: None.  Absent: E. Hill. Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

AUDIENCE COMMUNICATIONS:  Mr. Cooper reported on the various FFA activities for the past month:

The Hayes Center FFA had a very fine showing at the 85th Nebraska FFA state convention.  We earned 8 ribbons through the contest, 3 individual awards and 2 chapter awards. Individual ribbons include- Farm and Ranch Management: Morgan Harouff white ribbon; Natural Resources: Catie Wright red ribbon, Sara Wright red ribbon, and Alex Lawson red ribbon; Senior Livestock Judging: Kerbie Large red ribbon and Seth Gohl blue ribbon. Team ribbons include the Natural Resource team of Alex Lawson, Catie and Sara Wright and Liz VanCura receiving a red; Senior Livestock Judging consisting of Seth Gohl, Kerbie Large, Tristan Johnson and Sarah Cox received a red ribbon. Remember, these members are competing against the whole state of Nebraska.  There is no class division like in sports. Individual awards include: Andrea Wach gold rating, top 3 finalist in Diversified Crop Production proficiency; Taylor Cooper and Kerbie Large received their state degrees. Chapter Awards include a state superior chapter award and bronze rating in chapter Natural Resource award. These awards are given to the Hayes Center FFA chapter as a whole for work done A) as a chapter for the Chapter Award and B) activities dealing with Natural Resources for the Chapter Natural Resource Award.  We had a fine performance from the Nebraska State Chorus group this year.  We have 3 members who qualified and participated.  Mason Harouff - soloist; Alex Lawson and Weston Richards also participated.

SERVICES REPORT-Gregg Bishop reported on the suburban bids, bus usage etc. The transportation committee will meet before the May meeting so they can make recommendations to the board. Maury Cox reported that they will be working on the sewer line from the tan teacherage.

TEACHER ASSOCIATION UPDATE-NONE   BOARD MEMBER/COMMITTEE REPORTS/REQUESTS: NONE

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT- Mr. Howard pointed out the bus route map included in the board packet.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT - We have had a busy month here at school. Students have participated in a number of activities and have brought home many medals and ribbons. Reports on these events have been included in the newspaper pages and on the school website. On March 21st we hosted several members of the ESU and State Department special education services as we participated in our ILCD Phase Three Review. A year ago the full faculty participated in the data retreat and evaluated our efforts locally. We had only one area we felt we needed to improve and that was in student achievement. The State Department Representative said we pretty much had the improvement plan in place through our Strategic Plan. We will file that data with the state by Wednesday. On Thursday Mr. Barger and Mrs. Pruter will participate in the Title One Peer Review session in North Platte. We will review other schools’ plans and other representatives will review ours. Our notebooks were due April 1st. We are into our NeSA state testing right now. That is scheduled through the end of the month. On April 24th Rick Moses from NDE will be here to do a Rule 10 check. Rule 10 drives education in the school. We have a list of items they will be looking at. Summer school – we are looking at a 4 week, 4 days a week, 3 hours a day program during June. We will likely need an elementary and secondary teacher to assist students. If we are able to purchase the Compass Learning System, students will have specific skills to work on based on the identified areas of their MAP tests as well as teacher recommendations. Graduation – it looks like we will have 7 students receive diplomas in May.

THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE STUDENTS FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS!

ACTION ITEMS- CONSENT AGENDA- Brott moved, seconded by B.Hill, to approve the consent agenda consisting of the approval of minutes of the March 4, 2013 Regular meeting, the March 15, 2013 and March 21st, 2013 Special Meetings,  March General Fund claims of $162,542.73(payroll $145,254.30  claims $17,288.43) and April General Fund claims of $187,645.42 (payroll $143,230.46  claims $44,414.96). Voting yes: Brott, B. Hill, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska. Voting no: none. Absent: E. Hill. Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

BOARD POLICY REVIEW OF 3000 POLICIES - 2nd Reading- Rosno moved, seconded by Brott, to approve second reading of the 3000 Board Policy. Voting yes: B. Hill, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska, Brott . Voting no: none. Absent: E. Hill. Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

BOARD POLICY REVIEW OF 4000 AND 5000 POLICIES –1st Reading- B. Hill moved, seconded by Brott, to approve first reading of the 4000 and 5000 policies. There was discussion of doing just one policy per month since some of the policies are so long.  Richards re-read the motion: B. Hill moved, seconded by Brott, to approve first reading of the 4000 and 5000 policies. Voting yes:  Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska, Brott, B. Hill. Voting no: none. Absent: E. Hill. Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

APPROVE 2013-2014 SCHOOL CALENDAR – Brott  moved, seconded by B. Hill, to approve the School Calendar with changes to the final draft. Voting yes:  Rosno, Anderjaska, Brott, B. Hill, Richards. Voting no: none.  Absent: E. Hill. Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

SENIOR TRIP ITINERARY- Rosno moved, seconded by Brott, to approve the itinerary for the Senior trip. Voting yes: Anderjaska, Brott, B. Hill, Richards, Rosno. Voting no: none. Absent: E. Hill. Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

APPROVE MATH POSITION CONTRACT –Mr. Howard interviewed four candidates for the Math position and highly recommended Julie Fritsche for the Math position. Rosno moved, seconded by Brott, to offer Julie Fritsche the Math position contract. Voting yes: Brott, B. Hill,  Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska. Voting no: none. Absent: E. Hill. Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

APPROVE PURCHASE OF COMPASS LEARNING PROGRAM- Mrs. Pruter and Mr. Howard explained that this program will help with remediation of students and will interface with MAP test results to help pinpoint student needs. Rosno moved, seconded by Brott, to approve the purchase of the Compass Learning Program. Voting yes: B. Hill, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska, Brott.  Voting no: none. Absent: E. Hill. Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

APPROVE PURCHASE OF MOBILE DL EQUIPMENT- Mr. Howard recommended the purchase of the portable Distance Learning equipment as it will enable us to have an additional DL classroom in any room. Brott moved, seconded by Richards, to approve the purchase of the mobile DL equipment from the Depreciation Fund. Voting yes: Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska, Brott, B. Hill. Voting no: none. Absent: E. Hill. Motion passed 5-0 with 1 absent.

DISCUSSION- Mr. Howard updated the board on the Strategic Plan, District Finances, Junior High Boys Sports for 2013-2014-(the board would like Mr. Howard to check out all options concerning  Jr. High football, volleyball, and girls and boys basketball), the procedure for filling the board vacancy since Eric Hill has moved -Mr. Howard will place ads in the paper and on the school web site for anyone interested in filling the position. The board will make a decision at the May meeting, and suggestions for changes to the Social Studies Core Offerings.

INFORMATION ONLY- 5th and 6th grade classroom scenario for 2013-2014 – Mr. Howard recommends moving the 5th and 6th graders back to the elementary building.  Renewal of certificated staff for 2013-2014 –Mr. Howard is recommending the renewal of all certified staff members for next year with two changes.  Suburban bids – Mr. Howard has provided three bids for a new Suburban-the Transportation/Buildings and Grounds committee will meet before the May meeting.

CORRESPONDENCE –Letter to board from Seth Gohl

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS/OTHER-Classified Staff renewals & salaries/Course Schedule/Board Policies 6000 & 7000s/Bond Interest payment/Social Studies Core offerings/E-Meetings/Legislative Update/Summer Projects/Capital expenditure projects

President Anderjaska adjourned the meeting at 8:54 P.M.

The next regular scheduled meeting of the board of education will be May 13, 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.