HAYES CENTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT #079

REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

OCTOBER 8, 2012

8:00 P.M.

AGENDA

CALL TO ORDER: The regular meeting of the Board of Education for the Hayes Center Public Schools District #43-0079 was held on Monday, October 8, 2012 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 8:00 P.M. with Superintendent Ron Howard, Principal Peggy Pruter, and Board members Joe Anderjaska, Britt Hill, Kevin Large, Kris Kressin, 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: Large moved, seconded by Rosno, to adopt the agenda. Voting yes: Anderjaska, Hill, Kressin, Large, Richards, Rosno. Voting no: none.  Motion passed 6-0.

AUDIENCE COMMUNICATIONS: Second Grade teacher Ms. Bentley presented her second grade web-page. She then showed the board several examples of the videos her students animated. They chose their characters and made up the dialogue. The students then did their own corrections and editing for the final presentations. They all did a very nice job. Their work can be seen on the school web-site on Ms. Bentley’s page under Second Grade Student work.

Mrs. Maucher reported on the Student Led Conferences at the Elementary School. The Student Learning Committee has been working on this for some time but this is the first time they have implemented it. The students sent out invitation letters to the parents. They all did a Student Self Reflection page, shared a piece of their work, filled out a Student Self Evaluation form after the conference. The parents filled out an evaluation form as they left, and there was a Parent Response Page. The student led evaluations were well received by the parents and will be used again in the future. The Spring conferences are expected to be the traditional parent/teacher conferences but the student led conferences will probably be used again next year and are expected to follow the Elementary students as they move on to Jr. High and High School. The High School does not currently use the Student Led conferences.

SERVICES REPORT: NONE

TEACHER ASSOCIATION UPDATE-NONE

BOARD MEMBER/COMMITTEE REPORTS/REQUESTS: Suburban use was discussed with some concerns about using the older Suburbans for summer sports activities-there have been some problems with the air conditioning not working on the older units. There will be follow-up discussion about using the newer units for summer programs to alleviate some of the break-downs.

Mr. Echols completed the cement work to allow the water to flow off of the old sidewalk today.  This task required the removal of three portions of old concrete and then they had to re-slope and pour the new cement. Kressin questioned the cost of the project which the board approved several months ago to address safety concerns with the curb and the narrow sidewalk up to the buildings. 
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT- ­­­­­­­­Mr. Howard updated the board on various items including: All School assembly – Mr. Howard reported on the positive comments received from both patrons and students after the all-school assembly October 4^th. Mrs. Kitty Werthmann spoke on her experiences during Hitler’s reign in Austria.  

He also informed the board that the freezer was finally finished today-there was a hold up due to getting the electrician here to do his part.

The conferences went very well on Tuesday night.  The student-led conferences held K - 6 were very well attended (95%) and well received.

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT- Mrs. Pruter reported on the various training meetings and workshops attended by teachers and administrators the past month. The Student Council did a great job of getting things ready for Homecoming; the H-Club silent jersey auction went very well-the money was used to sponsor the dance; FFA will be attending an Impact Leadership meeting Wednesday. The student labor auction raised approximately $3,200; John Baylor Test prep began today. Students who participate average a 2-3 point gain on test scores.

Kressin questioned the administration on student numbers and what we could do to draw more students to the community. He would like to see the school advertise to draw kids from other communities.

ACTION ITEMS- CONSENT AGENDA- Rosno moved, seconded by Large, to approve the consent agenda consisting of the approval of minutes of September 10, 2012 Regular meeting , September 10, 2012 Budget Hearing and September 10, 2012 Tax Request hearing, October Depreciation Fund Claim of $28,233.00, October General Fund claims of $169,682.81(payroll $143,169.24, claims-$26,513.57). Voting yes: Hill, Large, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska. Voting no: Kressin. Motion passed 5-1.

VOCATIONAL TEXTBOOK PURCHASE-Mr. Cooper requested approval for the purchase of Basic Technical Drawing textbooks for the Ag Program. Rosno moved, seconded by Large, to approve the textbook purchase. Voting yes: Kressin, Large, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska, Hill. Voting no: none. Motion passed 6-0.

DISTRICT AND BOARD OF EDUCATION GOALS: Mr. Howard and the committee that worked on District and Board Goals for 2012-13 asked the board to approve the goals. Large moved, seconded by Rosno to insert home to school/community connections under bullet 3 of the District Goals and to approve both sets of goals as amended.   Voting yes: Large, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska, Hill, Kressin. Voting no: None. Motion passed 6-0.

APPROVE BOARD POLICY-Mr. Howard presented Policy 5010.45 which deals with the reciting of the pledge daily and incorporating the requirements of Constitution day on September 17th.
Rosno moved, seconded by Richards, to approve the first reading of Policy 5010.45 as mandated by the State of Nebraska. Voting yes: Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska, Hill, Kressin, Large. Voting no: none. Motion passed 6-0

DISCUSSION-DUAL CREDIT CLASSES – Mr. Howard informed the board that he applied for a grant that would be used to provide financial relief for students taking dual credit classes and should know by next month if the district qualifies. The board will need to decide requirements for how those funds would be made available to the students. There was discussion of the current procedure for dual credit classes and the possibility of some changes in policy in regard to providing some kind of financial relief.

 INFORMATION ONLY- SAFETY AUDIT HANDOUT-the school did very well on the audit. There were a few suggestions for improvement. ELEMENTARY SECRETARY POSITION-Interviews have been conducted and Mr. Howard is waiting on background checks to be completed. STATE SCHOOL BOARD CONVENTION - Reminder for board members that the State School Board convention is just around the corner on November 14-16. CORRESPONDENCE-NONE

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS-FISCAL AUDIT- Our auditor will be here on October 10th to do more work on this process.

PRESIDENT ANDERJASKA ADJOURNED THE MEETING AT 9:24 P.M.

The next regular scheduled meeting of the Board of Education will be November 12, 2012 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.