RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT-
Comments were made by Large, Anderjaska, Mr. Howard, Jim Widger concerning the increase in the
asking vs. the various types of funding we won’t be receiving this year and the need to make the best
choice for the district.

President Anderjaska adjourned the meeting at 8:20 P.M.

Minutes submitted by: Marian Richards

HAYES CENTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS DISTRICT #079
REGULAR BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
SEPTEMBER 10, 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, September 10, 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 8:21 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: Rosno moved, seconded by Large, to adopt the agenda. Voting yes: Anderjaska, Hill, Kressin,
Large, Richards, Rosno. Voting no: none. Motion passed 6-0.
AUDIENCE COMMUNICATIONS: President Anderjaska reminded anyone who wished to address the board to sign in. Taylor
Cooper informed the board that she has been selected out of 200 applicants to be one of 90 members that make up the FFA National
Honor Band. She has requested a donation from the board to help with her trip to the National FFA Convention October 20 th-27th. She
is excited to be representing Hayes Center and Nebraska while there. The board congratulated Taylor and will consider her request
later in the agenda.
SERVICES REPORT: Vickie informed the board that the freezer quit again over the Labor Day Weekend. Approximately $450
worth of food was lost. She also shared with the board about the changes in nutrition requirements from USDA and provided
information about our food service program. She informed the board that the new requirements have increased food costs. Mr.
Howard added that they are working on a grant, “Fuel Up to Play” for up to $4,000 that could be used to provide morning or afternoon
snacks for the students.
TEACHER ASSOCIATION UPDATE-None
BOARD MEMBER/COMMITTEE REPORTS/REQUESTS: Bob has requested that the Transportation Committee meet before
the next meeting and would like to address summer Suburban use at the next meeting.
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT- Mr. Howard updated the board on various items including completion of repairs on the
teacherages; the store front project and concrete work. Midlands Toxicology from McCook will be providing our urinalysis testing for
the bus drivers this year.
The freezer went out again over Labor Day weekend; the new freezer should be here Friday or Monday. Kressin questioned standing
water on the new cement. Mr. Howard will talk to Mr. Echols and address concerns.
Principal’s Report- Mrs. Pruter reported that we finished last year with 138 students(68 HS and 70 Pre-K-6th); we started this year
with 123 students (57 HS and 66 Pre-K – 6th -2 have since moved out of the district leaving 64 Pre K-6), 9 students are new to the
district. The Open House and parent meeting was fairly well attended. The Lions Club once again provided the Mobile Screening Unit
and thanks to Mrs. Cooper the kids went through in record time. There are lots of busy activities leading up to Homecoming. The new
web site is up and running; there are a couple of problems with it at this time. Kressin commented that the Board Information is not on
the site yet.
Action Items- Consent Agenda- Large moved, seconded by Hill to approve the consent agenda consisting of the approval of
August 13 Regular meeting minutes, August General Fund claim of $1,000, and the September General Fund Claim of $192,426.74
(payroll - $137,031.13 claims - $55,395.61). Voting yes: Hill, Large, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska. Voting no: Kressin. Motion passed
5-1.
Adopt 2012-2013 Budget –Anderjaska asked if anyone had further comments or discussion before making a motion.
Large had questions on the two-year salary agreement and how much salaries/insurance will increase next year. Mr. Howard thought
it would be approximately $50,000. Kressin asked to use actual dollars on the budget sheet instead of the proposed budgeted numbers
in the future. Mr. Howard acknowledged that the budget sheet has always been based on the unused budget authority and does pose
some problems for those trying to understand the budget sheets and he will do whatever the board wants. Kressin wanted to vote
on the Tax Request first then come back and vote on the budget. Kressin moved, seconded by Rosno, to table item 2. Voting yes:
Kressin, Large, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska, Hill. Voting no: none. Motion passed 6-0.
Adopt 2012-2013 Tax Request Resolution - Kressin moved, seconded by Rosno, to set the General Fund levy at .90 which would
yield approximately $2,015,181.00 in revenue, which would be an increase of approximately $137,808.00 which be a 7% increase in
the General Fund levy, and leave the other proposed levies the same for a total levy of .975757.
Discussion followed. Richards re-read the motion. Voting yes: Large, Rosno, Anderjaska, Hill, Kressin. Voting no: Richards. Motion
passed 5-1.

President Anderjaska read the updated tax resolution with the following Tax Request: (1) the Tax Request for the General Fund should
be, and is hereby set at $2,015,181.65; (2) the Tax Request for the Bond Fund should be, and hereby is set at $135,702.02; (3) the Tax
Request for the Special Building Fund should be, and hereby is set at $22,617.17 and (4) the Tax Request for the qualified Capital
Purpose Undertaking Fund should be, and hereby is set at $11,308.08, with the roll call vote as follows: Anderjaska-Yes, Large-Yes,
Richards-No, Rosno-Yes, Hill-Yes, Kressin-Yes. Motion passed 5-1.
Large moved, seconded by Rosno, to bring item 2 back off the table. Voting yes: Rosno, Anderjaska, Hill, Kressin, Richards.
Voting no: none. Motion passed 6-0
Adopt 2012-2013 Budget- Kressin moved, seconded by Large, to accept the Budget as presented by Mr. Howard. Voting yes:
Anderjaska, Hill, Kressin, Large, Richards. Voting no: Rosno. Motion passed 5-1.
National FFA Convention – Mr. Cooper put in a request from the FFA for help going to the National Convention. Kressin moved,
seconded by Rosno, to grant the chapter’s request and help them go to National Convention at $805.00 and the use of the Suburban as
requested. Voting yes: Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska, Hill, Kressin, Large. Voting no: none. Motion passed 6-0.
Drafting Textbook purchase - Mr. Cooper submitted information for new textbooks but it wasn’t clear by the information if there
were one or two textbooks being requested. Mr. Cooper was not available for questions. Richards moved, seconded by Hill to table.
Voting yes: Hill, Kressin, Large, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska. Voting no: none. Motion passed 6-0.
Copier bids – Copier bids for three copiers were included in the board packet. Kressin moved, seconded by Rosno, to accept the
highest bids for the copiers. Voting yes: Kressin, Large, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska, Hill. Voting no: none. Motion passed 6-0.
Laptop bids – Mr. Howard presented the bids for the available laptops. Rosno moved, seconded by Kressin, to accept the highest bids
for the laptops. Voting yes: Large, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska, Hill, Kressin. Voting no: none. Motion passed 6-0.
Second reading of Board policy 4010.85 - Mr. Howard recommended approval of Board policy 4010.85. Rosno moved, seconded
by Richards, to approve second reading of policy 4010.85. Voting yes: Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska, Hill, Kressin, Large. Voting no:
none. Motion passed 6-0.
Approve local substitutes – Mr. Howard recommended both Brenda Anderjaska and Tiffani Dow as local substitutes for our school
district. Anderjaska stated that he would abstain from voting and discussion of this item. Large moved, seconded by Richards, to
approve Brenda Anderjaska and Tiffani Dow as local substitutes. Voting yes: Rosno, Hill, Kressin, Large, Richards. Voting no:none.
Abstaining: Anderjaska. Motion passed 5-0 with 1 abstention.
Designation of Superintendent for Federal/State official contact - This is an annual designation that is merely a formality. Large
moved, seconded by Richards, to designate Ron Howard as Federal/State official contact. : Voting yes: Anderjaska, Hill, Kressin,
Large, Richards, Rosno. Voting no:none. Motion passed 6-0.
Discussion- Dual Credit classes – Mr. Howard would like board input with regard to the expansion of dual credit classes for our
upper level and high ability students. He would recommend that we consider paying for at least a portion of these classes for our
students and would like to begin this process so that potentially we could have a policy in place for the 2013-2014 school year.
State School Board Convention - Reminder for board members that the State School Board convention is just around the corner on
November 14-16. If anyone is interested in attending they should let Mr. Howard or Jeanne know so reservations can be made.
Information Only-ACT/NeSA scores - Mrs. Pruter provided information and handouts related to this area. According to Mrs. Pruter,
a new, more rigorous grading rubric was put in place last spring so there seems to be an across the board decline in scores in the state.
The old system was essentially pass/no pass. The new system weights the four domains of writing. The new system can tell us more
closely in what areas our students need improvement. District Website - the district website is up and running. District Goals –
Included in the board packets were last year's district goals. Mr. Howard asked that the board review last year’s goals and provide
input with regard to ideas about our District goals for this year.
Correspondence - Thank You notes were received from Mark Cox’s family for flowers and the Hayes Center Disaster Grill for the
donation of season passes.
PRESIDENT ANDERJASKA ADJOURNED THE MEETING AT 10:30 P.M.

The next regular scheduled meeting of the Board of Education will be October 8, 2012.

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President                                                                                                      Secretary

These are concise minutes for the paper. A copy of the full draft of the minutes is available for inspection in the office and on the web site and will
be considered for approval at the next regular meeting. An audio recording of the meeting will be available for download from the school web site:
http://www.hccardinals.org