Board of Education Regular Meeting

September 08, 2014 7:00 PM

Hayes Center High School

I. Call to Order - President Richards called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. in the Board room at the High School.  Notice of this hearing was given in advance to all board members. 

I.A. Roll Call – Board members present: Joe Anderjaska, Britt Hill, Amanda Johnson, Marian Richards, Bob Rosno.  Absent: Connie Brott.  Also present was Superintendent, Ron Howard and Principal, Tony Primavera.  Johnson moved, Anderjaska seconded to approve the excused absence of Connie Brott from the regular board meeting.  Voting yes: Johnson, Richards, Rosno, Anderjaska and Hill.  Motion passed 5 – 0.

I.B. Pledge of Allegiance - President Richards led the Pledge of Allegiance. 

I.C. Recognition of Visitors - Visitors were invited to sign in to speak to the board.

I.D. Recognition of Open Meetings Act poster - President Richards advised all in attendance of the Open Meetings Act poster which was displayed on the wall in the Board room. 

I.E. Adoption of Agenda – Motion to approve the agenda as presented passed with a motion by Rosno and a second by Johnson. 

Joe Anderjaska            Yes

Connie Brott              Absent

Britt Hill                Yes

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

II. Audience Communications - None

III. Services Report 

III.A. Safety audit - Maury Cox reported on the safety inspection audit and informed the board of a few recommendations.  He commented that this was the best audit while he has been here. 

IV. Board Member/Committee Reports 

IV.A. Report on Core Committee – The Core Committee will meet this Sunday evening at 7:00 in the school library.

IV.B. Board Retreat/Goal Setting session – Discussion was held concerning when to have the Board retreat/goal setting session.  A committee will try to meet soon to review the board goals and bring any changes or suggestions back to the full board in October.

V. Administrative Report – Mr. Howard informed the board of two donations the district has received.  Student, Avery Johnson sold goods she had made during the football game and donated half of her proceeds back to the school.  This will be used to buy library books.  The district also received an anonymous donation of $500 for our FFA chapter. 

V.A. Test scores - The administration met with the staff to review test scores.  Work is in progress to develop individual learning plans for students for their specific needs.  Mr. Howard commented that this year will be the 3^rd year of testing since implementing the Academic Strategic Plan.  After obtaining three years of results, this plan may need to be revisited.

V.B. National Honor Choir – Kaitlin Howard was recognized and congratulated for auditioning and being selected for the National Honor Choir.  She is one of six chosen to represent Nebraska.

V.D. Climate Surveys – The Student survey provided last spring had very positive marks for our district.

V.E. Changes in duty responsibilities for staff – Mr. Howard informed the board of a couple of additions to duties.  Discussion was held concerning our bus fleet and drivers and how many are licensed to drive the yellow buses.  At this time the board felt they would prefer the yellow buses to be used on the routes to free up the Suburbans for activities instead of purchasing another Suburban.

V.F. District Goals – a list of goals from the staff and administration was presented to the board.  The board will review these and present ideas to Mr. Howard.     

V.G. Option Enrollment – Information was provided to the board of two students who have opted out of our district.   

VI. Action Items 

VI.A. Consent Agenda - Motion to approve the consent agenda as presented, Items 1 – 8, passed with a motion by Johnson and a second by Rosno. 

Joe Anderjaska            Yes

Connie Brott              Absent

Britt Hill                Yes

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

VI.A.1. Approve August 11, 2014 Regular meeting minutes 

VI.A.2. Approve August 2014 Bank Transfers 

VI.A.3. Approve August Activity Fund claims for $1,888.49 

VI.A.4. Approve September Hot Lunch claims of $2,171.33 

VI.A.5. Approve August Petty Cash claims for $709.04 

VI.A.6. Approve August Depreciation Fund claim for $715.00 

VI.A.7. Approve September 2014 General Fund claims for $186,413.83

(Payroll $150,254.90 Bills $36,158.93) 

VI.A.8. Approve Financial Reports of the District 

VI.B. 2nd Reading of Board policies 3040.1, 4010,85, 4020.25, 7031, 7040.3, 7070.6, 7100 - Motion Passed:  Motion to approve the 2nd Reading of Board policies 3040.1, 4010,85, 4020.25, 7031, 7040.3, 7070.6, 7100 passed with a motion by Rosno and a second by Johnson. 

Joe Anderjaska            Yes

Connie Brott              Absent

Britt Hill                Yes

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

VI.C. Adopt the 2014-2015 Budget - Motion Passed:  Motion to adopt the 2014-2015 Budget as presented passed with a motion by Anderjaska and a second by Johnson. 

Joe Anderjaska            Yes

Connie Brott              Absent

Britt Hill                Yes

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

VI.D. Adopt the 2014-2015 Tax Request Resolution - Motion Passed:  Motion to adopt the 2014-2015 Tax Resolution passed with a motion by Anderjaska and a second by Johnson. 

Joe Anderjaska            Yes

Connie Brott              Absent

Britt Hill                Yes

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

VI.E. Supplementation of Activity Fund from the General Fund –

Discussion:  Mr. Howard recommended that instead of asking our community to support so many fundraisers on top of providing tax dollars, we supplement the Activity Fund activities with the General Fund. It was suggested we try to tie our fundraising along with community service projects for our activity groups.   

Motion Passed:  Motion to approve supplementing the Activity Fund for $10,000 from the General Fund passed with a motion by Rosno and a second by Johnson. 

Joe Anderjaska            Yes

Connie Brott              Absent

Britt Hill                Yes

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

VII. Discussion 

VII.A. Purchase of additional school vehicle – this was discussed earlier in the meeting under item V.E.

VIII. Information Only  

VIII.A. NASB State Education Conference - Nov 19 - 21 

VIII.B. NCSA School Law Update  

VIII.C. NASA/NASB Labor Relations Conference 

IX. Future Agenda Items/Other - President Richards advised the board that the Interlocal agreement should be ready to review by the next meeting.

IX.A. New Board policies 

X. Next Meeting – The next regular board meeting is October 13, 2014 

XI. Adjournment - Motion Passed:  Motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 P.M.  passed with a motion by Johnson and a second by Rosno. 

Joe Anderjaska            Yes

Connie Brott              Absent

Britt Hill                Yes

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

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