January 12, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  President Olsen called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.

Discussion:  Mr. Lambert read Mr. Hauxwell's report in his absence. The report stated the list of fall athletes that were submitted for Academic All-State. He talked about the wrestling tournament at the school on Saturday January 16th and how there were 4 less teams than last year, but they were all Colorado teams who could not compete due to COVID. Mr. Hauxwell will be attending the NSAA district 5 meeting on January 13th in Holdrege. Lastly, he stated the SPVA seeds and brackets would be released on January 13th and 14th.

Discussion:  Mrs. Odens talked about the teacher inservice on January 4th where the K-12 staff went through MAP and ACT data. She stated that PLC teams met and set goals and the K-6 teachers also had time to lesson plan and work on report cards. She mentioned that she was starting her 2nd semester observations in the coming week. She spoke of a couple different events taking place soon for the K-6 students including the UNL food and nutrition day as well as a virtual field trip with Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom in which Chase County was nominated by former student Kalen Griffen. To conclude, she noted dates for PBIS' Tiered Fidelity Inventor, Title I ESSA visit, and another ARC professional development training.

Mr. Sorensen went over the mock shooter drill the local law enforcement held at the school over Christmas Break. He said it was nice for them to get a better look into the layout and entry points of the school. He talked about the different ways they are working with the high school students to better prepare them for the ACT. They brought in Chad Cargill to present to the teachers and then to the students about different strategies how to better prepare for the ACT. He ended with an overview of the different meetings he has scheduled for January.

Discussion:  Mr. Lambert informed the board that the 2nd round MAPS testing was done and they would begin collecting data to see the growth from the beginning of the year. He also spoke briefly of the ACT training with Chad Cargill and how he had some great information and strategies to share with the staff and students. He mentioned that he and the principals would be participating in a virtual career fair through UNK. He was pleased with the number of students that had signed up to learn more about Chase County Schools. He gave an update on building and grounds including the possibility of helping the City update the softball fields. He is working with Mr. Einsphar and a couple companies to get the website up to date and to ease the use of various communcation. He also noted that Allo would begin switching lines on January 19th, the school would be leasing a bus until they found a bus to replace the bus that was totaled, and the camera installation was nearly completed. He moved on to the budget which he said looks ok thus far. He mentioned the possibility of switching the 125 plan to American Fidelity which would save the district money and ease the process for the staff. To end he went over the COVID vaccine and how some teachers had received their first dose, but due to a change in the tiers the rest would have to wait to get theirs if they so choose.

Discussion:  Meeting adjourned at 9:14 PM.