January 10, 2022 at 5:30 PM - Board of Education Regular January Meeting

1. Opening Procedures

1.1. Call to Order

1.2. Open Meetings Act

1.3. Roll Call

1.4. School District Mission Statement

1.5. Pledge of Allegiance

2. Adjourn Sine Die and Elect School Board Officers for the 2022 calendar year.

2.1. Hold for nomination and election the position of Board President for the calendar year 2022.

2.2. Reconvene the regular meeting of the Board of Education

2.3. Hold for nomination and election the Vice President of the Board of Education

2.4. Hold for nomination and election of the position of Board of Education Secretary.

3. Approval of Agenda

4. Awards and Special Recognition

5. Recognition of Visitors/Communication from the Public

5.1. EFAST Presentation by Matt Fischer of First National Capital Markets

5.2. WEA

6. Reports

6.1. Administrators

6.1.1. Elementary Principal Report

6.1.2. Secondary Principal Report

6.1.3. Superintendent Report

6.2. Board Committees

6.2.1. Board Policy

6.2.2. Building, Sites &Transportation

6.2.3. Business & Finance

6.2.4. American Civics, Curriculum & Technology

6.2.5. Negotiations & Public Relations

6.2.6. School Improvement & Strategic Planning

7. Discussion and Action Items

7.1. Consent Agenda

7.1.1. Minutes of the previous meeting

7.1.2. Financial Reports

7.2. Oath of Office

7.3. Review and sign the Code of Conduct document as written by the Nebraska Association of School Boards

7.4. Review and sign a Potential Conflict of Interest Statement as required by the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Act and board policy #2005

7.5. Appoint Board Members for the 2022 calendar year to board committees

7.6. Discuss and take appropriate action on the following procedural items:

• to designate Bank First of Wakefield as the official district depository.

• authorizing Board Officers, Superintendent Matt Farup, and Treasurer Becky Gothier to sign checks for the General Fund; Contingency Fund; Depreciation Fund; Lunch Fund; Special Building Fund; Employee Benefit Fund; Bond Fund; Cooperative Fund and Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking Fund.

• authorizing the Activities Secretary Dawn Lubberstedt, the District Business Manager  Becky Gothier, and the Superintendent of Schools Matt Farup to sign checks for the Activities Fund.

• designating The Wakefield  Republican as the official news publication for the school district for 2022. 

• to retain the law firm KSB School Law as the district's legal counsel authorized to provide the Board of Education with legal counsel.
  
  
   

7.7. Hold for consideration, discussion, and appropriate action a recommendation from the Building, Grounds, & Transportation Committee to accept a bid from Rasmussen Mechanical Services for installing HVAC improvements.
 

7.8. Hold for discussion and appropriate action on an administrative recommendation to add the following FTE certified teaching positions for the 2022-2023 school year:

• Alternative Education Director
• Learning Strategist
• K-12 Technology Instructor
• Full-time Substitute teacher

7.9. Discuss and take appropriate action to pay Nemaha Sports Construction the amount of the balance of the Dixon County Common School Co-operative Account, thereby exhausting the funds in the account and closing the account. This payment is a partial amount of the first invoice for the construction of the Wakefield Community School Sports Complex. 

7.10. Hold for discussion and appropriate action approval of the Academic Calendar for the school year 2022-2023.

8. Upcoming Dates and Times

8.1. Set the date and time for the next regular meeting

9. Adjournment