February 13, 2017 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. OPENING PROCEDURES
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COPY OF OPEN MEETINGS ACT: The Board of Education makes available at least one current copy of the Open Meetings Act posted in the meeting room at a location accessible to members of the public. The Act is posted on the south wall of the meeting room. ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS: The Arlington Board of Education reserves the right to adjust the order of items on this agenda.
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1.1. Call Meeting to Order
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1.2. Roll Call
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1.3. Pledge of Allegiance
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1.4. Approval of Regular Meeting Agenda
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2. WELCOME TO GUESTS AND PUBLIC FORUM
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC FORUM: Getting Started: When it is your turn to speak during the public forum portion of the agenda, please come forward, sign your name and address on the sign-in sheet and state your name to the Board of Education. Personnel or Student Topic: If you are planning to speak about a personnel or student matter involving an individual, please understand that our policies require that such concerns initially be directed to the administration for consideration. Board members will generally not respond to any questions you ask or comments you make about individual staff members or students. You are cautioned that slanderous comments are not protected just because they are made at a board meeting. General Rules: Please remember that this is a meeting of the Board of Education held in public for conducting the business of the Board of Education. Disruptions, offensive language, personal attacks and hostile conduct will not be tolerated. |
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3. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTION REPORTS
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3.1. 5th Grade Report
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3.2. Family Consumer Science Report
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3.3. Language Arts Report
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4. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS
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4.1. Mr. Pfingsten's Report
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4.2. Mrs. Morgan's Report
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4.3. Mr. Shada's Report
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5. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
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6. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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6.1. Americanism/Education Evaluation
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6.2. Buildings and Grounds Committee
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6.3. Finance Committee
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6.4. Negotiations Committee
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6.5. Baseball Ad Hoc Committee
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6.6. NASB Legislative Representative
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Nebraskans United for Property Tax Reform and Education Senator Groene's Weekly Column
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6.7. Professional Development Sharing
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PRESIDENTS’ RETREAT February 26 & 27 | Kearney March 5 & 6 | Norfolk
BACK TO THE BASICS OF SCHOOL LAW March 7 | Gering March 14 | Kearney March 16 | Norfolk March 21 | Lincoln |
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7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
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7.1. Discuss, Consider and Review Policies 6000-6290.
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7.2. Discuss,Consider, and Take Necessary action to approve the purchase and installation of bus cameras.
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The safety committee and the buildings and grounds committee is recommending purchasing cameras for two buses and then deploying those two buses to the routes that are experiencing repeated stop arm runs. We would review their effectiveness before making decisions on how to handle the rest of the fleet.
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8. NEW BUSINESS
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8.1. Discuss, Consider, and Take Necessary Action to approve the 2017 Annual District Goals
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The goals and objectives remain the same but updates were made to some strategies.
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8.2. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to approve the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 calendars.
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15 staff members served on the calendar committee. The committee started the process by identifying considerations that were tight, fairly tight, and loose. These considerations helped to shape the 2 year calendar that is presented.
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8.3. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to approve option enrollment capacities for the 2017-2018 school year.
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Motion to approve the resolution to adopt option enrollment capacities for the 2017-2018 school year as presented
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8.4. Discuss, Consider, and Take Necessary action to increase certificated staffing by .02 FTE for the purpose of increased instructional support.
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8.5. Discuss and Consider amending Policy 3520 Transportation
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The buildings and grounds committee is recommending amending this policy to accurately reflect current practice.
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8.6. Discuss board committee purpose and operating procedures
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8.7. Discuss public comment section at regular board meetings
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Summary of how 'public comment' is handled at eight (8) other districts Frequency during meetings: 6 of these districts receive public comment at only one point in the agenda 1 of these districts receive public comment at two points in the agenda 1 of these districts receive public comment at time when agenda item is under consideration
Point in the meeting: 5 of these districts have public comment toward front of meeting 1 of these district have public comment at front for comment on agenda items and at end for comment on nonagenda items 1 of these have public comment between discussion and action items (half-way) 1 of these districts have public comment at time when agenda it is under consideration
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9. CONSENT AGENDA
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9.1. Minutes of the Previous Board Meeting(s)
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9.2. Monthly Financial Reports
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9.3. Claims (Check Register)
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9.4. Special Fund Transfers
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Employee Benefit Fund Blue Cross/Blue Shield $7,914.45 Construction Fund Getzchmann Heating (HVAC Project) $66,500.00 QCPUF Bond Fund Fremont National Bank $600.00
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9.5. Hot Lunch Report
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9.6. Activity Report
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9.7. Resignation of Denise Mitchell as elementary special education paraeducator effective February 1, 2017.
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9.8. Resignation of Kyle Moore as a 5-8 grade special education teacher effective at the end of his 2016-2017 teaching contract.
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10. EXECUTIVE SESSION
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The Arlington Board of Education reserves the right to go into Closed/Executive Session at any time in accordance with Section 84-1410. A copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted in the board room for review by the public. |
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11. ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS
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12. ADJOURNMENT
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