February 13, 2023 at 7:30 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting

Discussion:  Notice of the meeting was given in advance by publication to the public and to all members of the Board of Education. Availability of the agenda was communicated in advance. The Open Meetings Act was available for review. 

Discussion: 

Fogleman- Jeni Grape for everything she has done for the school!  

Rolf- Boys and Girls Wrestling and thank you to all staff for making it through the beginning of the year. 

Frey- Staff who helped at district wrestling. It went really smoothly; and congratulations to the wrestlers and coaches. 

Stuhr- Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped with the wrestling tournaments over the weekend. 

Roberts- Thank you to the custodial staff. There are a lot of facility demands for these large events.

Knott- Mrs. Grape and Mr. Hayes for the extra-curricular activities they have helped with and for the difference they have made for our students.

Kuester-  The generosity of our Albion and Petersburg communities, especially- the Albion Education Foundation, Booster Clubs, the Big Give, PTO, business grants, and lunch donations for families in need.

Schwartz- Mrs. Grape and Mr. Hayes for their dedicated commitment to the school- they have truly impacted our school in a positive way! 

Theis- The PTO provides support to our staff and students.  They are always willing to help us provide meals for staff or donate money to our wonderful facilities.

Larsen- Mr. Perone and his planning and proactive work. His attention to detail ensures that school events run as well as they do. He also does a great job of involving our supportive community when facilitating these many events.

Perone- Thank you for all of the hospitality that we were able to provide during the district wrestling tournament. People took notice of our staff and facilities. Thank you to everyone who contributed, you are appreciated!

Curry- Mrs. Nelson & Mrs. Paulson have done a great job with the leadership, logistics and organization to create a fun and meaningful experience with our mini-courses last Friday.  We invited several people from the community to participate. I am grateful for the pride all our teachers take in giving our students unique opportunities, like our mini-courses.  

Discussion:  Summer CKC will run from May 30th - August 4th, 7:45 am - 4:00 pm.  We will be open during the week of the fair this year.  
Rates increase from $135/child/week to $150/child/week (full time) and from $85/child/week to $90/child/week (part time). Part-time will also be changing from 5 half days to 3 full days.
Registration will be communicated through the Facebook Page, Blackboard, and the Boone Central Website.
Full time applicants will be accepted first, remaining spots will be opened up to part time applications.
 

Discussion:  Mrs. Petersen and Mrs. Wiese presented the results of the most recent School Improvement Survey.  The school improvement committee will take a transparent approach in looking for actionable improvement ideas. They will coordinate with teachers, the board, and staff, for the last component of action in the coming months. The highlight of the peer survey was that students and staff feel safe at school. Our areas of growth are in student-to-student interaction and transparency among staff.

Discussion: 

Co-op (Frey)-The co-op agreement will continue through the end of the 2023-24 school year. Moving forward, the goal is to make sure both schools have enough time to prepare for the dissolution of the co-op agreement. The board is appreciative of all of the efforts of the staff, coaches, and students that created a great opportunity during that chapter. 
Facilities(Frey)- Waiting on supply chain parts for the compressor, greenhouse, pathways security, and fire alarms in the greenhouse. A recently installed window in the kitchen looks great! 
Finance (Frey)- Expenditures continue to increase with receipts remaining consistent.  The board will continue to prioritize our cash reserves. The BC Administration and Board are doing a lot of efficiencies and will need to increase the general fund levy when working on next year's budget.  The next order of business is to review Classified Staff and Administrator wages for the 2023-24 school year. 
Policy (Fogleman)- The committee is almost through the 3000's policies. 
Transportation (Kuester) - The new school bus will be here in the next few weeks.

Discussion:  The administrators meet weekly to review staffing.  We review the role's responsibilities of all open positions when a retirement or resignation is submitted.  These positions are evaluated in great depth and it is discussed whether or not the open position should be filled, if the terms of the position should be changed, or if the position should be absorbed. Our most recent finding was to absorb the Continuous Improvement position for FY 23-24. Mrs. Hudson will move to 2nd grade and Mrs. Miller to Kindergarten.  The only current 3rd elementary section will be moving to Middle School, so there is no need to fill that teaching position at this time.  The Technology Coordinator position will be absorbed as we continue to contract with the ESU7 on this.  Some of the decisions can be reevaluated at any time if specific situations occur.
 

 

Discussion:  Schwartz- Parent Teacher Conferences continue to be a point of focus in engaging our students. I recently attended the UNK Career fair and presented Boone Central to upcoming teachers.
Curry- Middle School Parent Teacher Conferences were great. Thank you to all who attended.
Theis- PreK enrollment packets have been distributed and are due back on March 7th. Moving forward, the 5-year-olds in PreK will be evaluated on a personal basis and encouraged to move into Kindergarten.
Perone- New scoreboard is up and working!  The clever touch was a big hit during District Wrestling.

Discussion:  Ms. Hellbusch asked for clarification of 3-track elementary. It was clarified that this is still an option that will continue to be evaluated depending on the class sizes.
Mrs. Gragert asked about class sizes in elementary.
Mr. Larsen & Mr. Schwartz reports on the school calendar that the use of Wednesday mornings was the best time for our teachers to work on school improvement. Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Kettelson both stated that teachers benefit from this time and it allows for collaboration.
Carol Kusek presented the Big Give results.

Discussion:  Mr. Schwartz presented that the option enrollment program capacity will continue to be evaluated. At this time, we are increasing the 9-12 option enrollment numbers to 60.

Discussion:  Mrs. Grape's resignation letter was read out loud.

Discussion:  Mr. Haye's retirement resignation letter was read out loud.

Discussion:  March 13th at 7:30pm.

Discussion:  9:42 pm