July 12, 2022 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Monthly Meeting

Discussion:  President Lutkemeier called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.  The meeting was advertised in the July 7th publication of the Blue Hill Leader.  "The Open Meetings Act" poster was displayed in the meeting room.

Discussion:  Every Student, Every Opportunity, Every Day - Silver Lake is dedicated to every student's academic and personal success.

Discussion:  See attached file.

Discussion:  Guest in attendance was Eric Parr.  No comment offered at this time.

Discussion:  Mr. Bauer reported that general maintenance in both buildings is on schedule.  He is currently working to find someone to submit a bid for the proposed entryway to the high school.  Bus suppliers have been contacted and should have bids to me in time for our next board meeting for a preschool mini-bus.  Board members agreed that Monday, August 8th will work for a budget work session with the location to be determined.

Discussion:  Mr. Arntt reported that Jump Start will be from July 25th through August 5th, 8:30 to 11:30 am.  Bussing to be provided.  Preschool summer school will run from July 25th through August 5th, 9:00 to 11:00 am.  The Webster County Fair 4-H clothing judging, fashion show and music contest will be held at the elementary on Monday, July 18th.  Also, permission was granted to use the school parking lot during fair.  Cleaning of the building is on schedule.   

Discussion:  Mr. Drake reported that fall sports practices begin on August 8th, teacher in-service will be on August 11th with the first day of school set for Friday, August 12th.

Discussion:  N/A

Discussion:  The front of the entrance and the kids' recess grass area seem to be difficult to get the grass to take root.  Mr. Bauer had Tilley's come out and supply a bid for underground sprinklers, spraying the yard to kill it, regrading and putting down sod.  

The total bid was $21,607.

Gilbert Electric - Power into the underground tower - $900

Total Cost - $22,507

Discussion:  We receive yearly renewal notices for statewide associations.  Our Nebraska Rural Community Schools Association Membership Dues are $850 (same price as 21-22).  NRCSA provides a great deal of services for our district.  Last year, NRCSA had 216 member schools representing 86,000 students across 91 counties and 26 legislative districts throughout Nebraska.  

Discussion:  We had our first reading of these at the June meeting. Mr. Bauer made the adjustments and choices as were discussed at the June meeting.  Shaun Fisher verified that we do have the hired/non-owned coverage in our auto policy. Shaun added that in the event of an accident, liability will be covered, but physical damage to the employee's vehicle will not.  He urged employees to have that conversation with their insurance agent.

Discussion:  Legislative guidelines require that we review our Student conduct policies with the county attorney of the county in which the principal office of the school district is located (Webster - Patrick Calkins) (Adams - Donna Fegler Daiss) and also have an annual review by the School Board of Education.  See attached Policy. 

Discussion:  A portion of our ESSER III funding has to be set aside for loss of learning/recovery.  We have agreed to purchase a new K-6 English Language Arts curriculum.  This will cover the expenses that we have to utilize from the learning loss category.  6 year online resources and 6 year student print resources.  $80,074.82

Discussion:  ESSER III requires that the school have an in-depth and detailed return to school plan in place.  It also requires that we take into account stakeholder input for the return to school plan.  Attached is our plan.  Our plan needs to be reviewed every 6 months.  This is our 6 month review.  No changes are necessary at this time.  Plan continues to be posted to the website. 

Discussion:  The last of the old series of freezers from the Bladen site is out of commission.  We need to get a freezer ordered to replace this.

Discussion: 

Rule 10 requires that an annual status report is provided to the Board of Education. 

The district has a statement of philosophy for the multicultural education program.

The district curriculum guides, framework, or standards incorporate multicultural education.

The district multicultural education program includes a process for selecting appropriate instructional materials.

The district has a process for provision of staff development in multicultural education, including professional development for administrators, teachers and support staff, which is congruent with local district and program goals.

The district has a process for periodic assessment of the multicultural program.

Discussion:  Mr. Drake summarized the changes in the proposed 2022-23 student handbook.  See attachments.

Discussion:  Mr. Arntt summarized the changes to the proposed 2022-23 teacher handbook.  See attached files.

Discussion:  Board members discussed the need to set the substitute teacher pay rate.  
We currently pay $130 per day.

Aurora, DT, Giltner, Hampton, Kenesaw were still at $130 as of last month, and
Hastings and Blue Hill are $155.
AC is $164.24.
 

Discussion:  N/A

Discussion:  Items slated for next month's agenda include Student Drug Testing and filling the position of Assistant Boys Basketball coach.  The next regular board of education meeting is set for August 11th, 7:00 pm, at the elementary in Bladen.  A Budget Workshop is set for Monday, August 8th at 6:30 with the location to be determined.