November 13, 2017 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

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The Board needs to appoint Jessica Dunlap to the Board of Education.  The resolution is attached.

The official term language is in the motion and resolution.  Jessica's term will run through December 2018.

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General Fund for $88,450.58
Payroll for $528,371.13
Total $616,821.71

Some items to point out:

1. $665 to Educational Design Solutions is for Lexia, a computer program, for our Title I program.  Used it for years but thought I would point it out as the name may not be familiar.
2. $9,107 to IXL Learning is another computer program we have purchased.  We will be using grant money for this program.  We will present information about the program at a later meeting.
3. $2,275 to Turnitin is for a Plagiarism program.  Our teachers are able to run student generated papers or responses through this program and it identifies areas that have been plagiarised. 

Results from the NeSA and 11th Grade Accountability assessments from last spring are included in the packet.  

***This data is still embargoed by NDE and is not yet to be shared with the public.  NDE has not yet provided a timeline for a public release of this data.

The report also includes demographic data and the results the new MAP assessments.  The MAP assessment replaced the ITBS test typically taken each fall.

Open discussion as needed.

We have attached a synopsis of the 2016-17 Audit.  Nothing unusual to report as it looks like our last several.  There are always a few differences due to auditing rules and regulations compared to our daily budgeting process but Tammy and I agree with the audit report at this point.  The State is now requiring an audit of our student attendance reports and that was a lot more time consuming than we thought it would be.  Not sure why we are having to do this other than student numbers are part of the state aid formula.  As always, the full audit is available in my office.

Policy 4057 states that the superintendent's evaluation needs to be completed by December.  We have generally finished in that time period.  The policy and the form are attached.  Just need to discuss process and timeline.

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The Board President will restate the reason for Closed/Executive Session after the motion has been acted on.