February 15, 2016 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Notice of this meeting was posted at the Jeffrey Elementary School, Osceola Middle School/High School, Pinnacle Bank of Osceola, and the Osceola Post Office. A copy of the agenda items is tentative and may be changed by the Board if necessary.

Discussion:  President Schleif called the regular meeting to order at 6:00 PM and informed those in attendance that a current copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted in the meeting room, then directed the public to its location.

Discussion:  Mrs. Jodie Roberts has given her resignation due to her new job position does not allow for an elected position. Also present were Superintendent Rinehart, MS/HS Principal Maynard, Elementary Principal Webster and Debra Berry.

Discussion:  No board members were absent.

Discussion:  Mr. Marvin Burbach from Control Services, Inc. gave a demonstration to the Board about upgrading the HVAC controls. Currently the HVAC system is not working properly due to differences in the controls and the circuit boards. The circuit boards are outdated.

Discussion:  Elementary Principal/Activities Director Brett Webster gave his written and oral report about: NeSA writing tests and MAPs testing are completed; attendance of PTC was almost at 100%; Jump Rope for Heart started today (If $2,500 is raised, Mr. Webster will kiss a pig!); and the first Transition Team meeting will take place on February 26th. This team will help transition students with needs to the next level of their academic life. On the extra-curricular side of things: Girls Basketball starts sub-districts Tuesday, February 16th, at 7:30PM against Howells Dodge; Boys Basketball wraps up their regular season on Friday, February 19th, then play sub-districts Tuesday, February 23rd; and Little Kids Cheer Camp is scheduled for Friday, February 19th, with a performance at half time. Also, the Speech Team is doing very well, and the Polk County Spelling Bee will be held Tuesday, February 16th. Congratulations to Macy Gustafson for scoring her 1000th point at the Saturday, February 13th, basketball game!

Discussion:  MS/HS Principal Dale Maynard gave his written and oral report about: the development of job descriptions; the Advanced Ed visit agenda; the attendance of PTC was 60% for Middle School and 70% for High School; an upcoming Bryte Bytes survey; the NeSA C4L (Check for Learning) program; an update on MRSA and the protocol used; and the creation of a substitute teacher handbook.

Discussion:  Superintendent Steve Rinehart gave his written and oral report about: the NRCSA Legislative Forumis scheduled for Tuesday, February 16th, in Lincoln; the NRCSA Conference will be held March 17-18 in Kearney; the purchase of an automatic timing system for District Track; and interviewing candidates for school counselor/teacher will take place Saturday, February 20th. Also, Superintendent Rinehart reviewed Nebraska ADVISER Data Dashboard Early Adopter Program (EAP II). Osceola Public Schools has applied to be part of the ADVISER (Advanced Data Views Informing Student Education Response) dashboard which is designed for educators to combine multiple sets of data, near real-time, to inform and support effective instruction for every student.

Discussion:  There were no board reports.

Discussion:  The Board and Administration would like to thank Mrs. Roberts for her service to the District and to let her know she will be missed.

Discussion:  Action item 6.9 "consider, discuss and take all necessary action to allow Friend to join the CRC" died to the lack of a motion.

Discussion:  Action item 6.13 "consider, discuss and take all necessary action on Control Services proposal to upgrade controls on High School HVAC units" was tabled in order to gather more information.

Discussion:  Action item 6.15 "consider, discuss and take all necessary action on bids to replace steam piping over the summer at Jeffrey Elementary" was tabled due to needing more information.

Discussion:  Superintendent Rinehart and the Board discussed continuing cooping Middle School sports with High Plains Community Schools. The past years have been very successful.