August 11, 2014 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Osceola Public Schools Board of Education Information
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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.
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2. Opening Procedures
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2.1. Call the Meeting to Order
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President Schleif called the regular meeting to order at 6:07PM 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.
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2.2. Roll Call
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Also present were Superintendent Rinehart, Principal Sarah Johnson, Debra Berry and Mr. Dustin Laurent.
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2.3. Excuse Board Members Who Are Absent
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3. Approval of Agenda
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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4. Recognition of Visitors/Communications from the Public
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Consent Agenda
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4.1. Dustin Laurent present bid on Track resurfacing for next summer.
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Mr. Dustin Laurent from Pro Track and Tennis, Inc. presented a bid on resurfacing the MS/HS track. Mr. Laurent recommeneds a structual spray topcoat. For a black structual spray topcoat the bid is $60,922.00 and has a 5 year warranty. The track has not been resurfaced in 10 years.
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5. Reports
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5.1. Principals Reports
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5.1.1. Elementary Report
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Elementary Sarah Johnson gave her written and oral report about: the Elementary Open House is scheduled for Thursday evening, August 14th, from 5:30PM to 6:30PM; Preschool numbers are climbing; Doug Rathjen and Lisa Johnston from Pinnacle Bank visited about starting a banking program at the Elementary; and meetings attended over the summer.
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5.1.2. MS/HS Report
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MS/HS Principal Dale Maynard submitted a written report about: computer "boot camp" during the first days of school; the one-to-one computer meetings went well; Cross County Community Schools will host the Todd Becker Foundation program on November 5th; the changes in the Dazzler program; Soap Scrimmages are scheduled on August 22nd for football and softball, and August 28th for volleyball; 6th grade orientation is Thursday, August 14th, at 6:00PM; total numbers for MS/HS; and the attendance of Administrator's Days in Kearney.
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5.2. Superintendent’s Report
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Superintendent Steven Rinehart gave his written and oral report about: attending upcoming NASB regional meetings; the Labor Relations Conference will be held September 10th; the problems with the phone system; contracting with Mierau and Company for the district audit; the renewal of the Striv-TV contract; and joining NASB for the 2014-2015 school year.
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5.3. Board Reports
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There were no board reports.
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6. Action Items
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6.1. Consent Agenda
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Consent Agenda
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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6.1.1. Approval of the Previous Meeting’s Minutes
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6.1.2. Treasurer’s Report
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6.1.3. Payment of general fund claims in the amount of $418,401.56
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6.2. Consider, discuss and take all necessary action on renewal of Striv-TV subscription.
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6.3. Consider, discuss and take all necessary action to set date for the 2014-15 budget hearings
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6.4. Consider, discuss and take all necessary action to set date for 2014-2015 final property tax hearing
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7. Discussion Items
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7.1. Discuss budgeting process and possibilities.
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Superintendent Rinehart reviewed the budgeting process. The Finance Committee will be meeting in the near future. Superintendent Rinehart would like to have one more meeting in August to close out the final expenditures for the 2013-2014 school year. He will send out possible dates to the board members.
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7.2. Discuss change in procedure for sending student records.
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The District's present practice of sending student records to another school is that records will not be sent until a parent signs a release of records and it is received by the school office. Option papers are an intent to go to school somewhere else but it is not an absolute resolution. Due to the privacy of student records, a signed release of records is required.
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7.3. Discuss merger discussions with Shelby/Rising City.
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Superintendent Rinehart and the Board talked about the upcoming meeting of the Shelby/Rising City patrons about possible merger plans.
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8. Executive Session
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There was no executive session held.
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9. Adjournment
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9.1. Next Meeting Dates and Times
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9.1.1. Regular meeting with 2014-2015 Budgets Hearing and 2014-2015 Final Property Tax Hearing, September 8, 2014, 6:00PM at the Osceola Middle/High School Media Center.
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