October 9, 2023 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. OPENING PROCEDURES
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COPY OF OPEN MEETINGS ACT: The Board of Education makes available at least one current copy of the Open Meetings Act posted in the meeting room at a location accessible to members of the public. The Act is posted on the south wall of the meeting room. ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS: The Arlington Board of Education reserves the right to adjust the order of items on this agenda.
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1.1. Call Meeting to Order
Discussion:
Matt O'Daniel called the meeting to order at 7:00
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1.2. Roll Call
Discussion:
Jason Arp, Present: Cassie Flesner, Present: Chase Kratochvil, Present: Brian Laaker, Present: Matt O'Daniel, Present: Shanon Willmott, Present:
Also Present, Elementary Principal Jacque Morgan, AD James Shada, Superintendent Dr Lewis, and recording Secretary Jennifer Arp |
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1.3. Pledge of Allegiance
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1.4. Approval of Regular Meeting Agenda
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Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2. WELCOME TO GUESTS AND PUBLIC FORUM
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC FORUM: Getting Started: When it is your turn to speak during the public forum portion of the agenda, please come forward, sign your name and address on the sign-in sheet and state your name to the Board of Education. Personnel or Student Topic: If you are planning to speak about a personnel or student matter involving an individual, please understand that our policies require that such concerns initially be directed to the administration for consideration. Board members will generally not respond to any questions you ask or comments you make about individual staff members or students. You are cautioned that slanderous comments are not protected just because they are made at a board meeting. General Rules: Please remember that this is a meeting of the Board of Education held in public for conducting the business of the Board of Education. Disruptions, offensive language, personal attacks and hostile conduct will not be tolerated. |
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3. CONSENT AGENDA
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.1. Minutes of the Previous Board Meeting(s)
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3.2. Monthly Financial Reports
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3.3.
Resignations: Hires: Michelle Wilmer, part-time elementary para Reassignments: |
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4. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTION REPORTS
Discussion:
Holly Toft and Liz Fedde were both here to present the counselors' report.
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5. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS
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5.1. Mr. Pfingstens's Secondary Report
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5.2. Mr. Shada's Activity Report
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5.3. Dr. Morgan's Elementary Report
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6. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
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6.1. NASB and NRCSA Updates
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6.2. Updated Enrollment Totals (Oct 1 Reporting)
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6.3. Report on Commissioner's Superintendent Advisory Committee Meeting
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6.4. Discussion of Superintendent Evaluation Timeline
Discussion:
Superintendent Evaluation time, will use NASB evaluation tool again this year. Dr Lewis will get the self evaluation first and then the board will receive the survey in November. In December, Mr O'Daniel will present the evaluation to the board once completed in December.
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7. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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7.1. Committee for American Civics
Discussion:
Committee met Monday Oct 9th prior to board meeting. Discussed the elementary math pilot, and secondary math pilot. Checking in weekly on the pilot materials and what is liked and disliked before a decision is made.
Curriculum is looking like it will be written based for K-5 and then 6-8 and our school will have more in-depth conversations on how that will look for our grade levels and how it fits with our school. Americanism items- discussed how our school shows this throughout the year- Patriots Day, Veterans' Day, Pledge each day. |
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7.2. Buildings and Grounds Committee
Discussion:
The committee met a couple of weeks ago and will discuss a bigger item later in tonight's meeting.
Still working on HV/AC final repairs- old rooftop units that need to be looked at for repair/replaced. They are 10 years older than the ones that have been replaced in 2016. |
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7.3. Negotiations Committee
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will have the first meeting Oct 30th and discuss the calendar for negotiations and meet with ACA to start discussions.
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7.4. Professional Development Sharing
Discussion:
Matt O'Daniel, Cass Flesner, Chase Kratochvil and Dawn Lewis went to the Area Membership meeting.
Spoke of a climate survey and getting that going out to public. |
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8. NEW BUSINESS
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8.1. Discuss, Consider, and Take Necessary Action to Approve Policy 5006 Appendix 1 Option Capacities for 2024-2025
Rationale:
The capacities we are proposing are not changed from previous years. You will notice with the new requirements, we no longer have Special Education capacities to set, as all of those applications need to be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8.2. Review Policies Section 7000:
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8.3. Review Policy Section 8000 Internal Board Policies:
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8.4. Discuss, Consider, and Take Necessary Action to Purchase Pickup and Snow Blade for $10,053
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Mr. O'Daniel put in a sealed bid for the Village Pickup and snow plow that was up for sale. Mr' O'Daniels' bid was the highest bid. If the board approves, the district will purchase the truck and plow from the village at the bid price.
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8.5. Discuss and Consider Digital/Video Scoreboards for the Competition Gym
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Mr. Shada presented the board with a quote for the New Scoreboards for the competition gym. This has been an ongoing discussion in the buildings and grounds committee for a while now. The hopes are that the scoreboards will be paid for by outside money from donors and not from budgeted monies for this school year. Board members are working on getting donors and donations for the project. Funding would flow from the special building funds, that will be put back in once the donor money comes in.
Set date of when need to have some funding by to go ahead and order the boards.... |
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8.6. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Purchase Ceiling Tile for the Kitchen as Directed by State Hot Lunch Inspection to Be Paid Out of Hot Lunch Excess Reserve Funds
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Celing tiles need to be removed and updated as required by the state. Payment will paid for out of the hot lunch reserve money that is required to be spent down as well.
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9. ADJOURNMENT
Discussion:
Matt O'Daniel adjourned the meeting at 8:59 pm
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