November 9, 2015 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale: 

1. The Board of Education reserves the right to enter into Closed/Executive Session for 1) the protection of the public interest or 2) the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual, and the individual has not requested a public meeting. When making a motion to enter into Closed/Executive Session, the member making such a request should be as specific as possible keeping the previously listed stipulation in consideration.
2. If the Board is in agreement, a motion may be to enter into Closed/Executive Session to 1) discuss a personnel matter or 2) for the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of the individual, or 3) to discuss litigation and for the protection of the public interest.
3. Action Concerning Matters Discussed in Executive Session will be acted upon in open session

Rationale: 

To verify that notice of the meeting was given by publication in the Benkelman Post, a legal newspaper for Dundy County Stratton and by written notice to each member of the board, the designated method of giving notice.

Rationale:  Approve the agenda of this meeting. The Board reserves the right to change the order of items within the agenda.

Rationale:  Approve minutes of previous meeting(s)

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Approval of the district's monthly expenditures.

Rationale:  This series is just as we left it last month on first reading. If you wish to discuss it you may remove it from the consent agenda. Just a reminder if it is amended it will be on the agenda for final reading in December. Karen Haase, district legal counsel, informed me that both the Patriot Observances and Constitution Day Observance we required by statute. We cannot delete them.

Rationale:  Discuss, consider and take all necessary action regarding:

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Presentation of the financial status of the district, balances in the various funds, recent/impending activity therein, anticipated expenses and planning for future considerations.

Rationale:  Greg Wolford from W Design and Don Smith, Independent Engineer and Track Consultant, will be at the meeting to present and answer questions. I would recommend that we move this item to the beginning of the meeting to allow our guests to travel back to their destinations. We did not invite representatives from Fisher Track to the meeting.

Rationale:  We may have a technology plan to present for approval. 

Rationale:  The proposal list is short for the fall meeting. 

Rationale:  The board should select and approve a voting delegate for the Delegate Assembly at the State Education Conference on Nov. 18-20.

Rationale:  the bugs are slowly working themselves up. We may information to discuss at the meeting.

Rationale:  If the board is interested we may with to proceed with trying to sell the lots south of the gymnasium in Stratton.

Rationale:  We need to dispose of some of the excess weight equipment. We must advertise and take bids.

Rationale:  I will have some data for the board to look at and we need to try to find a date and time to meet with the teachers.  We may go into executive session for this discussion.

Rationale:  I would like to suggest Thursday, December 10 as a possible date. I have contacted Marcia Herring about coming out on that day. She would be available but with afternoon events we would probably have to do morning only.

Rationale:  I have attached a copy of the Board's goals. We need to keep those in our minds as we move forward.