June 19, 2023 at 5:00 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting
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Opening Procedures
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Welcome
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Pledge of Allegiance
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Statement of Open Meetings Law
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Roll Call
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Hearing for Parent Involvement Policy (5018) and District Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy (5057)
Discussion:
Opened the hearing for Parent Involvement Policy 5018 and District Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy 5057 at 5:01 p.m.
With no further discussion brought forward to the Board, the hearing was closed at 5:02 p.m. |
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Hearing for Student Fees Policy (5045)
Discussion:
Opened the hearing for Student Fees Policy 5045 at 5:03 p.m.
With no further discussion brought forward to the Board, the hearing was closed at 5:03 p.m. |
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Comments from the Audience
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Presentations
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Chris Hilliard - IT Director
Discussion:
Chris Hilliard, Conestoga's new IT Director, presented a self-work history and current Conestoga technology updates. Cost comparison on current MacBooks, potential Chromebook and iPad purchases/replacements. Presented a 4 year proposal with students moving to Window devices. Reassigning current devices, not disrupting grade levels 10-12 and their current level of learning and introducing new devices to grade levels 7-9. Proposed a device rotation over an 11 year time period.
The board asked questions in regards to leasing verse purchasing, provisions around e-rate helping with costs, staff input on devices and education pricing through Apple and Dell. Mrs. Bergmeyer stated, Mr. Hilliard has been great about asking if the curriculum would all work on new windows devices and the administration have no concerns. Mr. Geise stated he wants all teachers and staff to be involved and feel comfortable to make this a smooth transition for everyone. |
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Consent Agenda
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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Minutes
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Claims
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Discussion Items
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Conestoga Early Education
Discussion:
We will be moving away from Weeping Water in the Sixpence grant and stand alone. Conestoga will now house the teacher moving forward. The program will remain self sufficient and be funded through the grant and tuition. Payroll will continue to run through the Foundation and we are in the process of hiring the Daycare Director and Head Teacher for the daycare.
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Review of policies
Discussion:
Board reviewed policies with no noted changes.
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Admin Reports
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Eric Dennis
Discussion:
Eric Dennis, Elementary Principal. Summer school currently has 32 students. I am working on class placements and those will be posted on the front doors on August 4th. Shelly and I are still working on supply orders. Attended a PLC workshop in Oklahoma with 3 teachers and came away with a plan to help improve PLCs. Attending ESU cognitive coaching last week with building instructional coaches.
Custodians are busy cleaning, painting and the roof looks about done. Daycare, Conestoga will have their own Sixpence program. Still looking for a daycare director, who will be responsible for the food program, staff schedules, licensing, helping on the floor, knowledge of the Sixpence program. |
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Jr/Sr High Principal
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Rob Geise, Jr./Sr. highschool principal. Thank you to the board for the 2022-2023 school year. Had a great year, students, administration, board - everyone thank you!
The professional learning community, a group of 3 teachers, the Jr/Sr High Instructional coach and I are going to Minneapolis from 6/26-6/28. Upcoming 7th graders communication has begun to ease some anxiety that may exist. The building leadership team is meeting this week to plan/organize initiatives for the year. Emergency Operations team will meet on 6/22 and will be updating the manual. Summer school has 6 students participating in the month of June. I will be submitting handbooks at the July board meeting. Jr/Sr High MTTS met 4 times throughout the 22-23 school year and met again on June 9th and June 12th and will continue to meet bi-weekly through 23-24. I found some used lockers from Papillion LaVista that are maroon to fulfill our locker shortage. We purchased 40 for the high school hallway but we are running out of wall space. However, this doesn't resolve our locker room locker shortage, so we will need to work up a rotation on those. Submitted information on vape detectors and listed some upcoming dates for the students and parents. |
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Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
Discussion:
Lisa Bergmeyer, Director of Curriculum. Thank you to the board for supporting our teachers and teachers thank you for your commitment to education and lifelong learning. Adding a few classes this school year. Mr. Larson will be teaching a STEM class, Mrs. Michel will be teaching a Current Events/Study Skills course. Mrs Schlictemeier will be adding a new dual credit Journalism class that will replace a Drama class that students were not utilizing. Ms. Plihal will be adding a Business Law course as well. Flex Days have begun, working on our new ELA curriculum, working on scope and sequence, especially the math department because of new standards taking effect this year. I attended MTSS and a Mental Health Summit with a team of teachers and admin. With a focus on how to support our students and staff. Emailed all new staff and will be sending out a mailer in July on PD days. No updates on assessments.
Current events, how are we teaching that without being too political? Clear communication with parents on possible hot topics that may come up in the classroom. |
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Director of Student Services
Discussion:
Nicholas Krause, Director of Student Services. Application is in progress and due in the next few weeks. IDEA Consolidated was kicked back and will resubmit. Flex Funding was submitted last week and is used to pay for paras salary. IDEA MOE eligibility standards due mid July. We made the maintenance of effort that was due in May, the district met maintenance of effort requirements for all four qualifying categories.
The School Mental Health Team attended training and had 9 teachers that spent 2 days there, completed a needs assessment about different components of Conesotga and determined additional staff needs. A need was educator well being, will address going forward. Life Skills class is growing and with numbers increasing, we will possibly need another CNA in that room. |
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7-12 AP/AD Report
Discussion:
Cole Wills, AP/AD. Finished up spring sports. Girls soccer were district runner ups, 12-5, had best season they had in years.
Boys soccer, 13-5, district champions. Jayden Wilder class B all state in the Lincoln Journal Star KMA radio recognized Wilder as the boy's soccer player of the year. Jameson Yost was the girls soccer player of the year, coach Welch was the boys soccer coach of the year. Girls track district runner up, Conestoga girls qualified 8th in State and Sophia Ackerman finished 8th in Discuss. Boys track qualified one for state in triple jump. JH track qualified for state with one state champion in pole vault. Still working on the winter and spring schedules for next year. Summer happenings - 100 athletes started the Strength and Conditioning in grades 6-12. A lot of coaches putting in a lot of time here, so we appreciate that. Held youth camps and league skill work. Facility updates. The elementary gym floor was done on 6/9 and Jr/Sr High gym floor started today, bleacher inspection scheduled towards end of summer. Vehicles went though routine maintenance and an annual transportation report was submitted. |
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Superintendent Report
Discussion:
Mr. Apple, Superintendent. Concrete work has begun at the Jr./Sr. High and should start pouring this week. Roofing at elementary is moving along and about done. OPPD was here last week and replaced poles on the hwy and tore up the lawn. Called OPPD and waiting to hear back from them for repairs. LB 583 was passed and will bring in foundation aid to our district. The aid amount is based on the number of students and should give everyone a bit of a tax break this year.
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Action Items
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Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to approve the drivers education contract for the 2023-2024 school year.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to approve the purchase of vape detectors.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to approve the changes to policy 3059 Audio and Video Recording.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to approve the changes to policy 5003 Admission of Part-Tme Students.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to approve the changes to policy 5035 Student Discipline.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to approve the changes to policy 5045 Student Fees.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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Upcoming Meetings
Discussion:
The upcoming meetings for the building project will have 3 more meetings and will pull input from the community to pull bond language and final amount. Sometime in September at a board meeting we will approve the bond language and amount to move forward with a November bond. Displaying dates for meetings via social media, marquis at Murray fire station and emails. Possibly adding a parent square for parents to communicate.
July 11, 2023 Board of Education Meeting |
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Adjourn
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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