September 12, 2016 at 8:10 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Public Participation at Board of Education Meetings:

BOE Policy/Regulation 8346 outlines the parameters of public participation at Board meetings concerning items on the agenda as well as those not on the agenda.  A copy of this policy is available in the Superintendent’s office and at each monthly Board meeting.

Trace Bislow - Trace has done a great job of being a role model.  He is always following the 5 ACE Flyer rules.  Keep up the great work Trace!   Ms. Silas

Bailey Lennemann - Helping a fellow classmate with instructions!  Mrs. Guge

Elementary Principal's Report

September 8, 2016

The Standard Response Protocol

Members of the Safety and Security Committee, Jan Weiss, Tammy Biesecker, and myself attended "The Standard Response Protocol" training at the ESU11.  The training is being conducted for schools throughout the state in order to establish a common language for safety.  The goal is to train students, staff, parents, and communities to use the SRP in their districts in order to provide students who travel to other schools or who are visitors in our school the safety knowledge needed to react in a situation away from their home district.  The next step in this process is to train the safety and security committee consisting of members of administration, support staff, teaching staff and law enforcement then teachers, students and parents during this school year.  For more information on the SRP click on this link 

http://http//iloveuguys.org/index.html

Parent/Teacher Conference Service Project

 Members of the FCCLA and FFA chapter will be providing activities for children who come to conferences. This is a not only a great service project for the group but a service to support our families.  Parent/teacher conferences will be held on September 22nd. 

Upcoming Events

Farm Safety Day is scheduled for September 14th.  The 1st grade will be traveling to Stuhr Museum on the 22nd.  The 2nd grade will be participating in a distance learning field trip in their classroom through Morrill Hall in Lincoln on the 14th. 

School Principal’s Report – September 2016

Board of Education

1. Academic Information

• NeSA Results from last school year will be shared at the October meeting.
• NEW for 16-17 the Junior’s will all be required to take the ACT instead of NeSA.The only exception will be the 1% of students that are allowed to take the Alternative Assessment.  They will continue to take the NeSA Alternative Assessment.
• Book Study for this year will begin on September 15^th and we will be discussing the book, “Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work” by Richard DuFour, et al.

2. Activity Information

• Fall Sports are well underway:  There are currently 20 girls out for Volleyball (1 senior), 18 boys out for football (6 seniors), and 1 girl (senior) and 2 boys out for Cross Country, 14 girls out for MS Volleyball (7 are 8^th graders), and 12 boys out for MS Football (7 are 8^th Graders). – We have had to cancel one JV Football game so far due to injuries and the fact that we have 6 seniors that we wouldn’t want playing in those games.
• Softball Request – I have had a request from a parent that is looking into bringing her 8 kids to Franklin Public Schools.  Her decision hinges on whether we would be willing to COOP Softball (so that we have softball) with Alma/Southern Valley.  Is this something we even would want to pursue?

3. Other Information

• Wellness Committee Meeting – See attached minutes.
  • Governor’s Wellness Award – See Attached Letter – We will be receiving this award at the Safety and Wellness Convention on Thursday, September 29^th.
  • Let’s Move Action Schools National Physical Fitness Award – See Attached Letter and Award