October 14, 2013 at 8:00 PM - Regular October 2013 Meeting
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1. Call the meeting to order
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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. |
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1.1. Verification of Open Meetings Act Notice
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1.2. Verification of publication of meeting notice
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1.3. Roll Call
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2. Consider and approve the current board meeting agenda
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3. Action Items
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3.1. Consent Agenda
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3.1.1. Minutes of previous meetings
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3.1.2. Monthly Financial Report
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3.1.3. Claims
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3.1.4. Consider and approve payment in the amount of $12,688.37 from the special building fund to Glenwood Telecommunications for security improvements
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3.1.5. Consider and approve membership in the Nebraska Whole Child Project
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The following email regarding the project was sent from NCSA's executive director, Mike Dulaney and from NASB executive director, John Spatz. He is basically asking the Franklin Board of Education to support the formation of an interlocal agreement for the purpose of fighting the childhood obesity epidemic.
Dear Superintendent/ESU Administrator, Attached you will find the membership agreement and by-laws for the Nebraska Whole Child Project. The NCSA is working with the NASB to form this interlocal organization to address student health and wellness. Your participation is important in this initiative. This project will attempt to facilitate "best practices" for student health and wellness. Also, we will try to solicit private sector funds that will be used to help schools collect fitness data, which can then be used to adopt policies and procedures to increase student fitness and lower student obesity. We need you to present this membership agreement to your board for a vote. Once passed, you can e-mail, fax, or mail the signature page (with the signature of the board president or the superintendent) to John Spatz at NASB; jspatz@nasbonline.org; 1311 Stockwell, Lincoln, NE 68502; or FAX 800-422-4572. If you have questions, you can contact me or John Spatz. Mike Dulaney, NCSA Executive Director John Spatz, NASB Executive Director
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3.2. Consider and approve payment of $202.37 to R & R Sales
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3.3. Consider and approve payment of $375 to H & Y Leveling
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3.4. Ballpark Improvements
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Mrs. Shelley Kahrs will be in to talk to you about proposed changes/improvements they would like to make to the property we lease to the city (the ball fields) in the upcoming months. She will also be carrying information from Trent Christiancy about some improvements he would like to make as part of his Scout Project.
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3.5. Consider and approve Policy #5421-Restraint & Seclusion
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This policy deals with restraint and seclusion. It was omitted from the original 5000 series of policies that was adopted recently. The policy outlines how Franklin Public Schools will deal with administration of "restraint & seclusion". Primarily although now exclusively, restraint and seclusion occur in conjunction with special education students who need physical redirection for their safety and the safety of others. The policy outlines how the staff at Franklin Public Schools would carry out such restraint and/or seclusion if it were necessary. This policy is provided by the school's attorney. It can either be accepted on first reading, or you can take another month and look at it and adopt it on second reading at the November Board Meeting.
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3.6. Consider and approve payment of $3275 to Misko's Sporting Goods for replacement volleyball net system from the depreciation fund
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4. Discussion Items
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4.1. Annual Board Retreat Follow Up
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4.2. Negotiations Update (Possible Executive Session)
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The salary study for the school's in the salary study array requested by the FTA are attached. A copy of this has been provided to the FTA Negotiators. They have been asked to examine the document and bring any concerns regarding the computations or information contained therein to Mr. Schroeder's attention for consideration. At this point, the study is in draft form. Before moving into the negotiations process, the FTA and the Board's Negotiations Team Members will need to agree on the salary array to ensure they are working with identical numbers in consideration of each others offers during the negotiations process.
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4.3. Retirement Incentives
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4.4. FFA Sponsorship to the National Convention
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The FFA is requesting sponsorship of general fund monies to the National FFA Convention in the amount of $8398.40. This is for 13 attendees (11 students & 2 sponsors). Average cost of $646.03 per attendee.
13 attendees x 5 days of meals x $40 = $2600 2 rooms x 4 nights x $208 = $1664 Bus tour fee & registration = $3458 Food science competition registration = $676 Total Cost = $8398
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4.5. FCCLA Sponsorship to the National Convention
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FCCLA is requesting sponsorship to send students. Representatives of FCCLA will be in attendance at the board meeting at 9:00 to make their request.
15 Attendees (13 Students + 2 Sponsors) requesting $2800. Average cost per attendee = $187 15 Attendees x $40 per diem meal allowance x 3 Days = $1800 4 Rooms x 2 Nights x $125 per night attendees = $1000 School Transportation= 2 Vans Total Requested Amount for Meals & Rooms = $2800 |
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4.6. Cheerleader Thank You!
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The cheerleaders wanted to say thanks to the school board for helping sponsor their uniform purchases.
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5. Visitor Comments
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6. Elementary Principal's Report
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Elementary Principal’s Report October 2013 Parent/Teacher Conferences: Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Thursday, October 17th. Elementary teachers have been preparing to visit with parents about student performance in the classroom, NeSA scores, MAPS scores, and standard achievement. Prior to conferences, students will meet with their teacher and set a personal goal for improving their score for the next MAPS testing session in December. Those goals will be shared with parents so they too can encourage and celebrate the achievement. A brochure from the Nebraska Department of Education website will be distributed to guide parents in their understanding of what state standards are and what students at their respective grade levels will be assessed on next Spring. Students will also self-assess their progress on meeting the 5 ACE behavior goals each assessment period. This is a great way for students, parents and teachers to support students in improving their work behavior to become more successful in the classroom. I have attached a sample of the goal sheet. 4th-6th Snack Program: The 4th-6th grade teachers provided me some feedback on the afternoon snack program. They were positive in their support of the program. I have been working with Mary to get some pricing information from one of our school lunch distributing companies. I will have that information for you at the board meeting. Kim was checking in with Rightway as well to see what options we would have there as well. We have added the 3rd grade back into the milk-lunch program that we previously offered only at K-2nd grade. With this program parents are not required to participate and pay a fee of $55 per year for crackers and a milk. I often receive offers from local community groups or individuals who want to contribute money toward students and families who may not be able to purchase the snack for their children. One requirement for students receiving donated funds is they must be willing to write a thank you note to the donor before receiving the donation. I will provide an example of this to you at the meeting.School Improvement: We are in Year 4 of 5 of School Improvement. This will be a busy year for the staff as we prepare for the visitation for accreditation next year. I attended with three other members of our steering committee a workshop for AdancED in Kearney last week. The same team members along with Ken will attend the second day of the workshop at the end of October. Staff will be working on School Improvement at our next January inservice. It is important that the board be informed about where we are in the school improvement process, please let me know if you would like to be a part of the steering committee as we continue on with this process. Crisis Team Training: I will be attending Level 2 Crisis Team Training with the school crisis team on Monday, October 21st in Hastings. The crisis team will need to review our crisis plan as part of our school improvement visit. NCLB Title I State Visit: I have been preparing for a state visit from the Title I office on Tuesday this week. As a part of Title I requirements, I have had Les add a link to the school website to the “State of the Schools Report”. We have talked with you about this report in the past and I would encourage you and others in the community to get on the website and review it. This will allow you to see student performance from our district and from schools across the state. Please let Adam, Ken or I know if you would like to talk through any of the information from the website. This data is used to guide our decision making for school improvement.
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7. Secondary Principal/Activities Director's Report
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High School Principal’s Report – October, 2013 Board of Education 1. Academic Information
2. Activity Information
4. Other Information
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8. Superintendent's Report
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8.1. State School Board Convention
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State School Board Convention will be held on November 20-22 this year. I will need to know who plans to attend, what days they plan to attend, and whether they will be driving separately or using school transportation.
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8.2. Obama Care Cost Study
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Estimated figures for providing health care coverage for classified staff members who currently do not have health care coverage are attached. Calculations are based on the current (2013) rates for single coverage for the BCBS plan that teachers receive and single coverage for the "bronze" level plan offered by BCBS. As a frame of reference, the combined salaries for these employees for the 2013-14 school year is approximately $230,000.
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9. Positive Comments
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10. Adjournment
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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