May 8, 2017 at 7:30 PM - Regular Meeting of the Shelton Public Schools Board of Education

Four visitors were present. Administrators Mr. Gegg, Mr. Kenton and Mr. Wieseler were present.

Matt Gangwish entered at 8:08pm.

Mr. Gegg reported on the financial status of the district

Upcoming events for Board information

NASB Legislative lunchen Tuesday, May 16, in Lincoln.

NASB Open Meeting Law Workshop 2017, July 13 in Kearney.

NASB School Law Seminar 2017, June 8-9, in Kearney.

• NDE did a review of the district’s English Limited Learners and Poverty plan on Tuesday, April 18th. He reported that we’re in compliance with all state statutes.
• Office of Civil Rights Survey - We completed the Office of Civil Righrs survey last Wednesday and submitted it for verification. I'm happt to was reviewed and accepted by the OCR earlier this week.
• Descussion of Buildings & Grounds summer projects list.
• The eFunds electronic payment system went live on May 1st. At this time we’re only taking payments on student lunch accounts.
• Roof replacement is scheduled to begin on May 31st.

Mr Kenton reported.

• Pk-6th enrollment 160 students
• This was the year for our Title I plan to be peer reviewed. We received the results back last week and need to make a few adjustments to our plan.
• Professional Development, Jeremy and I met with Diana Steinbrink from ESU 10 to begin planning for our 2:30 dismissal days during the 2017-2018 school year. Some of the areas that we will be focusing on include: K-12 Instructional Model, Student Learning Objectives, K-12 MAP Data, K-12 Math Alignment to our College and Career Ready Standards.
• Teammates, Ms. Hubbert has been designated as our Teammates Coordinator for the district. She continues to work with Beth Roberts to complete paperwork for the Teammates Mentoring Program. We hope to have mentors and mentees matched and working together for the 2017-2018 school year.
• Curriculum, Things are well underway to plan for reading groups within Reading Mastery for next year. We have completed the placement tests and we will meet with Bonnie Cates from ERI to begin next year’s placement process. Bonnie will take our placement tests and group students based on the results. We will order materials based on the number of students and the number of groups. We have scheduled teacher training for the first two teacher workdays in August.
• PTO A.R. Challenge Party is set for May 16th. The Shelton PTO will organized the
  event. There will be 4 bouncy houses, games, free slushies, and goody bags for each student who is able to attend the party. Students who met their A.R. Goal will attend the party to celebrate all their hard work this school year. A big thank you to the PTO for everything they have done for staff and students this year. 

Mr. Wieseler Reported

• 7-12 Enrollment - 128
• 2017-2018 Registration & Schedule compete, currently working out scheduling conflicts. Discuss 4 year 4 core with potentially having 4 year requirements on only English and SS
• Committees, Handbook committee - proposed edits to the handbook ready for June Board Meeting. Steering Committee - incentive/student recognition programs for next year, Student of the Month & Academic Letter. Athletics Committee, K-8 Youth Summer Program Offerings are published and out to students, HS Weight Room/Agility Schedule Completed, All Athlete/Parent Meeting Pre-Summer Meeting - May 11th.
• Spring Art Exposition, 4/28/17, Mr. Hellerich organized a great show to showcase our student talent.
• NHS Induction Ceremony, 4/28/17, Mrs. Pope and the National Honor Society inducted 8 new members
• Honors Program & Activity Banquet, Both were on May 5th and went well
• ACT Assessment Test was April 26th at 8:00AM in the New Gym. We were one of the only in the area to do the ACT online and it went very well. 100% attendance
• Graduation May 13th at 5:00pm

Mrs. Pope presented information on NETA 2017 conference (Nebraska Educational Technology Association) attended by Mrs. Pope, Mrs. Wiese, Mrs. Brown and Chris Lewis.

Mr. Kenton went over the School Improvement Process External Visitation Report that was conducted on Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

No other resignations.

No executive session required.