July 2015 Agenda

Highmore-Harrold School District #34-2

School Board Agenda July 13, 2015

I.                    Call to Order (7:30 PM)

II.                  Approve/Amend Agenda

III.                Approve minutes of June 8th Board meeting.

IV.                Bills and Financial Reports.

V.                  Reports and discussion items:

A.      Superintendent’s Report

1.      Summer Projects and progress

2.      New Board Member Training (July 1, 2015)

3.      Joint Convention/August 6-7, 2015 (Early Bird price $185 or Late is $225 per)

4.      Superintendent Conference (July 20-22 at Cedar Shores)

5.      Summer fills of fuel tanks

6.      Teachscape Training

7.      School Improvement Plan

8.      Job Opening Update

9.      Governor’s Education Blue Ribbon Task Force   

B.      Principal’s Report

1.   Summer School Report

C.      Business Manager’s Report

1.   Budget Question/Answer Session

2.   Motion to transfer $166,666.67 from Capital Outlay to Bond Redemption

3.   2015-16 Budget Hearing/Means of Finance

VI.                Old Business

A.      Camera System Progress

B.      WiFi Progress

VII.              REORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD

VIII.            Reading of Oaths for members Jim Stephenson (3 year term), Paul Knox (1 year term), Jennifer Semmler (2 year term), Paula Haiwick (3 year term)

IX.                Vote for Board Officers

Motion for President

Motion for Vice-President

A.      Approve School Attorney (Rodney Freeman)

B.      Designate official legal newspaper (Highmore Herald)

C.      Approve bank or banks as depository of school funds.

D.      Authorize Superintendent and Business Manager as official purchasing agents for the school district.

E.       Authorize Business Manager to be custodian of all financial accounts for the school district for the 2015-2016 school year.

F.       Authorize the Superintendent to be custodian of the activity account and the Superintendent and Business Manager is signers of all federal and/or state programs for the 2015-2016 school year.

G.     Authorize Title I policy, Title I advisory council and authorize Ev Wheelhouse to be Title I Director and Mr. Sundberg for REAP.

H.      Authorize Mr. Sundberg to be Director of Special Education Program, Ev Wheelhouse to be Title IX coordinator and Heather Trefz to be Section 504 Coordinator.

I.        Approve Indian Policies and Procedures.

J.        Designate Hyde County Sheriff as truancy officer.

K.      Appoint school lunch officer (2014-15 was Kathy Zilverberg).

L.       Approve listing of contracted salaries for the 2015-2016 school year.

M.    Authorize emergency school bus assistance pact.

N.     Set rates for mileage, meals, and lodging for authorized employees and board travel (current state rate is 37 cents per mile) Meals: Breakfast $5.00, Lunch $9.00, and Dinner $12.00 in state and out of state: Breakfast $8.00, Lunch $11.00, and Dinner $17.00.

O.     Set School Lunch prices for 2015-2016 school year. Currently the prices are K-4 $2.45, 5-12 $2.70, Staff $3.40, Adults $4.30, and milk $.25. Need to raise .10 for meals and milk remains the same.

P.      Set School Breakfast prices for 2015-16 school year. Current prices are $1.60 K-12, $1.90 for staff. Need to raise .05.

Q.     Set admission prices for varsity events and activity tickets. Currently at Adults $4.00, Students $2.00, Activity Tickets K-12- $20.00, Adults-$40.00, and Seniors-$20.00.

R.      Set price of Hisodak. (Current price is $35.00).

S.       Set price for driver’s education (Current price is $250.00).

T.       Set rate of pay for substitute teachers (Current rate is $80.00 per day $100.00 long-term sub, while subs for custodian and kitchen is at $8.50 per hour).

U.     Set time and place of regular board meetings. (Currently at 7:30 PM on the second Monday of each month in the business room of HHS.)

V.      Appoint various Board representatives:

1.       Budget committee (current-Pekarek, Bollweg, Peterson)

2.       Negotiations (current-Bollweg, McCloud, Zilverberg)

3.       Building/Grounds (current-McCloud, Buchholz, Pekarek)

4.       Curriculum/NCA (current-Zilverberg, Rittel)

5.       Insurance (current-Peterson, Pekarek, Rittel)

6.       Athletic Co-Op (all board)

7.       Crisis management (current Buchholz, McCloud)

8.       Transportation (current-Bollweg, Pekarek)

9.       Wellness Policy Committee

10.   Policy Committee

X.                  New Business

A.      Motion to surplus 7-12 Language Arts series, to be sold or disposed of properly.

B.      Motion to Surplus old WiFi access materials to be disposed of properly

C.      Motion to accept resignations of Jennifer Mason as JH Math/Social Studies, Hisodak advisor and Hillary Smith as HS English teacher/Student Council Advisor/JHGBB Coach

D.     Motion to accept contract changes for Jackie Knox and Amy Webb to 1.0 FTE and Scott Pekarek Asst BBB Coach

E.      Motion to change November 9, 2015 Board Meeting to 5:00 because of Community          Bullying/Cyberbullying Presentation

XI.                August Meeting (August 10, 2015 at 7:30 PM) 

XII.               Motion to Adjourn

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