Board of Education Minutes

June 8, 2009

Seward, Nebraska
June 8, 2009

For a more detailed version of the minutes please go to our website at www.sewardpublicschools.org

The regular meeting of the School District of Seward Board of Education was held on June 8, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Administrative Offices at 410 South Street, Seward, Nebraska.

The President called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. stating that the meeting had been preceded by advance publicized notice and was convened in open session.

REMINDER OPEN MEETING LAW
The president reminded those in attendance that a copy of the open meetings act is posted on the north wall of the board room.

On roll call all board members were present except Pekarek. Moved Williams seconded Rumery to excuse Pekarek due to family health issues. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Williams, Rumery, Duer, Garske, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The following item was added to the agenda under discussion items:

5.3 Superintendent Outside Employment
Moved Garske seconded Duer to approve the agenda as amended. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Garske, Duer, Williams, Rumery, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

RETIREMENT RECOGNITION
President Seaman presented a retirement plaque to Lucille Wondra. He along with Lana Daws thanked Lucille for her many years of service as a custodian for the Seward Public Schools.

PUBLIC FORUM -- (On Agenda Items)
There was none.

PUBLIC FORUM -- (On Any Topic)
Middle School Principal, Kirk Gottschalk introduced Hayli Frosheiser who shared her “Image of Greatness” presentation with the board.

REPORTS
4.1 Written reports were received from the administrators.
4.2 2009-2010 State Aid. According to the latest certification, Seward will receive $2,101,843.27 for 2009-2010 which is an increase of $486,032.08 from the 2008-2009 school year.
4.3 Department of Environmental Quality Grant—Dr. Barnes reported that the school district received a Recycled Tire Grant for the High School Track Project in the amount of $27,731.52.

DISCUSSION ITEMS
5.1 Elementary Student Enrollment—Item of information.
5.2 Board Meetings in surrounding communities. The board decided to hold two board meetings per year in the surrounding communities during the 2010 calendar year.
5.3 Superintendent Outside Employment—Consensus of the board to allow the Superintendent to teach a class on administration at Concordia University.

OLD BUSINESS
There was none.

NEW BUSINESS
Moved Garske seconded Williams to follow the following procedures in converting the board policy manual from our existing policies to new by selecting item B which is Superintendent review, entire board review, then board action. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Garske, Williams. Voting No: Rumery, Duer, Seaman. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion defeated.

Moved Garske seconded Duer to follow the following procedures in converting the board policy manual from our existing policies to new by selecting item A which is Superintendent review, policy committee review, then board action. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Garske, Duer, Williams, Rumery, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

Moved Williams seconded Rumery to adopt the new Special Education Rule 51 procedures as required by the Nebraska Department of Education. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Williams, Rumery, Duer, Garske, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

Moved Rumery seconded Williams to approve the administrators’ recommendation to extend Reading Mastery into the first grade as the core reading program. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Rumery, Williams, Garske, Duer, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

Moved Garske seconded Duer to approve the administrators’ recommendation to offer a teaching contract to the following teachers for the 2009-10 school year:
Jocelyn Gray—Title I Elementary
Carly Weisgerber—Special Education Elementary
On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Garske, Duer, Rumery, Williams, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

Moved Williams seconded Rumery to approve the administrators’ recommendation to hire two additional para educators for the elementary school for 2009-10. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Williams, Rumery, Duer, Garske, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

Moved Duer seconded Garske to approve the Administration’s proposed ARRA Title I Budget. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Duer, Garske, Williams, Rumery, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

Moved Duer seconded Williams to approve the Administration’s proposed ARRA IDEA Budget. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Duer, Williams, Garske, Rumery, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

Moved Duer seconded Williams to approve the student handbook changes as presented for 2009-10. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Duer, Williams, Garske, Rumery, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
There were none.

CONSENT AGENDA
Moved Garske seconded Rumery to approve the consent agenda items as follows:
Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting – May 11, 2009

Approval of Financial Reports: Treasurer’s, Budget, Activities and Athletics
General Fund Claims: $1,022,721.22
Depreciation Fund Claims: $ 4,798.62
On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Garske, Rumery, Williams, Duer, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

EXECUTIVE SESSION
Moved Garske seconded Williams to move into executive session to discuss personnel negotiations and possible future school facility site discussions at 8:30 p.m. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Garske, Williams, Rumery, Duer, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

The president restated for the record that the discussion in closed session will be limited to personnel negotiations and possible future school facility site discussions.

Moved Williams seconded Duer to move out of executive session at 9:48 p.m. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Williams, Duer, Rumery, Garske, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

ADJOURNMENT
Moved Duer seconded Rumery that the meeting be adjourned at 9:49 p.m. with the next study session and regular board meeting scheduled for Monday, July 13, 2009 at 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Duer, Rumery, Garske, Williams, Seaman. Voting No: None. Absent and Not Voting: Pekarek. Motion carried.

I, the duly qualified and acting Secretary of the Board of Education, Seward, Nebraska hereby certify that the attached and foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of a meeting of the Seward Board of Education held June 8, 2009 which meeting was preceded by publicized notice.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand officially and affixed the seal of my office this 8th day of June, 2009.

Prepared by:                                      Secretary:
Marilyn Smith                                   Scott Pekarek

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