Board of Education Minutes
March 8, 2010
By Marilyn Smith
March 09, 2010
Seward, Nebraska
March 8, 2010
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 March 8, 2010 in the Administrative Offices at 410 South Street, Seward, Nebraska.
The President called the meeting to order at 7:05 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.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Moved Pekarek seconded Williams to approve the agenda as presented. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Pekarek, Williams, Duer, Rumery, Garske, Seaman. Voting No: None. Motion carried.
PUBLIC FORUM -- (On Agenda Items)
There was none.
PUBLIC FORUM -- (On Any Topic)
Two members of the Key Club from the High School, Miranda Wisehart and Lauren Johnson shared a power point presentation with the board regarding the multi cultural fair that was sponsored by the Key Club.
REPORTS
- 1 Written reports were received from the administrators.
4.2 State Aid for 2010-2011 was discussed.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
- 1 Summer Projects—Items discussed included roof projects, sky light replacement, and bleachers.
- 2 Dual Credit Courses—Exploring the possibility of starting some additional duel credit courses at the high school.
- 3 Personnel Committee Meeting—Meeting date for discussions on staffing for the 2010-2011 school year.
- 4 Board/Administrator Retreat—Tentative date April 22, 2010.
- 5 Out of Town Board Meetings—June 2010 Board meeting to be held at Garland and each year in June the board will meet in a different center.
- 6 Long-Term Disability Insurance—Item of information.
- 7 Construction Manager submittals and timeline--Eight companies submitted proposals. Dr. Barnes explained the procedure to pick a construction manager. Special meetings to interview prospective construction managers are scheduled for March 16 and 17, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.
OLD BUSINESS
Moved Garske seconded Williams to tentatively hold a school bond election (subject to a
Formal resolution at a later date, to officially call for a bond election) on the following
date: Tuesday, August 10, 2010. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes:
Garske, Williams, Duer, Rumery, Pekarek, Seaman. Voting No: None. Motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
Moved Duer seconded Pekarek to accept the resignation of Justin Osborn, High School business teacher, effective at the end of the 2009-10 school year. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Duer, Pekarek, Rumery, Williams, Garske, Seaman. Voting No: None. Motion carried.
Moved Williams seconded Rumery to accept the bid of AAA Roofing to replace the High School Roof Section 1.1 with a direct adhered system roof for a cost of $49,810.00. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Williams, Rumery, Pekarek, Duer, Garske, Seaman. Voting No: None. Motion carried.
Moved Duer seconded Garske to accept the bid of SpecPro to replace the Sky Lights in Section 1.1 of the High School roof for a cost of $15,650.00. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Duer, Garske, Williams, Rumery, Seaman. Voting No: Pekarek. Motion carried.
Moved Duer seconded Garske to accept the bid of CBS Constructors to purchase six additional sets of portable bleachers for a cost of $17,500.00. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Duer, Garske, Rumery, Williams, Pekarek, Seaman. Voting No: None. Motion carried.
Moved Williams seconded Rumery to switch achievement testing from Terra Nova to the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) test effective for the 2010-11 school year. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Williams, Rumery, Garske, Pekarek, Duer, Seaman. Voting No: None. Motion carried.
Moved Pekarek seconded Duer to approve the 2010-11 school calendar as presented. After discussion Garske moved to offer a friendly amendment to start Winter break on December 23, 2010 and add one day on to the calendar at the end of the year making the last day of school for students May 18 (if no snow days). Pekarek and Duer agreed to the amendment. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Duer, Williams, Rumery, Garske. Voting No: Pekarek, Seaman. Motion carried.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Sign at High School
CONSENT AGENDA
Moved Pekarek seconded Williams to approve the consent agenda items as follows:
Approval of Minutes: Regular Meeting – February 8, 2010
Special Meeting – February 17, 2010
Approval of Financial Reports: Treasurer’s, Budget, Activities and Athletics
General Fund Claims: $1,027,200.31
Special Building Fund $ 11,097.17
On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Pekarek, Williams, Garske, Rumery, Duer, Seaman. Voting No: None. Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
Moved Duer seconded Garske that the meeting be adjourned at 9:13 p.m. with the next study session and regular board meeting scheduled for Monday, April 12, 2010 at 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. On roll call the vote was as follows: Voting Yes: Duer, Garske, Williams, Pekarek, Rumery, Seaman. Voting No: None. 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 March 8, 2010 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 March, 2010.
Prepared by: Secretary:
Marilyn Smith Scott Pekarek
