HED: Fort Calhoun School elects' officers and appoint committee members for the year Regular January 2022 Meeting Monday, January 10, 2022 7:00 PM High School Media Center ROUTINE BUSINESS Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Superintendent Green. There were 3 administrators and 8 visitors present. Note Nebraska Open Meeting Laws: So noted. Excused Absences: Moved that the absence of Mike Bonacci be excused. This motion, made by Schrum and seconded by Shaner, Passed. Josh Christensen: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea Roll Call Mike Bonacci: Absent Josh Christensen: Present Mike Conrad: Present Jon Genoways: Present Amanda Schrum: Present Kelli Shaner: , Present Approval of Agenda: Moved that the agenda be approved as presented. This motion, made by Shaner and seconded by Schrum, Passed. Josh Christensen: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea Oath of Office: Board members stood and recited the Oath of Office Board Members Make Declaration for the Record of Any Conflicts of Interest per Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Laws: No one announced conflicts. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Election of President: Amanda Schrum nominated and Jon Genoways seconded Mike Conrad as president. There were no further nominations. Mike Conrad was elected president 5-0 on first ballot. Election of Vice President: Kelli Shaner nominated and Josh Christensen seconded Amanda Schrum as vice president. There were no further nominations. Amanda Schrum was elected vice president 5-0 on first ballot. Election of Secretary: Josh Christensen nominated and Amanda Schrum seconded Kelli Shaner as secretary. There were no further nominations. Kelli Shaner was elected secretary 5-0 on first ballot. Election of Treasurer: Jon Genoways nominated and Amanda Schrum seconded Mike Bonacci as Treasurer. There were no further nominations. Mike Bonacci was elected treasurer 5-0 on 1st ballot. PRESENTATION-Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) Miranda Adams, Ashley Dougherty and Mike Mallette are members of the PBIS Committee and have been working on the program to teach and reinforce student behavior to help enhance academic content in classrooms. The goals of this are to be safe, brave, respectful and responsible, and flow charts for teachers to know when and how to handle situations of behavior whether good or not in line with the goals. Behavior is reinforced in various ways including tickets for “Pioneer of the Day and Week” which can also be used in the “store” or for raffles funded by the Foundation and PFE. Powerschool has been updated so these areas can be followed. The young adult program at the PLC is also involved where they are learning prevocational skills to diversity their opportunities including using spreadsheets, invoices and delivery procedures. Over 30,000 tickets have been given out this first semester which surpassed last year’s 11,000. Both the kids and teachers are benefitting, what it needs to be a Pioneer gets kids excited, and data is being collected so teachers can follow what happens to target positive reinforcement. REGULAR AGENDA Public Participation: No one asked to address the board. Approval of Claims: Moved that the claims in the amount of $92,906.44 from the General Fund be approved. This motion, made by Schrum and seconded by Shaner, Passed. Josh Christensen: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea -Moved that the claim from Abe's Trash Service be approved in the amount of $1,515.48. This motion, made by Shaner and seconded by Schrum, Passed. Josh Christensen: Abstain (With Conflict), Mike Bonacci: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea Consent Agenda: Moved that the Consent Agenda be approved as presented. This motion, made by Christensen and seconded by Schrum, Passed. Josh Christensen: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea. A question was asked about the delivery of the new bus and Mr. Green said it had gone to manufacture yesterday. He also said there was no Transportation Report included as the fuel bill had not been received. Committee Assignments 2022: Committee on American Civics/Facilities, and Grounds and Transportation will be Mike Bonacci, Josh Christensen and Jon Genoways; and Finance/Technology will be Mike Conrad, Amanda Schrum and Kelli Shaner. President Conrad said some members have changed to ensure that all have had experience in all aspects of the committees and so there are “veterans” on them as discussions include topics like negotiations. Set Regular Board Meeting Day and Time: Moved that the Regular Meetings of the Fort Calhoun Board of Education be held at 7:00 PM on the 2nd Monday of each month. This motion, made by Genoways and seconded by Schrum, Passed. Josh Christensen: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea Designate the District Official Newspaper for Publications: Moved that Washington County Pilot-Tribune & Enterprise and the Daily Record, when needed, be designated as the official newspapers for the Fort Calhoun School District. This motion, made by Shaner and seconded by Christensen, Passed. Josh Christensen: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea Designate District's Legal Counsel: Moved to designate the attorneys of KSB School Law of Lincoln, Nebraska as district legal counsel. The District reserves the right to use the legal counsel of Nebraska Association of School Boards, as may be needed. This motion, made by Genoways and seconded by Schrum, Passed. Josh Christensen: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea Board Authorization for Superintendent Actions: Moved that the Board of Education authorize and grant the superintendent or his designee, authority to represent the District in all matters relating to local, state and federal programs and funds. This motion, made by Schrum and seconded by Christensen, Passed. Josh Christensen: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea Appoint an Executive Secretary: Moved that Rose Tinkham be appointed as the Executive Secretary for the Fort Calhoun School District. This motion, made by Genoways and seconded by Shaner, Passed. Josh Christensen: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea Selection of Bank Depository for District Funds: Moved that Washington County Bank, Blair and Fort Calhoun Nebraska be designated as the depository for all School District #3 accounts for 2022. This motion, made by Shaner and seconded by Schrum, Passed. Josh Christensen: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea Papio-Missouri River NRD Hazard Mitigation Plan Approval and Adoption Resolution: Moved that the board of education pass for approval and adoption the Papio-Missouri River NRD Hazard Mitigation Plan Approval and Adoption Resolution. This motion, made by Schrum and seconded by Genoways, Passed. Josh Christensen: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea. Mr. Green said this is necessary for federal relief in the event of a disaster. Resignations: Moved that the resignation of Bailey Beacom be accepted. This motion, made by Schrum and seconded by Shaner, Passed. Josh Christensen: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea. She has been a good teacher and is moving. We will miss her. Moved that the resignation of Max Smith be accepted. This motion, made by Shaner and seconded by Christensen, Passed. Josh Christensen: Yea, Mike Conrad: Yea, Jon Genoways: Yea, Amanda Schrum: Yea, Kelli Shaner: Yea Enrollment Information: Mr. Green explained the chart and said there will be committee meetings with discussion about what is beneficial for the district as the limits are being set. The two section classes that will move were also discussed. Standing Committee Reports: Josh Christensen reported for Facility & Grounds who met and toured facilities to see progress. The Community Building renovation is underway with some work completed. The elementary garage has be fitted to include storage, and the wrestling building is being cleaned out. There was discussion about lighting the sidewalk to this building as it is dark at night and different scenarios that could be used. The community building turf was delivered and will be installed on Friday. Another issue discussed was scheduling this building and who will be able to use it. Board Member Reports: Jon Genoways asked about renaming the Community Building and Mr. Green said this has been discussed. Genoways received a suggestion to name it for patrons who would pay a fee for this. Amanda Schrum said the elementary Winter Concert was nice and it was good to be together and nice to have it back at the high school. She gave kudos to everyone for how we are going and being here and working for our schools. She is proud to be from Fort Calhoun. Mike Conrad thanked the group for their presentation on PBIS and congratulated Mr. Wagner for this Iowa National Guard award and thanked him for his service. Administrator Reports: Mr. Wemhoff reported on an opening for Math for next year and he has been inquiring “in house”. There will be one move but still need 1 teacher. We are working with Metro to make sure our teacher meets all their requirements to be able to teach college level courses which we are sure she is. ACT test prep and ACT testing is coming up and inservice on interpreting this and other data has been scheduled to better understand it and help drive our instruction. Mr. O’Connor is doing a nice job leading the ACT team. Curriculum alignment work also continues and is drawing to a close. January 19th is “I Love Public Schools” day and our teachers are doing a great job and he too is proud of what is going on here. Mr. Mallette: Has been in contact with Mr. Wagner and he was named Outstanding Airman of the Year for the Iowa National Guard and is in the running for a national award. We thank him for his hard work and sacrifice. The Corrective Reading program will begin to help students in 4-6th grades and will align with our EIR reading used in the lower grades; the after school Science program will be starting and discussions with the Foundation are taking place to determine enrollment and who may apply. Adopting the language program is down to 2 vendors who will be presenting to the committee. A final decision will be made by 2/25/22. Other inservice includes instructional coaching and a dive into interpreting data including NWEA reports. Ms. Geisler did do a great job with the Winter program in collaboration with Mr. Jones and support from Ms. Bryan. The NSCAS pilot assessment is coming as is I Love Public Schools day. Kelli Shaner wanted to point out from Mr. Christensen’s report that Eli Olberding got his 100th win wrestling and he is just a Junior. Superintendent Report: Mr. Green reported on board goals emphasizing the different areas of technology; gave an update on the COVID situation making changes to reflect the new CDC guidelines. We do have positive students and one staff member but mostly the absences are due to a lot of household positives. Numbers could fall off with the fewer number of days to quarantine. The moisture abatement at the PLC has been completed and Mr. Green explained the warranties on materials and worksmanship; the Community Building work is underway and progressing; he reminded board members of the dates for filing for office; noted School Board Recognition Week and thanked the board for their time and commitment; and attending an upcoming legislative update including time with our senator. The NASB website has a list of bills that could impact education. Jon Genoways asked about the volleyball coaching situation, and Mr. Green said all of last year’s staff will not be returning next year. The girls were told today and we are currently looking for coaches. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, President Conrad declared the meeting adjourned at 7:58PM. ZNEZ ENT 1-14-22
