School Board
Minutes
Red Rock
Central District No. 2884
Wednesday,
January 21, 2015
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Education,
District No, 2884 was held in the Board Room in Lamberton on Wednesday, January
21, 2015. Members present were: Bierl, Clarke,
Hansen, Kelsey, Rasmussen, Rogotzke, and Stavnes. Others in attendance: Superintendent Olson, Phil
Goetstouwers, Deb Altermatt, Doreen Kronback, Joe Dietl and Brenda Derickson.
Chairman Rogotzke called the meeting to order at 5:00
p.m.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
The Oath of Office was recited by newly elected Board
Members Clarke, Hansen and Rogotzke.
Upon motion of Kelsey, seconded by Bierl and
unanimously carried to approve the Agenda, December 15, 2014 Board Minutes and
Treasurer’s Report as presented.
Chairman Rogotzke called for nominations for Chairman.
Clarke nominated Rogotzke, seconded by Kelsey.
Kelsey made a motion seconded by Stavnes, that nominations cease and a unanimous
ballot be cast for Rogotzke as Chairman.
Motion carried.
Chairman Rogotzke called for nominations for Vice
Chairman. Clarke nominated Kelsey, seconded by Bierl. Stavnes made a motion that nominations cease
and a unanimous ballot be cast for Kelsey as Vice Chairman. Motion carried.
Chairman Rogotzke called for nominations for Clerk.
Kelsey nominated Clarke, seconded by Stavnes.
Rasmussen made a motion seconded by Bierl, that nominations cease and a
unanimous ballot be cast for Clarke as Clerk.
Motion carried.
Chairman Rogotzke called for nominations for
Treasurer. Clarke nominated Stavnes, seconded by Rasmussen. Rasmussen made a motion seconded by Kelsey, that
nominations cease and a unanimous ballot be cast for Stavnes as Treasurer. Motion carried.
Upon motion of Kelsey, seconded by Stavnes and unanimously
carried to approve the Lamberton News as the official newspaper, the First
Security Bank as the fiscal agent and the firm Rupp, Anderson, Squires and
Waldspurger, PA of Minneapolis as the District’s legal counsel.
The following
Committees were agreed upon by the Board:
LEGISLATIVE – Kelsey; Rasmussen alternate.
NEGOTIATIONS AND PERSONNEL OF CERTIFIED STAFF –
Stavnes, Rasmussen and Rogotzke; Clarke alternate.
NEGOTIATIONS AND PERSONNEL OF NON-CERTITIED STAFF –
Clarke, Kelsey and Hansen; Rasmussen alternate.
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REDWOOD COUNTY JOINT POWERS BOARD – discontinued
TRI-COUNTY JOINT POWERS BOARD – Mr. Olson will serve
as representative until disbanded in March
COMMUNITY EDUCATION – Bierl; Rogotzke alternate.
FINANCE/BUILDING COMMITTEE – Clarke, Kelsey and Hansen.
TECHNOLOGY PLANNING/RRCNET – Rogotzke and Stavnes
Chairman Rogotzke distributed the board’s
Superintendent Performance Evaluation results for review and discussion.
Lead Teacher Deb Altermatt reported the following:
Grades four and five won a contest to attend a science camp trip at the Science
Museum February 12 and 13, 2015; Prairie Ecology Bus is visiting February 4,
2015 for grades three and four, assembly first followed by individual classroom
visits and activities; Elementary received a donation that is planned for technology improvements in the elementary
classrooms; There was a practice Lockdown at the Elementary, all went well;
Received a check for $656 from Box Tops for Education, continue to send box
tops, Thank you to Student Council and staff for their work in preparing box
tops to send; Mental Illness workshops, first half January 19, second half
January 27, 11:00 a.m. dismissal that day
brunch will be served starting at 10:00 a.m. and 10:25 a.m.; Appreciate
Mary Jensen helping answering phone, copying and nurse duty while Kelly is out;
The NWEA Winter testing was completed last week for grades K-2 with makeup
testing this week, results available later and this week is the FAST (Formative
Assessment System for Teachers) Math and Reading testing for grades K-2.
Principal Goetstouwers reported the following: Triple A Award winners were Carter Engen and
Erika Rogotzke; Holiday Concert was held Wednesday, December 17 at 1:45 time
change due to weather and the Junior High Concert was held, both were streamed
events on High School Cube; Not using Cube for athletic events due to scouting concerns;
FCCLA competed at Regions today, all but one group advanced to State; RRC
standards for advancement to State and National competition varies from FCCLA
standards, RRC requires a score of 90 for all advancement, Starting this year
RRC will change to a minimum score of 80 for advancement to State competition
and the minimum score of 90 will remain for advancement to Nationals; New Para
Lisa Willhite has transitioned well into the high school program; Snow Week is
January 26-30, 2015, dress up day will be every day of the week with special
activities on Friday, January 30; Financial Aid Night is Wednesday, January 28
at 6:30 p.m. in the Auditorium; Change of times for One Act Performances,
Mike’s Case is Thursday, January 29 at 4:00 p.m. and Grimm’s Tales, Friday,
January 30 at 4:00 p.m.; A lyceum for grades 5-12 will be held Monday, February
2, featured speaker is Magician Curtis Hed and PLAN & EXPLORE parents
interpretation night will be held on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 6:30 p.m.
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Brenda Derickson presented suggestions for class trip planning
based on her experience at WWG.
Superintendent Olson reported on the following: HITA (Health Insurance Transparency Act)
requires that employee health insurance be bid every two years, request for
bids have been posted, the service co-op has contracted the Optum company to
prepare the request for proposal based on numbers provided by the current
provider, bids are due February 9 at 5:30 p.m., bids will be opened with the
teachers union present and then can be negotiated with insurance companies if
necessary, final bid acceptance is due March 31st or April 17th
depending if it was necessary to re-negotiate; Denise has been attending
workshops on the ACA (Affordable Care Act), the district will be required to
offer affordable care to employees if they work over 30 hours/week and the district
has 50 or more employees; Bus garage update, contractor is hoping to get to
this in two weeks; Approximately 50 Auditorium seats are completed and 50 more
are at the upholstery shop; MAFA (Manual for Activity Fund Accounting) has been
distributed for completion to coaches and directors of Activity Funds; The
Staff is looking at suggested 2015-2016 calendars, will need to approve next
month, if the State would authorize a flexible learning year, the calendar will
have to be revisited; Elementary Grant will be used to replace teachers
computers in the classroom; Schedule a working meeting to follow the regular
monthly meeting on February 18, 2015 to discuss long range planning; A fork was
purchased for the tractor to assist with work at the school; Mrs. Sorensen has
a student teacher from SDSU working with her, the Superintendent will have a supervisory
role during her time at RRC; The
preliminary budget showed deficit spending this year of about $20,000.00,
currently the budget is showing the district is good, keeping in mind the large
auditorium grant is included in the amount and information from the MSBA
Conference attended with Stavnes on School Finance, Changing Labor Laws, School
District Pension Plan Reporting and Propane buses.
Kelsey gave an update on the Auditorium income and
expenses. The total income is
$154,839.16 with expenses of $104,683.9.
The remaining $50,155.37 is available for auditorium seat recovering,
leveling of the auditorium floor for side seating, replacing the auditorium
entry doors and repairs to the stage floor.
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Bierl and unanimously
carried, to approve all claims for payment in the amount of $130,080.51. Receipts were $882,761.22 and investments of
$578,515.34.
Upon motion of Kelsey, seconded by Stavnes and
unanimously carried, to approve hiring Lisa Willhite as a paraprofessional
effective January 5, 2015.
Member Stavnes introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE DISSOLUTION OF THE RED RODK
RIDGE LEARNING CENTER AND TERMINATION OF THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
January 21, 2015 – page 4
WHEREAS Red Rock Central ISD #2884 is a member of The
Red Rock Ridge Learning Center (“Red Rock Ridge”) pursuant to a Joint Powers
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the governing board of Red
Rock Ridge seeks to dissolve pursuant to Minn. Stat. §471.59 subdivision 4 and
the terms of the Joint Powers Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Joint Powers Agreement
provides that the governing board of Rock Ridge may consider to dissolve Red
Rock Ridge once no obligations pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreement remain
outstanding;
WHEREAS, no obligations pursuant to
the Joint Powers Agreement remain outstanding;
WHEREAS, the Joint Powers Agreement
provides that dissolution of Red Rock Ridge shall occur by majority vote of the
Member Agencies;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the
Red Rock Central ISD #2884 as follows:
1.
That
the governing board of Red Rock Ridge is hereby authorized to dissolve and to
terminate the Joint Powers Agreement pursuant to Minn. Stat. §471.59 subdivision
4 and the terms of the Joint Powers Agreement.
2.
That
the governing board of Red Rock Ridge is hereby authorized to transfer all
students records relating to Red Rock Central ISD #2884 students to SW/WC
Service Cooperative, for retention consistent with state and federal law.
The motion for
the adoption of the foregoing Resolution was duly seconded by Rasmussen and
upon a vote being taken thereon the following voted in favor of the motion:
Rogotzke,
Kelsey, Clarke, Rasmussen, Stavnes, Hansen and Bierl
And the
following voted against the motion: None
Whereupon said Resolution is declared duly passed and
adopted.
Principal Goetstouwers presented the first reading of
the Credit Conversion Policy for post-secondary education option (PSEO). The policy would give students taking PSEO
classes a one-fourth conversion formula on credits starting in the fall of the
2015-2016 school year.
Member Clarke introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A FLEXIBLE
LEARNING YEAR
BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of Red Rock Central
ISD #2884, State of Minnesota, as follows:
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WHEREAS:
1.
The
School Board of Red Rock Central ISD #2884 is responsible for the educational
program, including the learning year, for the students in the school district;
and,
2.
The
administration of Red Rock Central ISD #2884, at the direction of the Board of
Education made a concerted effort to explain and discuss the concept of a
flexible learning year with the community at large to determine the level of
support and/or opposition among the Districts parents, patrons and community
leaders for a flexible learning year
that best meets the needs of our school district; and,
3.
The
educational leaders of Red Rock Central ISD #2884 believe a flexible learning
year best meets the educational needs of the students and takes into
consideration the needs of the community in our district; and,
4.
A
flexible learning year, established by the educational leaders of Red Rock
Central ISD #2884 and approved by the Red Rock Central ISD #2884 Board of
Education, is best suited to meet the needs of our schools and will allow us to
achieve better student outcomes.
BE IT
RESOLVED, that Red Rock Central ISD #2884 requests our state legislators seek
legislation waiving state mandates that prohibit or stall us in the process of
designing a learning year that meets our local needs. Furthermore, we instruct our district
leadership to work with our legislators and associated advocacy organizations
to advance such legislation in the 2015 state legislative session.
The motion for adoption of the
foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Bierl. On a roll call vote, the
following voted in favor: Rogotzke, Kelsey, Clarke, Rasmussen, Stavnes, Hansen
and Bierl
And the following voted against: None
Whereupon
said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
Upon motion of Rasmussen, seconded by Hansen and
unanimously carried, to authorize the Superintendent to advertise for bids for
health insurance.
Other discussion included the following:
Stavnes presented information from the MSBA Conference workshop on
negotiation strategies and sub teacher pay was discussed.
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Kelsey and unanimously carried, to
adjourn at 6:57 p.m.
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2015 – page 6
The next
regular monthly meeting will held Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 5:00 p.m.
________________________ __________________________
Alan J. Clarke,
Clerk Doreen
Kronback, Reporter