School Board Minutes
Red Rock Central District
No. 2884
The regular meeting of the Board of Education, District
No. 2884, was held in the Board Room in Lamberton on
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Chairman Gransee called the meeting to order at
Upon motion of Derickson, seconded by Imker and
unanimously carried, to approve the agenda, the minutes of the
Lead Teacher Westerman’s report was distributed to the Board: We are finished with the NWEA testing with the exception of 3 make-up tests. Everything went well. I appreciate all the time Mr. Stenzel and Mr. Runck spent in our building making sure things went smoothly. We are in the process of evaluating the results. February is Dental Health Month. Sue Imker was in our building last Friday and did a Dental Health presentation for 2nd and 3rd grade students. Each student received an electric toothbrush and valuable information. Thanks to Sue for thinking of us each year in February. We observed the 100th day of school on February 12th. Each classroom participated in various activities involving the number 100. It was a fun and educational day. We are in the middle of Read Across America activities. The culminating day is Dr. Seuss’ Birthday on March 2nd.
Administrative Assistant Olson presented the following report: The Snow Week coronation and dance were held on Saturday, February 7th. The FCCLA had 16 competitors receive star ratings at the Region level. There is the potential of 23 participants moving on to State. The Academic Decathlon team came in 9th out of 14 at Regions and will advance to State competition. The One Act Play finished in a strong 4th place but will not advance to State. At the SW Principals workshop, there was a lengthy discussion about the new standards and other ramifications of No Child Left Behind. Scheduling for next year will begin this week. I will be meeting with 9-11 graders to help the process move along more smoothly. Eight Junior High students were recognized as “Band Musicians of Excellence” at the Walnut Grove contest. We are putting together an application for the National Tech Prep Conference. If selected, RRC would do a presentation of our RRCNet project in Minneapolis. NWEA testing is ongoing. We have instant results back from them, and our scores seem to be slightly above the national average. We will test again in the spring to see how far we have come from this winter. We will also compare results to curriculum needs. I would like to commend the staff for the implementation of this program: Tech directors Mr. Runck and Mr. Stenzel; testing coordinator Ms. Anderson; Title coordinator Mrs. Benedict; and computer lab paraprofessionals Mrs. Churchill and Mrs. Musegades. Integration funds were used to host a magician/comedian for our students’ entertainment. Mountain Lake was invited to join us, but it didn’t work out for them. The performer mentioned to me what a great audience our kids are. Blair Meyer and Garrett Gransee performed
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in the All-State Choir. Our sub-section Triple A winner is Blair Meyer. The FFA milk machine is up and running. Our wrestling program has 20-25 participants.
Mr. Pack commented that the winter sports season is winding down. The girls’ basketball seeding meeting is taking place tonight, and the boys’ basketball seeding meeting will be held next Wednesday.
Director Myers reported on the Tri-County Day Treatment meeting. The proposed budget was discussed. They would like to expand to serve high school students as well as elementary and middle school students.
Upon motion of Mattison, seconded by Myers and unanimously carried, to pay claims in the amount of $145,239.70. Receipts were $387,887.11.
Discussion was held regarding the pod area of the high school and the remodeling that will need to be done in that area. It was decided to tile the pod area on the north which will become three classrooms, and one larger classroom on the south. The other larger classroom plus space for a future (possible) restroom will not be tiled at this time.
Upon motion of Mattison, seconded by Derickson and unanimously carried, to direct Superintendent Brennan to send out bids for remodeling the pod area.
Upon motion of Myers, seconded by Clarke and unanimously carried, to direct Superintendent Brennan to send out bids for carpeting for the choir room.
Upon motion of Imker and seconded by Myers to accept the Superintendent’s contract after a minor change is made to the health insurance issue. Voting yes: Derickson, Clarke, Myers, Imker, and Gransee. Voting no: Mattison. Motion passed.
Upon motion of Imker and seconded by Myers to approve 2 sections of all-day, every-day Kindergarten for the 2004-2005 school year. Voting yes: Derickson, Clarke, Myers, and Imker. Voting no: Mattison and Gransee. Motion passed.
Discussion was held regarding the future of the CRTC. It was decided that Superintendent Brennan should get in touch with area superintendents to plan for the future. Superintendent Brennan was also instructed to get names of area school board contacts so committees can meet on the same subjects. Committee volunteers are: Gransee, Myers, and Clarke.
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Myers and unanimously carried, to have Superintendent Brennan look into buying a school bus for the 2004-2005 school year.
It was agreed upon that the Board will contact the Superintendent in matters of inviting staff to attend meetings regarding a specific question. He will in turn look into the matter in question and if the staff member is needed at the meeting, he will invite him.
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Discussion was held on the following: 2004-2005 school calendar, snow days, social studies standards, tarp for the gym floor, and the CRTC.
The meeting was declared adjourned by Chairman Gransee at 9:55 p.m.
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Paula R. Derickson, Clerk Denise Clarke, Recorder