School Board
Minutes
Red Rock Central
District No. 2884
Tuesday, February
18, 2014
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of
Education, District No. 2884, was held in the Board Room in Lamberton on Tuesday,
February 18, 2014. Members present
were: Clarke, Erickson, Kelsey,
Rasmussen, and Stavnes. Bierl and
Rogotzke were absent. A quorum of 5 was
present. Superintendent Brennan, Principal
Goetstouwers, and Lead Teacher Altermatt were also in attendance.
Vice President Kelsey called the meeting to
order at 5:30 p.m.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Upon motion of Rasmussen, seconded by
Erickson and unanimously carried, to approve the agenda as amended, the minutes
of the January 27, 2014 meeting, and the treasurer’s report.
Lead Teacher Altermatt presented the
following reports:
January 2014: We have reached the half way point of the
school year. The staff is busy trying to
keep on track with lessons after having late starts and early outs. The testing for the NWEAs has been going on
last week and this week. They finished
Friday the 24th. Report cards
will be going out on Wednesday the 22nd, some by email and others by
regular mail. The student council
sponsored a poster contest for grades pre-K through 4th. The winners were announced on the 22nd
of January and were each presented with a prize and they took a group
picture. The Rescue Dogs visited our
school. Miss Karnitz set this program up
for us. Walter brought in his two rescue
dogs and talked about what the dogs are used for and how he got the dogs. The children enjoyed the visit and the dogs
were wonderful. The third and fourth
graders participated in the Timberwolves-Read to Achieve. Their information has been sent in and they
now are waiting to see if they are awarded any prizes. This past month Randy and I worked on trading
our one dumpster for a recycling dumpster. It has not been used for some time
now. It has not come
yet. With the weather, deliveries have
been delayed. We will be able to recycle
paper, cardboard, our milk cartons, plastics and aluminum. Each classroom will have a bin and they will
be responsible for emptying it each day.
We don’t have to sort anything.
In the lunch room we will have to empty the cartons before we recycle,
but we have a plan as to how it will work.
There was no charge for exchanging the two dumpsters and the cost per
month will be much less. They will empty
twice a month. The third and fourth
grades are participating in the 3-R Challenge:
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle through Prairie Ecology Bus Center. The program is brought to the school and the
classes will have hands on activities to do and learn from. This will work well with our new recycling
dumpster and perhaps they will have some more ideas for us in our recycling
process.
February 2014: Our recycling dumpster is finally here. It is $35/month and we don’t have to sort
(cartons, glass, plastic, cardboard, paper, cans). There is also milk cartons savings. The 3R Challenge: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle was January 31st. Winter NWEA test scores: Reading – 93% of students gained and Math –
87% of students gained. It’s I Love to
Read month. We played I Love to Read
Bingo - one Bingo prize and one for a blackout.
Students from FCCLA visited with each classroom for “Hands of Kindness”. Each student received two hands to write
their act of kindness on. They are
displayed outside each of the classrooms.
Dr. Suess is celebrated on March 3rd. We will have green eggs and ham for
lunch. The Read Coast to Coast goal is 5
million quizzes (a reading renaissance program). The third and fourth grade applied for the
Minnesota Ag Grant but did not get it.
It is needed for more grow boxes, seed, dirt and distilled water. We need to find another way to fund this
project they started last year. Integration Day for the third and fourth
graders is March 4th. They
will be attending the Marshall Community Symphony Orchestra.
Principal Goetstouwers gave the following
report: The winner of the 2nd
Quarter Falcon Pride Award was ninth grader, Taylor Price. The Random winner was Rachel Kedl. Midterm is this Thursday. Grades will be emailed out to all on Friday. D-‘s, and F’s and I’s are also mailed out on
Friday. The One Act Play took 3rd
place at sub-sections. Rehearsals for
the spring play, “Murder by Indecision”, have begun. Rachel Karnitz led Junior Night on February 3rd. This is the first time it was offered and
roughly 1/3 of families of 11th graders were represented. Mr. VanMaasdam, Mrs. Frasher and 12th
grader Tyler Luttman went to MMEA
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All-State last
week. This is the second year that Tyler was chosen
to be part of the All-State choir.
2,000+ try out, but only 240 are chosen.
Snow Week was February 3-7. We
had dress-up days, 5-12 grade Bingo for activities day and a dance at
night. Last week was FCCLA week. It was advertised in the paper and on our
website. FCCLA buttons were passed
out. 35 students will represent RRC at
State. This week is FFA week. Russ Derickson and Troy Erickson helped get
Dr. David Kohl, Economist, as a speaker to our FFA members today. WWG and Wabasso FFA chapters were also
represented. The sugar beet factory tour
to Renville is rescheduled for this Thursday.
There is an FFA trivia question every day this week. An article and picture are in the
newspaper. Winter sports update: The wrestling team lost to Adrian in semis. Individuals are this week at Pipestone. Boys’ basketball will host subsections this
Thursday against Edgerton. Girls’
basketball regular season ends next Monday.
Their first subsection game will either be next Thursday or Saturday.
Vice Chair Kelsey reported that they are
working on the sound in the auditorium.
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Erickson
and unanimously carried, to pay claims in the amount of $119,380.83. Receipts were $510,982.01.
Upon motion of Stavnes, seconded by
Rasmussen and unanimously carried, to acknowledge the retirement of Vicky
Missling as Head Cook in the Jeffers building, and Shirley Wolf as Assistant
Cook in the Jeffers building effective May 31, 2014, and to thank them for
their many years of service to the District.
Upon motion of Erickson and seconded by
Clarke, to hire Jodi Smith as Driver Education teacher and to split the cost of
the extra coursework for licensure to teach this program between Mrs. Smith and
the District (approximately$2,500 each).
Roll call vote was taken. Voting yes: Clarke, Erickson,
Kelsey, and Rasmussen. Voting no: Stavnes. Bierl and Rogotzke were absent. Motion carried 4-1.
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Stavnes
and unanimously carried, to honor the request for an expenditure of $6,665.37
plus transportation to help support the FCCLA members attending the Sate STAR
Event competition and convention.
Upon motion of Rasmussen, seconded by
Erickson and unanimously carried, to accept the resignations of Kerri
Zimmermann as Special Ed van driver effective February 21, 2014 and Margaret
Mary Deignan as English teacher effective the end of the 2013-2014 school year.
Discussion was held regarding the Student
Activity Fund.
Upon motion of Stavnes, seconded by
Rasmussen and unanimously carried, to adjourn at 6:45 p.m.
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Alan J. Clarke, Clerk Denise
Clarke, Recorder