School
Board Minutes
Red
Rock Central District No. 2884
Tuesday,
February 19, 2013
The regular
monthly meeting of the Board of Education, District No. 2884, was held in the Board
Room in Lamberton on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Members present were: Bierl, Clarke, Kelsey, Rasmussen, Rogotzke,
and Stavnes. Erickson was absent. A quorum of 6 was present. Superintendent Brennan, Principal
Goetstouwers, Lead Teacher Altermatt, Leonard Runck, and Denise Clarke were
also in attendance.
Chairman Rogotzke
called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
The Pledge of
Allegiance was recited.
Newly elected
Board Member Kelsey recited the Oath of Office.
Upon motion of
Kelsey, seconded by Clarke and unanimously carried, to approve the agenda as
amended, the minutes of the January 14, 2013 meeting, and the treasurer’s
report.
Upon motion of
Clarke, seconded by Bierl and unanimously carried, to pay claims in the amount
of $145,585.59. Receipts were
$386,030.65.
Upon motion of
Kelsey, seconded by Bierl and unanimously carried, to approve, if requested by Wabasso schools, to join our track program that we share
with Westbrook Walnut Grove.
Upon motion of
Clarke, seconded by Stavnes and unanimously carried, to accept the resignation
of Patty Mude as Paraprofessional and Ashley Fennern as Assistant Softball Coach and to thank them for
their years of service to the school district.
Upon motion of
Clarke and seconded by Kelsey, to approve the hiring of Konnie
Rogotzke as Paraprofessional in the ECSE classroom. Upon vote being cast, 5 voted yes; None voted
no; Rogotzke abstained from voting.
Motion carried.
Upon motion of
Rasmussen, seconded by Stavnes and unanimously carried, to approve the hiring
of Heather Hacker as Paraprofessional and Sharlla Maras as Assistant Softball
Coach.
Upon motion of
Stavnes, seconded by Bierl and unanimously carried, to approve extending Jolene
Dammann’s medical leave for an additional year and
extent Ken Kraemer’s special assignment at the Southwest Research and Outreach
Center for an additional year.
Upon motion of
Clarke, seconded by Kelsey and unanimously carried, to honor the request for an
expenditure of $4,558.70 plus
transportation to help support the FCCLA members attending the State STAR Event
competition and convention.
Principal
Goetstouwers and Leonard Runck gave an informative presentation on the FABLAB
that is being considered in the High School.
Chairman Rogotzke
left the meeting briefly, and Vice Chair Kelsey began presiding over the
meeting.
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Lead Teacher
Altermatt presented the following report:
February is I Love to Read month.
Dress up week February 25th to March 1st; Student
Council sponsored a heart decorations activity, and the “Book Swap”; list of
activities for dress up week; March 1st lunch is changed to Green
Eggs and Ham, a Dr. Seuss special. The
elementary received a $25 gift card from Target for educational use. The 4th grade will be taking the
NAEP Test on March 5th from 9:30-11:30. One half of the class will test in math and
one half of the class will test in reading.
We are participating in the Southwest Initiative Grant. We chose from a list of books from all
levels. They are $1 each, and we ordered
160 books. We have to pick them up in
Hutchinson sometime this spring. Staff
and Support Staff completed the superintendent survey. Preschool Screening was January 24th. There were 17 on the list and 11 were
screened. Phil did visit with our
teachers about the teacher evaluation process that the state is requiring. Pre-2nd reading series, “Superkids” was reviewed by Heather their
representative. She was pleased with
teacher usage of the series. Teachers
were very pleased with the series and the progress the children are making.
Principal
Goetstouwers gave the following report: Kindles
in the library – we have 12 Kindles available for 5th and 6th
graders. Books have range of reading
abilities. Mr. Van Maasdam, Mrs. Frasher
and 11th grader Tyler Luttman went to MMEA
All-State last week. Tyler was one of
240 students chosen to be part of All-State choir (2,000+ try out). This March we’ll have 9 students trying
out. Second Quarter Falcon Pride Award
winner was Carter Engen. Shoua Vang was random award
winner. Thank you to Lamberton Lanes and
Sanborn BP for their donations. Many of
the FFA students came back from the AgCo visit in
Jackson talking about how they would like to pursue a degree in welding. FCCLA Parli Pro
junior and senior high teams passed the tests to advance. 25 students will represent RRC at State. One Act Play took 3rd place at
sub-section. Rehearsals for spring play
have begun, “Lizzie Borden of Fall River”.
NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) – tested 8th
graders on math and reading (one subject per student). Administrators of the test highly praised our
students for their work ethic and manners.
PSAT and ASVAB tests results were interpreted to 11th
graders. Now we have more data to help
predict ACT results and guide students with their future goals. We welcomed Heather Hacker as a new
paraprofessional. Patty Mude resigned after giving us 13 great years of
service. For 2-hour late starts, we are
rotating starting with period 1-3 and keeping periods 4-7 the same because of
the lunch schedule and staff sharing. Wrestling
had a great season, but had a disappointing loss in the Section finals. We received an email from Section meet
manager praising the character and cleanliness of our wrestlers and coaches. Sections for boys and girls basketball will
be starting soon.
Chairman Rogotzke
returned to the meeting and took over the Chairmanship.
Open discussion
was held on the following: WWG Chairman
wrote to our Chairman regarding sharing a Superintendent. The District is already
sharing track, baseball, and Spanish; the
Board also discussed the Superintendent search survey; the future of RRC; open
enrollment; ads in newspapers with our school offerings; purchase of a mini
bus; negotiation time frame; principal/counselor position; Dr. Brennan’s list
of duties.
Upon motion of
Clarke, seconded by Rasmussen and unanimously carried, to adjourn at 8:07 p.m.
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Alan J. Clarke,
Clerk Denise
Clarke, Recorder