School Board Minutes
Red Rock Central District
No. 2884
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Education,
District No. 2884, was held in the elementary school library in Jeffers on
Chairman Gransee called the meeting to order at
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Upon motion of Imker, seconded by Myers and
unanimously carried, to approve the agenda as amended, the minutes of the
Lead Teacher Westerman presented the following
report: The MCA testing is nearly
finished. The Legion Auxiliary provided
muffins for the students on testing days.
We had 50 kids absent due to chicken pox a couple of weeks ago. Early Childhood Screening took place in
Lamberton on February 26th, with 14 students attending and 10
no-shows. The fall screening will be in
Jeffers in October. Kindergarten Round
Up will be on May 6th with 43 students expected. Colby Pack observed Mrs. Altermatt’s ECFE
classes. Jennifer Eberhart is student
teaching in the music room now. Both
Pack and Eberhart are from
Administrative Assistant Olson’s report is as
follows: The Academic Decathlon team
brought home 4 medals from State competition.
Scheduling for next year is in full bloom. The Student Council food drive brought in
over 566 lbs. of food which will be given to two area food shelves. The Senior Class won the food drive
competition and received ice cream as a treat last Friday. The music concert last week was very well
received. The Senior Class trip will
take place from March 25-29. 28 out of
57 in the class will be traveling to New York City. The National Honor Society inducted 12 new
members at a ceremony tonight at the high school. Speech sub-sections will be held March
22nd. The Jazz Festival will be held on
March 30th. Staff will have a
reading workshop on that day.
Mr. Olson clarified that the carpet which was
installed in the auditorium, was a gift from the Auditorium Foundation.
Upon motion of Mattison, seconded by Meyer and
unanimously carried, to pay claims in the amount of $334,258.48. Receipts were $344,614.10
Discussion was held on the bids received for tile
and carpet. In an effort to make the
bids more comparable, Superintendent Brennan was asked to call again for bids
on tile of 75 p.s.i. and 125 p.s.i. from local distributors. He was also asked to get bids for carpet
from other distributors in the area. All
bids were rejected as of now. The Board
will look at bids at the April meeting.
Upon motion of Imker, seconded by Myers and
unanimously carried, to approve the hiring of Derrick Jenniges as Head Baseball
Coach and Kris Evje as Assistant Baseball Coach for the 2003-2004 school
year.
Upon motion of Meyer, seconded by Myers and
unanimously carried, to approve the purchase of a 2003 65-passenger school bus
at a cost of $54,393.18, which includes $3,314.68 for motor vehicle tax.
Upon motion of Myers, seconded by Mattison and
unanimously carried, to approve the 2004-2005 school calendar as presented.
Upon motion of Meyer, seconded by Myers and
unanimously carried, to adopt the “Use of Peace Officers and Crisis Team To
Remove Students With or Without IEPs From School Grounds” policy as written and
direct Superintendent Brennan to submit it to the State for approval.
Superintendent Brennan has received notice to
negotiate from the Red Rock Central Educational Support Personnel
Association. The Negotiation Committee
consisting of Mattison, Meyer, and Clarke, with Derickson as alternate, will be
setting up meetings at both Lamberton and Jeffers.
Upon motion of Meyer, seconded by Imker and
unanimously carried, to accept the resignation, due to retirement, of John
Stenzel and to send him a letter of thanks for his many years of devoted
service to the District; and to accept the resignation of Jenifer Goblish as
Assistant Spring Play Director because of the change in her family situation.
Upon motion of Mattison, seconded by Imker and
unanimously carried, to contribute $724.02, the use of one school bus, and one
bus driver, to the FCCLA organization for costs associated with sending 24 STAR
event winners to state competition.
Discussion was held on the following: The future of the CRTC, construction of a
vocational learning building at the high school, setting up a Buildings and
Grounds committee, future weight/fitness room, Red Rock Central swimming pool,
and going to school board members at large instead of using the precinct system
for Board elections.
The meeting was declared adjourned by Chairman
Gransee at 9:42 p.m.
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Paula R. Derickson, Clerk Denise Clarke, Recorder