School Board Minutes
Red Rock Central District
No. 2884
Monday, March 15, 2010
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of
Education, District No. 2884, was held in the elementary school library in
Jeffers on Monday, March 15, 2010.
Members present were: Bierl,
Clarke, Johnson, Kelsey, Rogotzke, and Westerman. Stavnes was absent.
Superintendent Brennan, Gerald Dammann, ValRee Graff, Mary Hewitt, Denise Clarke, and Joe Dietl were also in attendance.
Chairman Kelsey called the meeting to order at 7:30
p.m.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Upon motion of Clarke and seconded by Rogotzke, to approve the agenda, the minutes of the
February 16, 2010 meeting, and the treasurer’s report. Voting yes:
6. Voting no: None.
Absent: 1. Motion carried.
Lead Teacher Riley’s report was distributed to the
Board: The lyceum we had on bullying on
February 18th was fantastic.
Ronald McDonald gave an excellent presentation on, first of all what is
considered bullying, and then he helped our students understand the difference
between tattling and reporting. He also
gave them suggestions on how to handle such situations and practice strategies
for dealing with bullying. The program
was free of charge. One student from
each grade level’s entry was chosen and then sent to the state level
competition of the Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
Contest. We should know by the end of
March if we have any state winners this year.
We have had several state winners and even two national winners in the
past. We celebrated the birthday of Dr.
Seuss on March 2nd. We talked
about this famous author’s life and read many of his books to our
students. The cooks helped us out by
having green eggs and ham as part of the lunch menu that day. Our 3rd and 4th graders
went on a field trip with other schools in our integration collaborative on
March 5th. They went to
Marshall to hear an orchestra perform.
The 1st and 2nd graders will be going on an
integration field trip to New Ulm to see a play sometime in mid April. The 5th graders in our
collaborative will be going to the Environmental Camp near Lake Carlos May
5-7. As soon as the weather warms up we
will complete the 2 fire drills and the 1 evacuation we have left for this
year. Lockdowns are all completed.
Principal Olson’s report was also distributed to the
Board: The Student Council sponsored a
Penny War for earthquake relief through the Red Cross. The students have fun with this. The bank is still counting the pennies. I have observed the improved curriculum
happening in our English classes with the new textbooks. The supporting material is excellent with
this book. The spring play, “Diary of
Anne Frank”, was well attended considering the fog for those two evenings. The Junior Knowledge Bowl team advanced to
the Regions and placed in the middle of the competition there. They learned a great deal about this contest
this year and are looking forward already to next year. Cottonwood County and Mountain Lake schools
have invited us to a drunk driving seminar.
We will be taking grades 9-12 for this presentation. Grades 9 and 10 will be back to Lamberton for lunch, while grades 11 and 12 will have lunch
at Mountain Lake schools and go to more break-out sessions in the
afternoon. They will return to
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Lamberton by school dismissal
time. The National Honor Society
Induction is being held tonight. We
congratulate those students being inducted into this organization. I am attending this tonight and will have a
short message at the ceremony. The large
group music contest will be held on Tuesday at RRC High School. This is a big undertaking and many music
parents help with this as well as the Jazz Festival next week. We do appreciate their efforts. The Senior class trip is all set up.
Upon motion of Clarke and seconded by Westerman, to pay claims in the amount of $167,774.08. Receipts were $369,849.34. Voting yes:
6. Voting no: None.
Absent: 1. Motion carried.
Upon motion of Johnson and seconded by Bierl, to
approve Isaac Jenniges as the new Head Football
Coach. Voting yes: 6.
Voting no: None. Absent:
1. Motion carried.
Upon motion of Clarke and seconded by Johnson, to
approve the proposed budget of $45,147.16 for the Southwest Integration
Collaberative as presented. Voting
yes: 6.
Voting no: None. Absent:
1. Motion carried.
Upon motion of Rogotzke
and seconded by Westerman, to honor the request for
an expenditure of $2,053.47 plus the use of a school van and personal van to
help support the FCCLA members attending the State STAR event competition and
convention. Voting yes: 6.
Voting no: None. Absent: 1.
Motion carried.
Upon motion of Rogotzke
and seconded by Bierl, to approve the following changes to our school calendar
due to 3 snow days which need to be made up.
March
23rd – make a school day from a workday with our Jazz Festival
April
5th – make a school day (Monday after Easter)
June
4th – will become a school day.
The 2 workdays for staff will be set the second week
in June.
Voting yes:
6. Voting no: None. Absent: 1.
Motion carried.
Upon motion of Clarke and seconded by Westerman to release the following paraprofessionals at the
end of this school year: Heather Huset, Melanie Hanneman, Rebecca Prell, and Darla Haugen.
Roll call vote was taken. Voting
yes: Westerman,
Clarke, Rogotzke, Johnson, Bierl, and Kelsey. Voting no:
None. Stavnes
was absent. Motion carried.
Upon motion of Westerman
and seconded by Johnson to release Konnie Rogotzke as paraprofessional at the end of this school
year. Roll call vote was taken. Voting yes:
Westerman, Clarke, Johnson, Bierl, and
Kelsey. Voting no: None. Rogotzke abstained from voting. Stavnes was
absent. Motion carried.
Upon motion of Clarke and seconded by Johnson, to
place Jodi Smith on Unrequested Leave at the end of this school year. Roll call vote was taken. Voting yes:
Westerman, Clarke, Rogotzke,
Johnson, Bierl, and Kelsey. Voting
no: None. Stavnes was
absent. Motion carried.
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Upon motion of Westerman
and seconded by Clarke, to reduce Bonnie Nielsen to 50% of the time she is now contracted
for with the understanding that further cuts may occur in the next few
months. Roll call vote was taken. Voting yes:
Westerman, Clarke, Rogotzke,
Johnson, Bierl, and Kelsey. Voting
no: None. Stavnes was
absent. Motion carried.
Upon motion of Rogotzke
and seconded by Johnson, to reduce Gerald Dammann 4
days to 12 extended days. Roll call vote
was taken: Voting yes: Westerman, Clarke, Rogotzke, Johnson, Bierl, and Kelsey. Voting no:
None. Stavnes
was absent. Motion carried.
Upon motion of Clarke and seconded by Rogotzke, to reduce Tasha Frasher’s
summer program from 25 days to 20 days.
Voting yes: Westerman,
Clarke, Rogotzke, Johnson, Bierl, and Kelsey. Voting no:
None. Stavnes
was absent. Motion carried.
The Board will meet on Monday, April 12, 2010 at
7:00 p.m. in Lamberton to work on the
Superintendent’s evaluation.
Discussion was held regarding District Goals and a
referendum.
Upon motion of Clarke and seconded by Rogotzke, to adjourn at 8:55 p.m. Voting yes:
6. Voting no: None.
Absent: 1. Motion carried.
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Alan J. Clarke, Clerk Denise Clarke, Recorder