School Board Minutes
Red Rock Central District
No. 2884
Monday, March 17, 2008
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of
Education, District No. 2884, was held in the elementary school library in
Jeffers on Monday, March 17, 2008.
Members present were: Clarke, Derickson, Kelsey, Moldan, Myers,
and Westerman.
Rogotzke was absent. Superintendent Brennan, Principal Olson, Joe Dietl, and Denise Clarke were also in attendance.
Chairman Derickson called
the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Moldan and unanimously carried, to approve the agenda as
amended, the minutes of the February 11, 2008 and March 3, 2008 meetings, and
the treasurer’s report.
Principal Olson gave the following report: One of our Q Comp Clusters is doing an 8th
grade service project – raking leaves, general spring clean-up, etc. The Class Trip meeting will be held tomorrow
night. 19 out of 45 seniors are going on
the trip. Chaperones will be Ms.
Anderson and Mrs. Fredrickson. There
will be an assembly after Spring vacation for the
student body to view David Parnell’s tapes on Meth
use. We were approved for the SMSU
Computer Comp Challenge Class. NHS
induction was held on March 4th.
The Student Council is sponsoring a
Lead Teacher Riley’s report was distributed to the Board: In late February our 1st-6th
graders entered the Zaner-Bloser Handwriting
contest. We should know if we have any
State winners later this month. For Dr. Suess’s birthday, we planned activities and read his
books. The cooks made birthday cake and green
eggs and ham as part of the lunch menu.
For Integration Day on March 7th, the 1st and 2nd
graders were hosted by Wabasso, the 3rd
and 4th graders traveled to Walnut Grove, and the 6th
graders took a trip to
Superintendent Brennan had on hand to show the
Board, the Certificate of Recognition to Marion Weber for 49 Dedicated Years of
Service in Education, which was presented to her at the 25th Annual
School Business Staff Conference.
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Myers and
unanimously carried, to pay claims in the amount of $219,583.06. Receipts were $444,409.47.
Upon motion of Moldan,
seconded by Westerman and unanimously carried, to
approve the proposed budget for the Southwest Integration Collaberative
as presented.
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Upon motion of Kelsey, seconded by Moldan and unanimously carried, to accept the resignations,
due to retirement, of Jennifer Gillis as Kindergarten teacher, Winifred
Churchill as paraprofessional in the High School, and Giles Riley as head
custodian in the High School, and to thank them for their many years of service
to the District.
Upon motion of Clarke and seconded by Myers to adopt
the following resolution:
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE
ADMINISTRATION
TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
REDUCTIONS
IN PROGRAMS AND POSITIONS
AND REASON THEREFOR.
WHEREAS,
the financial condition of the school district dictates that the school board
must reduce expenditures immediately, and
WHEREAS,
there has been a reduction in student enrollment, and,
WHEREAS,
this reduction in expenditure and decrease in student enrollment must include
discontinuance of positions and discontinuance or curtailment of programs, and
WHEREAS,
a determination must be made as to which personnels’
contracts must be terminated and not renewed and which personnel may be placed
on unrequested leave of absence without pay or fringe
benefits in effecting discontinuance of positions,
BE
IT RESOLVED, by the School Board of Independent School District No. 2884, as
follows:
That
the School Board hereby directs the Superintendent of Schools and
administration to consider the discontinuance of programs or positions to
effectuate economies in the school district and reduce expenditures and, as a
result of reduction in enrollment, make recommendations to the school board for
the discontinuance of programs, curtailment of programs, discontinuance of
positions or curtailment of positions.
Upon roll call vote being taken thereon, the
following voted in favor thereof: Myers,
Westerman, Kelsey, Moldan,
Clarke, and Derickson.
And the following voted against the same: None.
Rogotzke was absent.
Whereupon said resolution, having received the
affirmative votes of two-thirds of the members, was declared duly passed and
adopted.
Superintendent Brennan distributed the 2 proposals
that were received regarding the removal of mercury in the Lamberton
building. The proposal from MidAmerica was $7,640.50 and the proposal from MAVO
Systems, Inc. was $13,220.00.
Upon motion of Moldan,
seconded by Kelsey and unanimously carried, to accept the proposal from MidAmerica for $7,640.50, to clean up the mercury in our
science labs.
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Upon motion of Kelsey, seconded by Westerman and unanimously carried, to honor the request for
an expenditure of $3,132.24 to help support the FCCLA members attending the
State STAR Event competition and convention.
Discussion was held on the Board’s Goal Statement
for the Superintendent. The wording of
the goal was changed to, “The paraprofessional staff shall be evaluated in the
2008-2009 school year.”
Deb Furth has been chosen
as a recipient of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation’s
2008 Professional Development Scholarship for Educators. The scholarship is $1,750.00 which will be
used for her to attend a week-long cooking class in
Discussion was held regarding the Q Comp site visit
earlier in the day and Chairman Derickson’s request
to use the area behind the bleachers at the football field for K-4 soccer
practice.
Chairman Derickson
declared the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
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Alan J. Clarke, Clerk Denise Clarke, Recorder