School Board Minutes
Red Rock Central District
No. 2884
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of
Education, District 2884, was held in the elementary school library in Jeffers
on
Chairman Derickson called the meeting to order at
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Upon motion of Myers, seconded by Westerman and
unanimously carried, to approve the agenda, the minutes of the
Principal Olson report is as follows: The plaque to recognize those who gave
substantial donations for the new building project will be complete soon. Homecoming plans are starting and candidates
have been chosen. NWEA Testing will
begin again in the first part of October.
One fire drill has been conducted.
Plans are being made for other drills including 5 bomb threat or hostage drills and 1 tornado drill. Our new Chemistry/Physics teacher is working
nicely. We have 2 student teachers with
us this year. One is working in Phy Ed
with Mr. Bartholomaus and Mr. Keck and the other is working in the English
department with Mrs. Altermatt and Mrs. Goblish. The trouble we had with the door going into
the tunnel in the new building has been straightened out. The student parking lot has been working well. Many staff members are also parking behind
the building. Our first Integration Day
is planned for this Wednesday. JMC
online grades is now up and working well.
Only a few people attended the Open House we had before our first
football game.
Lead Teacher Riley’s report was distributed to the
Board for their review. The first day of
school went smoothly in the Jeffers building.
We did not have an open house on the first day like last year. We intend to have an after school open
house/activity night coming up on September 25th. So far the plans are to sell BBQ’s, have
karaoke, and welcome parents and children to come into the classrooms to
visit. The funds we receive from selling
the BBQ’s will go to help pay for our Accelerated Reading Program. We had our first fire drill on September 15th. This year we are also required to have 5
lock-downs and 1 tornado drill. The
teachers are beginning to meet with their cluster teams for Q-Comp. Each cluster consists of classroom teachers
plus a school specialist such as a speech clinician, special education teacher,
music teacher, and Title One instructors who are licensed teachers. In the elementary building there are 7-8
members on each team. During our first
meeting we mainly discussed how we can best organize ourselves so we can
accomplish as much as possible with the time we have. The teams will meet to discuss the best way
to teach a lesson, help one of the members with a problem they might be having
in their classroom, to give each other support, and to throw out ideas to
improve instruction. Each month, a
member of the cluster team will take a turn to be the team leader. Dr. Brennan has given all of us a description
of the responsibilities of the team leader.
This Wednesday we will be hosting our first session for the Southwest
Integration Student Exchange Program.
Our 3rd grade students will
be staying in Jeffers and
hosting the other 3rd graders in the collaborative. They will be doing activities that fit with
an apple theme. The rest of us will
either be going to Walnut Grove,
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Moldan and
unanimously carried, to pay claims in the amount of $55,290.39. Receipts were $611,857.74.
Upon motion of Myers, seconded
by Kelsey and unanimously carried, to approve the first stage of the agreed
upon concepts related to Q-Comp which relates to the attached Letter of
Understanding.
Upon motion of Moldan, seconded by Myers and
unanimously carried, to approve the System Accountability Report and to publish
it as in the past.
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Mattison and
unanimously carried, to approve the maximum and/or $473,578.09 levy certified
by the Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education for 2006 Payable
2007 property tax.
Discussion was held regarding the abatement request
from Highwater Ethanol. A public hearing
will be set for
Upon motion of Kelsey, seconded by Westerman and
unanimously carried, to accept the resignation of Deb Pack as Lamberton Summer
Recreation Director and to thank her for her years of service to the program.
The board will meet on November 6th at
Discussion was held regarding the newsletter, Level
II sex offender, a trailer for use behind the bus, and the need for an
afternoon bus driver for the south route.
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Westerman and
unanimously carried, to adjourn at
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Alan J. Clarke, Clerk Denise Clarke,
Recorder