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 Board Room in Lamberton on
Vice-Chairman Clarke called the meeting to order at
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Upon motion of Mattison, seconded by Derickson and
unanimously carried, to approve the agenda as amended, the minutes of the
Donna Larson, Bob VanMaasdam, Sarah Olson, Brenna Highby, and Matthew Moldan
were on hand to fill the Board in on a Music Department trip that they have
been looking into. A sample itinerary
was distributed to the board. The
proposed trip would be to
Principal Olson reported that the Systems
Accountability Report has been sent to the State Department and has gone out to
residents this week. Thanks to Joe Dietl
for the nice job in putting together the report again this year. Mr. Nordby took the Sophomore
class on a field trip to the Sioux Indian Uprising area. This trip was started in 1971 and has been a
yearly outing ever since. The FFA will
be participating in livestock judging, soils judging, and a corn drive again
this fall. The National FFA Convention
in
Gransee arrived at
Lead Teacher Westerman’s
report was distributed to the Board.
NWEA fall testing is complete.
All went well. The electricity
only went out once! I am in the process
of looking at results and maybe doing some comparisons with the last time we
tested. We have had 3 fire drills and
will try to have 2 more before the weather turns cold. The lyceum with Greg Olson was great. The kids learned some good things and Mrs.
Werner will build on some of the concepts.
We are beginning to make plans for conferences. They will be two nights. The staff was happy with the 2-night set-up
last year, and I think it was good for parents as well. Grandparent Day program will be on Wednesday
of this week. There will be a Veteran’s
Day program on the 11th of November.
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Myers and
unanimously carried, to pay claims in the amount of $87,234.71. Receipts were $1,516,913.30.
Discussion was held on the possible construction of
a bus garage/shop area, wellness center/weight room, and practice gym. Superintendent Brennan was asked to contact
an architect to give us an idea of the cost of such a project.
Upon motion of Derickson, seconded by Myers and
unanimously carried, to set the special meeting to canvass votes from the
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Meyer and
unanimously carried, to accept the bid from Hawkeye of $18,390.00 for an
outside freezer and cooler for our hot lunch program.
Upon motion of Meyer, seconded by Derickson and
unanimously carried, to accept the bid from Midwest Wireless, through the SW/WC
Service Cooperative, for 4 (four) cell phones at $7.00 per line per month. Two of the phones will be designated to route
drivers and the other 2 will be used in the special ed
vans during the day and on extra-curricular buses in the evenings. Route drivers already owning cell phones will
be reimbursed $5.00 per month during the school year.
Volunteers to serve on the RRCNet Steering Committee
are Clarke, Derickson, and Myers. This
committee will review the operations of RRCNet and its relationship to the
District and the educational programs within the District.
Board members agreed to contribute $20.00 each to
the Board Memorials account in the High School Fund.
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Mattison and
unanimously carried, to develop a District-wide Strategic Plan involving
parents, patrons, business leaders, staff, students, and the Board. Bruce Miles will be the Facilitator at a cost
of $4,000.00. There will be no school
for students on Tuesday, November 16th and it will be considered a
workday for staff as Dr. Miles will be working with staff at that time. In the evening he will be working with
townspeople. On Wednesday, November 17th
the Board and Administration will be meeting with Dr. Miles in the evening.
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Upon motion of Meyer, seconded by Mattison and
unanimously carried, to approve the hiring of Raul Molina as Spanish Speaking
Elementary Assistant for 4 hours/day, Darwin Lovell as Custodian in the
Elementary building for 3-4 hours per day when school is in session, and Renee
Simonson as Elementary Preschool Handicapped Aid plus school age aid for 7
hours/day.
Upon motion of Myers and seconded by Clarke to
accept the bid from Rick DeMartini of $4,000.00 for
the following property: THAT PART OF
OUTLOTS G AND H OF GRIMM AND ENGLAND’S ADDITION, CITY OF LAMBERTON, REDWOOD
COUNTY, MINNESOTA described as follows:
Commencing at the northwest corner of said Outlot G; thence North 78 degrees 25 minutes 34 seconds
East, an assumed bearing, along the southerly right-of-way line of Fifth Avenue
a distance of 220.00 feet to a ½ inch iron pipe monument, being the point of
beginning; thence continuing North 78 degrees 25 minutes 34 seconds East, along
said southerly right-of-way line, 105.00 feet to a ½ inch iron pipe monument;
thence South 11 degrees 28 minutes 12 seconds East, 122.00 feet to a ½ inch
iron pipe monument; thence South 78 degrees 25 minutes 34 seconds West, 105.00
feet to a ½ inch iron pipe monument in
the east line of the west 220 feet of said Outlots G
and H; thence North 11 degrees 28 minutes 12 seconds West, along said east
line, 122.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.29 acres, more or
less, and being subject to easements of record in said county and state.
Upon roll vote being taken thereon, the following
voted in favor thereof: Derickson,
Meyer, Myers, Clarke, Mattison, and Gransee;
And the following voted against the same: None.
Whereupon said resolution, having received the
affirmative votes of two-thirds of the members, was declared duly passed and
adopted.
It was decided that the Superintendent’s Evaluations
should be turned in to Derickson at the November 8th canvass meeting
and would be discussed at the regular November meeting on November 15th.
The meeting was declared adjourned by Chairman
Gransee at
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Paula R. Derickson, Clerk Denise Clarke, Recorder