School Board Minutes
Red Rock Central District No. 2884
Monday, October 19, 2009
The
regular monthly meeting of the Board of Education, District No. 2884, was held
in the Board Room in Lamberton on Monday, October 19,
2009. Members present were: Clarke, Johnson, Kelsey, Rogotzke,
Stavnes, and Westerman. Superintendent Brennan, Principal Olson, Lead
Teacher Riley, Amy Bierl, Bev Larson, 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 Rogotzke, seconded by Johnson and
unanimously carried, to approve the agenda as amended, the minutes of the
September 21, 2009 meeting, and the treasurer’s report.
An
interview was conducted with Mrs. Amy Bierl regarding her interest in the open
Board seat in Precinct 3.
Upon
motion of Rogotzke, seconded by Westerman and
unanimously carried, to appoint Amy Bierl to fill Mrs. Paula Derickson’s seat in Precinct 3 on the Board until the next
general election.
Under
the leadership of Chairman Kelsey, newly appointed Board Member Bierl recited
the Oath of Office.
Board
Member Westerman attended a meeting of the Tri-County Day Treatment Center in
September. The name has been changed to
Red Rock Ridge Learning Center.
Lead
Teacher Riley presented the following report:
On October 7th all of the kindergarteners in our integration
collaborative went on a field trip to the Poppe
Pumpkin Patch in Lakefield. Our school
nurse began the hearing and vision screening and finished up on October 14th. A representative from our new math series,
Macmillan McGraw-Hill, met with the teachers after school to answer any
questions and make sure we are utilizing all of the materials and technology
that came with this series. October 9th
was our first site integration day. Our
1st and 2nd graders hosted the other 1st and 2nd
graders from Walnut Grove, Wabasso, and Milroy. There were approximately 101 first graders
and 96 second graders attending. Our 3rd
and 4th graders went to Wabasso. October 5-9 was Fire Prevention Week. Many of the teachers talked about the
importance of fire prevention and did activities in their classrooms throughout
the week. The preschool-1st
grade invited firemen into their classrooms for a visit. We will be having picture re-takes on October
22nd. Pre-school screening
will also take place this Thursday. October
23rd will be Grandparent’s Day.
We’ll have a program in the gym at 1:45 and afterwards the grandparents
are invited to visit the classrooms if they wish. Our annual masquerade ball will be on October
30th in the gym. The children
are welcome to wear costumes at the ball.
November 6th will be the end of the 1st quarter
with conferences being held on November 12th from 4:00-10:00 p.m.
Principal
Olson presented the following report: March
28-April 1 could be tentative dates for the class trip. This is the week before Easter. At least 25 of 44 students are interested in
going to San Diego or Los Angeles.
Testing completed this month was in NWEA, PSAT, and PLAN. I have been doing informal observations in
classrooms and have started the formal observations. The System Accountability Report will be out
in this week’s paper. A committee has been
set for the Student Council/Faculty policy review, but no meeting date has been
set as of yet. Homecoming went
well. We will be starting football and
volleyball playoffs. Volleyball plays on
October 26th at Jeffers against Ellsworth and the football team
plays on October 27th at home or MCC. The Student Council will be selling water
with the RRC Falcons label at our concession stands. The Service Coop has requested that we have Internet
filtering in place and that the final
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determination
of what the filters allow or don’t allow is left up to the Building
administrator. This must be done
according to CIPA (Children’s Internet Protection Act). The district has an Internet filtering policy
and has given the public the opportunity to comment to the local policy via the
regularly scheduled local school board meeting.
Upon
motion of Johnson, seconded by Stavnes and
unanimously carried, to accept the building reports.
Upon
motion of Clarke, seconded by Rogotzke and
unanimously carried, to pay claims in the amount of $96,682.52. Receipts were $1,282,249.34.
Upon
motion of Rogotzke, seconded by Westerman and
unanimously carried, to accept the resignation of Betty Keck as
paraprofessional effective October 15, 2009.
Upon
motion of Johnson, seconded by Rogotzke and unanimously
carried, to approve the hiring of Rebecca Prell as
paraprofessional in the Lamberton building.
Superintendent
Brennan received a letter of request from Rick Peterreins
stating that he would like the opportunity to lease our auto building/tools
during non-school hours for his own business.
After discussion, the Board asked administration to proceed and contact
local business as to their feelings on this matter and to keep an open
discussion with Mr. Peterreins.
Chairman
Kelsey called for nominations for Vice Chair.
Clarke nominated Rogotzke, seconded by
Johnson. Nominations ceased.
Upon
motion of Stavnes, seconded by Johnson and
unanimously carried to accept Rogotzke as Vice Chair.
Superintendent
Brennan showed the Board several photos of the water pipes in need of repair in
the high school. The Board also
discussed the possibility of a sick day bank.
Chairman
Kelsey declared the meeting adjourned at 8:47 p.m.
__________________________________ _______________________________
Alan
J. Clarke, Clerk Denise
Clarke, Recorder