School Board Minutes

Red Rock Central District No. 2884

Monday, November 15, 2004

The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Education, District No. 2884, was held in the elementary school library in Jeffers on Monday, November 15, 2004. Members present were: Clarke, Derickson, Gransee, Mattison, Meyer, and Myers. Imker was tardy. Superintendent Brennan, Principal Olson, Lead Teacher Westerman, David Moldan, Jason Kedl, Joe Dietl, and Denise Clarke were also in attendance.

Chairman Gransee called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m.

The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

Upon motion of Derickson, seconded by Myers and unanimously carried, to approve the agenda, the minutes of the October 18, 2004 and November 8, 2004 meetings, and the treasurer’s report.

Principal Olson gave the following report: We need to schedule a Systems Accountability Committee meeting soon. I will be doing some recruiting for the committee at the Strategic Planning sessions. Attendance was 88% at parent-teacher conferences November 11^th. The Camfel Productions, “It’s my Life” lyceum was well received. We have completed 6 fire drills so far this fall. Water has been shut off a few times without warning because of the construction in town. The road on 6^th Avenue in front of school will be dug up by the alleyways starting this week. All winter sports practices have begun. A musical will be presented in the auditorium on November 18^th and 19^th. We hosted a MCIS Workshop on October 3^rd. The American Red Cross blood drive was sponsored by the FCCLA under Mrs. Furth’s excellent leadership. The target was 50 units of blood and we got well over 60.

Lead Teacher Westerman presented the following report: Parent-teacher conferences were a success. Mrs. Sorensen has rescheduled her conferences and the rest of us had 97% of our parents or will have in the next day or two. The book fair was held last week. We took in $3019.75. We receive 60% of that amount in free books. The Veteran’s Day program was well attended. The 5^th grade class did a nice job of telling about the flags. The rest of the students, under the direction of Mrs. Dammann, did a great job of singing a couple of patriotic songs. Mrs. Musegades was a tremendous help to the teachers in our building in getting the NWEA reports run off in time for conferences. Mrs. Warner spearheaded a mix-it up at lunch project today. It was a fun time. I think we will do it one more time later in the school year with a few more lunch time activities. During American Education Week we had a poster contest, “School Is Cool” for K-3 grade and essay writing for grades 4-5, “The American Dream”.

Superintendent Brennan reported on the Day Treatment Center in Windom.

Upon motion of Myers, seconded by Meyer and unanimously carried, to pay claims in the amount of $58,666.34. Receipts were $449,682.27.

Discussion was held on several options we could consider for our Auto Shop classes next year.

Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Mattison and unanimously carried, to approve the purchase of a 2004 Chevrolet van with 5,600 miles for $18,400.00, to be used to transport children.

Upon motion of Meyer, seconded by Derickson and unanimously carried, to approve the hiring of Rosemary Schultz as a part-time custodian in Jeffers.

Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Meyer and unanimously carried, to move the regular Board of Education meeting dates to the second Monday of the month beginning in January.

The Superintendent’s Evaluation will be discussed at the next regular board meeting.

The Band/Choir trip proposal #2 was distributed to the Board for their review.

The meeting was declared adjourned by Chairman Gransee at 9:00 p.m.

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Paula R. Derickson, Clerk Denise Clarke, Recorder