School Board Minutes
Red Rock Central District
No. 2884
Monday, November 19, 2007
The regular monthly meeting of the Board of
Education, District 2884, was held in the elementary school library in Jeffers
on Monday, November 19, 2007. Members
present were: Clarke, Derickson, Kelsey,
Moldan, Myers, Rogotzke, and Westerman.
Superintendent Brennan, Principal Olson, Dave Nester, 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 Kelsey, seconded by Rogotzke and
unanimously carried, to approve the agenda, the minutes of the October 15, 2007
meeting, and the treasurer’s report.
Dave Nester, of Nester and Nester, presented the
audit report for the 2006-2007 school year showing a
positive balance of $84,644. Upon motion
of Clarke, seconded by Myers and unanimously carried, to accept the audit
report as printed.
The Board discussed our current Weapons Policy, and
it was decided that at the next meeting Superintendent Brennan would present a new
clause which includes wording from the Minnesota School Boards Association as
far as Administrative Discretion.
Board Member Moldan presented a report on the
Redwood County Collaberative. The budget
looked fine for this year, but they will need to apply for Federal and State
grants for next year.
Principal Olson reported that he has met with
representatives of SMSU and continues to explore the possibility of starting a
Challenge Class of College Computer. We
had an excellent presentation on “Focus on Your Target” which focused on goal
setting and building self-esteem. Once
again, the presenter complimented our students on their respectful
behavior. The excellent presentation of
the musical, “The Music Man”, was performed over the weekend. We are guessing that Parent-Teacher
Conference attendance was down a little this year. On-line grades may be replacing the face-to-face
conference. I attended the SW MN
Principals Association meeting and school law conference. In the future I will present some more policy
language changes. Winter sports starts
are staggered due to the time of Easter.
Mr. Pack will start the basketball practices next week.
Lead Teacher Riley’s report was distributed to the
Board: October 26th was
Grandparents’ Day. There was a program
followed by the grandparents visiting the classrooms and having refreshments
with their grandchildren. October
29-November 2 was Red Ribbon Week for drug awareness. Mrs. Warner and Ms. Ryker developed
activities for this week and helped our students think about the importance of
saying “No” to drugs. The Scholastic
Book Fair ran from November 5-8 and earned about $3,600. Out of that amount, our elementary school
gets 30%. We were able to order about
200 books free of charge, which were worth around $1,800. We had excellent attendance at Parent-Teacher
Conferences. Each classroom teacher
either had 100%
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19, 2007 – Page 2
attendance or just one or two parents
who couldn’t come. On November 7th
our 4th and 5th graders participated in a program
presented by the CLIMB Theater. It was
entitled “Fantasy Football.” The
presenters stressed to our students that it’s never too early to start thinking
about what they want to do in the future.
On November 12th we had a Veteran’s Day program in the
gym. The entire student body and several
community members attended. A free
workshop for parents of students in Title I, Kids First, and Early Risers, is
being offered by Mrs. Benedict and Mrs. Warner.
This workshop will be on November 20th and is entitled,
“Parenting with Love and Logic”. We have
had three fire drills.
Upon motion of Clarke, seconded by Rogotzke and
unanimously carried, to pay claims in the amount of $113,348.44. Receipts were $474,498.54.
Upon motion of Myers, seconded by Moldan and
unanimously carried, to accept the resignation, due to retirement, of Lucille
Hagert as elementary school secretary as of January 1, 2008. The Board wishes to thank her for her many
years of service to the students of our district.
Upon motion of Moldan, seconded by Westerman and
unanimously carried, to grant a Leave of Absence for this school year to Joan
Blomgren as requested.
Upon motion of Rogotzke, seconded by Kelsey and
unanimously carried, to accept the 6.9% increase and other changes in the
two-year cycle Master Agreement with the certified staff. Base salary starts at $31,850 this year and
$32,100 base for the 2008-2009 school year.
The Board
decided to have a workshop meeting for the purpose of filling out the
Superintendent’s Evaluation on Thursday, November 29th at 6:00
p.m. After the evaluation, a goal will
be set for the Superintendent to achieve in the coming year.
Upon motion of Kelsey, seconded by Rogotzke and
unanimously carried to adjourn at 8:29 p.m.
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Alan J. Clarke, Clerk Denise Clarke,
Recorder