2020.02.26 - Regular Meeting Minutes

1.

Call to Order
President Jones called the meeting to order at 4:00pm.

2.

Pledge of Allegiance
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

3.

Roll Call
The following board members were present: President Jones, Vice President Sunderman, Bergren, Meyer, Pulliam, and Moheng (Student Director).

4.

Audience to Visitors
President Jones welcomed all visitors to the meeting.

5.

Approval of Agenda

A motion was made by Sunderman, seconded by Meyer, to amend the agenda to add item 8.4, to approve technology purchases for the 2020-2021 school year. Motion carried 5-0.
A motion was made by Meyer, seconded by Bergren, to approve the amended agenda. Motion carried 5-0.

6.

Consider Consent Agenda Items
A motion was made by Sunderman, seconded by Pulliam, to approve the consent agenda items. Motion carried 5-0.

6. 1.

Approve minutes of the February 12, 2020 regular meeting

6. 2.

Approve open enrollment requests
Open Enrollment into the district 2019-2020: 2 from Essex; Open Enrollment out of the district 2019-2020: 1 to Bedford; Open Enrollment into the district 2020-2021: 2 - 1 from South Page and 1 from Villisca; Open Enrollment out of the district 2020-2021: 1 to Bedford.

6. 3.

Approve resignation from Samuel Carr   

7.

Recognition & Reports

7. 1.

Technology Report
Mrs. Morrison reported district 1:1 roll out is complete. E-Rate has a bridge year for category 2; district has applied for funding. Students in first, fifth and ninth grade will receive new iPads every year, which will follow them for four years. Apple lease includes student and staff iPads and cases, K8 lab iMacs and JAMF licensing. Staff like using the smart interactive flat panels in the classrooms. Raptor was installed at the building offices for visitor check-ins; it is able to check the federal sex offender data base. The technology staff has handled over 700 tech requests this school year.

7. 2.

Superintendent

Mrs. Bergman congratulated the speech students. Two students have applied for the student city council seat. Flexibility and adaptability are what our focus needs to be for our students. She is working to pull in more students who are not in many activities. The newspaper will have a column for student stories. Mrs. Bergman handed out letterhead encouraging the Board to write letters to our legislators stating district education concerns and priorities.    

Student Director Moheng reported the State winning one act play performed at the high school. He congratulated wrestlers Crew Howard and Kale Downey who went to state; Crew placed 4^th. Individual district speech competition is Saturday. Winter sports are finished and spring sport practices will be starting. FFA Week was last week; almost everyone got gold at competition and are going on to districts. BPA went to state; Ethan Herzberg won his class and qualified for nationals in DC.

Director Pulliam encouraged the Board to keep the six universal constructs (critical thinking, complex communication, creativity, collaboration, flexibility and adaptability, and productivity and accountability) in the forefront of decisions as the education culture shifts from teaching to learning. The Board needs to meet the students where they are in order for them to shape their future. 

8.

New Business

8. 1.

Consider approving Technology Service Agreement with Spiral for 2020-2021
A motion was made by Pulliam, seconded by Meyer, to approve the 2020-2021 contract with Spiral Communications for network services at a cost of $34,400.  Motion carried 5-0.

8. 2.

Consider approving hiring an engineer for the High School football field
A motion was made by Meyer, seconded by Bergren, to approve getting a minimum of two bids to hire an engineer to perform topographic and partial boundary survey, and geotechnical exploration and report on the high school football field.  Motion carried 5-0.

8. 3.

Consider approving the first reading of the Volunteer Early Retirement Policies, 407.6 and 413.6
A motion was made by Pulliam, seconded by Sunderman, to approve the first reading of the early retirement policies, 407.6 for Certified Staff and 413.6 for Classified and Administrative Staff. Motion carried 5-0.

8. 4.

Consider approving the technology purchases for the 2020-2021 school year
A motion was made by Sunderman, seconded by Pulliam, to approve the technology purchases for the 2020-2021 school year as presented. Motion carried 5-0.

9.

Meeting Announcements:

9. 1.

Our next regular meetings are on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 and March 25, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. in the Board Room at McKinley

10.

Adjournment
A motion was made by Sunderman, seconded by Pulliam, to adjourn the meeting at 4:54 pm.  Motion carried 5-0.