School Board Meeting April 10, 2017
Call to Order – Welcome 7:00 p.m.
II. Pledge of Allegiance
III. Adoption of Agenda -
Bross and Kendell participated via phone. Changed agenda to put budget earlier in agenda.
IV. Public Comments - no comments.
V. Public Hearing
2. Aid & Levy Budget 7:00 P.M. public hearing on budget began. No one here for it.
3. Consent Agenda - Minutes, Bills, Human Resources Report, Travel, and Gifts
Garwood moved to accept. Second - Hatteberg. Passed.
VI. District Positive Accomplishments-Infinite Campus Scheduler Training Information
Mr. Yeoman presented. Kendell and Bross left the meeting (phone). Administrators, counselors, computer operators went through the training. Major goal to set up for trimesters. Yeoman has 85% of scheduling done. Special student registration is not done yet. Looking forward to having this done before summer. Something about utilizing current staff and creating new classes at middle school. 21st century skills at middle school. Vaguepresentation. Vickstrom - How to integrate students at beginning of fall? Yeoman - Not a problem. (It sounded like what we do now - place the student in the smallest class. ) Vickstrom - What problems in the system? Yeoman - vague answer, didn’t specify anything. There are always glitches. Garwood - you make it sound painless and simple. Yeoman - It’s never painless when working with computers. It went very smoothly. Scheduled for three days of training but just needed slightly over two.
VII. Student Representative Report
Two students going to ISEF in LA. Sasha Zelenski and Vidya Mullangi are going. Girls and boys soccer teams are doing really well. Band had all city band concert. It was a lot of fun to perform at. It inspires the younger kids. Hound Town Days approaching. Hound Room picking volunteer activities. Dragon boats are coming up. It’s a great time for friendly competition. Varsity Club had an incentive trip to Chicago. All of the post prom fundraisers have been successful and will result in a fun post prom. Two students are going to a prestigious art competition - one was Mia Ruther.
VIII. Superintendent’s Report
Coen was gone. Dentlinger filled in. She was at North HIll. Local artists and SCC artists display art at library at school. There will be an afternoon for the artist to meet with school. 21ST grant - All students will have after school programing due to this grant.
IX. Items for Discussion
4. 2017-18 Budget -
This was moved to follow #2. Reynolds then presented a powerpoint on the certified budget. There are to purposes of the certification process: 1. Certify maximum expenditures and 2. direct the auditor to direct taxes. Proposed levy $15.78. There was an increase in the management fund. There was a 3.2% increase in taxable evaluation from the previous year. Property poor district. Estimated property tax relief $1.20. Increase of about $21 on a $100,000 house in taxes. Robberts made clear that this was not because of the district but the state. In other words we didn’t increase the tax. Most of the assessed value comes from residential. Sales tax bond will be paid off by 2029. Burlingtons revenue per student $6664. General fund is based on enrollment. The district enrollment continues to decline. 662 open enrolled out this year. 4422 students next year. We qualify for the 101% budget adjustment because of losing students. Receive $200,304. This is a one time fund. We can’t get that money again. Dropout program is 100% our property tax. Instructional support levy is paid by property tax. Other districts fund this by an income surtax so it's not in property tax rate. Preschool program 100% funded by state. Vickstrom said it was the most thorough presentation he’s seen since he has been on the board. Garwood motioned to accept. Hatteberg seconded. Kendell thanked Reynolds and Coen for the work on the budget and sharing it with the staff and departments. When did that occur? Garwood commented how much is controlled by the state (60%). Robberts again stated that it wasn’t the board's fault that taxes went up. Motion passed.
5. Board Policy Graduation Requirements 505.5
This is the second reading. This was discussed at the last meeting. Hatteberg moved to approve. Vickstrom seconded. Passed.
6. Board Policies 600 Series
This is the second reading. 604.3 removed from. This pertains to internet usage policy. Garwood motioned. Brueck seconded. Passed. 604.3 will be sent out to board to review prior to next meeting.
7. Online Registration for 2017-18 School Year Information Only
Brian Johnson presented. Last year was the first year for online registration. They made a list of the data glitches from last year and went back to the vendor that they worked with last year to make changes in the program. Johnson made some sort of guideline on how to do this in the future. Try to work ahead of the ball instead of being pushed by it according to Johnson. They will have a core team test the new program and check to see the glitches are gone. Then those who do registration will practice using the program. Send one letter for household about registration instead per student. They will support the families by having a youtube video on how to register and and an email help line. There will be a Google voice number that parents can text and get responses to their questions. They will create a FAQ page for parents. After registration is done, they will review the process for the degree of success. Vickstrom asked about tracking credits. Sharon said it can do it. Hatteberg - Do you have to go in separately for each child? Johnson - We’re addressing this. Robberts - Online registration was a big hit even with the glitches. It was one of those things that the board got positive feedback about.
8. Summer School Information
Sharon - Offering it all levels. HS - 5 weeks starting in June. They can take online classes, credit recovery classes, some site base classes. She listed a number of classes that I have never heard of including a science class. They can get credits for five weeks. Middle school students will be two weeks and take the students to Camp ??. They will be working on social competencies. Elementary will run for 30 days K-5. She referred to this as a camp. It provided reading and math supports and some interventions. Parents should contact the administrators at their buildings for more information or contact Sharon. Something will be sent out to all high school students. Middle school students can only attend via invitation. It is similar for the elementary.
9. Update of Teacher Leadership Information only
Sharon - We are excited about it and have seen some significant changes in the program. There are 11 full release positions. They average about 40.4 contacts with other teachers per month. There are 6 half day release. There are five tech coaches that are one day a month released. There are teacher leader facilitators for the PLCs. They are more or less the chair of each group. Every third year, the position comes up for applications. Five coaches meet that level. I think she said only one person applied to replace. It is student focussed. She listed a bunch things that could happen. They are now part of the funding formula. Vickstrom - Do you have a get together when you get done with the year? Sharon referenced the mentor colloquium. She said the teacher leaders meet all year to look at problems. Hatteberg - how does it work with half day coaches? Sharon explain how it works.
X. Board Communications
Garwood - Huge thank you to community for financial contributions.
Vickstrom - Need a lot of help from community for the spring events. We have a symbiotic relationship with them. It’s showing the students that the community cares.
Brueck - Good job to all the middle school students to went to Ottumwa for national history day.
Robberts - Thanks to Reynolds for a great presentation. Congratulations to all the students in the student reports, referenced art and soccer. Look forward to Hound Town Days. Happy to hear that we are getting after school programs in all schools.
XI. Adjournment - adjourned 8:10.
XII. Exempt Session-Negotiation
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