April Board Minutes

EXCERPTS of USD #384 Regular Board of Education Meeting

A Regular Board of Education meeting for USD #384 Blue Valley was held on April 11, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room.  Members present were Bruce Kaump, Angie Pfizenmaier, Ivan Jones, Marla Webster, Russell Peterson, Carla Schroller, A.G. McLean.  Administration present were Brady Burton, Superintendent;  Marion Mazouch, High School and Middle School Principal; Jim McCormick, Olsburg Elementary School Principal; Melody Pfaff, Board Clerk

The Agenda was approved with the following addition Add 11C. Out of State Trip Request

Board and guests recited Pledge of Allegiance.

President Bruce Kaump welcomed our guests. 

No one addressed the Board during Open Forum.

POSITIVE BOARD COMMENTS:

1.     Angie Pfizenmaier mentioned how nice it was to see a greater voter turnout and the number of write-ins for the election.

2.     Good job to Mr. McCormick for KMAN radio show.

3.     Carla Schroller congratulated the band for getting a unanimous I at the Twin Valley League competition.

4.     Carla Schroller commended the 8^th graders because preliminary state assessment scores show that every one of the 8^th grade students got exemplary or standard of excellence on the Reading assessment.  Good job to students and staff.

RECOGNITION OF STUDENTS/STAFF:  The BPA students who qualified for nationals and Patty Nelson, Advisor was in attendance to be recognized.  Bobbi Anderson qualified by placing first in fundamental word processing. Carlyn Olson also qualified for nationals but was not able to be present at the Board meeting. She will be competing in desktop publishing.  Both girls and Mrs. Nelson will travel to Washington D.C. in May.

Also students that will be going to Anaheim California for FCCLÅ nationals were recognized.  Bobbi Anderson and Brexton Lukens were elected as Peer Ed Team members.  Alyssa Krause qualified in a Star event.  She told the board a little about her food innovations project.  Codie Webster was elected District President and Bobbi Anderson Vice-President of Star events.  Mrs. Dowell is the District advisor.  The Board congratulated them on their accomplishments and wished them luck.

Principal Reports were noted with no additions.

During his Superintendent’s Report Brady Burton informed the Board that this year’s budget is going to lose $63,346 due to the reduced aid per student.  Next year’s budget cuts are yet to be determined.   Maxing out the LOB for this year will help with the loss from the state.  The legislature is in recess until April 27.  Projections are that next year’s funding level will be comparable to the level it was in 1992.  The contingency fund currently has a maximum of 10% of a district’s current general fund budget and that will be lowered to 6%.  There are some changes coming to KPERS in the near future. 

The Consent Agenda was approved as follows:

A.    Approved Minutes of March 14, 2011 Special Board Meeting and March 14, 2011 Regular Board Meeting.

B.    Approved Activity/Revenue/Expenditure Reports

C.    Approved Out of State Trip Request and $500 to help pay for expenses.  FCCLA trip to Anaheim, California.

The Board approved the new Principal Evaluation Instrument.

An executive session was held to discuss purchasing the sold district land back.  This item was tabled until the May 9 board meeting.

The Board Self-Evaluation results were reviewed.  The Board agreed to continue with this annual procedure.

The Warrants/Transfers were approved as presented.

Kent Unruh was in attendance to update the Board regarding the non-payment from Xanadoo for the lease of the district’s licenses.  Blue Valley has joined a group of other local schools in trying to resolve this issue.  The group is asking that Xanadoo walk away from the lease in hopes that those channels can be purchased/leased by another company.  The Board approved proceeding with KBI to protect the District’s licenses.

The changes to the 2011-2012 Building Handbooks were approved.

Board representatives for high school graduation will be Bruce Kaump and Ivan Jones.  Board representatives for middle school promotion will be Bruce Kaump and Carla Schroller.

A special board meeting to discuss the 360 Energy Solutions audit will be held on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.

An executive session was held to discuss classified evaluations.  It was noted that no action was taken during the executive session.

An executive session was held to discuss negotiations.  It was noted that no action was taken during the executive session.

Meeting adjourned at 10:57 p.m.