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EXCERPTS
of USD #384 Regular Board of Education Meeting
A Regular
Board of Education meeting for USD #384 Blue Valley was held on November 7,
2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room. Members present were Bruce Kaump, Angie Pfizenmaier, Marla Webster, A.G. McLean, James Peter, Mitch
Innes, and Michael Renfro. Administration present were Brady Burton, Superintendent; Marion Mazouch, High School/Middle School Principal; Jim
McCormick, Olsburg Elementary Principal; Melody
Pfaff, Board Clerk.
Call to
order: President, Bruce Kaump called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m
Approve the agenda: The Agenda was approved with the
following addition: Add 13.B.1 Approve 2011-2012 Audit Fee.
Pledge of allegiance: Board and guests recited the Pledge of
Allegiance.
Welcome
guests: President
Bruce, Kaump welcomed our guests.
Open
forum: LuAnn Lund
commented that the purchase of the additional IPads at Olsburg Elementary is very much appreciated. The students enjoy using them. The IPads are a good educational tool to have in the classroom.
Positive
board comments:
1.
The Board
was glad to hear that the Olsburg Elementary students
are enjoying the IPads.
2.
Angie Pfizenmaier congratulated Garrett Olson for his success
this year in cross-country and his success at state cross-country.
3.
Angie Pfizenmaier congratulated Bailee Howland for being elected state historian for BPA.
4.
Marla
Webster attended the FCCLA district meeting at Rock Creek. Blue Valley students did very
well. Remy talked about his trip
to Japan; Brexton Lukens and Bobbi Anderson did a
bullying presentation and Codie Webster did a fine
job leading the meeting.
Principal
reports: These were
noted with Marion Mazouch adding that the BVHS
marching band will be marching in the Veterans Day parade in Manhattan on
Friday, November 11. The Board
wanted to be updated on the online classes. There are still some technical difficulties connecting to
Spanish I. The Board agreed that
another option might need to be addressed prior to the 2012-2013 school year.
Superintendent
report: Brady Burton
informed the Board that Fort Riley will be bringing
back two brigades that have been deployed. This will put Fort Riley at full capacity with about 18,000
soldiers. The defense department
is going to start looking at base realignment in December. The defense department is also cutting
Fort Riley’s budget 15% and also cutting civilian employees by 15%. This all will impact surrounding
areas. Even with budget cuts the
last two years the statewide reading and math scores are up for the tenth year
in a row. The Governor’s school
finance plan will be announced the second week of January. State income tax is also going to be
addressed this year in the legislature. Very important that everyone stay aware of what the legislature is
doing. KSDE is working on a new accreditation plan. It will be phased in and start in 2013-2014. The current education system will need
25 million more dollars to fund this year. More revenue is being taken in on tax collection. There could possibly be a $36 per
student cut this year. Last month
the Board decided to ask for money from the Roepke Fund for an electronic message board. The City of Randolph has decided to put their money towards this message
board. Message board will cost
approximately $15,500.
Board
report: Nothing to
report.
Consent agenda: Consent Agenda was approved as
follows:
A.
Approved
Minutes of: October 10, 2011
B.
Approved
Activity/Revenue/Expenditure Reports
C.
Approved
Hiring: Kayla Moster as middle school assistant girls basketball coach
Changing of Board Meeting
Dates: The Board
approved changing the December and January Board meeting dates to the
following: December 14, 2011 @
7:00 p.m. and January 11, 2012 @ 7:00 p.m.
Approve
Warrants/Transfers: Warrants/Transfers
were approved as presented.
Approve 2010-2011 Audit: Dave Bogner of Bogner Accounting
attending the meeting by speakerphone to give the Board final results of the
2010-2011 CPA audit. It was a very
clean audit with no issues. The
Board approved the 2010-2011 CPA audit.
Approve 2011-2012 Audit
Fee: A contract for the 2011-2012 audit was presented by Bogner Accounting. There will be a $200 increase in the
fee from last year’s audit. The
Board approved the 2011-2012 contract with Bogner Accounting.
First Grade Aide Request: Jim McCormick and LuAnn Lund were in
attendance in support of hiring a first grade aide for mornings. There are lots of needs in this class
and it would be very beneficial to hire a part time aide. The Board approved hiring a part-time
aide for the hours of 8:30-11:30 five days a week.
Disaster Relief Generator
Hookup: The church in
Randolph is asking that the school district consider installing a generator
hookup for the sole purpose of a FEMA disaster. The church would be willing to donate $500 towards doing
this. The Board approved for Brady
Burton to get an estimate to install a generator hookup at the school and to
propose it at the December meeting.
Board
Holiday Plans for Staff: This
was a discussion item only. It was
the consensus of the Board to host a holiday staff dinner. The Board instructed administration to
find a date in January for a staff dinner. The Board agreed to also distribute cards as was done in
previous years.
Negotiations: An executive session was held to
discuss negotiations. No action
was taken during the executive session.
Future
Agenda Items:
A.
Disaster
Relief Generator Hookup
B.
Holiday
Plans for Staff
C.
Negotiations
Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 9:12 p.m.
Melody Pfaff
Board Clerk
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