Board Meeting Minutes - 2021.03.17

EMMETSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Regular Meeting & Budget Hearing

Board of Education

March 17, 2021 Minutes

 

TEACHING & LEARNING: FFA’s Laney Montag Public Speaking Presentation

Laney Montag presented her Prepared Public Speaking  speech to the board entitled “Unity in Agriculture”.

Laney will present her speech at the FFA State Contest in April.

 

All motions are unanimous unless otherwise noted.

The Board of Education of Emmetsburg Community School District met in a regular session on March 17, 2021 at 5:30pm in the HS Library. 

 

Present: Jane Hoyman, Bill Huberty (by Zoom), Kathy Roethler, Val Morton, Katy Thomsen Absent:   Scott Kibbie,  Aaron Dietrich

Also Present:  Darren Hanna, Lisa Chapman, Tracie Christensen, Tim Rodemeyer, Darca Saxton

Jill Schany, Tiffany Tomlin-exit 5:40pm, Laney Montag-exit 5:40pm, Joe Schany, Arik 

Kerr

 

Jane Hoyman, President, called the session to order at 5:41pm, acknowledged the fact of a quorum.

 

BUDGET HEARING

Mr. Hanna presented the proposed budget for fiscal year 2021-2022. The overall tax rate is proposed to remain at $12.45. There were no questions from the audience.

 

Approval of Agenda:  Roethler moved to approve the agenda. Seconded by Thomsen. Motion carried.

 

REGULAR MEETING

CONSENT ITEMS:   Morton moved to approve the consent items. Seconded by Roethler. Motion carried.

 

OLD BUSINESS

Board Policies: Policies Student Series 501.13-501.17 were updated. Thomsen moved to approve the policies and Hoyman seconded. Motion carried. 

 

EDUCATIONAL NEWS

High School: Parent-Teacher Conferences going on. Times changed a bit to accommodate parents better. The Extravaganza was held March 6. Even though it wasn’t like past years, it was a great event. The Parade of Bands was held March 9th-11th. Awards night will be held with National Honor Society induction on March 29th in the auditorium.  ISASP testing will be held the week of March 22. All online students must come in to take those in person. Prom 2021 is April 24th with precautions in place. Press release will be forthcoming. Conditions for Learning Survey will be submitted this year. The results will be included in the ESSA designations for the Middle School and High School. National History Day involves the Middle School. Ava Dietrich’s project was selected to move on with her presentation.

Middle School: PBIS goals to reduce discipline referrals were met. The students were awarded with an incentive treat. Parent-Teacher Conferences were held last night and will be Thursday night. Numbers of parents have increased. Conferences are student led. Students take ownership in their own learning. Eight staff members attended the NIET National Conference virtually. This is a research based conference teaching teachers strategies in the classroom. 

Elementary: Bjustrom’s report included information on Dr. Seuss Day, Kindergarten Round-Up, Ag in the Classroom, Parent-Teacher Conferences and the ISASPs that are coming up.

 

NEW BUSINESS

Personnel:  Huberty moved to approve the resignation of Jadyn Schutjer as National Honor Society Sponsor and Diana Stafford-Elementary Teacher. Both resignations are effective at the end of the school year. Roethler seconded. Motion carried. The board would like to thank Mrs. Stafford for the many years of dedicated service. Thomsen moved to approve the following contracts:

Josh Bay-Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach ($3,186.00)

Molly McCain-Volunteer Girls’ Golf Coach ($0)

Jadyn Schutjer-Volunteer Girls’ & Boys’ Track Coach pending final certification ($0) 

Ali Laubenthal-Middle School Softball Coach pending final certification ($1,976.00) 

Scott Higgins-Middle School Baseball Coach ($1,976.00). 

Roethler seconded. Motion carried.

Board Policies:  Student Series Policies 502-502.5, 503.1, 503.5-503.6RE2 and Employee Series 409.2 were reviewed. They will be presented for a second reading in April.

Budget: Morton moved to approve the FY22 Budget. Huberty seconded.  Motion carried.

Shared Teaching Contract:  Amanda Schmidt, Shared Superintendent for Gilmore City-Bradgate approached the Emmetsburg District to share a Librarian at .20 FTE. Roethler moved to approve the 28E Agreement with Gilmore City-Bradgate at 20%. Thomsen seconded. Motion carried.

Timberline Billing Service Contract: Hoyman moved to approve the renewal contract with TImberline Billing Service. Roethler seconded. Motion carried.

Asset Works Agreement: Morton moved to approve the Asset Works agreement for a fixed asset inventory and Huberty seconded. Motion carried.

 

ADJOURNMENT: Huberty moved to adjourn the meeting at 6:28pm. Seconded by Morton. Motion carried.

 

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