May 11, 2017 at 6:40 PM - Regular Meeting
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1. CALL TO ORDER
Speaker(s):
Board President
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It is 6:____PM and I now call to order the Grand Island Public Schools Board of Education Meeting. This is the May 11, 2017 meeting. Notice of this meeting has been advertised in the Grand Island Independent, which is the District's designated method of giving notice of these meetings.
We want those in attendance to know that copies of the Open Meetings Act are available at the entrance to the Board Room. If anyone in attendance is interested in addressing our Board, you are welcome to do so. We simply request that you complete the appropriate form and turn it in to us now so that you may be recognized during the Public Forum part of our meeting. These forms are also located by the entry doors of this room. Dr. Dexter, will you please call the roll?
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2. ROLL CALL
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Roll Call.
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3. MISSION STATEMENT
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The MissionEvery Student, Every Day, a Success |
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4. CONSENT AGENDA
Speaker(s):
Board President
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The first item on the agenda tonight is the Consent Agenda. The Consent Agenda to be approved is as follows:
(items read.) This is the Consent Agenda as published. Would anyone like to remove any items or add any items to the Consent Agenda? |
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4.1. Minutes from the previous month's meetings
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4.2. Claims, as submitted
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Monthly claims as reviewed and approved by the Facilities and Finance Committee for full Board of Education approval.
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4.3. Bid Proposals as submitted
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Competitive proposals as reviewed and approved by the Facilities and Finance Committee for full Board of Education approval.
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4.4. Staff Adjustments as submitted
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4.5. Treasurer's Report as submitted
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Monthly Treasurer's Report as of April 30, 2017.
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4.6. Policy
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4.6.1. 4305 SUSPENSION AND DEBARMENT on Final Read
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4.6.2. 5232 EMERGENCY CLOSING on Final Read
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4.6.3. 8330 TRANSFER IN STUDENTS on Final Read
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4.6.4. 8514 MEDICATIONS IN SCHOOL on Final Read
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4.6.5. 8530 SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE on Final Read
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4.6.6. 9510 SERVICE ANIMALS AND THERAPY DOGS on Final Read
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4.6.7. 8822 STUDENT MEAL CHARGE POLICY on First Read
Speaker(s):
Mrs. Hinkle
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4.7. Grant Report Update
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4.8. Surplus Property Listing
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4.9. Change Orders as Documented
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Change orders as reviewed and approved by the Facilities and Finance Committee for full Board of Education approval.
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4.10. Approval of Agenda as submitted
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5. SPECIAL RECOGNITION
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5.1. Student Advisory Group
Speaker(s):
Dr. Grover
Rationale:
Dr. Grover will recognize members of the GISH Superintendent's Student Advisory Group
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5.2. FBLA and SkillsUSA Champions
Speaker(s):
Mr. Phillips
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FBLA Isaiah San Roman - Coding & Programming Enrique Regalado, Mitch Fisher, Edward Gonzalez - MIS Mitch Fisher - Help Desk
SkillsUSA Danny Acosta - Masonry Jesus Fuentes-Espinoza - CNC Milling Edward Gonzalez - Internetworking |
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5.3. Award winners at Nebraska Educators Technology Conference
Speaker(s):
Mr. McDowell
Rationale:
Integration Specialists will introduce NETA Winners: Mrs. Sorensen's Fourth Grade Class - Dodge 5th graders: Mariah Cobler, Brylee O'Neill, Alex Portillo, Hamilton Sazo Bolanos and 4th grader: Andrew Wyatt - Dodge 5th graders: Alex Portello, Mariah Cobler, Brylee O'Neill, Hamilton Sazo Bolanos and 4th grader Andrew Wyatt - Dodge 5th Grade @ Dodge - Chelsea Betancourt Talon Biberos (& 4th grade Class) - Dodge Ayden Kuebler - 1st grade at Gates Avery Rogers - 5th grade at Stolley Park Monica Samaniego Alamillas - 8th grade at Barr
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6. PUBLIC FORUM
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7. Campus Highlights
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7.1. Jefferson Gentlemen and Jefferson Jewels program
Speaker(s):
Jefferson Staff
Rationale:
Jason Zelasney, Shane Campbell, JD Faxon, Matt LaCompte, Ashley Collins, Kayla Stutzman, Nikki Janulewicz, Nesha Yockey will present the Jefferson Gentlemen and Jefferson Jewells
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7.2. Families and Students Together Program
Speaker(s):
Knickrehm Staff
Rationale:
Knickrehm FAST Families. Verna Haberman, Trish Akerly, Jill Valderaz, Maria Morales will present on FAST
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8. INFORMATION ITEMS
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8.1. Professional Learning Update
Speaker(s):
Mrs. Gannon
Rationale:
Mrs. Gannon, Director of Professional Learning will provide an update on the professional learning that has occurred during the 2016-17 school year.
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8.2. 7190 DISTRICT WELLNESS POLICY DRAFT April 25 2017
Speaker(s):
Dr. Dexter
Rationale:
Dr. Dexter will introduce the district wellness policy and process to approve, implement, and monitor the policy.
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8.3. Transition Work Program Lease
Speaker(s):
Dr. Dexter
Rationale:
Grand Island Public Schools received a transitional summer work program grant and approval to use IDEA Funds for 2017-2018. The program needs space to operate and grow the program. Suitable space has been found for lease per the attached lease agreement for the property at 622 S Locust St. The lease is for a period of three years with a one year renewal for $3,000 per month between Grand Island Public Schools and Danny K. Oberg.
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8.4. Contract Proposal for GIPS Leadership Institute
Speaker(s):
Dr. Palmer
Rationale:
Dr. Palmer will present to the board a Consulting Agreement for Cross and Joftus to help plan and facilitate a GIPS Leadership Institute to take place June 8th-9th for all building administrators, assistant principals and cabinet members. This contract with Cross and Joftus will be presented as an information and action item.
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8.5. Network Security and Filtering Updates
Speaker(s):
Mr. Gearhart
Rationale:
The district's firewall and filter hardware are reaching end of life. Their capacity has been outpaced by demand for internet connectivity over the past 12 months, and most recently have been causing issues with staff and students reaching their online educational resources. We are proposing a solution which will provide 5 years of next-generation firewall, on and off-premise filtering, anti-virus and anti-malware services for all our networked computing devices. We reviewed two top firewall vendors and made the recommendation to purchase Fortinet equipment and software.
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8.6. Strategic Plan
Speaker(s):
Mrs. Worthington
Rationale:
Mrs. Worthington will present the Strategic Plan for GIPS.
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8.7. Extra Standard Report Recommendations
Speaker(s):
Mr. Stelk
Rationale:
Mr. Stelk will present the Extra Standard Plan
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8.8. Student Representative Report
Speaker(s):
Mr. Erick Estevez
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8.9. Construction Update
Speaker(s):
Mr. Petsch
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8.10. Superintendent Report
Speaker(s):
Dr. Grover
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9. ACTION ITEMS
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9.1. Extra Standard Recommendations
Speaker(s):
Mr. Stelk
Rationale:
Mr. Stelk will present the Extra Standard Plan for approval
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9.2. Contract Proposal for the GIPS Leadership Institute
Speaker(s):
Dr. Palmer
Rationale:
Dr. Palmer will present to the board a Consulting Agreement for Cross and Joftus to help plan and facilitate a GIPS Leadership Institute to take place June 8th-9th for all building administrators, assistant principals and cabinet members. This contract with Cross and Joftus will be presented as an information and action item.
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9.3. Transition Work Program Lease
Speaker(s):
Dr. Dexter
Rationale:
Grand Island Public Schools received a transitional summer work program grant and approval to use IDEA Funds for 2017-2018. The program needs space to operate and grow the program. Suitable space has been found for lease per the attached lease agreement for the property at 622 S Locust St. The lease is for a period of three years with a one year renewal for $3,000 per month between Grand Island Public Schools and Danny K. Oberg.
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9.4. Policy 8455 - Bullying and Harassment (Students)
Speaker(s):
Dr. Dexter
Rationale:
A hearing was held earlier in the evening for the purpose of hearing support, opposition, criticism, suggestions or observations with regard to Policy 8455–Bullying and Harassment (Students)
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9.5. Policy 8312 - Excessive Absenteeism
Speaker(s):
Dr. Dexter
Rationale:
A hearing was held earlier in the evening for the purpose of hearing support, opposition, criticism, suggestions or observations with regard to Policy 8312 –Excessive Absenteeism.
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9.6. Policy 9110 - Parental Access to Educational Practices
Speaker(s):
Dr. Dexter
Rationale:
A hearing was held earlier in the evening for the purpose of hearing support, opposition, criticism, suggestions or observations with regard to Policy 9110 –Parental Access to Educational Practices.
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9.7. Review 2016-2017 Student Fees and Accept Proposed 2017-2018 Student Fees
Speaker(s):
Dr. Dexter
Rationale:
Per current state statute every Nebraska school district must hold a hearing on student fees, including a review of the sources and uses of fees from the most recent school year. Additionally, Districts must officially accept the report and adopt the planned fees for the upcoming school year. No fees were collected for 2016-2017. She will then present the schedule of proposed fees for the 2017-2018 school year. The fees being recommended do reflect a 10 cent increase for meal prices.
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9.8. Policy 8820 - Student Fees
Speaker(s):
Dr. Dexter
Rationale:
A hearing was held earlier in the evening for the purpose of hearing support, opposition, criticism, suggestions or observations with regard to Policy 8820 - Student Fees.
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9.8.1. Policy 8820.1 - Administrative Procedures for Student Fees
Speaker(s):
Dr. Dexter
Rationale:
A hearing was held earlier in the evening for the purpose of hearing support, opposition, criticism, suggestions or observations with regard to Policy 8820.1 - Administrative Procedures for Student Fees
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9.9. Resolution for Option Enrollment
Speaker(s):
Dr. Dexter
Rationale:
Nebraska statute requires the Board of Education to adopt by resolution specific standards for acceptance and rejection of enrollment option applications. Due to limited space for GIPS special education programs and the number of students with disabilities GIPS currently serves, we are recommending the Board adopt a resolution to limit the number of students accepted by option into GIPS special education programs.
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10. COMMITTEE REPORTS
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10.1. Finance and Facilities Committee
Speaker(s):
Mr. Brown
Rationale:
A monthly report to the Board and community on the major items discussed and under consideration in the Facility and Finance Committee. From this committee, there is also a possibility of a presentation and recommendation for action on any item which might have recently arisen requiring a short turn around time frame.
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10.2. Teaching and Learning Committee
Speaker(s):
Mrs. Albers
Rationale:
A monthly report to the Board and community on the major items discussed and under consideration in the Teaching and Learning Committee.
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10.3. Personnel Committee
Speaker(s):
Mrs. Schutz
Rationale:
A monthly report to the Board and community on the major items discussed and under consideration in the Personnel Committee.
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10.4. Policy Committee - No Report
Rationale:
No report - meeting was moved to May 16 at 5:30pm
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10.5. Grand Island Public Schools Foundation Report
Speaker(s):
Mr. Exstrum
Rationale:
A monthly report to the Board and community on the major items discussed and under consideration by the Grand Island Public Schools Foundation.
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10.6. Legislative Committee/GNSA
Speaker(s):
Mrs. Hinkle
Rationale:
A monthly report to the Board and community on the major items discussed and under consideration in the Legislative Committee and/or GNSA.
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10.7. Public Relations Committee
Speaker(s):
Mr. Brown
Rationale:
A monthly report to the Board and community on the major items discussed and under consideration in the Public Relations Committee.
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11. EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERSONNEL AND SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION
Speaker(s):
Mrs. Hinkle
Rationale:
The Board will convene into executive session for the purposes of discussing personnel negotiations
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12. RECONVENE FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION
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13. APPROVAL OF ANY ACTION DEEMED NECESSARY AS A RESULT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION
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14. OLD BUSINESS
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15. NOTIFICATION OF UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS
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16. ADJOURNMENT
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