School board minutes-September 2017
Bancroft-Rosalie Community School
Board of Education Meeting
Monday, September 11, 2017 7:38 p.m.
President Nottlemann called the regular Board of Education meeting to order Monday, September 11, 2017 at 7:38 p.m. Notice of the regular board meeting was published five days prior to the meeting.
Board members present were Pam Browning, Pat Browning, Trevor Bonneau, Naomi Brummond, Jason Gatzemeyer and Mike Nottlemann. Superintendent Cerny, visitors and school personnel were also present.
President Nottlemann informed the public that a current copy of the “Open Meeting Act” is posted on the north wall of the library.
Motioned by Gatzemeyer, seconded by Brummond to approve the August 14, 2017 regular board minutes as presented. Discussion. RCV: Ayes – 6, Opposed – 0. Motion carried.
Motioned by Bonneau, seconded by Brummond to allow payment of the invoices from the general fund. Discussion. RCV: Ayes – 6, Opposed – 0. Motion carried.
Superintendent Cerny gave the financial review report: the summary of accounts: End of August receipts $114,087; Disbursements $506,656; Cash Balance $210,601; Building Fund checking $6,275; Quality Capital Fund $7,271; Depreciation Fund $ 37,384; Hot Lunch Fund $21,959, and the Activity Fund $71,426.
President Nottlemann asked if there were any board committee reports, and it was noted that the Pathways 2 Tomorrow meeting will be Wednesday, September 13th at Oakland at 7:00 p.m.
Motioned by Pam Browning, seconded by Brummond, to approve the agenda as published. RCV: Ayes – 6, Opposed – 0. Motion carried.
President Nottlemann thanked the public for their patience and for coming. He stated that this time was set-aside for the public to address the board.
In the public hearing, Dustin Burgett & Will Gatzemeyer addressed the board on the benefits of having the Lyons-Decatur and Bancroft-Rosalie cooping in sports. Barry Bonneau asked the board why B-R started cooping with Lyons-Decatur in sports and what was the general expense in cooping. President Nottlemann, representing the board, stated we cooped with the intention of having more academic class offerings, especially FFA. Kira Cooney stated how well the youth attendance in B-R and Lyons-Decatur youth wresting and Wolverine baseball was doing. Melissa Johnson asked if the students could make the cooping work why couldn’t the adults. Amber Bridges asked if there could be more communication between schools and students in order to keep cooping. Board member Bonneau expressed that cooping was not all about sports when B-R and L-D started conferring in January 2014. B-R’s focus was to try to offer more classes with the number one item offering FFA to our students. Board member Pat Browning encouraged parents to see what B-R has to offer in college credit courses and encourage their child/children to take them as dual credit.
President Nottlemann expressed that the board will be discussing the cooperative programs and shared classes during agenda item 9D. Mr. Sjuts stated each year students go through a “Personal Learning Plan” before they prioritize their needs and schedule classes in the area they feel they want to go into.
As part of the coop, B-R’s academic priority is 1). Increase the number of students in Ag classes and FFA, 2). Increase the number of distance-learning classes, 3). Increase shared classes from each school.
President Nottlemann stated the board will move forward with the regular board meeting and will come back later for discussion. President Nottlemann thanked everyone for coming and their input.
The administrator’s report consisted of: the August transportation; The 2017 total valuation decrease for Burt, Cuming and Thurston counties is $-3,184,527. The 2017 increase/decrease in valuations by county: Cuming $-4,109.522, Thurston $196,788 and Burt $728,207. The percentage increase/decrease by county: Cuming -1.59%, Thurston -0.14% and Burt 2.37% with a total -0.73% decrease for the district. Board members Pam & Pat Browning, Bonneau, Brummond, Gatzemeyer and Nottlemann are planning to attend the NASB district meeting for school board members on September 20th at Norfolk. Superintendent Cerny and Brummond are planning to attend the State Education Conference in LaVista on November 15-17th. The B-R teachers will give a Blended Learning presentation Friday morning at 10:00 a.m. The student option enrollment report: Option in – 66 and Option out – 23. The number of area students optioning in: Tekamah-Herman -1, Omaha-Nation – 4, Walthill – 31, Lyons-Decatur – 19, Pender – 5 West Point – 2 and Winnebago - 4.
Principal Sjuts reported on the following: the Course Offerings and student enrollment for 2017-18; The 2017-18 enrollment as of Monday, September 11, 2017: Preschool - 28. The K-12 enrollment for the 2017-18 school year as of September 11th is as follows: K – 18; 1st – 20, 2nd – 23; 3rd – 14, 4th – 21; 5th – 17; 6th – 25; 7th – 28; 8th – 14; 9th – 24; 10th – 18; 11th – 17 and 12th – 24 for a total of 263 K-12 and 291 P-12. The number of students participating in fall activities are: Volleyball: H.S. – 23 + 3 (L-D) = 26, JH – 21 + 9 (L-D) = 30; Football: H.S. – 17 + 11 (L-D) = 28, JH – 13 +11 (L-D) = 24; Cross Country 7 + 7 (L-D) = 10 Boys and 4 Girls; Girls Golf 2 + 2 (L-D) + 1 (Pen) = 5, Softball 2 + 6 (Pen) + 12 (W-P) = 20, and the Fall Musical – 23.
There was no old business.
In new business, motioned by Bonneau, seconded by Pam Browning to approve the 2017-2018 proposed District Budgeted Expenditures as follows: General Fund $3,980,000; Depreciation $97,650; Employee Benefit $40,000; Activities $263,200; School Nutrition $217,000; Special Building Fund $106,000; Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking $33,973; Cooperative $130,000, and Student Fees $26,000. Discussion. RCV: Ayes – 6, Opposed – 0. Motion carried.
Motioned by Browning, seconded by Bonneau to approve the adjusted district property tax levy request for the 2017-18 school year. The proposed tax request increase as follows: the General Fund 0.672982, Special Building Fund 0.023449 and Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking Fund K-12 0.005862 totaling 0.0702293. Discussion. RCV: Ayes – 6, Opposed – 0. Motion carried.
Motioned by Brummond, seconded by Gatzemeyer to hire Michael J. Pommer, CPA for the Bancroft-Rosalie Community School covering the fiscal years ending August 31, 2017, 2018, and 2019 at $6,400 for the fiscal year ending August 31, 2017 with an increase of $100 per year following. Discussion. RCV: Ayes – 6, Opposed – 0. Motion carried.
The board continued to discussing the cooperative programs and shared classes. The next co-op meeting will be Thursday, October 5, 2017 at Lyons at 7:00 p.m.
The next regular board meeting will be Monday, October 9, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in Bancroft.
Motioned by Brummond, second by Pat Browning to adjourn. Discussion. RCV: Ayes – 6, Opposed – 0. Motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 10:43 p.m.