Minutes of the Board of Education #42R - Regular Meeting - 6/13/2022
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION #42R
Regular Meeting
06/13/2022
The Osmond Board of Education met at 8:04 pm on Monday, June 13, 2022 in the school library. The president announced informed the public that a copy of the open meetings act was posted in the building.
It was moved by von Rentzell, seconded by Krohn, that this meeting was preceded by publicized notice in the June 8, 2022 issue of the Osmond Republican and is hereby declared to be duly convened in open session. All members having voted in favor of the motion, the same was declared, passed and adopted and the following proceedings were had and done at said meeting in open session. For: 5 Against: 0
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Patron Input: None.
It was moved by Reikofski, seconded by Gansebom, to approve the consent agenda as presented. For: 5 Against: 0
President Moes excused absent board member Stanosheck.
Principal Polt reported on: 1) report cards; 2) the control panel for the new bell system; 3) Spanish 1 classes offered by Plainview school via Zoom and options for Spanish 2 classes, possibly being provided through the Nebraska High School Classroom program; 4) provided an update on High School band sharing with Plainview, with scheduling not allowing sharing to take place; 5) the process of ordering team uniforms for the Osmond/Randolph Hawks; 6) relayed reports from the basketball coaches about open gyms and summer league play, all going well thus far, with Mr. Guenther offering input on the progress as well; 7) congratulated the high school boys on their District Class D NSAA Cup top ten ranking; 8) congratulated Kiera Moes and Ryan Schmit for being chosen to play in the basketball all-star games; and 9) spoke to the board about purchasing some new tables to be used for parent-teacher conferences and other events with some monies from the 2022 graduating class.
Superintendent Hamm reported on: 1) school nursing services possibly being provided by Osmond General Hospital; 2) summer school; 3) the 5-year external school visit; 4) provided a facility update on summer work being done, thanking Julie, Keesha, Kenny and Dwight for their hard work; 5) discussed the accepted milk bid for next school year; 6) noted that OCS has received it’s 2022-2023 accreditation; and 7) provided an update on the SPED non-public consultation.
Board Comments: 1) Member Reikofski spoke about the latest NASB updates, noting that the NASB is suspending paying dues at this time to the National School Board Association due to a letter sent to the U.S. President, until a vote on the matter has taken place; 2) President Moes invited board members and Administrators to have an open discussion about the May 12th dust storm and protocols to follow in any future emergencies; 3) Moes encouraged board members who are OCS alumni to attend the upcoming alumni reunion.
Old Business: None.
New Business: It was moved by Gansebom, seconded by Krohn, to approve the new wages set forth for classified staff with those employees receiving the greater of 3.5% or a $1.00 raise per hour, effective on Aug. 1, 2022.
For: 5 Against: 0
It was moved by Reikofski, seconded by von Rentzell, to approve new substitute teacher pay at rates of $125 per full day and $65 per half day; with long term subs receiving $145 for days 11-20 and $165 for 21+ days; with the new in-house sub rate to be $18 per period. For: 5 Against: 0
It was moved by Gansebom, seconded by Krohn, to set food prices for 2022-2023 school year as follows: Breakfast - $2.05; K-6 Lunch - $2.95; 7-12 Lunch $3.15; Milk - $.40; Extra Breakfast entrée - $.60 and extra Lunch entrée $1.10.
For: 5 Against: 0
It was moved by von Rentzell, seconded by Reikofski, that following the RFQ competitive process, the Board of Education authorizes the Superintendent to sign a ESCO contract with Facility Advocates for an amount not to exceed $825,000.00 for the Energy Conservation Measure projects as discussed. For: 5 Against: 0
It was moved by Gansebom, seconded by von Rentzell, to revise board policies 2008, 2010, 3003.1, 3004.1, 3012, 3057, 4056, 5012 and 6021. For: 5 Against: 0
The minutes of the meeting were read.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:48 pm.
I, the undersigned Recording Secretary of the Osmond Board of Education, Osmond, Nebraska, hereby certify, that the attached and foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of a meeting of the Osmond Board of Education, Osmond, Nebraska, held in open session on the 13th day of June 2022, which meeting was preceded by publicized notice.
Margaret Ryan, Recording Secretary