July 9, 2015 at 7:00 PM - Regular School Board Meeting

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Pledge of Allegiance

IV. Approval of Agenda

V. Removal of Consent Items for Discussion

VI. Approval of Consent Items

VI.A. Minutes of June 11, 2015 Regular School Board Meeting

VI.B. Minutes of June 25, 2015 Special School Board Meeting

VI.C. Authorization of Payments, Transfers, and Investment Activity

VI.D. Personnel

VI.D.1. Chelsey Carlson, BA 00, Step 1, as .5 FTE English Teacher at North Branch High School

VI.D.2. Shannon Wedger, BA 00, Step 1, as SPED Teacher at North Branch High School

VI.D.3. Leah Palmer, BS 45, Step 5, as SPED Teacher at North Branch High School

VI.D.4. Taylor Essen, BA 00, Step 4, as Science Teacher at North Branch High School

VI.D.5. Rosalie Luffel, BS 00, Step 1, as Art Teacher at Sunrise River Elementary School

VI.D.6. Taylor Norberg, BA 00, Step 1, as ELL Teacher at North Branch Area Public Schools

VI.D.7. Nicollete Olson, employment effective August 11, 2015 as Early Childhood Teacher/Parent Educator at North Branch Area Public Schools

VI.D.8. Megan Korvela, resignation effective August 6, 2015, as Early Childhood SPED Teacher at North Branch Area Public Schools

VI.D.9. Haley Lang, resignation effective June 24, 2015, as Instructional Strategy Coach at North Branch Area Public Schools

VI.D.10. Jenna Naggatz, resignation effective July 1, 2015, as Early Childhood Teacher at North Branch Area Public Schools

VI.D.11. Amanda Cook, leave request effective October 28, 2015 through December 18, 2015 as Tech Ed/Ag Teacher at North Branch High School

VI.D.12. Kathleen Stan, extension of leave request for the 2015-16 school year, as Second Grade Teacher at Sunrise River Elementary School

VI.E. Consider Scoreboard Advertising Agreements Between North Branch Area Public Schools and the Following Businesses

VI.E.1. Anderson and Koch Ford

VI.E.2. North Branch County Market

VI.E.3. Post-Haste Business Solutions

VI.F. Acceptance of Donations
Minnesota Statute 123B.02 permits school boards to "...receive, for the benefit of the district, bequests, donations, or gifts for any proper purpose and apply the same to the purpose designated.  In that behalf, the board may act as trustee of any trust created for the benefit of the district, and for the benefit of pupils thereof."

Therefore, the Superintendent recommends the following resolution:

BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of Independent School District No. 138 that the School Board accept with appreciation the following contributions and permit their use as designated by the donors.

VII. Open Mic: Open mic is a time for public comment. However, it is not a means to have issues added to this evening’s agenda. If you would like district follow up to comments, please leave appropriate contact information on the open mic sign-in sheet. Please limit your comments to three minutes.

VIII. Old Business

VIII.A. Consider Acceptance of Bids for Garbage Pickup and Awarding the Contract

VIII.B. Consider Acceptance of Bids for Diesel Fuel and Gasoline and Awarding the Contract

IX. New Business

IX.A. Consider Approval of 2015-16 Student and Parent Handbook

IX.B. Consider Annual Actions for Compliance with Health and Safety Requirements

IX.B.1. Adopt Current Health and Safety Policy - NO CHANGES RECOMMENDED

IX.B.2. Adopt Health and Safety Budget

X. Addendum

X.A. Consent

X.A.1. Consider Settlement Agreement with Former Employee

X.B. New Business

X.B.1. Consider Renewal of Membership in Minnesota School Boards Association (MSBA) - $8,150.00

X.B.2. Consider Renewal of Membership in Resource Training and Solutions - $7,347.04

XI. Information

XI.A. Fund Raising Reports for 2014-15

XII. Board Requests

XIII. Committee Reports

XIII.A. SEE (Schools for Equity in Education)

XIII.B. Negotiations

XIII.C. MSBA Update or Report

XIII.D. Minnesota State High School League Report

XIII.E. SCRED Report

XIII.F. TIES Report

XIII.G. Staff Development Report

XIII.H. OPEB Committee Report

XIII.I. Policy Committee Report

XIV. Dates to Remember

XIV.A. Wednesday, July 15, 2015 NBEA Negotiations Session, 5:30 pm, North Branch Area Education Center, Room 118

XIV.B. Thursday, August 13, 2015 Regular School Board Meeting, 7:00 pm, North Branch Area Education Center, Room 126

XIV.C. Thursday, September 10, 2015 Policy Committee Meeting, 5:00 pm, North Branch Area Education Center, Room 118

XIV.D. Thursday, September 10, 2015 Regular School Board Meeting, 7:00 pm, North Branch Area Education Center, Room 126

XIV.E. Thursday, September 24, 2015 School Board Work Session, 7:00 pm, North Branch Area Education Center, Room 118

XV. Adjournment