August 14, 2023 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting
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1. CALL TO ORDER
Bohnsack, Hentges, Hesse, Nierenhausen, Schurman, Thompson
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2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The School Board Chair will lead the school board and attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Board Chair
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3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Board action to approve the agenda for the meeting is expected.
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Board Chair
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4. CONSENT ITEMS
Action is requested on the following items of the consent agenda. Consent agenda items are typically adopted without discussion of the individual items because they are routine or ordinary in action. Any consent agenda item may be removed for further discussion and deliberation by any member of the board.
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4.A. POLICIES
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee. It is being presented for a third and final reading. Recommendation: Approve the policies as presented. |
4.A.1. 525 Violence Prevention
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4.B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes from the Regular Board Meeting held on July 17th, 2023 and the Work session held on July 27, 2023. Recommend approval of the minutes from the meetings.
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4.C. EMPLOYMENT
Recommend approval of the assignment as outlined. |
4.C.1. ROCORI Secondary-Paraprofessional: Melissa Miller
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4.C.2. ROCORI Secondary-Special Education teacher: Chris Hinkemeyer
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4.C.3. ROCORI Secondary-Paraprofessional: Robert Power
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4.C.4. ROCORI Activities Department-Head Girls Swim and Dive Coach: Rebecca Miller
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4.C.5. ROCORI Social Studies teacher doing a long-term substitute position as ROCORI High School Counselor for trimester 1: Derek Sauer
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4.C.6. ROCORI World Language teacher long term substitute for Spanish Teacher for trimester 1, plus FTE 0.2 overload: Kim Horning
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4.C.7. Food Service Department-Cold Spring Elementary Breakfast Clerk and ROCORI Secondary Cook's Helper: Lisa Hilsgen
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4.C.8. Food Service Department-Cook's Helper-4 hours at Cold Spring Elementary and 2 hours at ROCORI Secondary: Melinda Ruprecht
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4.C.9. ROCORI Secondary - EL Paraprofessional: Michelle Neu
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4.C.10. ROCORI Elementary- 5th Grade Teacher at John Clark Elementary: Emily Potvin
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4.C.11. ROCORI Secondary-RHS Special Education Teacher: James Hasselbrink
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4.C.12. District Education Facility - Early Childhood Screener: Erin Peterson
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4.C.13. District Education Facility - Early Childhood Screener: Jonette Tschida
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4.C.14. District Education Facility-Early Childhood Screener: Linda Switzer
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4.C.15. District Education Facility-Early Childhood Screener: Merry Mund
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4.C.16. ROCORI Secondary-World Language Teacher Long Term Substitute: Janelle Epple-Peart
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4.C.17. ROCORI Secondary Math Teacher .25 Overload : Tammy Botten
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4.C.18. Spartan Online .25 Overload for online Special Education: Kristina Clem
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4.C.19. Fall Coaches List 2023-2024
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4.D. RETIREMENTS-RESIGNATIONS
Recommend approval of the following resignations and/or retirements. |
4.D.1. Resignation-ROCORI Activities Department-JV Volleyball Coach: Ted Faber
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4.D.2. Resignation-ROCORI Kid Care: Marie Spott effective July 27, 2023.
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4.D.3. Resignation-ROCORI High School-10th Grade English teacher: Alexa Martin effective July 26, 2023.
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4.D.4. Resignation-ROCORI District Office-Director of Business Services: Beth Downes
Last day of work will be September 13, 2023 |
4.E. RETIRED-REHIRED CONTRACTS
The following contract is being presented for a retire-rehire teacher for the 2022-2023 school year. Recommendation: Approve the contract as presented. |
4.E.1. ROCORI Spartan Online-English Teacher: Pam Teal .417 FTE
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4.F. FACILITIES AND GROUNDS EQUIPMENT AND REDUCTION REQUEST
Director of Facilities Brent Neisinger, has deemed the following kitchen equipment obsolete due to no longer being needed and would like to sell it via K Bid. Recommendation: Approve the designation of obsolete equipment. |
4.G. EQUIPMENT PURCHASE
Facilities and Grounds is requesting to approve quote from Midsota Trailer Sales and Service for the purchase of a trailer using Capital Outlay funding. Recommendation: Approve the purchase as presented.
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4.H. ANNUAL POLICY REVIEW
The following policies are reviewed annually. They have been approved from the policy committee on August 9, 2023.
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The following policies are required to be annually reviewed by the school board. There are no major changes since their last approval on 06-24-2019 and 08-26-2019.
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4.H.1. 414 Mandated Reporting of Child Neglect or Physical or Sexual Abuse
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4.H.2. 506 Student Discipline
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4.H.3. 722 Public Data Requests
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4.H.4. 806 Crisis Management
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4.I. MEDICAL LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUEST
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4.I.1. Facilities and Grounds-ROCORI Secondary-Custodian: Rebecca Mrosla requesting medical leave extension from September 1, 2023 through approximately November 1, 2023.
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4.J. STUDENT HANDBOOK 2023-2024
The following attachments are the recommendation revisions, and full handbook for review for K-12. Recommendation: Approve the handbook as presented.
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5. ACTION
Action items receive individual attention because of the nature of the issues, the need to discuss or review the information prior to taking action, or the specific kind of action required for the item. |
5.A. COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
St Boniface Elementary Schools/St Peter Paul School and ROCORI Middle School Recommend: Approval of the agreement as presented
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5.B. RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT A DONATION
Be It Resolved, by the School Board of ISD 750, ROCORI, as follows, that the following donation be accepted with gratitude: Thank you to all the organizations and individuals for their donations. The school district appreciates your generosity and continued support. Recommend adoption of the resolution to accept the donation
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5.C. POLICY
Policy 727 and Policy 902 were reviewed by the policy committee held on August 9, 2023. The recommendation to the board is to discontinue ROCORI Policy 727 and replace with MSBA Policy 902.
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5.D. POLICY
603 Curriculum Development has been recommended for approval from the policy committee meeting that was held on August 9, 2023. Discussion regarding the timing of the curriculum development with regard to state law. Recommend approval of the policy
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5.E. SCHOOL BOARD RESIGNATION
ROCORI School Board Resignation: Charles Hentges
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6. DISCUSSION ITEMS
Discussion items receive individual attention because of the nature of the issues and the need for introductory or other discussion in order to review the information prior to taking action. This is also the agenda location for items which simply need school board review, but no formal action on the item is required. Discussion items will typically return to the agenda at a future point for more specific action. |
6.A. FOOD SERVICE DEPARTMENT
Director of Food Services Chris Barker will be presenting an update on the Food Service department.
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6.B. POLICIES
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee. It is being presented for a first reading and call for public comment. No formal action is expected. |
6.B.1. 305 Policy Implementation
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6.B.2. 418 Drug-Free Workplace/Drug-Free School
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6.B.3. 427 Workload Limits for Certain Special Education Teachers
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6.B.4. 504 Student Dress and Appearance
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6.B.5. 505 Distribution of Nonschool-Sponsored Materials on School Premises by Students and Employees
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6.B.6. 514 Bullying Prevention Policy
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6.B.7. 515 Protection and Privacy of Student Records
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6.B.8. 516.5 Overdose Medication Policy
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6.B.9. 708 Transportation of Nonpublic School Students
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6.B.10. 714 Operating Fund Balance Policy
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6.C. EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
The district has put together an Employee handbook as a guideline for employees as to the district expectations. A summary of the changes is attached. This is your first reading of the handbook and will come back to the August 28, 2023 meeting for approval.
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7. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS
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7.A. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
The Superintendent will make his report about ROCORI Public Schools.
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Superintendent
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8. COMMENTS AND REQUESTS FROM VISITORS
The agenda is open to visitors of the meeting to offer comments to and/or requests of the school board. The comments and requests should follow the adopted district guidelines which are printed and available at the meeting. As a general rule, items introduced in the opportunity for comments and requests do not receive action from the School Board, but are taken under advisement or consideration for future action.
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Board Chair
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9. UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
A calendar of upcoming issues of concern to the school board is included as part of the agenda.
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Board Chair
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10. ADJOURN
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