January 14, 2013 at 7:15 PM - Regular Meeting

I. ROLL CALL and PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
 

II. ORGANIZATION OF 2013 SCHOOL BOARD

II.A. Oath of Office and seating of elected members. (A. Counihan)
 

II.B. Approval, 2013  Board Officer Positions of Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary-Clerk, and Treasurer.  The apointments are for one-term commencing the first business meeting in January, 2013, to the first business meeting in January, 2014.
 

II.C. Approval, 2013 Board of Education Meeting Schedule
 

II.D. Approval, 2013 Board of Education Committee Assignments
 

II.E. Approval, to provide delegation of Clerk and Treasurer duties for day-to-day business.
 

II.F. Approval, Authorization the Business Manager and Assistant Business Manager to make electronic fund transfers.
 

II.G. Approval, Designating Bremer Bank, Key Community Bank, US Bank, Wells Fargo, and Minnesota School District Liquid Asset Fund Plus as the depositories for school funds.
 

II.H. Approval, Authorizing the Business Manager to invest excess funds in accordance with Minn. Stat. § 118 A.
 

II.I. Approval, Designating Rupp, Anderson, Squires & Waldspurger, P.A., Knutson, Flynn, and Deans, and District 917 Legal Services as legal counsel for the District.
 

II.J. Approval, Designating Lillie Suburban Newspapers, Inc. (South West Review) as the offical newspaper of the school district for the 2013 calendar year.
 

II.K. Approval, Designating Great River Printing as the offical printer of the District's SixTimes publication for the 2013 calendar year.
 

II.L. Approval, Authorizing continued use of facsimile signatures of the board officers on all check warrants issued by the school district.
 

II.M. Approval, Adoping Robert's Rules of Order.
 

III. PRESENTATIONS

III.A. QUALITY-IN-ACTION:

III.A.1. Technology Coordinator Lori Peterson and Director Doug Tomhave will recognize our 2012 TIES Exceptional Teachers Kent Getzlaff (Secondary) and Ryan Higbea (Kaposia) for their classroom technology integration of iPads, expanding use of SmartBoard technologies, SchoolFusion teacher web pages, Moodle for online classroom management and Google Apps for Education.

IV. APPROVAL OF MEETING AGENDA AND MINUTES

IV.A. Board of Education Meeting Agenda, January 14, 2013

IV.B. Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes, December 10, 2012

IV.C. Regular Meeting Minutes, December 10, 2012

IV.D. Special Meeting Minutes, December 17, 2012
 

V. CONSENT ITEMS

V.A. Financial Claims:  Bills Payable (D. Blackburn)
 

V.B. Staffing:  Appointments, Resignations, Transfers, Retirements, Abolishments, and Leaves

V.B.1. Certified

V.B.2. Classified
 

V.C. Receipt for Gifts

V.C.1. Approval, for the South St. Paul Board of Education to accept a $200 donation from Hrvatski-Dom for outdoor signage at Kaposia Education Center.
  

V.C.2. Approval, for the South St. Paul Board of Education to accept a $200 donation from Dale and Bette Schenian for outdoor signage at Kaposia Education Center.

V.C.3. Approval, for the South St. Paul Board of Education to accept a donation of three violins to the music program at Lincoln Center Elementary.

V.D. Field Trip

V.D.1. Approval, for the sixth grade students at Kaposia Education Center tro travel to Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center on May 29-31, 2013.
 

V.D.2. Approval, for the sixth grade students at Lincoln Center tro travel to Wolf Ridge Environmental Center on March 11-13, 2013.
 

VI. BUSINESS ITEMS
 

VI.A. Approval, for the South St. Paul Board of Education to approve the 2013 Winter/Spring Youth Enrichment Classes through Community Education.
 

VII. REPORTS AND INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

VII.A. Superintendent's Report
Dr. Dave Webb, Superintendent of South St. Paul Public Schools, will share pertinent items with the Board and community.
 

VII.B. Board Members' Reports/Committee Updates
Board members will report on recent educational activities/events in which they have participated as well as other informational items.

VIII. SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA

VIII.A. Closed Session per the Open Meeting Law (Minn. Stat. § 13D)

VIII.A.1. Negotiations
 

VIII.B. Other Business Deemed Necessary by the Board of Education
 

IX. ADJOURNMENT