February 10, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Independent School District 507 Regular School Board Meeting

• Agenda

Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER Agenda Item Type:  Procedural Item
2. ROLL CALL Agenda Item Type:  Procedural Item
3. VISITOR COMMENTS Agenda Item Type:  Information Item
4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Agenda Item Type:  Action Item
5. REPORTS AND PRESENTATION Agenda Item Type:  Information Item
5.a. Superintendent's Report Agenda Item Type:  Information Item Description:  The Minnesota Department of Health required face shields and masks for school staff members in proximity of students members beginning in January of 2021.  This was a challenging requirement for all involved.  MDH changed the requirement to a recommendation on January 11.  Based on state and county recommendations, staff continued to require face shields and masks through January 26.  Staff are now wearing only face masks. The building and grounds committee met with NEXUS representative on January 18.  The project is about $900,000 under budget  The committee is investigating additional upgrades to our facility.  Items under investigation are: Replace boiler plant Replace Summer Domestic Water Heater Upgrade IT cabling infrastructure Public Address System Upgrades to separate MS and HS paging Zones Security camera system update The committee and I will provide more information as the project is developed.   Our school district was allotted 16 COVID-19 vaccine appointment slots for school staff.  The allocations were the weeks of January 18 and 25.  We followed guidance from the state to make prioritizations for the vaccine in the following order: Staff providing school-age care  Early learning staff  Elementary staff, youngest grade levels first: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Special education staff providing direct services  Now school staff are accessing vaccines through state and county distribution systems.     The calendar is important to all stakeholders.  Therefore, I organized a committee, which includes representatives from teachers, parents, administration, non-certified staff, and students.  The 2021-22 calendar committee will meet February 17.  The calendar, developed by the committee, is recommended to the superintendent.  The superintendent’s recommendation will be submitted to the school board on March 10.
5.b. Principal's Report Agenda Item Type:  Information Item Description:  Celebrations/Successes: Pat Kearney recently was given the "Conservationist of the Year" by the Nicollet Conversation Club for his all of his efforts. This is a neat honor to receive. Congratulations, Pat! Paraprofessionals have been flexible and understanding with their schedules/assignments changing because of student needs. We will be celebrating paraprofessional appreciation week March 15-19. Thank you for all of your efforts! Joy Dykema and Rachel Flood-Grubb have done an outstanding job with all of the changes. They need to be in tune with so much happening at school and they have juggled all of their responsibilities with grace. They have been instrumental in the success of school during the pandemic! Master Schedule Update: CLEP Update Courses (Advanced American Govt., Advanced Principles of Microeconomics) In process of applying to be "Test Center" Challenge (communicating with students and families) College Math Readiness - 4th year of math, keep it fresh in their memory, could end up taking a year and a half off. Paraprofessionals also being flexible and understanding with their schedules being shifted and assignments changed because of student needs.  Staffing Update: Continue to try and garner interest for various support and certified positions (this and next year). We have a registration timeline put together. The plan is to have all of the students currently in 6th-11th grade registered for the 21-22 school year by the end of March. Conferences: OLD DATES Thursday, Feb. 4 Conferences K-6 3:30-7:30 PM Friday, Feb. 5 NO SCHOOL K-6            NOTE: This is now a school day. Friday, Feb. 5 Conferences K-6 7:30 AM- 3:00 PM   NEW DATES Thursday, April 8 Conferences K-6 3:30-7:30 PM Friday, April 9 NO SCHOOL K-6 Friday, April 9 Conferences K-6 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM NOTE: We will be keeping the same dates/times for 7th-12th Grade Conferences (Thurs., March 11, 3:30-7:30 PM).
5.c. Student Representative's Report Agenda Item Type:  Information Item
5.d. Board Committees' Reports Agenda Item Type:  Information Item
6. CONSENT AGENDA Agenda Item Type:  Action Item
6.a. Approval of Minutes Agenda Item Type:  Information Item Attachments: (1)  07 January 13, 2021 Board Minutes
6.b. Approval of Bills in the amount of $493,908.13. Agenda Item Type:  Information Item
6.c. Approval of Personnel Items Agenda Item Type:  Information Item Description:  Attachments: (1)  Personnel Report February 10, 2021
7. APPOINT COMMITTEES Agenda Item Type:  Information Item Description:  The Chairperson appoints the committee assignments.  The 2021 committees and representatives are attached. Attachments: (1)  2021 Committees
8. LEARNING MODELS Agenda Item Type:  Information Item Description:  The superintendent will review the following documents (attached) at the meeting: Governor Walz’s Executive Order 20-82, July 30, 2020 Guidance For Minnesota Public Schools, July 30, 2020 Learning Plan Resolution, August 5, 2020 Attachments: (3)  Executive Order 20-92  Guidance For MN Public Schools 20-21.  Learning Plan Resolution
9. ADJOURNMENT Agenda Item Type:  Action Item

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