October 13, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Independent School District 507 Regular School Board Meeting
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1. CALL TO ORDER
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2. ROLL CALL
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3. VISITOR COMMENTS
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The school board meeting is a meeting in the public, not a public meeting. Nicollet School Board Policy provides that persons who wish to have a subject discussed at a public school board meeting are encouraged to notify the superintendent’s office in advance of the school board meeting. The school board chair will recognize one speaker at a time and will rule out of order other speakers who are not recognized, violations of data privacy, or inappropriate comments.
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4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
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5. REPORTS AND PRESENTATION
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5.a. Superintendent's Report
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The COVID-19 case information is below.
The school readiness program is closed Oct 12-28 due to COVID-19 related issues and absences. The daycare infant room is closed Oct 11-13 due to COVID-19 related issues and absences. I am coordinating orientation for new school board candidates to be conducted later this month. MSBA Phase I training will be offered in December.
Most of the construction project is completed. Remaining items include: HVAC controls, mechanical equipment related to the boilers, and miscellaneous (punch-list) items.
The required legal notice and the general information brochure for the election have been mailed. Additional information will be forthcoming for parents. The referendum informational meetings are proceeding on schedule:
Oct 14, 7:30 p.m.., Legion Oct 18, 7 p.m. Lions Oct 26, 6:30 p.m. Conservation Club
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5.b. Principal's Report
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5.c. Student Representative's Report
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5.d. Board Committees' Reports
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6. CONSENT AGENDA
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The superintendent recommends approving the consent agenda.
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6.a. Approval of Minutes
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6.b. Approval of Bills in the amount of $
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6.c. Approval of Personnel Items
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The superintendent recommends approving the personnel report.
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6.d. Accept Donations
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MS 123B.02, Subd. 6 permits the school board to accept donations or gifts for the benefit of the district. The Superintendent recommends approving the donations received.
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7. DAYCARE INFORMATION
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We have been in need of staff to work in the daycare and latchkey programs for many months. We continue to advertise for help. However, at this time, we do not have enough staff to operate our NECC programs.
The starting salary for new employees was increased twice to attract applicants. We have increased wages for all staff members to retain the staff that we have. We continue to offer free daycare for NECC employees. Nevertheless, the lack of new applicants and higher wages offered by other employers leaves us without enough staff to maintain all of our services. So, we are operating at limited capacity:
The toddler room will reopen when we can hire enough staff (1 lead teacher, 1 asst. teacher, 1 aide.) A lead teacher and an aide were hired last week. We are tentatively planning to open the toddler room on October 25. The expense increase resulting from higher staff wages will result in two alternatives to keep the program fiscally viable:
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8. FUNDS TRANSFER
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The Revised Fiscal Year 2021 Budgets were approved by the school board on May 12th. The budgets include a transfer of $29,131 from the ECFE fund to the Restricted For Community Education (preschool) fund. The purpose of the transfer is to offset the negative fund balance accumulated by the preschool program. The program and tuition adjustments, approved by the school board June 9th, should recover the preschool fund balance over time.
Minnesota statutes require the attached resolution to authorize the transfer. The superintendent recommends authorizing the transfer. |
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9. ADJOURNMENT
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