Monday, February 24, 2025 6:30 pm - Regular Meeting

1. CALL TO ORDER
Bohnsack, Nierenhausen, Schurman, Thompson, Kollar, Vettleson

2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The School Board Chair will lead the school board and attendees in the Pledge of Allegiance.

3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Board action to approve the agenda for the meeting is expected.

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.

4.A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes from the Regular Board Meeting February 3, 2025.  Recommend approval of the minutes from the meeting.

4.B. APPROVAL OF BILLS
Treasurer Vettleson will have been at the school site to review bills, ask questions, and confirm information prior to the meeting. Recommendation is to approve the bill payment of $3,986,861.78 subject to any adjustments or direction offered by the Treasurer.

4.C. TREASURER REPORT
Treasurer Vettleson will have reviewed financial information for the board. This information is included in the Treasurer's Report.

4.D. EMPLOYMENT
Recommend approval of the assignment as outlined.

4.D.1. Cold Spring Elementary Cleaner - Clay Hommerding

4.D.2. John Clark Elementary Special Education Teacher for the 25-26 School Year - Shana Block

4.D.3. ROCORI Middle School Long Term Substitute Paraprofessional - Karina Gonzalez Soto

4.E. RESIGNATION
Recommend approval of the following resignation.

4.E.1. Cold Spring Elementary Cleaner - Lizzy Perez.  Resignation effective February 5, 2025. 

4.E.2. ROCORI Middle School FACS Teacher - Rebecca Fiedler.  Resignation effective at the end of the 24-25 school year.

4.F. POLICIES
The following policy has been discussed in the policy committee. They are being presented for a third and final reading. Recommendation: Approve the policies as presented.

4.F.1. Policy 706 Acceptance of Gifts

4.F.2. Policy 103 Complaints - Students, Employees, Parents, and Other Persons

4.F.3. Policy 629 Review of Curriculum Content and Individiual Student Alternative Instruction

4.F.4. Policy 714 Operating Fund Balance Policy

4.F.5. Policy 628 Technology Committee
The policy committee is recommending this policy is retired. 

4.F.6. Policy 510 School Activities
Policy 510 is recommended to include policies 734, 735, and 736 to make one policy.  Once new policy 510 is approved, policies 734, 735, and 736 (all ROCORI policies) will be retired.  

5. PRESENTATION

5.A. PLC Update
Director of Teaching and Learning, Amy Notch, will give an update on PLC's.

6. 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.

6.A. APPROVAL OF PAYMENT TO THE COLD SPRING BAKERY
Payment to Cold Spring Bakery check #116309 in the amount of $133.90.  Recommendation to approve the payments to Cold Spring Bakery as presented. 

6.B. RESOLUTION TO LIMIT THE ENROLLMENT OF NONRESIDENT PUPILS 
The following resolution was board-approved on February 28, 2022 and was requested at that time to be brought to the school board on an annual basis. Recommendation: Approve the resolution as presented.

6.C. 2024-25 SCHOOL CALENDAR UPDATE
Recommendation to approve a makeup day on April 21st for February 18th, which was canceled due to cold weather. 

7. 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.

7.A. POLICIES - 1ST READING
The following policies have been discussed in the policy committee. They are being presented for a first reading.  No formal action is expected.

7.A.1. Policy 220 Student Representation on School Board

8. ADMINISTRATIVE AND BOARD REPORTS

8.A. SUPERINTENDENT REPORT
The Superintendent will make his report about ROCORI Public Schools.

8.A.1. Enrollment Update as of February 1, 2025

8.B. BUDGET COMPARISON REPORT JANUARY 2025
The business office provides an update of district expenditures and revenues through the Budget Comparison report. The report is intended to provide a financial picture of the district in a couple ways. One is to compare current year expenditures to the previous year. The second is to simply give a report on the current financial status. In addition to the report, special items of note are highlighted in the explanations offered. This report does not require formal action but is provided as an informational item.

8.C. BOARD COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
Board members will report on activities within their portfolio of committee and representative assignments.

9. 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.

10. UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
A calendar of upcoming issues of concern to the school board is included as part of the agenda.

11. ADJOURN