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Meeting Agenda
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I. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance/Welcome
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II. Approval of Agenda
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III. Approval of Consent Action Items
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IV. Communications
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IV.A. Comments and Concerns
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V. Superintendent Informational Report
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VI. Board of Education Reports/Action
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VI.A. Administrative Affairs Committee
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VI.B. Facilities & Finance Committee
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VI.C. Policy Committee
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VI.D. Relinquish Federal Funds
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VI.E. MASB Delegate Assembly
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VII. Superintendent Recommendations
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VII.A. Return to Learn Plan
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VII.B. Overnight Trips
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VIII. Other Matters - Adjournment
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Agenda Item Details
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Lakeshore Public Schools
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| Meeting: | September 20, 2021 at 5:30 PM - LAKESHORE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Regular Meeting | |
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I. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance/Welcome
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Jason Beckrow
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Description:
At this time the Board will conduct the routine activities related to calling the meeting to order and the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
INTRODUCTIONS will be conducted by the Board President as we ask Board members, administrators, and the audience to introduce themselves. |
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II. Approval of Agenda
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Jason Beckrow
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Description:
The Board should consider any changes or additions to the agenda including the potential removal of any matter scheduled as a consent action item. The Board should approve the agenda with one of the following motions:
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III. Approval of Consent Action Items
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| Presenter: |
Jason Beckrow
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Description:
The Board may approve the Consent Action items with the following motion:
Minutes - that the minutes of the August 9, 2021, Regular Meeting be approved as presented; and Financial Statement & Bills - that the August 2021 financial statements be accepted, and the August 2021 payrolls be approved for payment; and YMCA Child Care Contract - that the 2021-2022 Y-Club School Aged Child Care Contract Agreement with the Benton Harbor-St. Joseph YMCA, be approved as presented. |
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IV. Communications
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IV.A. Comments and Concerns
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| Presenter: |
Jason Beckrow
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Description:
The Board President will call on citizens who would like to make comments or express concerns at this time. The Board of Education Policy, "Public Participation at Board Meetings," does apply to this section of the Agenda.
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V. Superintendent Informational Report
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Greg Eding
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Description:
After a beautiful summer, we have officially started school with two 4-day weeks separated by a long Labor Day weekend. The Berrien County Health Department implemented an indoor mask mandate for all students in pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade that began on September 6th.
Tonight, we will go through the Return to Learn Plan. The Policy Committee discussed recommendations to provide flexibility within the plan, and to be less restrictive within the plan. One issue that all schools are facing is a shortage of qualified teachers. Lakeshore currently has two openings that came up unexpectedly that are being filled by substitute teachers. We have interviewed candidates for both positions and will hopefully fill them permanently soon. We also are considering opening up retired teachers to be able to substitute teach. It does cost the district about 20% more to do this, which is why it hasn’t happened until now. Like all schools, we have a hard time finding substitutes. The ability to hire retired teachers as a substitute will be a great opportunity. And finally, like many businesses, we are running into supply shortages. The most relevant to our day-to-day operations is food for breakfast and lunch. Over 50% of our weekly food order is unavailable and it’s only by the hard work and dedication of our food service personnel, under the direction of Pam Greiffendorf, that we have been able to manage through this issue. |
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VI. Board of Education Reports/Action
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VI.A. Administrative Affairs Committee
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Kevin Bushu
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Description:
The Administrative Affairs Committee met on August 31 and those in attendance included Jeff Hannan, Griffin Ott, Julie Powell, Greg Eding and Kevin Bushu.
The committee discussed the following:
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VI.B. Facilities & Finance Committee
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Jeff Hannan
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Description:
The Facility and Finance Committee met on September 9, 2021. Attendees consisted of Kevin Bushu, Jeff Hannan, Greg Eding, Nick White, and Tracy Althouse.
The following topics but not limited to were discussed: · Monthly financials were presented by Tracy. This included cash flows, budget to actual, sinking fund update and investments. · Enrollment data was discussed. Currently, we are at our projected enrollment of approximately 2,750. We will continue to monitor and update the Board as necessary. · Tracy discussed the status of State Aid ESSER III stabilization in which Lakeshore’s share is approximately $1.4 million. The State is still awaiting approval from the US Department of Education. · A brief audit update was given. The draft statement shows no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. We expect the audit to be presented in October. · Nick gave an overview of our maintenance and custodial department. He will be making a recommendation to the committee in October. |
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VI.C. Policy Committee
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Tonya Jahnke
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Description:
The Policy Committee met on September 7 with Greg Eding, Rachel Wade, Scott Allan, and Tonya Jahnke in attendance.
The Policy Committee reviewed the current Return to Learn Plan and made recommendations for updating the plan. The goal for all recommendations is to provide flexibility within the plan, and to be less restrictive within the plan. Superintendent Eding will provide the specific recommendations during the board meeting. |
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VI.D. Relinquish Federal Funds
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Greg Eding
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Description:
This fiscal year we will not be applying for Federal Funds for Title III, Part A - English Learners, and will relinquish these funds.
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VI.E. MASB Delegate Assembly
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Jason Beckrow
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Description:
Each year, we must certify the official voting delegates and alternates who will represent our Board at the MASB Delegate Assembly, which this year is on November 11, 6:00 PM, in Grand Rapids. The Delegate Assembly provides direction to the Association, its officers and committees through the adoption of resolutions. All resolutions adopted by the Delegate Assembly become the official position of MASB as interpreted and pursued by the Board of Directors.
Based on our student enrollment, we are allowed 3 voting delegates and 3 alternates. |
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VII. Superintendent Recommendations
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VII.A. Return to Learn Plan
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Greg Eding
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Description:
Tonight, I present the updated Return to Learn Plan for the district and I ask the Board for its approval.
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VII.B. Overnight Trips
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Greg Eding
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Description:
We have received two requests from the Band for overnight trips:
High School Marching Band Director Matt Pagel is requesting permission for the band to travel for 8 days/7 nights to Orlando, Florida and perform at Walt Disney World during Spring Break 2022. Their itinerary is included in the packet. Middle School Band Director Joel Hosey is asking approval for the band to travel to Mackinac Island for a 2 day/1 night trip on Friday & Saturday, May 20-21, 2022. Again, the itinerary is included. |
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VIII. Other Matters - Adjournment
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| Presenter: |
Jason Beckrow
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Description:
A. Board Meeting Evaluation - Evaluations are available for the audience.
B. Suggested Meeting Guide - Enclosed is the suggested meeting guide for the Board members to review. C. Adjournment - |
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