SOUTHWEST STAR CONCEPT SCHOOL

Board of Education Regular Meeting

February 20, 2007

 

The Board of Education of Independent School District #330 held its regular meeting on Tuesday, February 20, 2007, in the Board Room in Heron Lake.  Larry Diemer, John Volk, Dale Hesemann, John Stenzel, Jill Liepold and ex officio Becky Cselovszki, Superintendent, were present.  Harvey Kruger was absent.  Jen Koep, Deb Mathias, and Paul Bang were also present. 

 

John Stenzel, chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  A quorum was declared with five of six members present.  Liepold moved, seconded by Hesemann, to approve the agenda.  The motion carried.  Hesemann moved, seconded by Diemer, to approve the minutes of the January 16, 2007, regular board meeting.  The motion carried.  Hesemann moved, seconded by Liepold, to approve the Treasurer’s report.  The motion carried.  Hesemann moved seconded by Liepold to approve the payment of the bills.  The motion carried. 

 

                        GENERAL FUND                                                           $74,772.54

                        FEDERAL PROGRAMS                                         9,519.96

                        ATHLETICS/ACTIVITIES                                                   3,143.35

                        FOOD SERVICE                                                                8,155.08

                        COMMUNITY EDUCATION                                                 2,189.90

                        DEBT REDEMPTION                                                                0.00      

           

                        TOTAL                                                                         $ 97,780.83

                        TOTAL GROSS PAYROLL FEBRUARY 2007                  164,404.03

                        FIXED CHARGES                                                             27,659.87

 

Deb Mathias gave the Activity Director’s report.  Tyler Timko and Michelle Olsem were nominated fort he ExCEL Award and Linnea Henkels and Lloyd Kalfs were nominated for the AAA Award.  The Girls Basketball team is seeded first in the southern 3A section and the tournament will start on February 24.  The Boys Basketball tournament will be set soon and will begin on March 3.  Fourteen students in grades 8-12 are having a successful Speech season.  There are 12 students in Knowledge Bowl. They have two meets left in their season.  Golf, track and softball will be starting on March 12 and baseball will be starting on March 19.  The Jr. High Softball coach, Jon Holger, is resigning from his position.  This position will be filled soon.  There was update from Jason Fisher for the Wellness Center.  It included membership numbers and participant numbers in various classes.  Lon Eichenberger sent a request to be a team on the Southern MN conference for Football.  The Board will be informed of any developments. 

 

Mathias then gave the TEAM report.  FFA Baby Animal day is Friday, February 23.  ECS screening will be on February 26.  There will be a Children’s Museum lyceum on February 27.  TAE testing will be conducted during March 5-23.  The elementary also received a grant from the University of Minnesota.

 

Becky Cselovszki gave the Dean of Student report for Cindy Owen.  The FFA Banquet will be on March 4.  The band/choir concert will be on March 19.  The Large Group contest for the band and choir will be on March 20 in Springfield.  When they are done with the competitions, they will be going to a get-away in Minneapolis, including a production at the Chanhassen Theater and the Science Museum. 

 

Becky Cselovszki then gave the Superintendent’s report.  MASA Day at the Capitol is March 7.  School Board recognition week is February 26 – March 2.  Board members filled out a verification form for MSBA. The MSHSL will be having a meeting on March 16. At this meeting there will be a provision that any open enrollment student that has participated in an activity in grades 9-12 would be ineligible to participate in any activity for a full year after they are enrolled in the new district.  The Board will be updated.

 

Dale Hesemann gave an update on the swimming pool.  Donna Damm was contacted and September would be optimal for any pool repair. Chester Pools would be willing to extend the original bid for repair of $112,773 for another month.  This would save the District $6,200.  Hesemann moved, seconded by Volk, to approve authorization for repair on the pool with clarification on the bid.  The motion carried. 

 

Superintendent Cselovszki finished her report.  The HLOCF Silent Auction will be on March 17.  The Foundation also awarded Vernon and Grace Kay with a life-long parking spot by the entrance to the High School. Jill Hendrickson will be on medical LOA effective immediately.  Katy Hattlendorf will be filling this vacancy.

 

Paul Bang, President of the SSC Education Minnesota, presented the notice of desire to negotiate.  He would like to have negotiations done by May.  The negotiation committee will arrange dates that will available to start.  He also had a prepared statement to remind the Board to follow correct protocol and channels when a staff member’s performance is discussed.  The Board understands and will comply with the request. 

 

Jen Koep addressed the Board with concerns about Winterfest.  She proposed to suspend Winterfest for a year, due to cost, lack of student involvement, and other student problems.  The Board informed her that this is not a Board decision, and the students need to have input before the decision can be made.  Also, the Board would like to have a Student Council representative at the regular board meetings. 

 

A request was read from John Cselovszki for Brian Kass as a volunteer Track coach for pole vault.  Volk moved, seconded by Hesemann, to approve this request.  The motion carried. 

 

Hesemann moved, seconded by Diemer, to approve a secondary student from the Fulda district, and another secondary student from the JCC district for the current year.  The motion carried. 

 

Hesemann moved, seconded by Volk, to approve three secondary students from the JCC district and a preschool student from the RRC district for the ’07-’08 school year.  The motion carried. 

 

Sealed bids were opened for the sale of the ’88 van.  Hesemann moved, seconded by Diemer, to approve the bid from Trent Schumacher for $375.  The motion passed. 

 

Hesemann moved, seconded by Diemer, to table the approval of the ’07-’08 school calendar.  The motion carried. 

 

Stenzel moved, seconded by Diemer, to renew the service contracts with Southwest/West Central Service Cooperative for the ’07-’08 school year.  The motion carried.  They include:

 

                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

Child Count on Contract                                                                      315

 

                        Service Cooperative Membership Dues                       $1,313.75

                        Cooperative Purchasing                                                   150.00

                        Health & Safety Management Assistance                         430.78

                        Regional management Information Center                   8,121.75

                        Technology Services                                                        800.00

                        E-Rate Coordinator Services                                          1,500.00

                       

Special Education Services                                         65,545.27

            Reimbursed through Federal Funds                -55,038.52

            Approximate State Aid Reimbursement            -4,728.04

            Approximate Cost to District After

                        Reimbursements                                  $ 5,778.71

 

Regional Low Incidence Projects                                $ 3,681.25

            Reimbursed through State Aid                          -3,681.25

            Local Support Cost                                          $ 0.00

 

Diemer moved, seconded by Liepold, to adjourn the meeting.  The motion carried.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Jill Liepold, Clerk