Thursday, February 25, 2010

Northeast Nodaway School Board Minutes for February 18th, 2010

Present: Presiding Officer Kenny Runde, Cecilia Gallagher, Chris Redden, Julia Judd, Bruce Wiederholt, Dan Schmitz, Superintendent Dr. Jeff Mehlenbacher, Secondary Principal Jeremy Covey, Elementary Principal Linda Mattson.

Meeting was called to order by Kenny Runde at 7:00 p.m.

MINUTES & WARRANTS
Motion to approve the minutes and warrants as presented made by Bruce Wiederholt. Seconded by Chris Redden. Vote: 6-0.

Chris Oelze arrived at 7:08 p.m.

NEW BUSINESS
A. Professional Development APR Review
Mr. Covey presented APR information to the board.

B. Migrant Program Evaluation
Mr. Covey presented the Migrant Program Evaluation for approval. Motion to approve the program evaluation as presented made by Chris Redden, seconded by Bruce Wiederholt. Vote: 7-0.

C. Proposed 2010-2011 Start Date
Motion to approve the start date of August 19th for the 2010-2011 school year made by Julia Judd and seconded by Dan Schmitz. Vote: 7-0.

D. Proposed 2010-2011 Calendar
Motion to approve the 2010-2011 calendar as presented made by Chris Redden and seconded by Bruce Wiederholt. Vote: 7-0.

REPORTS
A. Transportation
Dr. Mehlenbacher reported on the repairs made to the buses.

B. Enrollment
Enrollment at the Elementary is 122 and Secondary enrollment is 98.

C. CTA Report
No report this month.

D. PTO Report
The 5th and 6th grade basketball tournament will be held on February 20th. Sub sandwich fundraiser proceeds were $952. The PTO has purchased a smart board for an elementary classroom. McTeacher Night at McDonalds will be from 4-8 p.m. on March 2nd.

E. Elementary Principal's Report
See below.

F. Secondary Principal's Report
Mr. Covey presented the bell schedule for the 2010-2011 school year for approval. Motion to approve the schedule as presented made by Cecilia Gallagher and seconded by Chris Redden. Vote: For 6, Against 1.

G. Superintendent's Report
1. Dr. Mehlenbacher updated the board on levy planning.
2. MSBA Regional Meeting will be held on May 3rd in St. Joseph.

Break @ 8:05 p.m.

EXECUTIVE SESSION
Motion to go into executive session to discuss principals' evaluations and contract offering. Motion made by Julia Judd. Seconded by Chris Redden. 7-0 Roll Call Vote. Time: 8:15 p.m.

REGULAR SESSION CONTINUES
Motion to offer Elementary Principal Linda Mattson a contract for the 2010-2011 school year made by Cecilia Gallagher. Seconded by Bruce Wiederholt. Vote: For 6, Against 0, Abstaining 1 (Dan Schmitz).

Motion to offer Secondary Principal Jeremy Covey a contract for the 2010-2011 school year made by Chris Oelze. Seconded by Chris Redden. Vote: 7-0.

Motion to adjourn the meeting made by Dan Schmitz, seconded by Chris Redden. Vote: 7-0.

Time: 8:51 p.m.

ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL'S REPORT
Our child care license has been renewed for two more years.

School Counselor Week was February 1-5. We honored Mrs. Staples with a banner, carry-in dinner, flowers, and recognition at an assembly.

The 100th day of school was February 2nd. Each class did various projects to celebrate such as drawing a picture of how they would look when they were 100 years old, making a list of 100 endangered species, bringing 100 items to eat, activities with 100 pennies, and 100 Fruit Loops.

The Mic-O-Say Dancers performed for our Honesty Character Assembly on February 5th. The following people were recognized as students of the month: Noah Pierson, Lane Dack, Levi Burch, Levi Boulting, Nathan Schieber, Brea Miller, Jana Walker, Will Boswell, Brittany Moran, Mitchell Sherry, Rory Bredlow, Dakota Auffert, Hayden Emery, Keltan Munns, Jill Spire, and Allie Runde.

Peyton Weir and Alec Brown will represent our school at the County Spelling Bee on February 22nd. Alternates are Shelby Linville and Tanner Wilcox.

All but six parents made contact during parent-teacher conferences.

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