Monday, December 2, 2024

NEN Board Rescinds Resignation of Brenda Dougan

     The Northeast Nodaway School Board, at their regular meeting November 25th, rescinded the resignation of Superintendent Brenda Dougan.

Marcy Sobotka reported on the activities happening in the first grade and the elementary. There will be a Polar Express day on December 20th, with activities and snacks throughout the day and it will end with the watching of the Polar Express movie. Sobotka also reported about recent CTA events. Their goals are to provide scholarships for NEN seniors and sonic drinks and a birthday cart for CTA members. The CTA Holiday Party will be January 11th at Bearcat Lanes in Maryville.

The board voted to approve the audit bid from John W. Gillum, CPA, LLC for services for the next three years. The 2025 bid will be for $7,590. The 2026 bid will be for $8,045. The 2027 bid will be for $8,525.

The board chose Lindsey Jackson to be representative for the Belcher Scholarship. She will now compete at the regional level for the scholarship. She will also receive a $200 scholarship from the NEN Education Foundation.

Dougan presented a proposal from Parent Square for district, school, and classroom level communication. There is a one time setup fee for $3,375 and an annual cost of $4,400.

The board will request bids for banking services. Bids will be presented for approval at the February board meeting. The school is required to request bids for banking services every five years.

Filing dates for the April 8th election will be from December 10th to December 31st.

The Department of Elementary & Secondary Education is creating an educator job board. It will launch in January 2025.

The new Continuous Improvement Implementation Review will start for 2025-26 for the school.

The Halloween Parade was well attended, with 20 stops on the elementary Halloween Parade. The PAT had a Trunk or Treat and there was a Family Reading Night and an FCCLA sponsored dance.

The school conducted interviews with four senior education students at Northwest. One of them was selected to student teach next year with Mrs. Grotewiel.

A basketball family reading night was held at the school, with junior high basketball players reading to kids before a home basketball game.

A Veterans Day assembly was held on November 11th. Mr. Jenkins was the guest speaker.

Mrs. Groomer and a group of 8th, 9th, and 10th grade students went to Jefferson to attend the Vive 18 event. They came up with a plan to promote student pride and participation in winter basketball events.

A mock election was held in the elementary.

The school has expanded DARE this year to include first through fifth grade after having it for sixth grade. Topics covered include stranger danger, safe foods and household items, calling 911, saying no to peer pressure, conflict resolution, and cybersafety.

Postseason honorees for the softball team included Baylie Busby (All-275, 1st Team All District, 2nd Team All-Region), Blair Nelson (All-275), Brianna Meyer (All-275, 2nd Team All-District), Hadley DeFreece (All-275, 1st Team All-District, 2nd Team All-State), and Lindsey Jackson (All-275, 1st Team All-District, 1st Team All-Region).

 

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