October 25, 2007 Minutes
by Veryle Winter
November 21, 2007
NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
NORFOLK, NEBRASKA
Notice -- Notice of the 2nd meeting of the
month was published in the Norfolk Daily News on Friday,
October 19, 2007.
12:00 Noon
Session -- The
Board of Education met on Thursday, October 25, 2007, at 12:00 noon
for the 2nd meeting of the month in the Board Room of
the Administration Office, 512 Philip Avenue. Members present
included Jane McDaniel, Brad Krivohlavek, Julee Pfeil, Clark
Froehlich and Alfredo Ramirez. Absent: Paul
Cazabon. Also present was Superintendent Marlene Uhing.
Mr. Dennis Dolliver and Mr. Steve Morton were also present for part
of the meeting.
Open
Meetings Act --
President McDaniel announced that a complete copy of the Open
Meetings Act is posted on the East wall in the Board Room of the
Administration Office, 512 Philip Avenue.
Legal
Meeting – Jane
McDaniel, President, called the meeting to order at 12:00 noon and
declared a legal meeting of the Board of Education.
District
Planning for 21st Century– Dr. Uhing updated the board on the
district’s planning for the 21st Century. She
explained the process being implemented and the training taking
place. She stated that she is feeling really good about the
administrative team “buying” into the process.
Coop
Agreement Policy –
Mr. Dolliver was asked to update the board on the request from
Lutheran High Northeast for cooping with girls’ soccer. Mr.
Dolliver stated that he had visited with Lutheran High Northeast
about the request and had told them they had plenty of time to get
their request approved. After bringing it to the Activities
Committee it was discovered that the request should have been in by
April 1 of the year preceding the agreement. Mr. Dolliver
checked with NSAA and found out that their policy now states that
the request can be made up until January 1. Mr. Dolliver
recommended that we approve the request from Lutheran High
Northeast and that we also amend our policy and regulations to
reflect the January 1 date.
It was moved by
Clark Froehlich, seconded by Julee Pfeil, to approve the request
from Lutheran High to coop with them in girls’ soccer. Roll
call: Aye – Krivohlavek, McDaniel, Ramirez, Pfeil, and
Froehlich. Nay – None. Absent: Cazabon.
Motion carried.
It was the
general consensus to get our cooping policy in agreement with
NSAA. This will be brought to a future board meeting for
approval.
Zoning Area – The board discussed an issue on zoning which would have an impact on our Westside Elementary School. No action was taken.
Other
Items
- Jane McDaniel informed the board that a change will be made in how activity passes are received. It will be the expectation that every staff member volunteer for at least one event during the year to qualify for an activity pass. The board was in agreement that they also needed to volunteer.
- Jane also reminded the board
that all emails should be kept “clean” as anything on email can be
looked at by someone else and could be “public knowledge”.
At 1:00 p.m. President
McDaniel, declared the meeting adjourned.
Respectfully
submitted,
Marlene Uhing,
Superintendent Jane
McDaniel, President
Board of
Education Board
of Education
