February 28, 2008 Minutes
by Veryle Winter
March 14, 2008
NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
NORFOLK, NEBRASKA
Notice-- Notice of the 2nd meeting of the
month was published in the Norfolk Daily News on Friday,
February 22, 2008.
12:00 Noon
Session -- The
Board of Education met on Thursday, February 28, 2008, at 12:05
noon for the 2nd meeting of the month in the Board Room
of the Administration Office, 512 Philip Avenue. Members
present included Brad Krivohlavek, Julee Pfeil, Clark Froehlich,
and Paul Cazabon. Absent: Jane McDaniel and Alfredo
Ramirez. Also present was Superintendent Marlene Uhing,
Robert Waite, Dan DePasquale, and Doug Witte.
Open Meetings
Act -- President
Krivohlavek 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 – President Krivohlavek, President,
called the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m. and declared a legal
meeting of the Board of Education.
Facility and Construction
Information – Dr.
Uhing stated that before she could address the Lincoln and Northern
Hills facility and construction projects she needed to assess the
situation further. She is planning on sending a letter to
these two schools and stated she plans to tell them the
following: (1) too late for summer construction, (2) sale of
bonds will not occur until April, and (3) needs to know what budget
authority is approved, and (4) try to know buy October what
projects we might proceed with and what they might look
like.
Paul arrived at 12:07
p.m.
Approval of Replacement
Teacher for Junior High Mathematics – It was moved by Clark Froehlich, seconded
by Julee Pfeil, to approve a teaching contract for Brent Swift to
fill out the remainder of the current school year for a Junior High
mathematics vacancy.
Roll call: Aye – Krivohlavek, Pfeil, Cazabon, and
Froehlich. Nay – None. Absent: McDaniel and
Ramirez. Motion carried.
Staffing Considerations for
2008-2009 – Dr.
DePasquale talked about merging the NEN rural school staff into our
system. He shared the vacancies we had at each school and
discussed some ways of incorporating them into the system without
one school taking all of them. He has discussed this option
with the principals but no final decisions have been made as how to
transition the staff. The rural school teachers will be given
a chance to let us know where they would prefer to be
transferred.
Recommendation for Director
of Teaching and Learning – Dr. Uhing shared the process used to hire
the Director of Teaching and Learning. She stated that all
the candidates interviewed were viable candidates and that it was a
difficult decision.
Dr. Uhing recommended the board
approve Mr. Bob Hastings as the new Director of Teaching and
Learning.
It was moved by Clark Froehlich,
seconded by Paul Cazabon, to approve the hiring of Bob Hastings as
the Director of Teaching and Learning. Roll
call: Aye – Krivohlavek, Pfeil, Cazabon, and Froehlich.
Nay – None. Absent: McDaniel, Ramirez. Motion
carried.
Board Retreat – Dr. Uhing confirmed that the Board
Retreat would be held on March 8, 2008 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. in the
board room for the board and the superintendent.
Adjournment – Dr. Krivohlavek declared the meeting
adjourned at 12:52 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Marlene Uhing,
Superintendent Brad
Krivohlavek, President
Board of
Education Board
of Education
