January 12, 2009 Board Minutes (7:30 Session)
by Veryle Winter
January 16, 2009
NORFOLK
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Board
of Education Regular Meeting
January
12, 2009 07:30 PM
City
Council Chambers
Attendance
Taken at 7:30 P.M.:
Present
Board Members:
Joel
Carlson (present but not sworn in until later in
meeting)
Paul Cazabon
Clark Froehlich
Dr. Brad Krivohlavek
Julee Pfeil
Alfredo
Ramirez
Absent
Board Members:
I.
Call to Order
President
Brad Krivohlavek called the meeting to order at 7:30
p.m.
II.
Declaration of a Legal Meeting
Brad
Krivohlavek, President, declared this a legal meeting and announced
that the Open Meetings Act was posted on the wall for
review.
III.
Vision/Mission/Strategic Goals of the Norfolk Public School
District
IV.
Welcome, Public Comments, Communication
President
Krivohlavek welcomed the visitors to the meeting
V.
Amendments to Agenda/Approval of Consent Agenda
Items
No
amendments were offered
Primary
Motion Passed: Motion
to approve the Consent Agenda passed with a motion by Clark
Froehlich and a second by Paul Cazabon.
Joel Carlson Yes
Paul Cazabon Yes
Clark Froehlich Yes
Dr. Brad Krivohlavek Yes
Julee Pfeil Yes
Alfredo
Ramirez
Yes
(This
motion was later re-passed after Joel Carlson was officially sworn
in as board member)
V.A.
Minutes of Previous Meetings
Minutes
of the following meeting were approved as printed:
December 8, 2008 -- 4:30 Study Session
December
8, 2008 -- 7:30 Regular Session
V.B. Excused Absences
No
excused absences were needed.
V.C.
Personnel
V.C.1.
Resignation of Larry Inness, Junior High Industrial Tech
Instructor
Approved
the resignation of Larry Inness, Junior High Industrial Tech
Instructor, effective at the end of the current school
year.
V.D.
Claims
Approved
claims in the amount of $325,068.96 for General Fund; $461.37 for
Cooperative Fund, $203,603.02 for Lunch Fund, $42,191.57 for
Depreciation Fund; and $65,495.21 for Special Building
Fund.
VI.
Award for Excellence
Diane
Price, kindergarten teacher at Woodland Park, was the Award for
Excellence recipient for January. This item was postponed because
of the weather and will be rescheduled.
VII.
Focus on Students/Best of the Best
Nancy
Woeppel and 5th grade students from Northern Hills --"American
Heroes" presentation. This item was postponed because of the
weather and will be rescheduled.
VIII.
Reports and Discussion Items
VIII.A.
Superintendent's Report
Dr.
Uhing gave the following report:
The
district will be conducting several community forums around the
topic of providing an equitable 21st century education to all
students, district-wide, taking into consideration enrollment,
budget, school efficiency, and effective transitions for
students.
1. The conversation will center, necessarily, on what is best for
students from an instructional and achievement
perspective.
2.
There are several instructional issues being addressed, some of
those include: the difficulties of running high school in two
buildings (9th at Jr. High & 10-12 at H.S.); the need to
provide increased program options and room for more students in the
Alternative for Success program; the need for peer models in the
Learning Center and Early Childhood Center; and running the middle
level school in two buildings (7th at middle and 8th at Jr.
High).
3. As a starting place for stakeholder conversations, a 9-12 high
school and a 7-8 middle school are being considered.
4. A
timeline has been established. Discussion has been started with the
staff. Further discussion will take place with students and
with the community. Community meetings are scheduled from 6:30 p.m.
to 8:30 p.m. for:
1.
January 26
2. February 5
3.
February 17 (if needed)
4. February 23 (snow date)
Patrons who would like to participate should be able to attend all
meetings.
For those who cannot attend all of the meetings, all information
from meetings and documents will be posted on the website. Other
avenues for input will also be provided.
No decisions have been made, and will not be made, until the public
process is complete. The board is interested in ideas and comments
from the staff, students and community.
VIII.B. Financial Report
Robert
Waite, Director of Business Services, gave the financial
report. He again reported that our property tax collection
was not in line with other years. His fear is that this will
continue throughout the year.
VIII.C.
Instruction/Personnel Reports
Mr.
Hastings, Director of Teaching and Learning, reported on:
State of the Schools Report, Nebraska State Accountability System,
and Language Arts curriculum redevelopment process to new state
standards.
VIII.D.
Student Services Report
Mr.
Witte, Director of Students Services, reported on the following
topics: 2009 Dental Day, TeamMates Mentor Appreciation Day,
January 16, 2008, Safe Routes to School survey, and Title I Reading
nights.
VIII.E.
Finance/Activities Committee Reports
Finance
Report --
The Finance Committee met at noon today to review the bills. It was
noted that our current funding formula will change. He shared
that the board has authorized the go-ahead for some mechanical
systems work at the Middle School. Phase I and II will be
done immediately with Phase III coming later. Total estimated
cost of all phases is $62,000.
Activities
Committee Report-- No
meeting was held in December.
IX.
Action Items
IX.A.
Swearing In of New Board Member/Reappointment of Board
Members
Joel
Carlson took the oath of office and joined the Board of Education
as the newly elected board member. Alfredo Ramirez and Clark
Froehlich are reappointed to the board following their re-election
as board members.
Re-Approval
of Consent Agenda:
Since Mr. Carlson was not officially sworn in at the time the
consent agenda was approved it was decided to take another
vote.
Primary
Motion Passed: Motion
to approve the consent agenda items (listed earlier in the meeting)
re-passed with a motion by Clark Froehlich and seconded by Paul
Cazabon.
Joel Carlson Yes
Paul Cazabon Yes
Clark Froehlich Yes
Dr. Brad Krivohlavek Yes
Julee Pfeil Yes
Alfredo
Ramirez
Yes
IX.B.
Board Appointments
Primary
Motion Passed: Motion
to approve the following appointments for the 2009 calendar
year: 1) Marlene Uhing, Secretary; 2) Robert Waite,
Treasurer; 3) Bob Hastings, Parliamentarian, passed with a motion
by Clark Froehlich and a second by Alfredo
Ramirez.
Joel Carlson Yes
Paul Cazabon Yes
Clark Froehlich Yes
Dr. Brad Krivohlavek Yes
Julee Pfeil Yes
Alfredo
Ramirez
Yes
IX.C.
Election of Officers
Dr.
Uhing, Superintendent, took over as temporary chair and announced
that nominations for President were open.
Primary Motion Passed: Clark Froehlich nominated Brad Krivohlavek for President.
Motion
to cease nominations and to call for the vote to elect Brad
Krivohlavek as president passed with a motion by Alfredo Ramirez
and a second by Clark Froehlich.
Joel Carlson Yes
Paul Cazabon Yes
Clark Froehlich Yes
Dr. Brad Krivohlavek Yes
Julee Pfeil Yes
Alfredo
Ramirez
Yes
Brad
Krivohlavek was approved as president with a 6-0 vote.
President
Krivohlavek thanked everyone for their confidence in him and
expressed his thanks to the entire board.
Primary
Motion Passed: President
Krivohlavek announced that nominations for Vice-President were
open. Julee Pfeil nominated Clark Froehlich for
vice-president. No other nominations were received and call
for the vote was received:
Joel Carlson Yes
Paul Cazabon Yes
Clark Froehlich Yes
Dr. Brad Krivohlavek Yes
Julee Pfeil Yes
Alfredo
Ramirez
Yes
Clark
Froehlich was approved as vice-president with a 6-0
vote.
Julee
Pfeil stated that she felt that both Brad and Clark are good
leaders and that continuity of leadership is important right
now.
X.
Future Meetings
The
second meeting in January will be held at noon on Thursday, January
22, 2009 in the Central Office Board Room.
The
next regular meeting will be Monday, February 9, 2009, at 4:30
(Central Office) and 7:30 p.m. (City Council Chambers).
Other:
Dr.
Krivohlavek recognized Alfredo Ramirez and his daughter for having
art work at the Norfolk Art Center and also recognized Jim Scheer
for being selected Vice-President of the State Board of
Education. Dr. Krivohlavek also recognized Larry Inness for
his years of service to the district.
XI.
Adjournment
Brad
Krivohlavek, President, declared the meeting adjourned at 8:05
p.m.
_____________________________________
Superintendent
