Administration/ Board of Education: Board Minutes

April 23, 2009 Minutes -- 2nd Meeting of the Month

by Veryle Winter

May 08, 2009

NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Board of Education 2nd Monthly Meeting
April 23, 2009 12:00AM
Central Office Board Room

Attendance Taken at 12:07 PM:

Present Board Members:
Joel Carlson
Clark Froehlich
Dr. Brad Krivohlavek
Julee Pfeil
Alfredo Ramirez

Absent Board Members:
Paul Cazabon

I. Call to Order
Brad Krivohlavek, President, called the meeting to order at 12:07 P.M.

II. Declaration of a Legal Meeting
Brad Krivohlavek, President, declared this a legal meeting of the Board of Education. The meeting was advertised in the Norfolk Daily News on Monday, April 20, 2009, and was posted ont he doors of the Administration Office, 512 Philip Avenue. Dr. Krivohlavek announced that a complete copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted on the east wall of the board room for your review. A copy of the agenda is available at the disk of the recording secretary.

III. Reports and Discussion Items

III.A. May Events for Board Members
The board was reminded of dates, times and attendance for May school events:

Completion Ceremony – May 13 – 10:00 a.m.
Honors Night – May 14 – 5:15 p.m Dinner and 6:30 p.m. Honors
Commencement – May 17

Board members were asked to try to attend the ones that worked into their schedules.

III.B. Shaping the Future Recommendations
Dr. Uhing shared that she has met with the Northern Hills and Lincoln staff. She shared the background which led to the recommendations and answered questions from them. She asked the board if they had any questions before putting the remaining Shaping the Future recommendations on the May agenda.

Alfredo Ramirez asked if Senator Flood could be invited to attend the May 4 meeting at 4:30
p.m.

IV. Action Items

IV.A. Option Enrollment

Primary Motion Passed: Motion to approve Student Transfers for the 2009-2010 school term to another school district through the Option Enrollment Program passed with a motion by Julee Pfeil and a second by Joel Carlson.
Joel Carlson                             Yes
Paul Cazabon                           Absent
Clark Froehlich                   Yes
Dr. Brad Krivohlavek               Yes
Julee Pfeil                                 Yes
Alfredo Ramirez                       Yes

(Insert copy of Option Enrollment) – Exhibit A

Primary Motion Passed: Motion to approve the transfer of two families (Fisher and Young) out of the Norfolk School district to another school district through the Option Enrollment Program passed with a motion by Julee Pfeil and a second by Clark Froehlich.
Joel Carlson                             Yes
Paul Cazabon                          Absent
Clark Froehlich                      Yes
Dr. Brad Krivohlavek               Yes
Julee Pfeil                                 Yes
Alfredo Ramirez                       Yes

IV.B. Executive Session: Personnel Matter
Primary Motion Passed: Motion to move into Executive Session for the purpose of
discussion regarding a personnel matter at 12:47 p.m. passed with a motion by Clark Froehlich and a second by Julee Pfeil.
Joel Carlson                             Yes
Paul Cazabon                           Absent
Clark Froehlich                      Yes
Dr. Brad Krivohlavek               Yes
Julee Pfeil                                 Yes
Alfredo Ramirez                       Yes

Motion to move to end the Executive Session and to move back to regular session passed
with a moiton by Clark Froehlich and a second by Julee Pfeil.
Joel Carlson                             Yes
Paul Cazabon                           Absent
Clark Froehlich                       Yes
Dr. Brad Krivohlavek               Yes
Julee Pfeil                                 Yes
Alfredo Ramirez                       Yes