Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting April 9, 2020
The meeting was called to order by Board President Cale Rieger on the above date at 7:00 a.m., in a virtual online meeting setting with all members present.
Troy Hilt made a motion to approve the agenda; the motion was seconded by Chris Hingst and carried.
The Board reviewed and discussed the items on the consent calendar. A motion was then made by Dustin Andrist, seconded by Shawna Blanka, and carried to approve the consent calendar, including the following items: a) The minutes of the regular Board meeting on March 12, 2020 and Special Board meeting on March 26, 2020. b) A list of bills being paid on direct deposit slips numbering 0319001 – 0319072 and on checks numbering 11557-11569 on BANKWEST, and checks numbering 14341-14394 on First National Bank for a total of $361,662.07. c) The Cash Summary Report (including three transfers: $10,238.82 from Supplemental General Fund to the CTE Fund, $3,880.58 from the General Fund to the At-Risk Fund, and $37,439.00 from General Fund to the Special Ed Fund)¸ the Grade School Activity Fund Report, and the High School Activity Fund Report – all as of March 31, 2020.
No Audiences.
The Scholarship Committee have received the scholarship packets and will set a time to meet virtually to tally the votes. Mr. Morrow reported that the Greene Scholarship Committee will also be meeting virtually and that everything regarding scholarships is progressing on time.
As discussed at the March meeting, by law (K.S.A. 72-5411), a school board must notify a teacher in writing on or before the third Friday in May (May 15th this year) if said teacher’s contract will not be renewed; and a teacher must notify the school board in writing on or before 14 days after the third Friday in May (May 29th this year) if (s)he is resigning from their teaching contract.
Following discussion, a motion was made by Danielle McAtee to offer 2020-2021 contracts to all current licensed personnel who have not resigned, and subject to the provisions that the contracts paid partially or fully from federal funding are dependent on USD 297 receiving sufficient federal funds for those contracts. The motion was seconded by Dustin Andrist and carried.
Following further discussion, a motion was made by Danielle McAtee to offer 2020-2021 contracts to all non-licensed personnel who have not resigned. The motion was seconded by Chris Hingst and carried.
Under Miscellaneous Items, Superintendent Penka reported that Emily Kastens returned her signed contract to be the one day a week Athletic Trainer for the 2020-2021 school year.
Superintendent Penka announced that the St. Francis Elementary School was awarded the 2019 Certificate of Merit for outstanding achievement and uncommon accomplishment based on math and reading assessment results and other qualify factors. Well done, CONGRATULATIONS!
Superintendent reviewed with the Board discussions he has been having with KSDE and KASB officials regarding school finance in light of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Principal Raile and Principal Morrow both praised their staff for the outstanding job they are doing with the changes having to be implemented.
Superintendent Penka reported that KSDE gave schools options for our annual outside visitation team visit. USD 297 will be having a face-to-face meeting in the fall and still schedule the 2020-2021 visit in the spring.
No review of Board Policy.
The next scheduled Board meeting will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2020, at 7:00 P.M.
At 7:30 a.m., Shawna Blanka moved that the meeting adjourn; the motion was seconded by Dustin Andrist and carried.
