ARLINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS’
BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 11, 2013, 7:00 P.M.
HS CONFERENCE ROOM
AGENDA
NOTICES
COPY OF OPEN MEETINGS ACT: The Board of Education makes available at least one current copy of the Open Meetings Act posted in the meeting room at a location accessible to members of the public. The Act is posted on the south wall of the meeting room.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC FORUM:
Getting Started: When it is your turn to speak during the public forum portion of the agenda, please come forward, sign your name and address on the sign-in sheet and state your name to the Board of Education.
Time Limit: You may speak only one time and must limit comments to 5 minutes or less.
Personnel or Student Topic: If you are planning to speak about a personnel or student matter involving an individual, please understand that our policies require that such concerns initially be directed to the administration for consideration. Board members will generally not respond to any questions you ask or comments you make about individual staff members or students. You are cautioned that slanderous comments are not protected just because they are made at a board meeting.
General Rules: Please remember that this is a meeting of the Board of Education held in public for conducting the business of the Board of Education. Offensive language, personal attacks and hostile conduct will not be tolerated.
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1. CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
1.2 Approval of Regular Meeting Agenda. President requests changes or additions to agenda, otherwise agenda stands approved as presented (amended).
2. WELCOME TO GUESTS AND PUBLIC FORUM
3. CONSENT AGENDA:
3.1 Minutes/Ratify Action of the March 11, 2013 regular meeting. (Enclosures)
3.2 Monthly Financial Reports, Claims (Check Register), Special Fund Transfers, Hot Lunch Report and Activity Report. (Enclosures)
Employee Benefit Fund - BCBS Health Insurance $6,812.80
Depreciation Fund Bobcat of Omaha $8,200.00
4. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTION REPORTS: Art (Enclosure)
5. REVIEW OF ANNUAL DISTRICT PLAN: None
6. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS: (Enclosures)
7. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
7.1 NRCSA Spring Conference in Kearney – March 21 and 22
7.2 Quarter Enrollment Figures (Enclosure)
8. BOARD OF EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORTS
8.1 Finance Committee
8.2 Negotiations Committee
8.3 Buildings and Grounds Committee
8.4 Professional Development Sharing
8.5 Legislative Update
9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
9.1 Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to rescind Policy No. 6030 Designation of Attendance Centers. (Enclosure)
10. NEW BUSINESS:
10.1 Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to approve option enrollment capacities for the 2013-2014 School Year. (Enclosure)
10.2 Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to approve the 2013-2014 school calendar. (Enclosure)
10.3 Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to accept staff members’ resignations.
10.4 Discuss and Consider recommendations for certificated teachers.
10.5 Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to approve administrator salaries.
10.6 Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to approve principals’ contracts for the 2013-2014 school year. (Enclosures)
10.7 Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to approve 2013-2014 activity admissions and pass prices.
Recommendation is to increase the price of a family pass by $15.00. All others will remain the same.
10.8 Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to approve major course revisions to include combining Yearbook and Desktop Publishing in Digital Broadcasting, changing 9th grade science to have an emphasis on Physical Science, adding 9-12 Language Arts Lab, Broadcasting and a new requirement for graduation of Personal Finance and Business Economics and dropping Information Technology III. (Enclosure)
10.9 Discuss, Consider and Review the following policies: (Enclosures)
6615 Special Education Policies and Regulations
6700 Firearm Policy
6800 Internet Safety and Acceptable Use
6900 Chronic Infectious Disease Practice and Procedure
6910 Dispensing Medications
6920 Student-Self-Management of Asthma, Anaphylaxis and/or
Diabetes (with forms) Asthma or Anaphylaxis Medical
Management Plan
Diabetes Medical Management Plan
11. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
11.1 Discuss and Consider FCMG contract negotiations and personnel issues.
12. ACTION ON EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS
13. ADJOURNMENT