B.G.M. Community School District Special Board Hearing BGM Secondary School Library 1090 Jackson Street Brooklyn, IA :00 PM April 8, 2015

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1 B.G.M. Community School District Special Board Hearing BGM Secondary School Library 1090 Jackson Street Brooklyn, IA :00 PM April 8, 2015 The special board hearing was called to order by President Kline at 7:00 pm. Roll call resulted in Directors, Pendarvis, Kline, Jansen, Hanlon, Horrigan, Minnaert and Ford as being present, a quorum was declared. Also present were Supt. Hohensee, Principal Radcliffe, Kim Pendarvis and Secretary Schott. Jansen moved to approve the consent agenda as presented; seconded by Ford; motion carried unanimously. At 7:01 pm the Public Hearing on the proposed budget for the school year commenced. No arguments either oral or written were submitted. Hearing closed. At 7:03 pm the Public Hearing on the proposed school calendar commenced. No arguments either oral or written were submitted. Hearing closed. At 7:07 pm the Public Hearing on the proposed Budget Amendment for the school year commenced. No arguments either oral or written were submitted. Hearing closed. Jansen moved to adjourn hearing; seconded by Ford; motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 7:11 pm. Ed Kline, Board President Sharon Schott, Secretary

2 April 8, 2015 The regular board meeting of the Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District was called to order by President Kline at 7:11 pm. Roll call resulted in Directors Pendarvis, Kline, Jansen, Hanlon, Minnaert, Horrigan and Ford, as being present, a quorum was declared. Also present were Supt. Hohensee, Principal Radcliffe, Kim Pendarvis, and Secretary Schott. Minnaert read the Mission Statement. Kline gave the President s address. Jansen moved to adopt the agenda as presented; adopt consent agenda; approve minutes; approve claims and accounts (Minnaert & Jansen); approve budget and financial reports; approve facility use requests as presented; approve open enrollment applications Ellie English - (K) from South Tama and Ethan Ehresmann (K) from Grinnell; approve resignations; approve employment Chelsey Hennes - First Grade Teacher; seconded by Minnaert, motion carried unanimously. Horrigan moved to approve Budget Amendment as presented; seconded by Ford; motion carried unanimously. Principal Sherwood arrived at 7:20 pm. Discussion ensued over the technology requests in the different departments. Minnaert moved to approve the Technology Requests as presented; seconded by Ford; motion carried unanimously. Jansen moved to approve the school calendars with the start date of August 24, 2015 and August 31, 2015 contingent on the approval of Governor Branstad of the August 24, 2015 school start dates; seconded by Hanlon; motion carried unanimously. Jansen moved to approve the school budget as presented; seconded by Minnaert; motion carried unanimously. Ford moved to approve the supply requests as presented; seconded by Jansen; motion carried unanimously. Hanlon moved to approve the school fees as presented; seconded by Minnaert; motion carried unanimously. Horrigan moved to approve the transfer of $50,000 from the SAVE fund to the Debt Service Fund as budgeted; seconded by Ford; motion carried unanimously. Discussion on the recommendations submitted by the SIAC Committee ensued. Their recommendations were the following:

3 1) The District will continue to implement the Iowa Core and continue with its emphasis on literacy at all levels. The Elementary will continue with the RTI and the secondary will be working to increase the rigor of their courses with the initiative Authentic Intellectual Work. 2) The BGM School District will continue to provide researched-based bullying prevention opportunities for their students. 3) The District will continue to research and develop technology and integrate it for use in the classroom. Discussion on the sharing contracts with HLV ensued. Minnaert moved to approve the sharing contracts (Superintendent, Operations/Maintenance Director; Human Relations (BGM to HLV) and Counselor (HLV to BGM)) as presented; seconded by Jansen; Roll Call vote: Aye Kline, Pendarvis, Ford, Minnaert, Jansen and Hanlon; Nay Horrigan; motion carried. Ford moved to approve the bid from Storage and Design in the amount of $17, for new lockers in the High School Boys locker room and $1, for repairing lockers in the Jr. High Football and P.E. Boys locker room; seconded by Pendarvis; motion carried unanimously. Mr. Hohensee stated his Board report Legislative Overview School Supplemental Assistance (SSA) has not been set yet. Legislators are breaking the law by not setting SSA. He has been to several meetings on this topic. He has also provided information at several of our meetings and sent s to parents to keep them apprised of this issue. The School Start Date was sent to the Governor. School can t start earlier than August 23 rd. No WAIVERS!! This erodes the local control of the Board. Mr. Hohensee hopes this doesn t continue from our Legislature. This action takes the control from the local boards. In the past the School board could make changes to their calendars (starting early and ending early) in order to complete a large construction projection, now the local boards do not have the option to do so. Sorry that the legislature has eroded local control, hope that it doesn t continue. Special Education Consortium We are in the process of interviewing. Mrs. Sherwood was doing interviews before the meeting. Budget Requisitions are done. The summer work orders will be on the agenda for your approval in May. Negotiations Mediation has been scheduled for April 22 nd at 6:00 pm. Graduation It was determined that Arlene Ford, Larry Pendarvis and Ed Kline will hand out the diplomas. The other Board members Rodney Horrigan, Laurie Jansen, Cassie Minnaert and Nancy Hanlon will be on the stage as well. Summer Projects Things are on schedule so far with the sanitary sewer line replacement. The flooring company has been scheduled for the second week in August.

4 Mr. Radcliffe presented his written report. The CTE/SIAC had its concluding meeting for the school year. The CTE (Career and Technical Education) teachers and students presented their showcase to the committee. Business Students discussed the college credit courses and common assessment with the college. For their intensive writing, the students did a demonstration of the bottleneck concept in manufacturing. The Industrial Technology instructor talked about the joint project with South Tama. A student showed how he developed several pieces to be sent to a business in Missouri. This is a coaster project with the company logo that they plan to hand out to their customers. The Culinary Arts students made treats for the meeting as their showcase. One of the students did a demonstration on how to make a Crème Brule. The students told about the Kirkwood Hotel trip as well. The CTE Advisor from AEA 267 told the group about the professional development that was being done for the Southern Consortium instructors. The Leadership group has made a recommendation to include the online college courses into the GPA. In checking with surrounding districts we found that we were the only ones not doing this. We have had more students failing courses and when we talked to them they said it doesn t go on my GPA so they didn t get as concerned about them. With this in mind we believe that to improve the integrity of the program and they are dual credit they should be counted in the GPA. The Kiwanis group will take the outstanding seniors and the Industrial Technology student of the year to Des Moines on April 14 th. They will tour the Capitol in the morning and then tour the Hall of Pride in the afternoon. The MAP test will be given the week of April 13 th. Mr. Radcliffe will be attending the Iowa ASCD meeting on April th. They will have presenters dealing with grading guidelines and concept based learning. Mrs. Sherwood presented her Elementary news report. The Building Leadership Team has reviewed the preliminary results of the Iowa Assessment data. There are ups and downs with the data, but overall we have many successes and celebrations. We continue to be above the Average National Standard Score for the AEA and Iowa Averages in both reading and math. We will have a data analysis day coming up for the teachers to dig a little deeper into the data. We also did a self-evaluation on how we are doing with RTI and continue to make improvements. On April 2 nd, we had the NED show come for an all school assembly. NED stands for Never Give Up, Encourage Others, and Do Your Best. He sends this message through yo-yo tricks. We will have another character assembly on April 9 th with the Old Creamery Theater that will support Character Counts. We wish to thank P.I.E. for funding this program to put on for the students.

5 We have a team of six fifth and sixth graders that will be participating in the Battle of the Books competition on April 9 th in Cedar Falls. Mrs. Jack is taking them and they have been reading the books on the book list throughout the year. Tomorrow s competition will test their comprehension of the books. We will have to see how they do in the competition. We have four (4) students in the 5 th, 6 th and 8 th grade participate in the You Be the Chemist Challenge in Ames on March 28 th. Dawn Hamilton from BASF helped organize and select the participants for this challenge. BASF also did some hands-on science experiments for the students in grades 4-6 to help promote science interest and education. Fourth Grade will have their State Fair presentations on May 14 th. Parents and community members can view displays between 1:00-3:00 pm. Our 6 th grade students will be working with the County Extension for an Entrepreneur Day. They did come to the 5 th grade on April 7 th for lessons in setting up a business. On April 13 th the 6 th graders will spend a day at the Manatt Community Center in active participation. K-2 MAP Testing will be the week of April 20 th and Grades 3-6 will be the week of April 27 th. Horrigan wanted to know how the results were used in the MAP Testing. Mrs. Sherwood stated that they are Adaptive Tests in Reading, Math and Science. This means that the tests adapts to the students knowledge of the subjects. The results show the academic growth. The information shows were the student is in learning. It shows what the student is ready to learn, what they have learned, and what each student needs. Mr. Radcliffe stated that it is used since it is directly tied to the Iowa Core and helps with our curriculum. It shows the years growth in the curriculum. Mrs. Sherwood stated that they had three candidates for the Elementary K-6 Behavior Disorder Special Education teacher position. They had a total of 6 candidates, two candidates had already taken other positions, one did not return our call and the remaining three were interviewed this evening. She will continue to check references and hopefully by Friday will be offering a job to one of them. Minnaert stated that she had news regarding the Little League program. They would be installing lights on one field on April 17 th & 18 th. It will hopefully be completed on April 18 th. Greg Beatty and Matt Maschman are helping with the installation. The City of Brooklyn is providing the power and trenching in the lines as their donation. The REC is helping dig as their donation; J&M Roofing is donating time with the crane and the Brooklyn Building Center is donating the forklift time. She would like to thank these and everyone else who has helped with getting this accomplished and installed in the Little League field. Minnaert moved to go into closed session under Iowa Code section 21.9, Discussion on Negotiating Strategies with employees who are not covered by a Collective Bargaining Unit; seconded by Ford; Aye: Horrigan, Kline, Hanlon, Jansen, Ford, Pendarvis and Minnaert Nay: None; motion carried unanimously. We went into closed session at 8:39 pm.

6 The Board came out of closed session at 9:48 pm. Ford moved to approve a 3.75% increase for hourly employees and a 3% increase for administration; seconded by Horrigan; motion carried unanimously. Jansen moved to go into closed session under Iowa Code section (3), Discussion on Negotiating Strategies with a Collective Bargaining Unit; seconded by Minnaert; Aye: Horrigan, Kline, Hanlon, Jansen, Ford, Pendarvis; Nay: None; motion carried unanimously. We went into closed session at 9:49 pm. The Board came out of closed session at 9:53 pm. The next regular meeting is Wednesday, May 13 5:30 pm. Jansen moved to adjourn, seconded by Hanlon, motion carried unanimously adjourned at 9:55 pm. Edward Kline, President Sharon Schott, Secretary