A duly posted work session meeting of the Board of Education, Independent School District No. 2137 was held in the Kingsland Elementary Conference Room on Monday, February 3, 2020, at 6:00 p.m.
Board Chair Jackie Horsman called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Present: Jackie Horsman, Tiffany Mundfrom, Natasha Howard, Kyle Rader, Maranda Emig, and Noella Lund. Absent: none. Also, in attendance was Superintendent James Hecimovich, Scott Klavetter, Dan Armagost, and Amber Uhlenhake.
The meeting began with Chair, Jackie Horsman, adding items to the agenda: 8.4 Wykoff Commons Recap, 8.5 MSBA Leadership Conference Recap, and 9.2 KABC Liaison. Then Dan Armagost from SMEC presented the SMEC audit. Open house for SMEC’s new facility will be on Wednesday, February 25 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The SMEC board meeting will be held on the same day.
Scheduled policies were reviewed, and suggestions were made. First reading policies: 413, 414, 415, and 416 and second reading: 408, 409, 410, and 412. Policy 413 will be reviewed for language and an alternate to the superintendent as human services officer will be named. Form 416 will be implemented going forward and all bus drivers will sign this form along with their annual contracts. Information was given and discussion was held on the remainder of the agenda items for the February 3 meeting. New hires included Hailey Nolta as full-time paraprofessional. There are no new resignations at this time; however, Sarah Cummings had been hired for part-time SACC Assistant, but informed us on her start date that she was moving and would not be taking the position. Business Manager, Amber Uhlenhake, updated the board on the budget. She reported that just before this meeting, Transportation Director, Dustin Tart, told her a new bus is needed immediately. There was lengthy discussion on that and updates will follow. Building and Grounds Director, Jason Thompson, submitted a report to update the board as well. Further information was shared and discussed regarding the County 1 traffic update. We have been approved for a cost-sharing grant for school zoning so County Road 1, west of the school will be a reduced speed zone when school is in session. Superintendent Hecimovich is working with the City and County to get that done. Our cost for the project will be $1000. There will also be a high visibility ‘reduce your speed’ sign installed as well. EMT Services were discussed again and strategic planning was also discussed. The goals and mission were developed quite a while ago so this needs to be revisited to bring it up to date. There was a lot of discussion as well regarding rebranding by going forth with a logo contest, which would be open to the entire district. There was a consensus to combine our rebranding with our new strategic planning. Jackie Horsman volunteered to be the Special Needs/ALC/SMEC representative. That will be voted on at the February 20 board meeting.
New business includes the Wellness Report, the SY2020-21 school calendar draft, high school course changes and course registration booklet, Wykoff Commons recap, and MSBA Leadership workshop recap.
Community Outreach and Engagement included discussion on the existing referendum website and Natasha Howard was named as the KABC liaison.
The next work session will be held on Monday, March 2, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in the elementary conference room.
The next regular board meeting will be on Thursday, February 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the choir room.
Rader moved to adjourn the meeting. Lund seconded. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 8:13 p.m.
OFFICIAL MINUTES OF REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OF
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #2137 – February 20, 2020
A duly posted regular meeting of the Board of Education, Independent School District No. 2137 was held in the choir room on Wednesday, February 20, 2020.
Board Chair Jackie Horsman called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Present: Maranda Emig, Tiffany Mundfrom, Leah Stier, Jackie Horsman, Kyle Rader, and Natasha Howard. Absent: none. Also, in attendance was Superintendent James Hecimovich.
Rader moved to approve the following consent items as presented: the board agenda; the December 16, 2019 regular meeting, the December 16, 2019 Truth in Taxation meeting, the January 6, 2020 work session minutes and the January 6, 2020 Organizational meeting minutes. Note that there was a sentence in the Organizational meeting minutes that needed to be removed. That was done. Also approved was the January 2020 bills, the first reading of policies; 408, 409, 410, and 412, and the second reading of policies 404, 405, 406, and 407; the hire of Matthew Peterson as evening custodian; the resignations of Jade Smith – part-time SACC Assistant and Lisa Vorwerk, special ed paraprofessional; and a lane change for Baily Zanish to MA. Howard seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
Thank you to Lyle Kruegel for the $2000 donation to Band Boosters; Kingsland Athletic Booster Club for the $3000 donation to the courtyard project; Spring Valley Area Sportsmen’s Club for the $1460 donation to the Trap team; Steve and Alyssa Himle for the $40 donation to the Trap team; Rick and Janelle Rowe for the $10 donation to the Trap team; and Kingsland Athletic Booster Club/Valley Lanes $1175 donation to KES Action 100 Program.
There were no public comments.
There were no student reports due to inclement weather and school being closed today. A written report was submitted by Elementary Principal Scott Klavetter; Building & Grounds Director, Jason Thompson; Activity Director Reid Olson submitted a written report; Community Ed Director Becky Bicknese submitted a written report, Business Manager Amber Uhlenhake submitted a written report, as did Superintendent/High School Principal Jim Hecimovich. Kingsland School Parents submitted a written report.
Old business included approving the corrected version of the Teacher Seniority List. Mundfrom moved to approve, Lund seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
Mundfrom nominated Rader for School Board Clerk. Howard seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
Mundfrom nominated Emig for School Board Treasurer. Lund seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
Mundfrom moved to accept the presented donations. Roll Call: Aye – 6, Nay – 0. Motion carried by a unanimous vote. Resolution is on file in the District Office.
Mundfrom moved to approve the 2020 Senior Class trip as presented. Rader seconded. Motion carried unanimously.
Howard moved to adjourn the meeting. Lund seconded. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 7:56 p.m.
The next regular meeting will be held on Monday, March 16, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. in the choir room. The next work session will be held on Monday, March 2, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in the elementary conference room.
OFFICIAL MINUTES OF BOARD WORK SESSION MEETING OF
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #2137 – MARCH 2, 2020
A duly posted work session meeting of the Board of Education, Independent School District No. 2137 was held in the Kingsland Elementary Conference Room on Monday, March 2, 2020, at 6:00 p.m.
Board Chair Jackie Horsman called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Present: Jackie Horsman, Natasha Howard, Kyle Rader, Maranda Emig, and Noella Lund. Absent: Tiffany Mundfrom. Also, in attendance was Superintendent James Hecimovich, Scott Klavetter, Amber Uhlenhake. Guest: Rich Wicks, Fillmore County Journal.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
The meeting began with Chair, Jackie Horsman, allowing Michael Hoheisel & Matt Ramtapaa, from Baird to present “Minnesota Education Funding 101.” (see Kingsland Public Schools, School Board Agendas notebook for PowerPoint presentation.)
Scheduled POLICIES were reviewed:
First reading policies: 417, 418, 419, 420, 421. There were no question or concerns for these items.
Second reading policies: 413, 414, 415, 416. Correction was made to 413 HARRASMENT AND VIOLENCE indicating that Annie Pendl is the Human Rights Officer. There were no questions or concerns for other items.
STAFFING UPDATES:
Michele Reichstadt resigned as Admin Assistant to the Superintendent. Mr. Hecimovich indicted there is temporary coverage in the District Office at this time. Applications are incoming and interviews will be done soon. Brent Stinson is requesting a short leave in mid- March for paternity leave.
REPORTS:
Mr. Hecimovich indicated that Amber Uhlenhake is working on bills that will be forthcoming for the board meeting. Also, Building and Grounds Director, Jason Thompson, will be submitting a report to the board as well.
OLD BUSINESS:
County Rd 1 safety/school zoning is being investigated. Reduce speed signage to 15-20MPH would be good for when students are being dropped off.
Rebranding Logo Contest: Jackie reported that some businesses in town are interested in providing monetary donations. There will also be additional costs through this process. Strategic Plan Update: Reaching out to MSBA for input.
Resolution discontinuing and/or reducing programs & positions: Not looking to reduce staff currently.
NEW BUSINESS:
Job/Career Fair: There is a possibility the board could help out/host. There are a lot of opportunities in our community.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENGAGEMENT:
Existing Referendum Website: It is being worked on.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Phase 3 & 4: Dates and locations were discussed.
The next WORK session will be held on Monday, April 6, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. in the Elementary Conference Room.
The next REGULAR board meeting will be on Monday, March 16, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. in the Choir room.
Emig moved to adjourn the meeting. Howard seconded. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 7:52 p.m.
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