At the January 27 Fillmore Central School Board meeting, the board elected the board officers and set the committee assignments for 2020. Ross Kiehne was elected as chairperson, Craig Britton as vice-chair, Deb Ristau as clerk, Jennifer Pickett as vice-clerk, and Sue Sikkink as treasurer. Britton and Shelly Topness were appointed to the Community Education committee, Pickett to the Continuing Education Committee, Sikkink and Topness to the Meet and Confer committee, Britton to the MSHSL/Three-Rivers Conference committee, Pickett to the Special Education Advisory Council, Kiehne, Sikkink, and Topness to the Negotiations committee, Jim Love and Pickett to the Policy committee, Sikkink to the System Accountability committee, Ristau and Topness to the Extra-curricular Advisory committee, Ristau to the Staff Development committee, Britton, Kiehne, and Love to the Vendor Negotiations committee, Britton, Kiehne, and Love to the Facility Focus committee, Kiehne, Ristau, and Sikkink to the Budget committee, Kiehne and Love to the Technology committee, Britton and Pickett to the Curriculum and Calendar committee, and Pickett and Love to the Vocational Studies committee. Ristau was appointed as the MSBA liaison.
The board salaries were set for 2020 and remained the same as they were in 2019. Compensation for the chairperson will stay at $1,440, $1,080 for the vice chairperson, clerk, vice-clerk, and director, $1,350 for the treasurer, and $25 for extra meetings.
The Fillmore County News Leader and Fillmore County Journal were set as the district’s official newspapers, and KQYB, KFIL, KROC, KNXR, KTTC – TV, KAAL – TV, and the Harmony and Preston local cable channels as the official stations for school closing notifications. Knutson, Flynn, & Deans was set as the official school district legal counsel, and the First Southeast Bank of Harmony, First State Bank of Fountain, and F&M Bank of Preston as the district’s official depositories. The board meetings will continue to be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m., alternating between the Preston and Harmony school buildings.
The school’s final label race was held from January 20-24. The Boxtops for Education program is moving to a digital app for label collection so the school will not hold a label race next year. The winner of the race was the fourth grade class with over 1,000 labels collected.
Special Education Director Micki Breitsprecher noted that January 27-31 is Paraprofessional Recognition Week. “Many thanks, appreciation and recognition to our paraprofessionals for the daily dedication they provide to our students,” she said.
Resignations were accepted from SAC and daycare employee Brianna Meyer, custodian Chad Danielson, and paraprofessional Megan Schmitz. Mike Hovey was hired as a full-time custodian for the high school. Don Schoepski was hired as the JH baseball coach, Tris Tollefson as the JH softball coach, and Andy Todd as the JH assistant coach for golf. Positions for a speech coach and JV softball coach are still being advertised. Jackie Whitacre and Sarah Holten were approved to teach independent study courses.
A special education service contract with Hiawatha Valley Education District for physically impaired and traumatic brain injury consultation was approved. The Alternative Learning Program will offer services one day a week for eight weeks during the months of June and July again this year.
The board approved a list of donations totaling $43,703.75. “We appreciate the generosity of our community,” Britton said.
Three applications have been received for the superintendent position posting, which will remain open until January 31. The board will meet on February 5 at 6:30 a.m. in the Preston meeting room to review the applications.
The next Fillmore Central School Board meeting will be held on February 25 at 5 p.m. in Preston.
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