SOUTHWEST STAR CONCEPT SCHOOL

Board of Education Regular Meeting

December 20, 2005

 

The Board of Education of Independent School District #330 held its regular meeting on Tuesday, December 20, 2005, in the Board Room in Heron Lake.  Larry Diemer, Harvey Kruger, Dale Hesemann, John Stenzel, Jill Liepold, and ex officio Becky Cselovszki, Superintendent, were present.  John Volk, Tracy Freking, Cindy Scheevel, Tom Volk, Jeff Frodermann and student council representatives, Madison Collin and Martha Fonseca were also present. 

 

John Stenzel, chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  A quorum was declared with all members present.  Hesemann moved, seconded by Droll to approve the agenda with the additional items.  The motion carried.  Hesemann moved, seconded by Diemer to approve the minutes of the November 15, 2005, regular Board meeting.  The motion carried.  Droll moved seconded by Diemer to approve the minutes of the Truth in Taxation meeting of December 6, 2005.  The motion carried.  Droll moved, seconded by Kruger to approve the Treasurer’s report.  The motion carried.  Droll moved, seconded by Diemer, to approve payment of the following bills.  The motion carried.

 

                        GENERAL FUND                                                           $ 73,493.65

                        FEDERAL PROGRAMS                                                      4,987.19 

                        ATHLETICS/ACTIVITIES                                          4,312.81

                        FOOD SERVICE                                                                 7,103.44

                        COMMUNITY EDUCATION                                                  1,098.00

                        DEBT REDEMPTION                                                             450.00

                       

                        TOTAL                                                                              91,445.09

                        TOTAL GROSS PAYROLL DECEMBER 2005                    174,489.67

                        (INCLUDES RETRO PAYROLL)

                        FIXED CHARGES                                                               33,381.03

 

Superintendent Becky Cselovszki gave the Activity Director’s report for Deb Mathias.  The participant numbers in Boy’s Basketball are eleven for Jr. High and 33 for grades 9-12.  For girls, the participant numbers are 15 for Jr. High and 28 for grades 9-12.

 

Cselovszki then gave the TEAM report.  The Zoomobile will be coming from Sioux Falls on January 26.  The TEAM teachers have started to plan a new fundraiser for the repair or resurfacing of the playground.  Estimates of cost were given on a variety of different options. 

 

Becky Cselovszki then gave the Superintendent’s report.  Hotel reservation confirmations were handed out to the board members that will be attending the MSBA convention in January.   Cselovszki and Cindy Scheevel will be meeting with twelve alumni of SSC for lunch.  The purpose is to survey them and find out if they were prepared after they left high school.  There will be a variety of alumni, such as students that went to a two-year school, four-year school, finished with college, and those that are employed.  On January 3, there will be a teacher’s in-service day.

The High School faculty will be having curriculum and breakout sessions.  The Elementary faculty will be working with language arts curriculum and NWEA testing review.  The next in-service day will be on March 10.  The MN Teacher of the Year, Tom Keating will be speaking.  Cselovszki read a Thank you from the student council for approving the trip to the Guthrie.

 

Tom Volk brought concerns he had about the content of the Winter Elementary and High School concerts.  He had copies of the e-mails that were exchanged between Joni Garrison and him.  At this time, the Board will be supportive of the music director’s decisions as to which selections of songs will be used at the concerts.

 

Cindy Scheevel gave the Dean of Student Report.  The alumni dinner will be on December 21.  The students are having a food drive.  Grades 1-12 are paired together to have a sculpturing contest with the food items.  The items will be going to the Heron Lake and Lakefield Food Shelf.  Winter break for the students will be from December 22 to January 4.  The teachers will be having an in-service on January 3.

 

Stenzel moved, seconded by Droll, to approve the Minnesota Department of Education Levy Limitation and Certification, 2005 payable in 2006, for the maximum amount.  The motion carried by roll call.  Voting in favor:  ALL (Stenzel, Droll, Kruger, Diemer, Hesemann, and Liepold).  Voting against:  NONE.  The motion carried. 

 

Stenzel moved, seconded by Liepold, to approve one elementary student and one secondary student open enrollment from the Round Lake district.  The motion carried. 

 

Formal request was read from Louise Worm for Charles Worm to be a volunteer coach for FFA.  As outlined in the volunteer coaching policy, he is qualified for this position and the numbers warrant another coach.  There are 44 members in the SSC FFA.  Hesemann moved, seconded by Diemer, to approve the request.  The motion carried.

 

The Superintendent contract will be signed after an agreement between the negotiation members and Superintendent Cselovszki has been met.

 

Hesemann moved, seconded by Liepold, to approve the revision of Service Coop Agreement to allow Leslie Miller the increase of 10 days to the contract. The motion carried.

 

Chairman Stenzel, along with the entire Board would like to thank Steve Droll for his hard work and insight for the past four years on the Board.  We also would like to welcome John Volk to the Board. 

 

Hesemann moved, seconded by Diemer, to adjourn the meeting.  The motion carried. 

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Jill Liepold, Clerk