CORSICA-STICKNEY
SCHOOL DISTRICT #21-3
UNAPPROVED
MINUTES OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
REGULAR
MEETING – APRIL 9, 2018 – 7:30 P.M. – CLASSROOM “A” – CORSICA-STICKNEY HIGH
SCHOOL
The
Regular Meeting of the Corsica-Stickney Board of Education was held on Monday, April
9, 2018 – 7:30 p.m. in Classroom “A” of Corsica-Stickney High School.
Members
Present: Jeremy Wright, President; Chad Clites, Shannon Tolsma, Jason Lagge, Nicole
Bamberg, Jennifer Van Gorp.
Members
Absent: Don Odens
Officers
Present: Scott Muckey, Superintendent; Andrew
Fergen, Secondary Principal; Ferra Kemp, Elementary Principal and Angie
Feenstra, Business Manager.
Guests
Present: Mike Tuschen & Kris VanZee
There
was a silent prayer before the meeting.
President
Wright called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m. and a quorum was established.
The Pledge of Allegiance preceded the approval of the meeting agenda.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Lagge to approve the agenda with additions as presented. Motion carried.
There
were no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Technology
Director Mike Tuschen met with the board to discuss his technology proposals
for the 18-19 school year. Items discussed
were computers for the freshman and other half of the staff, updated promethean
boards for the elementary and server/switch upgrades. Motion by Bamberg seconded by Van Gorp to
approve all items on the proposal.
Motion carried.
Dishwasher
Discussion
was held on purchasing a dishwasher for the Stickney kitchen. Quotes were
obtained for the dishwasher and necessary tables from Reinhart - $5050.00;
CashWa - $5213.74; and U.S. Foods - $6464.00.
Motion by Tolsma seconded by Van Gorp to approve the purchase of the
dishwasher and tables from Reinhart. Motion carried.
Pre-school
Structure
After
much assessment of the preschool
structure, a final proposal was given to the board. Preschool will be offered to any student that
is 4 years old by September 1. Preschool
will be offered from 8:30-11:00 in Stickney and 1:00-3:30 in Corsica,
Monday-Thursday each week. Bus services
will be offered to students along the route for Stickney students before school
and for Corsica students after school. There
will be no transportation provided by the school between 11am and 1pm. As part of a transition to Kindergarten, on
the last 4 Thursdays of the school year, the preschool students will have a
full day of school at the Stickney campus.
This will allow them to get an idea of how the days will flow for them
the following year. The Little Stars
program (3 year old preschool) will no longer be offered. Motion by Tolsma seconded by Lagge to approve
the new preschool structure effective fall 2018. Motion carried.
Motion
by Lagge seconded by Bamberg to approve the minutes from the March 12, 2018
Regular Board Meeting and March 22, 2018 Special Board Meeting. Motion carried.
Motion
by Lagge seconded by Tolsma to approve the March 2018 Financial Statement. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Van Gorp to approve the March 2018 Trust and Agency
Report with a beginning balance of $23,362.45, disbursements of $7,297.86,
receipts of $4,005.83, for an ending balance of $20,070.42. Motion carried.
Motion
by Bamberg seconded by Lagge to approve the April 2018 listing of bills. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Lagge to approve the minutes of the March 14, 2018
Mid-Central Coop meeting. Motion
carried.
Motion
by Van Gorp seconded by Tolsma to approve the lease agreement with Mid-Central
Coop. The lease will be $125.00 per
month for a room in the elementary school located in Corsica. Motion carried.
Motion
by Van Gorp seconded by Clites to approve the School Board Resolution
authorizing the Corsica-Stickney School District #21-3 membership in the South
Dakota High School Activities Association for the period beginning July 1, 2018
and ending on June 30, 2019. UPON ROLL
CALL VOTE: Aye-Bamberg, Lagge, Tolsma, Clites, Van Gorp & Wright. Nay –
None. Absent – Odens. Motion carried. A copy of this resolution is on file at
the office of the Corsica-Stickney School Superintendent.
Motion
by Bamberg seconded by Lagge to approve employee agreements for the 2018-2019
school year of the following classified staff: Corey Baumiller, Carol Bolt,
Rodney Bormann, Cindy Bosma, Kristie Burke, Margaret Casavan, Jennifer DeLange,
Brenda Dykstra, Ronald Heidinger, Josh Kemp, Cindy Koster, Connie Matzner,
Doris Metzger, Janet Moser, Amber Niewenhuis, Gerri Olson, Phyllis Pennings,
Johanna Pfiester, Dennis Plooster, Elaine Plooster, Bonny Prien, Sherry
Schumacher, Eugene Tastad, and Jean Van Genderen. Motion carried.
The
board held the first reading of Board of Education Policy FFF: Internal
Controls Procedure.
Principals
Fergen and Kemp updated the board on smarter balance testing progress. The 5th-8th graders recently attended the
vocal music contest in Armour. Principal
Fergen recently attended the Great Plains Conference meeting. He informed the board that basketball and
volleyball will now be included in conference games and tournaments.
Superintendent
Muckey updated the board on the recent teacher in-service on non-violent crisis
intervention. They had a full day of
training and will do more in the fall.
Business
Manager Feenstra recently attended the Northern Plains Insurance Pool meeting
in regards to health insurance. She gave
updates on the rates as well as other options the pool offers.
Executive Session –
SDCL 1-25-2 (1) Personnel Matter & SDCL 1-25-2 (4) Contract Negotiations
At
8:51 p.m., motion by Van Gorp seconded by Clites to go into executive session
to discuss personnel matter pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2(1) and contract
negotiations pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2(2).
Motion carried. Declared out of
executive session at 10:30 p.m. by President Wright.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Van Gorp to accept the contract of Brian Jorgensen as the
Industrial Arts teacher for 2018-2019 school year. Motion carried.
There
being no further business, at 10:32 p.m., motion by Lagge seconded by Bamberg to
adjourn. Motion carried. The next regular meeting date will be Monday
May 14, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in the study hall room of the Corsica-Stickney Elementary
School.
ATTEST:
JEREMY WRIGHT – PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
ANGELA FEENSTRA- BUSINESS MANAGER