CORSICA-STICKNEY
SCHOOL DISTRICT #21-3
UNAPPROVED
MINUTES OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
REGULAR
MEETING APRIL 8, 2019 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
8, 2019 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, & Don Odens.
Members
Absent: Jennifer Van Gorp
Officers
Present: Scott Muckey, Superintendent; Andrew
Fergen, Secondary Principal; Ferra Kemp, Elementary Principal and Angie
Feenstra, Business Manager.
Guests
Present: Logan Denning, Von & Sue Denning, Jason & Ashley Wright, Seth
& Robyn Denning, Matt & Laura Woerner, Jamie Rexwinkel, Dan Noteboom,
& Mike Tuschen
Pastor
Dan De Graff gave a short prayer before the start of the meeting.
President
Wright called the meeting to order at 7:37 p.m. and a quorum was established.
The Pledge of Allegiance preceded the approval of the meeting agenda.
No
public comments during open forum.
There
were no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Bamberg to approve the agenda with additions as
presented. Motion carried.
Mike
Tuschen presented his technology proposal for the 2019-2020 school year. The proposal included laptops for incoming
freshman, server upgrades, software licensing, printer, and the E-rate project
which would include a new wireless system for both sites. He also informed the board that there is one
group of laptops at the elementary school that he is hoping will last one more
year but wanted the board to be aware that if they start having numerous
problems with them that they may need replacing in the middle of the year.
Motion by Tolsma seconded by Bamberg to approve the entire technology proposal
for the upcoming school year. Motion carried.
Crows
Nest
Superintendent
Muckey was able to finalize some pricing on regular steel versus galvanized for
the addition to the crows nest. For an
additional $1300, it was determined to use galvanized to match the existing
structure. This project will be completed during the summer of 2019.
Motion
by Lagge seconded by Clites to approve the minutes from the March 11, 2019
Regular Board Meeting. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Lagge to approve the March 2019 Financial Statement. Motion carried.
Motion
by Lagge seconded by Bamberg to approve the March 2019 Trust and Agency Report
with a beginning balance of $21,875.42, disbursements of $10,852.30, receipts
of $6,975.72, for an ending balance of $17,998.84. Motion carried.
Motion
by Lagge seconded by Tolsma to approve the April 2019 listing of bills. Motion carried.
Motion
by Lagge seconded by Clites to approve the minutes of the April 8, 2019 Mid-Central
Coop meeting. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Lagge to approve the minutes of the March 12, 2019 and
April 4, 2019 CORE Coop meetings. Motion
carried.
Motion
by Odens seconded by Bamberg 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, 2019 and ending
on June 30, 2020. UPON ROLL CALL VOTE:
Aye-Lagge, Tolsma, Clites, Odens, Bamberg & Wright. Nay None. Absent Van
Gorp. Motion carried. A copy of this resolution is on file at the office of the
Corsica-Stickney School Superintendent.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Clites to approve the contract of Dianna Hanna for
2019-2020 school year for 5-12 Instrumental Music and employee agreements for
the 2019-2020 school year of the following classified staff: Corey Baumiller,
Rodney Bormann, Cindy Bosma, Kristie Burke, Margaret Casavan, Jennifer DeLange,
Brenda Dykstra, Ronald Heidinger, Josh Kemp, Cindy Koster, Connie Matzner,
Doris Metzger, Janet Moser, Phyllis Muilenburg, Gregg Olawsky, Phyllis
Pennings, Johanna Pfiester, Dennis Plooster, Elaine Plooster, Bonny Prien,
Sherry Schumacher, Eugene Tastad, Angela Teel, Karla Vanden Berge, Jean Van
Genderen, and Kyle Wieczorek. Motion
carried.
Principal
Fergen presented a proposal for new math curriculum for grades 7-12. Motion by
Lagge seconded by Odens to approve the new curriculum. Motion carried.
Principal
Fergen gave some updates from his Great Plains Conference meeting. Principal
Kemp commended the 5-8 grade students that recently participated in the Armour
Vocal contest as well as a couple students that were state winners in the
Zaner-Bloser handwriting contest. She
also informed the board that standardized testing was currently underway within
the district.
Business
Manager Feenstra updated the board from her recent Northern Plain Insurance
Pool meeting.
Superintendent
Muckey and the building committee toured three schools that recently completed
building projects of different degrees.
Superintendent Muckey and Business Manager recently met with a financial
advisor and will have some more information in regards to that at a future
meeting. In addition to building costs it was asked to look into what other
costs would be incurred and/or saved on based on the different options that are
currently available.
Discussion
was also had on some repairs and upkeep that is needed at the school owned
house. The building committee will be doing a walk through in the near future
to determine what will be necessary repairs.
Resignations
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Bamberg to approve the resignations of Samantha Prien and
Amber Niewenhuis, effective the end of the 2018-2019 school year. Motion
carried.
The
board would like to thank them for their time in the district.
Executive Session
SDCL 1-25-2 (1) Personnel Matter & SDCL 1-25-2 (4) Contract Negotiations
At
9:37 p.m., motion by Tolsma 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(4). Motion carried. Declared out of executive session at 10:28 p.m.
by President Wright.
There
being no further business, at 10:33 p.m., motion by Tolsma seconded by Lagge to
adjourn. Motion carried. The next regular meeting date will be Monday
May 13, 2019 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