CORSICA-STICKNEY
SCHOOL DISTRICT #21-3
UNAPPROVED MINUTES OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
REGULAR MEETING – JULY 13, 2020 – 7:30 P.M. –
CLASSROOM “A” – CORSICA-STICKNEY HIGH SCHOOL
The
Regular Meeting of the Corsica-Stickney Board of Education was held on Monday,
July 13, 2020. The 2020-2021 Budget
Hearing preceded the regular meeting. With final figures incomplete until the
end of August, the budget will be adopted at the September 2020 board meeting.
The budget hearing closed at 7:26 p.m.
Board
Members Present: Jeremy Wright, Chad Clites, Shannon Tolsma, Jason, Lagge,
Jennifer Van Gorp, & Darci Neugebauer
Members
Absent: Micheal Plooster
Officers
Present: Scott Muckey, Superintendent; Brittney
Eide, Secondary Principal; Ferra Kemp, Elementary Principal; and Angie Feenstra,
Business Manager.
Pastor
Gary Maas gave a prayer prior to the start of the meeting
President
Wright called the meeting to order at 7:34 p.m. and a quorum was established.
The Pledge of Allegiance preceded the approval of the meeting agenda.
No
guests present.
Motion
by Clites second by Van Gorp to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried.
Motion
by Neugebauer second by Lagge to acknowledge the following disclosures: Scott
Muckey’s spouse, Sheryl Muckey, works for the Corsica-Stickney School District
as a teacher; Jeremy Wright’s spouse, Natalie Wright, works as a speech
therapist for the CORE Cooperative which the school is a member; Shannon Tolsma
will be the 7th/8th Football Coach for the 2020 football
season; the Corsica-Stickney Board of Education determines these conflicts are
fair, reasonable, and not contrary to the public interest. (SDCL 6-1-17). Motion
carried.
School
House Property
Motion
by Tolsma second by Van Gorp to declare the property at 480 E Main St, Corsica,
SD as surplus property. Appraisers will be contacted to determine a value. The
property will be up for sealed bids that will be opened at the September board
meeting. Motion carried.
Gym
Air Conditioning
Quotes
for air conditioning for the gym were received from Tessier’s - $96,000 and
Allied Plumbing - $99,800. After comparing the quotes and analyzing both
options it was determined that the quote from Allied Plumbing gave the school
more benefits. Motion by Clites second by Tolsma to accept the quote from
Allied Plumbing for the gym air conditioning. Motion carried.
Oaths of Office
Incumbent
board members Jennifer Van Gorp and Shannon Tolsma signed their oaths of office
beginning their three-year terms on the Board of Education. Business Manager
Feenstra signed an oath of office for FY 2021.
Meeting
was turned over to Business Manager Feenstra for election of board president.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Clites to nominate Jeremy Wright for Board President for
2020-2021. Motion by Tolsma second by Van Gorp that nominations cease and to
cast a unanimous ballot for Wright. Motion carried.
Meeting
was turned over to President Wright.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Neugebauer to nominate Chad Clites for Vice-President.
Motion by Tolsma second by Lagge that nominations cease and to cast a unanimous
ballot for Clites. Motion carried.
Motion
by Lagge second by Van Gorp to approve the June 8, 2020 Regular Meeting Minutes
and the June 29, 2020 Special Meeting Minutes. Motion carried.
Motion
by Lagge second by Clites to approve the June 2020 Financial Statement. Motion
carried.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Lagge to approve the June 2020 Trust and Agency Report with
a beginning balance of $26,823.94, disbursements of $5,381.59, receipts of $6,031.68,
for an ending balance of $27,474.03. Motion carried. The 2020 fiscal year end
Trust and Agency Report was also presented.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Van Gorp to approve the July 2020 listing of bills as
presented. Motion carried.
Motion
by Lagge second by Clites to approve the July 13, 2020 Mid-Central Co-op
minutes. Wright was appointed as the Mid-Central Representative with any board
member authorized to be an alternate. Motion carried.
Motion
by Van Gorp second by Lagge to approve the minutes of the June 24, 2020 and July
2, 2020 Core Education Coop meetings. Chad Clites will remain as the Core
Representative with any board member authorized to be an alternate. Motion
carried.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Lagge to set the second Monday of each month as the regular
school board meeting dates. Due to holiday/activity conflicts the October meeting
will be moved to the second Wednesday of the month. The meeting times will be
7:30 p.m. with Classroom “A” at the high school and the study hall room at the
elementary school being used as the regular meeting places on an alternating
basis. Motion carried. The school board agendas will be placed on the district
website.
Motion
by Neugebauer second by Van Gorp to leave the board pay the same for the 2020-2021
school year. Board Chair will receive $60/meeting, Board Members will receive
$50/meeting and Committee Meetings will be paid at $30/meeting. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Lagge to designate Bank of the West-Corsica, American Bank
& Trust-Stickney, Farmers State Bank-Parkston, BankWest-Armour, U.S. Bank and
SD FIT as official depositories; Angie Feenstra and Scott Muckey as custodians
of school accounts; Corsica Globe and Stickney Argus as official newspapers and
Churchill, Manolis, Freeman, Kludt, & Burns Law Firm as the school
attorney. Motion carried. The school board proceedings are also placed on the
school’s website.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Clites to authorize Scott Muckey to institute the school lunch
agreement for 2020-2021 school year. Motion carried.
Set Lunch Prices for 2020-2021
Motion
by Tolsma second by Neugebauer to increase the lunch prices 10 cents for grades
K-12 for the 2020-2021 School Year and raise the adult prices as required by
the state. The breakfast prices will be $1.80 for K-12 and $2.20 for adults.
Lunch prices will be $2.85 for K-6; $3.25 for 7-12 and adult prices will be
finalized after receiving guidance from the state. Reduced lunch and breakfast
prices are .40 cents and .30 cents respectively. Motion carried.
Parliamentary Procedure
Motion
by Lagge second by Neugebauer to designate Roberts Rules of Order as the
parliamentary procedure for school board meetings. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Van Gorp to authorize the business manager to invest and
reinvest school funds in an institution, which serves the greatest advantage to
the school district. UPON ROLL CALL
VOTE: Aye – Neugebauer, Lagge, Tolsma,
Clites, Van Gorp & Wright; Nay – None; Absent – Plooster. Motion carried,
resolution adopted.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Lagge to appoint the Superintendent and Principals as Truancy
Officers. Motion carried.
School Closings
Motion
by Tolsma second by Clites to designate Superintendent Muckey who will then use
the line-of-authority to close school for emergency situations and inclement
weather. Motion carried.
Kitchen/Gym Rental
Motion
by Van Gorp second by Lagge to leave the elementary and high school gym and
high school kitchen area and commons rent the same as last school year. Motion
carried.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Lagge to leave the season activity passes and game
admission prices the same as the 2019-2020 school year. Motion carried. Those
prices are Family pass $60.00; adult pass $30.00; student pass $10.00. Regular
gate admission will be $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students and double
headers will be $6.00 for adults and $4.00 for students. Senior citizens (65
plus) free with a senior citizen pass.
Motion
by Van Gorp second by Clites to provide all students information on the Delta
Dental and Student Assurance Services and to approve the catastrophic
insurances as recommended by the SDHSAA to those who participate in high school
activities. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Neugebauer that the Corsica-Stickney School District Policy
and Procedure Manual and the ASBSD School Board Handbook, the Negotiated Agreements
Manual and the CORE Cooperative Special Education Manual serve as our
guidelines and shall be employed by all school personnel. Motion carried. All manuals
are on file and available in the central office.
Motion by Lagge second
by Van Gorp to approve the
district’s Non-Discrimination Policy. Motion carried.
Motion by Neugebauer second by Van Gorp to approve the School District Assurance Statements for
the 2020-2021 school year. Motion carried.
Motion by Lagge second
by Tolsma to leave the lodging at single room rate, mileage at state rate and
the meal allowance the same at $25.00 per day for 2020-2021 ($5.00 breakfast, $10.00
dinner and $10.00 supper) for state sponsored events only. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Van Gorp to authorize the business manager to get
bids/quotes for Gas/Diesel/Heating Fuel as needed. Motion carried.
Motion by Clites second
by Van Gorp to approve the
council concept of the Corsica-Stickney School Community Improvement Plan.
Motion carried.
The 2020-2021 Handbooks are on-line at www.corsica-stickney.k12.sd.us.
Motion by Tolsma
second by Lagge to approve the handbook. Motion carried.
Motion by Tolsma second
by Lagge to approve the use of
signature stamps for the Superintendent, Business Manager, & Board Chairman
and to authorize payroll transactions and transfers between school bank
accounts as the allowable electronic fund transfers. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Clites to appoint the Superintendent as the Title I/
Consolidated Application Administrator and Title IX/Section 504 Coordinator for
the 2020-2021 school year. Motion carried.
Motion
by Lagge seconded by Tolsma to approve course guidelines for the South Dakota
academic content standards in language arts, mathematics, science, and social
studies as well as any other course guides provided by the state as authorized
by SDCL 13-3-48. Motion carried.
A
long discussion was held on the school opening guide for the 2020-2021 school
year due to COVID-19. No definite decisions were made as the recommendations
seem to change frequently. Patrons of the school district can view current
plans on the school webpage and updates will be posted on the webpage as well.
Principal
Kemp informed the group that the elementary will still do a summer school the
last week of July – first week of August.
Principal
Eide will be working with the new 7th graders/parents since they
were unable to do the normal spring tour of the school. The fall sports parents
meeting will be held on August 11.
Motion
by Van Gorp second by Neugebauer to approve the employment agreements of Lindsey
Denning, 7th/8th Grade Volleyball Coach; and Sammie
Prien, 5th/6th GB/BB Basketball Coach for the 2020-2021 school
year. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Lagge to allow participation by home school children in
SDHSAA sponsored activities provided all the rules have been met that have been
set forth by the SDHSAA. Motion carried.
In
other business, the board would like to continue the practice of doing sports
physicals every year for grades 7-12. Jeremy Wright will be the voting delegate
for the ASBSD Convention with Chad Clites being the alternate.
There being no further business, at 10:36 p.m., motion by Tolsma second by Van Gorp to adjourn.
Motion carried. The next regular meeting will be held Monday, August 10,
2020 at 7:30 p.m. in the Study Hall Room of Corsica-Stickney Elementary School.
ATTEST:
JEREMY WRIGHT – PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
ANGIE FEENSTRA – BUSINESS MANAGER