CORSICA-STICKNEY
SCHOOL DISTRICT #21-3
UNAPPROVED
MINUTES OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
REGULAR
MEETING – MARCH 8, 2021 – 7:30 P.M. – STUDY HALL ROOM – CORSICA-STICKNEY ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
The
Regular Meeting of the Corsica-Stickney Board of Education was held on Monday, March
8, 2021 – 7:30 p.m. in the Study Hall room of Corsica-Stickney Elementary
School.
Members
Present: Jeremy Wright, President; Chad Clites, Jason Lagge, Darci Neugebauer,
Micheal Plooster, Shannon Tolsma, & Jennifer Van Gorp
Officers
Present: Scott Muckey, Superintendent; Brittney
Eide, Secondary Principal; Ferra Kemp, Elementary Principal and Angie Feenstra,
Business Manager.
Others
Present: Dan Hargreaves, Jenny Hargreaves, Bonny Prien, Steve & Phyllis
Pennings, Matthew Koch, Bailey Anthony, Clyde Dethlefsen, John & Natalie
Nydam, Jason Wolbrink, Matt & Angela Feenstra, & Mike Vanden Hoek.
President
Wright called the meeting to order at 7:31 p.m. and a quorum was established.
The Pledge of Allegiance preceded the approval of the meeting agenda.
Mike
Vanden Hoek wanted to address the board – since it pertained to the building
project he will be moved to right before the survey discussion agenda item.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Van Gorp to approve the agenda with additions as
presented. Motion carried.
There
were no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Mike
Vanden Hoek addressed the school board on the building project. He mentioned
how far the two towns have come in the consolidation and would hate see what
disruption could all be caused if the building was only put in one site. He
feels there could be long term effects on many fronts.
The
school board held a discussion on the school survey that was recently sent out
to all registered voters in the school district. A total of 1348 surveys will
mailed out and of those 897 were returned. 442 surveys indicated they preferred
Option 1 (building in both Corsica & Stickney), 403 surveys preferred
Option 2 (build all in Corsica), and 52 surveys did not indicate which option
they preferred. Many of those surveys were returned with comments which lead
the discussion. Superintendent Muckey and Business Manager Feenstra will put
together a Q&A/Fact Sheet to address some of the concerns that were brought
forward.
The
board agrees that now is the time to move forward with a project due to low
interest rates and get prices locked in before inflation continues to rise.
There will be a special board meeting on Monday, March 15, 2021 in which the
board intends to vote on a plan to move forward with.
Motion
by Plooster seconded by Neugebauer to approve the minutes from the February 8,
2021 Regular Board Meeting. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Van Gorp to approve the February 2021 Financial
Statement. Motion carried.
Motion
by Lagge seconded by Clites to approve the February 2021 Custodial Report with
a beginning balance of $30,676.53, disbursements of $4,546.88, receipts of $9,225.10,
for an ending balance of $35,354.75.
Motion carried.
Motion
by Plooster seconded by Neugebauer to approve the March 2021 listing of
bills. Motion carried.
Motion
by Neugebauer seconded by Van Gorp to approve the minutes of the March 4, 2021
CORE Coop meeting. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Lagge to approve the minutes of the February 8, 2021
Mid-Central Coop meeting. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Plooster to authorize the business manager to secure
Schoenfish & Co. for the FY2021 audit. Motion carried.
Motion
by Van Gorp second by Lagge to approve the resignations from Mark Joachim and
Mary Payer, effective the end of the 20-21 school year. Motion carried.
The
school board would like to thank Ms. Payer for the last year of service to our
district and Mr. Joachim for the many years he has taught in our school
district.
Motion
by Plooster second by Lagge to approve the contracts of the following staff: Heather
Andera, Jacquelin Boyle, Jason Broughton, Lorisa Broughton, Peggy Casavan, Kristie
Clark, LaNae Fuerst, Wade Gall, Kristine Gillette, Kylene Hongslo, Stacey
Hosman, Brian Jorgensen, Michelle Koch, Sheryl Muckey, Ashley Olsen, Miranda
Paulson, Nicole Reichert, Christina Strid, Michael Tuschen, Brooklyn Van Zee,
& Allyson Waldner. Motion carried.
Principal
Kemp recently had the Zoomobile at the elementary school.
Principal
Eide was happy to announce that Mr. Brian Jorgensen, the industrial arts
teacher, was named the Corsica-Stickney School District teacher of the year!
Testing windows are getting set up and plans are being made for Prom and
Graduation.
Other
items discussed were ticketing for upcoming state events, scoreboard updates
through Daktronics, All-State chorus has been cancelled, 3-on-3 tourney on
April 17 and masks will now be recommended instead of required for
Corsica-Stickney activities and events. The elementary vocal contest will not
be held in Armour this year; however, we will be having a local one for our
students so they can still have the experience. The band contest in Platte will
go on as originally planned. The new football schedule, new sports alignments
and state track format were discussed. ESSER II funds, legislative updates, a
new scholarship as well as updating the mini bus were also discussed.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Clites to vote for Tom Farrell for the ASBSD Board of
Directors. Motion carried.
At
10:02 p.m., motion by Tolsma seconded by Lagge to go into executive session to
discuss personnel matter pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2(1). Motion carried. Declared out of executive session at 11:05 p.m.
by President Wright.
Motion
by Clites seconded by Van Gorp to issue employee agreements for the 2021-2022
school year to the following classified staff: Becky Barker, Corey Baumiller, Amber
Blom, Rodney Bormann, Cindy Bosma, Kristie Burke, Margaret Casavan, Jennifer
DeLange, Brenda Dykstra, Ronald Heidinger, Cindy Koster, Connie Matzner, Doris
Metzger, Janet Moser, Phyllis Muilenburg, Gregg Olawsky, Phyllis Pennings, Johanna
Pfiester, Dennis Plooster, Elaine Plooster, Bonny Prien, Samantha Prien, Hannah
Reimnitz, Wilton Rodriquez, Sherry Schumacher, Terra Spaans, Eugene Tastad,
Angie Teel, Shannon Tolsma, Jean Van
Genderen, and Kyle Wieczorek. Motion
carried (Tolsma abstained).
There
being no further business, at 11:06 p.m., motion by Tolsma seconded by Plooster
to adjourn. Motion carried. There will be a special board meeting on
Monday, March 15, 2021 in the gym of the Corsica-Stickney Elementary School at
8:00 p.m. The next regular meeting date will be Monday, April 12, 2021 at 7:30
p.m. in Classroom “A” of the Corsica-Stickney High School.
ATTEST:
JEREMY WRIGHT – PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
ANGELA FEENSTRA- BUSINESS MANAGER