CORSICA-STICKNEY
SCHOOL DISTRICT #21-3
UNAPPROVED
MINUTES OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
REGULAR
MEETING MAY 10, 2021 7:30 P.M. GYM CORSICA-STICKNEY HIGH SCHOOL
The
Regular Meeting of the Corsica-Stickney Board of Education was held on Monday, May
10, 2021 7:30 p.m. in the gym of Corsica-Stickney High School.
Members
Present: Jeremy Wright, President; Chad Clites, Jason Lagge, Darci Neugebauer,
Micheal Plooster Shannon Tolsma, and Jennifer Van Gorp
Officers
Present: Scott Muckey, Superintendent; Brittney
Eide, Secondary Principal; Ferra Kemp, Elementary Principal and Angie Feenstra,
Business Manager.
Guests:
Dwight & Sharon DeBoer, Lyle & Jan Bruinsma, Logan Denning, Natalie
Groeneweg, Rocky Nelson, Bev VanDrongelen, Roxann Gerlach, Matt Feenstra, Bonny
Prien, Michelle & Dayna Koch, Natalie Nydam.
A
time of silent prayer was held before the meeting.
President
Wright called the meeting to order at 7:32 p.m. and a quorum was established.
The Pledge of Allegiance preceded the approval of the meeting agenda.
Nobody
spoke at open forum.
No
new conflict of interest disclosures presented.
Motion
by Plooster second by Van Gorp to approve the agenda with additions as
presented. Motion carried.
School
Building Structure Continuation
Discussion
on the building project and placement of the 5th grade was held. The
administration had gathered information from area schools prior to the meeting
to present to the board in regards to where 5th grade would fit best
in the educational structure. Motion by Van Gorp second by Tolsma to keep 5th
grade as an elementary grade at the Stickney campus. Upon roll call vote:
Clites Aye; Lagge Nay; Neugebauer Nay; Plooster Nay; Tolsma Aye; Van
Gorp Aye; Wright Aye. Motion carried with a vote of 4-3.
Motion
by Lagge second by Van Gorp to approve the minutes from the April 7, 2021
Regular Board Meeting. Motion carried.
Motion
by Plooster second by Tolsma to approve the April 2021 Financial Statement. Motion
carried.
Motion
by Lagge second by Clites to approve the April 2021 Trust and Agency Report
with a beginning balance of $31,447.05, disbursements of $7,943.57, receipts of
$4,474.22, for an ending balance of $27,977.70. Motion carried.
Motion
by Plooster second by Tolsma to approve the May 2021 listing of bills. Motion
carried.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Van Gorp to approve the minutes of the May 10, 2021
Mid-Central Coop meeting. Motion carried.
Motion
by Lagge second by Van Gorp to approve the minutes of the April 8, 2021 and May
7, 2021 CORE meetings. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Lagge to adopt the following resolution:
RESOLVED
BE
IT RESOLVED that it would be in the best interest of the Corsica-Stickney
School District to allow Lyman School District to join with the likeminded
school districts within the area as a member of the CORE Educational
Cooperative. Lyman School District will pay a buy in fee of $35,000 and submit
monthly payments starting on July 1, 2021 as assessed by the CORE Educational
Cooperative. This membership will provide member districts educational services
in the areas of special education, adult education, in-service training, and
other cooperative educational services as determined and agreed upon by member
districts so that said districts could realize economical advantage through the
sharing of the cost of such services. UPON ROLL CALL VOTE: Aye-Clites, Lagge,
Neugebauer, Plooster, Tolsma, Van Gorp, Wright. Nay None. Motion carried.
The
board held the first reading of Board of Education Policy OOO: FMLA Policy
Motion
by Plooster second by Tolsma to approve election officials as follows: Phyllis
Muilenburg, Mary Bosma, Londa Vanden Hoek and Kathy Zomer (alternate) for
Precinct 1 and Peggy Munneke, Connie Matzner, Kandy Punt and Phyllis Pennings
(alternate) for Precinct 2. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Clites to vote for Cooper Garnos, Derek Barrios, and Eric
Denning as SDHSAA representatives and Yes on Amendment No. 1. Motion carried.
Motion
by Van Gorp second by Tolsma to accept the resignations of Sherry Schumacher,
all-school play director, and Jennifer DeLange, paraprofessional. Motion
carried.
The
board would like to thank them for their years of service to our district in
each of these capacities.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Plooster to approve the purchase of new Daktronics
scoreboards for the high school gym. The current scoreboards have been having
some problems and we have been unable to find parts for them or get service
work completed on them as they are 20+ years old. Motion carried.
Principal
Eide reported on prom, class registration, awards nights, testing result
updates, data retreat, 6th grade transition day and cheer tryouts.
She also indicated that Mr. Jorgensen and herself have been looking into the
possibility of offering an Ag Science cluster to the CTE program.
Principal
Kemp updated on field trips, field day, preschool transition night/days,
preschool graduation, and the data retreat as well.
Other
items discussed were the extension of free meals to students and acknowledging
Casey Tolsma and Paige Wright who qualified for FCCLA Nationals but due to
COVID restrictions will be unable to attend.
Motion
by Lagge second by Clites to approve the lease of a John Deere tractor and
loader with the same terms as previous years. Motion carried.
Business
Manager Feenstra presented the Preliminary Budget for board review. Motion by Tolsma second by Van Gorp to approve
the 2021-2022 Preliminary Budget as presented. Motion carried.
At
10:18 p.m., motion by Tolsma second by Van Gorp 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 11:35 p.m. by President Wright.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Plooster to approve the contract of Dave Guericke, School
Counselor and the agreements of Dennis & Elaine Plooster, Custodians and
Alvin Munneke, Bus Driver. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma second by Van Gorp to approve the following for negotiations for the
21-22 school year: Certified Staff 3% increase to salary and additional
$50/month towards health insurance; Classified Staff - $0.50/hour increase; Superintendent,
Business Manager and High School Principal - $5,000 increase to salary; and
Elementary Principal 4% increase to salary. Motion carried.
There
being no further business, at 11:37 p.m., motion by Tolsma second by Plooster
to adjourn. Motion carried. The next regular meeting date will be Monday, June
14, 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