CORSICA-STICKNEY SCHOOL DISTRICT #21-3

UNAPPROVED MINUTES OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS

REGULAR MEETING – MAY 9, 2022 – 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, May 9, 2022 – 7:30 p.m. in the study hall room of Corsica-Stickney Elementary School.

 

Members Present: Jeremy Wright, President; Chad Clites, Roxann Gerlach, 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.

 

A time of silent prayer was held before the meeting.

 

President Wright called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. and a quorum was established. The Pledge of Allegiance preceded the approval of the meeting agenda. 

 

Open Forum/Public Discussion

Nobody spoke at open forum.

 

Conflict of Interest Disclosure

No new conflict of interest disclosures presented.

 

Approve Agenda

Motion by Tolsma second by Gerlach to approve the agenda with additions as presented. Motion carried.

 

Approval of Minutes

Motion by Plooster second by Van Gorp to approve the minutes from the April 11, 2022 Regular Board Meeting. Motion carried.

 

Approval of Financial Statement

Motion by Clites second by Gerlach to approve the April 2022 Financial Statement. Motion carried.

 

April 2022 Custodial Account Report

Motion by Plooster second by Neugebauer to approve the April 2022 Trust and Agency Report with a beginning balance of $30,919.21, disbursements of $2,489.02, receipts of $999.00, for an ending balance of $29,429.19. Motion carried. 

 

Approval of Bills

Motion by Tolsma second by Van Gorp to approve the May 2022 listing of bills. Motion carried.

 

Approval of Mid-Central Minutes

Motion by Clites second by Tolsma to approve the minutes of the May 9, 2022 Mid-Central Coop meeting. Motion carried.

 

Approval of CORE Minutes

Motion by Tolsma second by Plooster to approve the minutes of the May 6, 2022 CORE meeting. Motion carried.

 

Approve Election Officials

Motion by Van Gorp second by Gerlach to approve election officials as follows: Mary Bosma, Londa Vanden Hoek, Kathy Zomer and Jodie Nichols (alternate) for Precinct 1 and Peggy Munneke, Connie Matzner, Phyllis Pennings and Sherry Schumacher (alternate) for Precinct 2. Motion carried.

SDHSAA Ballots

Motion by Gerlach second by Neugebauer to vote for Jeff Danielson as SDHSAA representative; “Yes” on Amendments No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; and “No” on Amendment 7. Motion carried.

 

School Opening Guide-Return to Learn Plan Comments/Updates

No changes were made to the School Opening Guide-Return to Learn Plan. The plan can be found on the school webpage.

 

ARP-ESSER Plan Comments/Updates

The district has received approval for the use of ESSER funds on the HVAC portions of the building projects. No updates were made to the ARP-ESSER Plan. The plan can be found on the school webpage.

 

Security Camera Proposal

Motion by Tolsma second by Clites to approve the security camera proposal from Safe-N-Secure for both facilities. Motion carried.

 

Resignation

Motion by Van Gorp second by Plooster to accept the resignation of Heather Andera, HS English, Oral Interp, One-Act & All School Plays. Motion carried.

 

The board would like to thank her for her years of service to our district in all of these capacities.

 

Principal Reports

Principal Kemp stated the elementary is wrapping up the year with field trips, preschool transition, and awards day. Summer school is planned for July.

 

Principal Eide updated the board on the seniors last day, pre-registration, all school play, awards night and 6th grade transition day. She also talked about Java Hut, a little coffee shop that a couple of special education students run on Fridays during the school year for the staff. It has come to be a huge hit by the staff and the students running it have grown in numerous skills.

 

Others

Other items discussed were ordering the scoreboards for new gym so they are here during the correct time frame. The shop kids and Mr. Jorgensen worked hard on laying landscape bricks and making the bridge for the drainage by the baseball/softball field.

 

Surplus

Motion by Van Gorp second by Gerlach to declare old FACS books as surplus with zero value and to dispose of them. Motion carried.

 

Preliminary Budget

Business Manager Feenstra presented the Preliminary Budget for board review.  Motion by Clites second by Plooster to approve the 2022-2023 Preliminary Budget as presented. Motion carried.

 

Executive Session – SDCL 1-25-2 (1) Personnel Matter & SDCL 1-25-2 (4) Contract Negotiations

At 8:42 p.m., motion by Plooster second by Gerlach 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 10:12 p.m. by President Wright.

 

Contract/Agreement Approval

Motion by Tolsma second by Gerlach to approve the contract of Katie Strand, 6th Grade Teacher and agreement of Rod Bormann, Part-time Maintenance. Motion carried.

 

Adjourn

There being no further business, at 10:13 p.m., motion by Van Gorp second by Plooster to adjourn. Motion carried. The next regular meeting date will be Monday, June 13, 2022 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