Legal Notice
Adrian School
Regular Board Meeting
January 23, 2018
Board Chair Lenz, called the regular meeting of the Adrian Board of Education to order at 6:00 P.M. on January 23, 2018. Members present Bullerman, Kruger, Kunkel, Lenz, Madison, Sieve and Wolf. Also present was Superintendent Graff, Principals Koehne, and Lofthus, staff members T Bertrand, and J Henning.
No members were absent.
Motion by Madison, seconded by Kunkel to approve the agenda items, motion carried.
Motion by Wolf, seconded by Madison to re-elect Ed Lenz as Board Chair, with no other nominations cast, motion carried.
Motion by Kunkel, seconded by Madison to re-elect Chris Wolf as Board Vice-Chair, with no other nominations cast, motion carried.
Motion by Kruger, seconded by Wolf to re-elect Robert J Kunkel, Jr., as Board Clerk/Treasurer, with no other nominations cast, motion carried.
Motion by Wolf to set the salary for Chairman and Directors committee assignments, Kunkel seconded the motion, motion carried.
Motion by Kunkel to set the meeting date and time to the third Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m., with the January & February meeting dates for the Fourth Monday at 6:00 p.m., motion seconded by Kruger, motion carried.
Motion by Wolf to establish an Executive Committee comprising of board officers as members, and to approve committee assignments for the 2018-year, seconded by Sieve, motion carried.
Motion by Kunkel to appoint The Nobles County Review as the District’s official newspaper, seconded by Madison, motion carried.
Motion by Kruger to set the bank depository for the District as Adrian State Bank, Madison seconded the motion, motion carried.
Motion by Wolf to appoint Ratwik, Roszak & Maloney, as our legal council, seconded by Madison, motion carried.
Motion by Madison to approve the 2018 IRS Standard Mileage Rate at .545 cents for personal vehicle usage when a school vehicle is not available and .2725 cents per mile when a school vehicle is available, effective January 1, 2018, seconded by Kunkel, to approve new mileage rate, motion carried.
Tim Bertrand’s presented the building and grounds report.
Presented the Service Contract with Leenderts Lawn Care for fertilization, aeration of the football field, practice field and playground area at the Elementary with a total cost of $4,800. Motion by Wolf, seconded by Kunkel to approve agreement, motion carried.
Announced that the custodial staff had replaced the hot water heater tank and new hot water heater at the Elementary
Announced that we continue to have issues with the handicapped door closures at the high school. Board had previously approved an upgrade that has not been implemented since the door closures were working and gave Tim permission to pursue this upgrade now.
Motion by Kruger, seconded by Kunkel to approve the minutes from the December 18, 2017 meeting with corrections, motion carried.
Motion by Bullerman to approve the claims and accounts for the month of December 2017, seconded by Sieve, motion carried.
Superintendent Graff presented the December 31, 2017 reports. Motion by Madison, seconded by Kruger to approve the account balances for the month of December, motion carried.
Mr. Lofthus presented his Elementary Principal’s report.
Gave an update on the events and happenings at the Elementary.
Presented information regarding Preschool classes and the future and requested permission to write a grant for funding for the preschool program. Motion by Bullerman, seconded by Wolf to give Mr. Lofthus permission to write for this grant, motion carried.
Cate Koehne presented her Principal’s Report.
Presented Mr. Wange’s Athletic Directors report on his behalf. Requesting permission to hire M Harberts as a Middle School Volleyball coach for the 2018-2019 school year. Motion by Kunkel, seconded by Bullerman to approve hiring pending favorable background check, motion carried.
Presented information on events and at the Middle/High School
Presented information on the April 3rd Academic Day at the High school. Requested permission to allow the Senior class members to arrive to school at 12:38 that day. Motion by Madison, seconded by Wolf to approve request, motion carried.
Requested permission to hire K Ruppert as a paraprofessional at the High School. Motion by Kunkel, seconded by Kruger to approve request, motion carried.
Presented resignation from C Henrichs as Art Instructor effective the end of the 2017-2018 school year. Motion by Bullerman, seconded by Sieve to accept resignation, motion carried.
Motion by Wolf to advertise for a full time art instructor along with the various Special Education instructor positions needed for the 2018-19 school year, motion seconded by Sieve, motion carried.
Presented donations towards the FFA program from Land O’Lakes and Cooperative Farmers Elevator in the amount of $500 each. Motion by Wolf, seconded by Kunkel to accept donations, motion carried.
Presented information regarding our technology updated for the upcoming year.
Discussed uniform rotation for the athletic teams.
Mr. Graff presented his Superintendent’s report:
Presented and explained the pay Equity Report. Motion by Sieve, seconded by Madison, to accept the Pay Equity Report as presented, motion carried.
Presented the Resolution directing the superintendent to make recommendations for adjustments in curriculum, programs & staff for the following school year. Motion by Kruger, seconded by Kunkel to approve resolution, motion carried.
Presented revised Policy 102 – Equal Educational Opportunity and Policy 104 – School District Mission Statement, explaining the revisions made. Motion by Kunkel, seconded by Madison to approve Policy 102, motion carried.
Presented revised Policy 214 – Out of State Travel by School Board Members, explaining the revisions made. Motion by Bullerman, seconded by Kunkel to approve Policy 214, motion carried.
Presented revised Policy 401 – Equal Employment Opportunity, Policy 402 – Disability Nondiscrimination Policy, Policy 410 – Family and Medical Leave Policy, Policy 413 – Harassment and Violence, Policy 417 – Chemical Use and Abuse, Policy 418 – Drug-Free Workplace/Drug-Free School, Policy 419 – Tobacco-Free Environment explaining the revisions made. Motion by Sieve, seconded by Madison to approve the 400 Series Policy revisions, motion carried
Presented the first reading of Policy 427 – Workload Limits for Certain Special Education Teachers and explained that this is similar to our approved policy “Caseload Policy for Special Education Services” and will incorporate the two policies.
Presented a donation from the Kim Grussing in memory of Richard Grussing for a MakerBot Replicator in the amount of $2575.79. Motion by Kruger, seconded by Madison to accept donation, motion carried.
Presented a scholarship donation from Troy & Cindy Veld in memory of Tyler Veld in the amount of $500 to be awarded to two graduates from the class of 2018, motion by Kunkel, seconded by Kruger to accept donation, motion carried.
Motion by Kunkel, seconded by Bullerman to adjourn the January meeting of the Adrian Board of Education at 7:18 P.M., motion carried.
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