Spencer Board of Education ….
Spencer Board of Education
Regular meeting – Jan. 11, 2023
1. President Jordan Buss called the regular meeting of the Spencer Board of Education to order at 6:30 p.m.
2. Verification of compliance with open meeting law: Mr. Endreas confirmed the meeting notice was legally posted.
3. Roll call – establish quorum: Kelnhofer, Buss, Lyon, Gorst and Wesle present. Quorum established.
4. Agenda changes: None. 5. Recognition of visitors: Shannon Malone, Tara Abel, Kassandra Morzewski, Lance Bauer, Pat Krause, Angus Bump, Sarah Krause, David Knecht, Debbie Kunze, Matt Flink and Kayla Flink. Dan Krause discussed having signage made for restrooms in the dome and signage to direct people to the RJ Tack Auditorium from the dome area. Signage for parking area by the Dome. Kayla Flink shared that the handicap ramp is in need of repair. Dave Knecht discussed a plan for an Animal Science building. Mark Zimmerman had started the planning for this project; it would be tribute a to Mark. Discussion.
6. INFORMATION RECOGNITION ITEMS: 6.1 Share building principal reports: Mr. Ikert: Building updates: We had a good first week back in school. Midyear testing is happening this week so we will have a progress report at the next meeting. Summer school survey went out to teachers on Monday and we are beginning the initial planning of that. We are also beginning the planning of Child Development days for our incoming 4K class for the 2023-24 school year.
Thank you to Whitney Eckes and Leah Boone for leading the donations and sales to assist the Widman family. Through donations and candy cane sales we were able to raise $1,861.54.
Parent pick-up: The new process seems to be going smoothly and keeping traffic off of Highway 13 while not slowing down the pick-up process.
Upcoming events: In-service, Jan. 20; NED Show, Feb 2. School forest: The custodial staff did a lot of cutting and clean up work on Monday and Tuesday to make sure trails are passable after the winter storms. There is still a lot of work to do to get it completely cleaned up, but they got a good start. Thank you to Bob and his staff for their hard work. Still waiting on UWSP to remark trees.
Mr. Gorst: Winter Formal: The high school student council will again be organizing a winter formal dance. It will take place on Saturday, Jan. 21, from 7-11 p.m.
Finals: At the end of each semester, we modify high school schedule to allow for block-style finals. These final exams are designed to be rigorous and cumulative in nature to help prepare our students for these types of tests should they go to college.
ACT prep: We are in the beginning stages of ACT prep. The juniors took the winter CERT exam as a practice. They will now spend time over the next several weeks working with teachers to prepare for the very important test.
Distance Learning: We are planning to offer 15 courses on the CWETN distance learning network next year. This is the highest number of courses we have ever offered. If students from other schools take these courses we do get reimbursed a certain amount based on how many students take the course. We are also attempting to offer a class or two in the RVA network.
Winter band concert: Hats off to Ms. Buss and the various bands that participated in our winter concert. The kids sounded great!
6.2 Superintendent’s report: Mr. Endreas: School Resource Officer: Endreas confirmed with the village to have a joint meeting with the two boards on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in our HSDLC.
Infant Care Center: The facility committee (Jordan and Jim) Bob, Stephanie and Endreas have met with Boson to explain our situation and create a plan moving forward. Endreas shared a proposal from Boson to begin the design element of the process. This will allow us to continue to move forward while awaiting the FEMA dollars. I am not asking for any action this evening but wanted to give the information with the plan of entertaining it at our meeting on Jan. 25.
Funding for Infant Care Center: Mr. Endreas and Stephanie Durrant have met with the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and our auditor as to the process of what funding area to support this project. The recommendation is to utilize Fund 49 (which we used for the last project) and to amend our Fund 46 ten-year plan to add the infant care center, I will also have this on the agenda for the Jan. 25 meeting. We also received direction as to the usage of the Fund 80 monies that we levied for and the correct way to allocate those funds.
7. CONSENT AGENDA: 7.1 Approve minutes of previous meetings and special board meeting: Minutes dated Dec. 21, 2022, regular board meeting minutes.
7.2 Staff resignations/retirements/leave requests (if any) 7.3 Personnel: Transfers/new hires (if any) 7.3-1 Approval of fall coaches for 2023-24 school year: Jason Gorst, head coach football; Nick Viegut, football; Samuel Buchberger, football; Erik Stratman, football; Andrew Hogden, football; Dakota Singera, middle school football; Jake Hoernke, middle school football; Matt Weiland, middle school football; Jared Klimmer, head coach cross country; Brittany Radue, cross country; Alicia Herman, head coach volleyball; Elizabeth Bauer, volleyball; Jenna Buss, volleyball (C-team); Hannah Engevold, middle school volleyball; Taylor Hall, middle school volleyball 7.3-2 Hire Stephanie DeCaire, middle school teacher 7.3-3 Hire Michele Wenzel, Rookie Rocket Learning Center 7.4 Awards, donations and gifts to the School District of Spencer (if any): Huge thank you to Burnett Transit for donating bus and driver, to transport students for Project Merry Christmas. Motion by Gorst, seconded by Lyon to approve consent agenda items as presented. All ayes, motion carried. Buss abstained.
8. Regular business: 8.1 Items moved from consent agenda: None. 8.2 Approval of vouchers and treasurer’s report: Vouchers to include check #085682 through #085728 dated Jan. 11, 2023, totaling $236,852,99. Treasurer’s report ending Dec. 31, 2022, as read by Treasurer Kelnhofer. Motion by Wesle, seconded by Kelnhofer to approve vouchers and treasurer’s report as presented. All ayes, motion carried.
9. Discussion item: 9.1 Items from consent agenda; None. 9.2 Presentation by School Interventionists: Tara Abel, Shannon Malone and Kassie Morzewski presented on their roles in the intervention process. Discussion.
9.3 Discussion of 2023 Wisconsin Association of School Board resolutions: Discussion.
10. ACTION ITEMS: 10.1 Items moved from consent agenda: 10.2 Approve open enrollment limits for the 2023-24 school year: This is a yearly requirement and have historically only placed limits in the area of Special Education programs. Administratively we met with MCSE and discussed caseloads etc. A summary of recommendations were shared. The areas with no space are the areas we would place a cap on for open enrollment purposes. If a student with the disability would physically move into the district we would serve them. Motion by Buss, seconded by Gorst to approve open enrollment limits for the 2023-24 school year as presented. All ayes, motion. carried.
10.3 Approve 2023-24 school year calendar: Discussion, Motion by Lyon, seconded by Buss to approve the 2023-24 school year calendar: four ayes, one nay. Motion carried.
11. BOARD TO CONVENE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER WI S.S. 19.85(1) (c) FOR THE PURPOSE OF; 11.1 Items moved from consent agenda: 11.2 Discussion and approval of administrative contracts for the 2023-25 school years: Motion by Gorst, seconded by Wesle to convene to executive session under WI S.S. 19.85 (1)(c) For the purpose of; 11.1 Items moved from consent agenda and 11.2 discussion and approval of administrative contracts for the 2023-25 school years. Roll call: Buss, Kelnhofer, Lyon, Gorst and Wesle present. All ayes, motion carried. Motion by Gorst, seconded by Kelnhofer to adjourn executive session at 8:22 p.m. All ayes, motion carried.
12. THE BOARD WILL RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION IMMEDIATELY UPON COMPLETING EXECUTIVE SESSION TO TAKE ACTION, IF NECESSARY ON SELECTED MATTERS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION: Motion by Buss, seconded by Wesle to approve 2023-25 PK-5 principal contract. All ayes, motion carried. Motion by Buss, seconded by Gorst to approve 2023-25 6-12 Principal contract. All ayes, motion carried. Motion by Buss, seconded by Gorst to approve 2023-25 district administrator contract. All ayes, motion carried.
13. IDENTIFY ITEMS FOR NEXT AGENDA: 13.1 Schedule meetings: 13.1-1 Regular Board of Education meeting: Feb. 15, 2023, 6:30 p.m, HSDLC 13.1-2 Facilitles Committee: Jan. 25, 2023, 6:30 p.m. HSDLC 13.1-3 Policy Committee 13.1-4 Safety Committee 14. Adjournment: Motion by Buss, seconded by Gorst to adjourn. All ayes, motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:24 p.m. s/Shawn Lyon, clerk DeniseBodendorfer,recordingsecretary WNAXLP 132626
