Highlights of Board of Education Regular Meeting

December 12, 2016

CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH & STUDENT AND STAFF RECOGNITIONS

·         A group of Dogwood Elementary students performed a 7 Habits holiday song. 

·    Jared Valdez was recognized as the Camdenton Classified Employee of the Month for December.  Jared is a paraprofessional at Oak Ridge Intermediate. 

·         Dr. Tina Woolsey, Director from AdvancEd, presented the District’s accreditation plaque.

·       Emily Zaretzky was presented a plaque in appreciation of her time and effort to serve as a Student Advisor to the Board of Education over the past year.

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PUBLIC COMMENT

There was no public comment.

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CONSENT ITEMS

A.     Approve Minutes and Documentation of Regular Meeting – November 14, 2016

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B.     Approve Minutes and Documentation of Special Meeting – November 22, 2016

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C.     Approve Excellence in Education Nominations 

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D.      Approve Board Policy Updates from Mo. School Boards’ Association

The Board had a first read of the following policies in November.  Board approval was now sought.

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E.       Approve Full Maintenance Service Agreement with Missouri School Boards’ Association

The Board was asked to approve the service agreement with MSBA to review, write, and monitor policies for the Board’s consideration.  The district currently subscribes to this service.

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F.       Approve Request for Course Additions/Name Changes

Information regarding proposed new course offerings/name changes was presented.  The Board was asked to approve an Engineering Design & Development class for 2016-17 and for 2017-18 LCTC Allied Health Career Development, Human Diseases & Conditions, and course name changes for Medical Terminology/Pathophysiology and Health Science.

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G.      Approve Early Graduation for Additional Qualified Students

Brett Thompson, High School Principal, requested approval for a couple more qualified students for early graduation (December 2016). 

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H.      Approve Partnership with Area Service Providers to Form the Ozarks Rural Health Network

Goals for the network are to collaborate, integrate services, and focus on quality, addressing social detriments of health in the Missouri Ozarks region.  For example, the joint activities proposed between Camdenton School District, Lake Regional Health System, and Central Ozarks Medical Center in terms of medical, dental, and behavioral health services.  The current membership of the network includes Central Ozarks Medical Center, Camden County Health Department, Lake Regional Health System, Pulaski County Health Department, Camden County Developmental Disability Resources, Good Samaritan of the Ozarks, Missouri Ozarks Community Action, and Medical Missions for Christ Community Health Center.

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I.        Approve Learning Momentum Agreement to Provide Educational Services

The contract pending approval was for a self-contained classroom, to be located in our Middle School building.  This classroom will focus on the students with the highest needs in the area of social/emotional behavior.  Since this classroom is so specialized, we are contracting with Learning Momentum (pending Board approval) to provide the educational services, the specially trained teacher, and the licensed behavior specialist.  This contract provides for those services.

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J.       Approval of Administrative Services Agreement for the Affordable Care Act Information Reporting Program (Agreement to Provide ACA Information Reporting & ACA Health Information Returns Reporting)

Due to ACA regulations we must submit ACA information returns to the Federal Government.  We must provide employees IRS forms in January 2017 and report to the IRS in March 2017.  InTech Health Ventures can provide assistance with this task.  This is a much more affordable option than our other options.  An agreement and other information was attached.  We have previously worked with representatives from InTech and found their work to be of very high quality.  Estimated cost is $5,075.

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K.      Accept Audit Bids for 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019

The district solicited proposals for audit bids for the next three fiscal years, providing services are satisfactory.  Three bids were received.  The recommendation was to accept the bid from Graves & Associates as presented.

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Consent items were approved as recommended.

BILLS & TREASURER’S REPORT

The bills and the treasurer’s report were approved as presented.

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NEW BUSINESS 

SPECIAL SERVICES REPORT

(Parents as Teachers, Pre-School, 504, Special Education, etc.)

Shanna Weber presented information related to the Camdenton R-III Special Services Department. 

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GIFTED REPORT

Mrs. Angie Rogers presented the annual report on Gifted Education.

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UNFINISHED BUSINESS

UPDATE ON FACILITY UPGRADES

The Board’s subcommittee reported on updates from its recent meeting.  The Board approved a marketing agreement with Daktronics Sports Marketing and entered an agreement with Tim Cowan, Athletic Surfaces Plus project consultant, to obtain turf field bids for the Bob Shore Stadium field with an 8% total cost of the field as his fee which includes $10,000 up front.

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ANNUAL BOARD GOALS

One of the annual Board goals is to administer a staff survey.  This will be sent to staff in January with a few additional questions.

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STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE

Dr. Hadfield provided strategic plan updates. 

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BOARD WRAP-UP

This is an opportunity for the Board to report on upcoming meetings, meetings attended, registrations, and deadlines.  The following items were discussed.

                                               ·               Board Activity Calendar

                                               ·               No December Special Board meeting.

                                               ·               January 9^th Board Meeting tentative Report is the Food Services Report.

                                               ·               MSBA Legislative Session – February 14, 2017

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EXECUTIVE SESSION

In compliance with State Statute 610.021 (closed meetings and closed records), the Board went into Executive Session for the following purposes:

1)     Leasing, purchase or sale of real estate by a public governmental body (610.021)(2).

2)     Hiring, firing, disciplining, or promoting particular employees (610.021)(3).

3)     Individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings, or records pertaining to employees (610.021)(13).

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