Minutes
CCSD Board of Directors’ Regular Meeting
November 21, 2022
5:30 p.m. Board Room, Adams Elementary School
CALL MEETING TO ORDER – President Cindy Johnson called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
PUBLIC FORUM – Jill Johnston, Summer Parrott, Becky Boes and Jack Friel addressed the board regarding their views on the recent objections made to the district of certain books in the media center. Amy Dea addressed the board regarding her objection to certain books in the media center.
ROLL CALL – Board members present were President Cindy Johnson, Vice President Onica Ulveling, Kristen Lundstrom, Karen Friedlein and Duane Horsley.
APPROVE AGENDA – Duane Horsley moved and Onica Ulveling seconded to approve the agenda with the change of moving item 12-Recommendation from Reconsideration Committee up between items 4 and 5. Motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote.
RECOMMENDATION FROM RECONSIDERATION COMMITTEE – Onica Ulveling moved to accept the reconsideration committee’s recommendation to keep the book “Sold” in the CHS media center with no restrictions. Kristen Lundstrom seconded the motion and the motion passed 3-2 with members Onica Ulveling, Kristen Lundstrom and Cindy Johnson voting in favor and member Duane Horsley and Karen Friedlein voting against.
DONATIONS – Nicole McCarville presented four donations for approval: $5,000 from Brian Keat to CMS to be used in the areasof STEM and/or science in memory of his mother, Mary Keat, a former 5th grade teacher at CCSD; a 1999 EZ Go Golf Cart from the Carroll County Ambulance Service to the district for the stadium facility; $100 to the Tiger Cupboard from the CMS Courtesy Committee; and $100 from Rachel Brincks to the Tiger Cupboard. Onica Ulveling moved and Duane Horsley seconded to accept the donations. The motion pass unanimously on a roll call vote.
PRESENTATION – Members of the Carroll Area FFA gave a presentation on their recent trip to the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis as well as an update on their tractor restoration project.
PERSONNEL REPORT – Dr. Berlau presented the following:
RESIGNATIONS:
1. Melvin Buse wishes to resign from his Seasonal/Grounds Custodial position effective November 30th.
2. Keaton Snyder wishes to resign from his custodial position effective November 15th.
3. Ali Hike wishes to resign from her teacher associate position at Adams Elementary effective Nov. 24th.
4. Mollie Lappe wishes to resign from her assistant drama director position at CHS.
5. Joey Lappe wishes to resign from his set construction position at CHS.
6. Kim Fields wishes to resign from her food service position. She wishes to be put on the sub list.
7. Cheyenne Lewis wishes to resign from her teacher associate position at Fairview effective December 16th.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
- Jeff Cullen would like to recommend Dave Miller for a morning and afternoon shuttle route (school van). If approved he would work 5 hours per day and be paid $20.02 per hour. Dave qualifies for the $1,000 sign on bonus.
- Jeff Cullen would like to recommend Nora Dirkx for a sub and activity bus driving position pending her acquiring her CDL training.
- Jeff Cullen would like to recommend Kevin Wenck for a morning and afternoon contracted route. If approved he would work 5 hours per day and be paid $20.02 per hour. Kevin qualifies for the $1,000 sign on bonus.
- Sue Ruch would like to recommend Jacki Sorenson for a teacher associate (special education) position at Fairview Elementary. If approved Jacki would work 6.75 hours per day and be paid $13.05 per hour and is retroactive to Nov. 8th.
- Sue Ruch would like to recommend Sarah Klocke for a teacher associate (special education) position at Fairview Elementary. If approved Sarah would work 6.75 hours per day and be paid $13.55 per hour (the base pay of $13.05 plus 30 cents/hour for education plus 20 cents/hour for experience.
- Kourtney Abbots would like to recommend Xavier Hernandez for a general education teacher associate position at CHS retroactive to November 16th. If approved Xavier would work 7 hours per day and be paid $13.29 per hour (the base pay of $12.79 plus 30 cents/hour for education plus 20 cents/hour for experience).
- Randy Bissen would like to recommend Jake Gute for the fall play musical director lead. Randy is recommending Jake be paid $1,196 which is equivalent to .035 of Step 0 on the base of the salary schedule.
- Jeff Dvorak is recommending Matthew Janssen for a snow removal operator position pending a clear background check. If approved he would receive $15 per hour and work on an as needed basis.
- Jeff Dvorak is recommending Joe Brincks for a snow removal operator position pending a clear background check. If approved he would receive $15 per hour and work on an as needed basis.
- Randy Bissen is recommending Nicole Martin for the JH wrestling position. If approved Nicole would be on Step 0 of the salary schedule and would receive 1,845.
VOLUNTEER:
- Crystal Boes is recommending Shirley Snyder as a volunteer in third and fourth grade classrooms.
- Sue Ruch is recommending Sarah Tiefenthaler, Mikala Landon, Emily Rose Drees, Shellene Feld, and Jessica Brown as volunteers in the T2K classrooms at Fairview.
CONTRACT MODIFICATION:
- Sue Ruch is recommending Trish McNamara's Letter of Assignment be modified from 4 hours per day to 5 hours per day.
- Jeff Cullen is recommending a $25 monthly cell phone reimbursement for Jennifer Dentlinger due to her on-call type duties related to transportation, such as calls from drivers related to their routes, activity drivers on evenings/weekends, and other emergency calls for local and state contacts related to district transportation.
Duane Horsley moved and Karen Friedlein seconded to approve the personnel recommendations. The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote.
CONSENT AGENDA -
- Minutes from October 17, 2022 and November 7, 2022 board meetings and November 7, 2022 reconsideration committee meeting
- Bills: General - $297,994.36; PPEL - $4,667.30; Nutrition - $57,339.13; SAVE - $58,359.92 ; Activity $52,078.35; Management - $8,884.00; UMB Bond Payments - $43,775 (PPEL) & $281,229.40 (SAVE)
- Administrative Reports
- Board Policy Revisions
First Reading of the following policies:
633 Use of Information Resources
633R1 Use of Information Resources-Regulations
636 Advertisements in School Publications
Second Reading of the following policies:
410 Compliance with the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
465 Insurance (Non-bargaining Personnel)
508 Graduation Requirements
623 Dual Enrollment
624 International Study
625 Instruction at a Post-Secondary Educational Institution
626 Foreign Students
627 Virtual/On-Line Courses
628 Instructional Materials Selection
628R1 Instructional Materials Selection Regulation
629 Instructional Materials Inspection
630 Objection to Instructional and Media Center Materials
630R1 Objection to Instructional and Media Center Materials Regulation
630E1 Instructions to the Reconsideration Committee
630E2 Reconsideration of Instructional Materials
630E3 Sample Letter to the Individual Challenging Instructional Materials
630E4 Request to Prohibit a Student from Checking Out Specific Media Center Materials
631 Media Centers
644 Student Health Service
906 Public Examination of School District Records
924 Student Fund Raising
924R1 Student Fund Raising Regulation
924.1 Online Fundraising Campaigns - Crowdfunding
Discussion was held regarding questions Karen Friedlein had on policy 628R1. Onica Ulveling moved to approve the consent agenda as is and Kristen Lundstrom seconded. The motion passed unanimously on a roll call vote.
OLD BUSINESS
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- Discuss Voluntary Retirement Plan for 2022-23 – no action taken, thus no voluntary retirement incentive will be offered for FY23 end of year.
LEASE AGREEMENT WITH MERCHANTS PARK – Onica Ulveling moved and Duane Horsley seconded to approve the lease with the City of Carroll for use of Merchants Park for CHS baseball. The motion passed unanimously.
LEASE WITH CITY OF CARROLL FOR INDOOR SWIMMING POOL – Dr. Berlau and board members had some questions on some of the language in the lease as it was presented so no action was taken on the lease. CCSD will work with the city to get the lease updated.
ADJOURNMENT – At 7:21 p.m., Onica Ulveling moved to adjourn, unanimous approval.
