By Leesa K. Bartu
Exeter-Milligan school board met on Wednesday July 15th but
were not able to attain a quorum of members so the board rescheduled the
meeting to Thursday July 16th. Member Adam Erdkamp was absent.
Treasurer Jim Zeleny read the treasurer’s report and the
board approved the minutes from the June 15th meeting. After the
bills from July were reviewed the consensus agenda was approved.
The curricular report was given on Wednesday evening by Mary
Lou Vossler, the FCCLA advisor, along with three of her students who gave their
presentation from the National Convention where they had recently competed.
Superintendent Paul Sheffield gave an update on the building
project. He expects construction will begin next week with the new
gymnasium entries first. “We had to move everything out of the storage
room and also the kitchen stuff was removed from the storage room in the
gym. The distance learning room is now the kitchen storage room,”
explained Sheffield.
The board gave the policy updates a second reading .All the
updates were changed by the school lawyer following new legislation changes.
Sheffield gave a brief recap of the changes in policies.
One change that Sheffield noted was a legislative bill which
changed the bid requirements for a school district project from 40,000 to
$100,000 minimum. Also, LB923 provides for school personnel to receive suicide
prevention training each year.
Other policies updated dealt with homeless students, student
illnesses, sex equality and school wellness. The board approved all of
the revisions and the additions to the policies unanimously.
The board moved on to new business which included a review
of the activity policy. One change was made in the consequences for Drug,
Alcohol and Tobacco violations. If a student violates the policy
standards while attending or participating in a school sponsored activity
additional sanctions will include an automatic thirty school day suspension
from all school activities with no opportunity to reduce the suspension and if
the student is a senior in high school they will not be allowed to participate
in the graduation ceremony.
Board members Kendra Jansky and Jim Zeleny both voiced their
support. Jansky noted, “I think these are good changes.”
Zeleny agreed, “This is a good policy. We give them a
second change.”
After further discussion the board unanimously accepted the
new policy.
The only change in the handbook for the students was the
activity policy change. Sheffield reported that they would be informing
the students of the policy change on the first day of school.
Sheffield presented the census report and noted that there
are 15 students signed up for kindergarten.
Also under new business Sheffield requested that the board
approve the purchase of a one man lift to help them change light bulbs in the
gyms or put up banners. He explained that this lift transports easily in
the back of a pickup. Right now the custodial personnel have to rent one from York
or Lincoln. The purchase price is around $6500.
After checking on a source for funding the board encouraged
Sheffield to purchase the lift.
The school open house will be held on Wednesday Aug 12 from
5 – 7 at both campuses. Sheffield warned that there will be construction
going on. “It will be good for people to be aware of the construction,” noted
President Sharon Kuska.
Sheffield also gave the storm damage updates. “All the
roofs the insurance paid for are done. The only thing on siding we have
someone coming to take a look. We still won’t close out the claim because
we have three years to get it all done. I want to make sure after another
year the other roofs are fine.”
Summer projects have continued with lights replaced in the
Exeter site gm and outdoor lights in Milligan. Sheffield reported the
fiber line was moved into the computer lab instead of being in the distance
learning room and they expect the bleachers to be installed in August.
A new pad for the scorers table in Milligan was
presented. It would be held on to the table with Velcro and the cost was
$300.
Sheffield also noted that he will be moving his office to
the conference room and Jackie Yound will be moving into his office. The
board will begin holding their meetings in the elementary computer lab until
the addition is complete.’
The board set the next meeting for August 12th in
Milligan at 8 p.m.
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