THE BOARD REPORT BLAIR
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, BLAIR, NEBRASKA
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING? The Board of Education
met on Monday, October 13, 2008, at 7:00 p.m., in the Board of Education Room. Board members present were Mic Pinquoch, Lyle Schjodt, Lana Pleak, Dr. John Renelt, Amy Hansen, Richard Hansen, and Herta Bouvia. APPROVAL OF EMERGENCY ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA The Board of Education voted unanimously to add to the Agenda a letter from Jim Ryan for facility use, Bank reconciliation to the Treasurer's Report and General Fund Claim corrections. CHAD and KAMA McCLANAHAN REQUEST The Board of Education voted 7-1 to table a request from Chad and Kama McClanahan for the Board of Education to make an exception to the Option Enrollment Deadline of March 15 so that their son, Tristyn, may be opted into the Blair Schools starting in November, 2008. JOE ANDERSON, HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA SPONSOR and TOM ANDERSON, HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL R E Q U E S T The Board of Education unanimously voted to approve a request from High School Drama Sponsor, Joe Anderson, to actively pursue a trip to New York City to be held June 5-8, 2009. High School Principal, Tom Anderson, recommended that the students be given the opportunity to participate in this trip with parent permission and no financial support from the Board. APPROVAL OF FACILITY USE The Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the following requests for facility use with details to be worked out with the Administration: 1. Gail Snyder, Coordinator for 7th and 8th grade girls' Twin River Valley Basketball Conference, to use Blair gym facilities from October to March, 2009, for practice sessions and home games. 2. Blair Family YMCA to use an elementary gymnasium from October 20 through March, 2009, from 5-8 p.m. for practice sessions, and for games on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for the youth basketball league. 3. Eric Warner, Blair Wrestling Club, to use the High School and Middle School wrestling facilities from January 5 through March 30, 2009, for wrestling practices. 4. Bogart Nomad, First Lutheran Church, to use the High School Gymnasium for a Memorial Day weekend to hold a "Longest Continuous Game of Basketball" for their Mission Trip/Faith Journey to the ELCA National Youth gathering next summer with charges incurred for custodial, energy and security costs. APPROVAL OF BOARD POLICIES ON FIRST READING The Board of Education voted unanimously to approve on first reading, revised Board of Education Policies 204.12, Public Participation in Board Meetings, 403.05, Public Complaints About Employees, 905.02, Annual Emergency Safety Plan, and 1005.01, Public Complaints, and new Board of Education Policies, 410.08, Certificated Family Military Leave, 415.08, Classified Family Military Leave, and 504.19, Bullying Prevention. PAYMENT OF SIGNAGE AT BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL The Board of Education voted 5-2 to pay $3,718 for signage at Blair High School to EPCO, Ltd., Inc. & Sampson Construction from the Building Fund and to reimburse the Building Fund with proceeds from the Bond Issue Fund, if available. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS The Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the following gifts: 1. 2. 3. 4. Marilyn Neef's donation to the softball program of 28 new uniforms. Pat and Angie Boyd's donation of used band instruments to the Blair High School Band. Blair Telephone Company's donation of $200 to be used by the Cheerleader Squad for homecoming activities. Target Company's donations of 1% of purchased designated by their guests in the amounts of $195.16 to North Elementary, $93.51 to West Elementary, $148.90 to Arbor Park Middle School, $79.93 to Gerald Otte Blair Middle School, and $513.28 to Blair High School, for a total of $1,030.78.
EXECUTIVE SESSION The Board of Education voted to go into Executive Session at 7:55 p.m., for the purpose of discussing the possible sale and/or purchase of property and for the protection of the pubic interest. They reconvened to Regular Session at 8:40 p.m. ADJOURNMENT The Board of Education voted unanimously to adjourn the meeting at 8:45 p.m. The next regular meeting is scheduled for November 10, 2008, at 7:00 p.m., in the Board of Education Room.
Dr. Steven P. Shanahan Superintendent of Schools