Unified School District #377 Board of Education
306 Main Street, Effingham, KS 66023
(913) 833-4040 / FAX (913) 833-4210 / www.usd377.org
BEST Students, BEST Staff, BEST Schools!!!
Wednesday February 8, 2023
Regular Session – 6:30 P.M.
(A) – Action Item(s) (D) – Discussion Item
1.0 MEETING OPENING
1.01 Call the meeting to order
1.02 Approval of the agenda
ACTION NEEDED: MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA
2.0 HEARING OF THE AUDIENCE (A)
Speakers are encouraged to register by calling the Clerk of the Board at (913) 833‐5050 by 2:00 PM on the day of the meeting. Speakers may also register at the BOE meeting site, prior to the beginning of the meeting.
Hearing of Audience Rules:
- Presentations shall not exceed 5 minutes.
- Subjects, other than policy issues, will generally be referred to the administration.
- Comments shall be limited to issues and not refer to personalities.
- Presentations must be in good taste befitting the occasion and the dignity of the board meeting.
- When addressing the board, please be reminded that matters of a personal nature which, by their nature, identify an individual are prohibited by federal law in public discussion. Please assist us in protecting the privacy rights of students and staff.
Other Notes
The Board President shall be responsible for recognizing any speaker, maintaining proper order, and adhering to the set time limit. The President may interrupt or terminate an individual’s statement if it is disruptive, not germane to the business or activities of the Board, or in violation of Kansas Statutes regarding meetings or activities of the Board.
The Board President may deny any individual speaking privileges if previous conduct of the individual has indicated that the orderly conduct of a meeting may be threatened by that person’s appearance. The President has the option to stop the proceedings and poll the Board to determine if a speaker may continue.
During an open session, the Board shall not hear personal attacks, or rude or defamatory remarks of any kind about any employee or student of the School District or any person connected with the School District. The Board will also not accept public comments containing vulgar or obscene language. Any individual wishing to make a complaint about school personnel shall submit the complaint in writing to the Superintendent. If the complaint involves the Superintendent it shall be submitted in writing to the President of the Board.
3.0 RECOGNITIONS/PRESENTATIONS
Recognitions:
Jeff. County North All Tournament Team
- McKenzie Bauerle
- Natalie Nitz
- Addison Schletznaum
- Aleah Wallisch
Valley Falls All Tournament Team
1000 Pt Career Scorer
Jeff County North Tournament Champions – Girls Basketball
Diatrict II FBLA Contest and State Qualifiers
Objective Tests:
- Emma Ramirez - 2nd Computer Applications
- Emma Ramirez - 1st Database Design & Applications
- Madelyn Julo - 1st Advertising
- Conner Simmers - 2nd Business Calculations
- Gracie Kimmi - 1st Business Management
- Ashton Neill - 2nd Business Management
- Madelyn Julo - 3rd Business Management
- Conner Simmers - 1st Cybersecurity
- Emma Ramirez - 2nd Entrepreneurship
- Piper Schuh - 2nd Healthcare Admin
- Conner Simmers - 1st Insurance and Risk Mgmt
- Rebekah Caplinger - 1st Intro to Business Communication
- Leah Wilson - 1st Intro to Business Concepts
- Lillian Newell - 2nd Intro to Business Concepts
- Ashton Neill - 3rd Intro to Business Concepts
- Lillian Newell - 2nd Intro to Business Procedures
- Rebekah Caplinger - 3rd Intro to Business Procedures
- Gracie Kimmi - 2nd Intro to Event Mgmt
- Adeline McManus - 3rd Intro to Event Mgmt
- ***Note that ACCHS students took 7 of the top 10 in this event***
- Rebekah Caplinger - 3rd Intro to Financial Math
- Taylor Begesse - 1st Intro to Information Technology
- Danica Worley - 3rd Intro to Information Technology
- Adeline McManus - 1st Intro to Marketing Concepts
- Gracie Kimmi - 2nd Intro to Marketing Concepts
- Leah Wilson - 2nd Intro to Parli Pro
- Emili Postma - 3rd Journalism
- Conner Simmers - 1st Mgmt Information Systems
- Madelyn Julo - 3rd Marketing
- Emma Ramirez - 1st Network Design
- Conner Simmers - 2nd Organizational Leadership
- Brylyn Jolly - 2nd Parli Pro
- Natalie Navinskey - 1st Personal Finance
- Piper Schuh - 2nd Personal Finance
- Madelyn Julo - 3rd Personal Finance
- Ashton Neill - 3rd Securities & Investments
Presentation Events
- Business Management - 2nd place (Ashton Neill & Gracie Kimmi)
- Client Services - Natalie Navinskey - 1st
- Client Services - Brylyn Jolly - 2nd
- Entrepreneurship - 1st place (Emma Ramirez, Gracie Kimmi, Ben Rush)
- Intro to Event Planning - 1st place (Gracie Kimmi, Trinity Williams, Lillian Newell)
- Intro to Event Planning - 3rd Place - Ryleigh Anderson
- Marketing - 3rd place (Emma Ramirez, Gracie Kimmi)
- Network Design - 1st place (Trinity Williams, Danica Worley, Emma Ramirez)
- Sales Presentation - 1st place - Ashton Neill
Spelling Bee
- Huntley Bush – 5th
- Lance Smith – 10th
Presentation: MTSS Data Report
4.0 CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS (A)
4.01 Approval of Minutes January 16, 2023
4.02 Approval of Financials
4.0201 Activity Reports, Bills & Claims
4.0202 Treasurer's Report
4.03 Acceptance of Gifts & Grants
4.04 Acceptance of Correspondences
4.0401 Keystone Superintendent’s Meeting Minutes from 01/12/2023
4.0402 Keystone BOD Minutes from 12/21/2022
4.0403 KSDE Wellness Coach report
4.0404 Greenbush Virtual Academy MOU
4.0405 Atchison County Community Schools Ed Foundation minutes 12/19/2022
4.0406 Accept the LWCF Annual operation and maintenance assurance statement
4.0407 Accept KS Dept of Labor Complaint Report
4.05 Acceptance of the Personnel Report
4.06 Acceptance of Form 1097 - Quarterly QZAB Statement
4.07 Accept Greenbush2023 Virtual Drivers Ed Agreement
4.08 Acceptance of Principals Reports
4.0801 Mr Wallisch
4.0802 Mrs McMillan
4.0803 Mr Shelton
RECOMMENDED ACTION: MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED.
5.0 LEADERSHIP REPORTS
5.01 Mrs. Brown, Board Clerk
5.02 Superintendent’s Report
5.03 Keystone Report
6.0 OLD BUSINESS
6.01 Jr-Sr High HVAC upgrade bid acceptance (A)
Purpose: DCS will be bringing the bids for the HVAC upgrades on 2/8/2023. The winning bid will be presented for the board to reveiew and accept.
Supporting Documents: Bid Document
Reccommendation: To approve the bid for the Jr-Sr HVAC upgrades as presented.
7.0 NEW BUSINESS
7.01 After Prom Request to Use Buses (D)
7.02 Discussion on exploring contracted IT services (D)
8.0 EXECUTIVE SESSION
8.01 EXECUTIVE SESSION – PERSONNEL (A)
Recommendation (15 minutes): Move to go into executive session to discuss personnel matters of non-elected personnel in order to protect the privacy interests of the individual/s to be discussed, and that the board returns to open session in this room at_______.
8.02 EXECUTIVE SESSION - (A)
Recommendation (15 minutes): Move to go into executive session for the exception of a preliminary discussion of the acquisition of real property under KOMA, and the open meeting will resume in the board room at_______.
9.0 ACTION FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION
9.01 OTHER
9.02 ADJOURN
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