January 15, 2024 School Board Minutes
January 16, 2024
MINUTES OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING
BOARD OF EDUCATION
7:00 P.M, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 2024
BOARD MEMBERS
Paul Schmit, Presiding Officer
Jim Scott, Vice President
Sandy Owens, Secretary/Treasurer-Board of Education
Lisa Linville
Cody Backer
Lucas Miller
Superintendent of Schools
Daryl Schrunk
The regular meeting of the Randolph Board of Education was called to order at 7:02 p.m. by Paul Schmit on January 15th, 2024, with the following present: Members: Paul Schmit, Jim Scott, Sandy Owens, Lisa Linville, Cody Backer, Lucas Miller, Superintendent Schrunk, Principal Beacom and Principal Bartels. When considering the agenda, Sandy Owens and Lisa Linville declared a potential conflict of interest and indicated they will abstain from voting on the agenda item of approving School Depository (First State Bank). The appropriate NADC form for this will be kept on file with the board minutes. Schmit announced and informed the public that a current copy of the open meetings act is posted in the board room.
Motion was made by Backer and seconded by Scott to hereby determine that this meeting was preceded by published notice in the January 10th, 2024, Randolph Times and is hereby duly convened in open session. On roll call vote motion carried 6-0.
Everyone joined in the pledge of allegiance to the flag.
Mr. Schrunk took nominations for the election of Board President. Nomination by Linville for Paul Schmit for President, no other nominations were made. Paul Schmit was declared President on voice vote with Schmit abstaining motion carried 5-0.
The meeting was then turned over to President Schmit.
Nomination by Owens for Jim Scott for Vice President, no other nominations were made. Jim Scott was declared Vice President on voice vote with Scott abstaining motion carried 5-0.
Nomination by Scott for Sandy Owens for Secretary/Treasurer, no other nominations were made. Sandy Owens was declared Secretary/Treasurer on voice vote with Owens abstaining motion carried 5-0.
Motion was made by Linville and seconded by Miller that Robert’s Rules of Order be suspended, and a unanimous ballot be cast for Recording Secretary – Secretary of BOE (Tiffany Kalin), Official Newspaper (Randolph Times), and School Attorney (PGH & G Law Firm). On roll call vote motion carried 6-0.
Motion was made by Miller and seconded by Schmit to approve the school depository (First State Bank). On roll call vote motion carried 4-0. Abstain from voting were Owens and Linville.
Motion was made by Schmit and seconded by Linville to approve all board committee assignments remain the same. On roll call vote motion carried 6-0.
Motion was made by Scott and seconded by Owens to approve the regular meeting minutes of December 11th, 2023. On roll call vote motion carried 6-0.
Motion was made by Linville and seconded by Owens to approve the January 2024 claims. On roll call vote motion carried 6-0.
Under the discussion items regarding student learning, Mr. Beacom shared recent results from AIMs Testing and an update on the Nebraska Reads Act. The results from the testing shows that students are making significant progress.
Motion was made by Backer and seconded by Owens to approve the Annual Report. On roll call vote motion carried 6-0.
Motion was made by Miller and seconded by Linville to approve a 2-year cooperative agreement with Osmond Community Schools for high school girls’ and boys’ basketball beginning the 2024-25 school year. On roll call vote motion failed 0-6. Everyone voting no.
Motion was made by Miller and seconded by Backer to approve a cooperative agreement with Osmond Community Schools for junior high school girls’ and boys’ basketball beginning the 2024-25 school year. On roll call vote motion failed 0-6. Everyone voting no.
K-6 Principal Beacom, 7-12 Principal Bartels and Superintendent Schrunk gave their monthly reports to the board.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
Notice is hereby given that the next regular board meeting of the Randolph Board of Education will be Tuesday, February 6th, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. The regular meeting will be held in the high school boardroom and is open to the public. An agenda is kept continually current and is available for public inspection in the Superintendent’s Office during regular office hours.
I, the undersigned, the duly qualified and acting Recording Secretary of the Randolph Board of Education, Randolph, Nebraska, hereby certify that the attached and foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of a meeting of the Randolph Board of Education, held in open session at Randolph, Nebraska on the 15th day of January 2024 which meeting was preceded by published notice.
Respectfully Submitted
Tiffany Kalin
Recording Secretary
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