Board of Education Meeting Recap - Monday, July 10, 2023
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1. Call to order
1.1 Recognition of Stand-out Students and Staff
Congratulations to Billy Dupras!
2 Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda (9:47)
Added 8.13 – Beyond the Individual Contract for Services - The board voted and approved as amended
3. Public Presentations (11:44)
4. Finance
4.1 District Financial Information (18:09)
4.2 Year End Transfers for 2022-23 (20:28)
The board voted and approved Budget Transfers as presented (7-0)
5. Department Reports (21:24)
Director of Communications & Marketing
Director of Emergency Preparedness
6. Admin Reports
There are no admin reports in July
7. New Board of Education Business
7.1 Revenue Neutral Discussion (28:07)
Board voted and approved intent to exceed (4-3)
7.2 Schedule Date for Budget Hearing (57:40)
6:00 pm Tuesday, August 22, 2023
The board voted and approved (6-1)
7.3 Schedule Work Session Date – Security (1:03:38)
6:00 pm Tuesday, July 18, 2023
The board voted and approved (7-0)
7.4 2023-24 Handbooks – First read (1:07:35)
- LMS Teacher Handbook
- Early Childhood Staff Handbook
- Parent and Student Handbook
- LES Student Handbook
- LES Teacher Handbook
- LIS Teacher Handbook
- Substitute Teacher Handbook
7.5 Surplus Items (1:11:19)
The board voted and approved listing the items on Purple Wave for disposal (7-0)
8. Old Board of Education Business
8.1 Frog Street Curriculum (1:15:08)
7-10-23 Frog Street Curriculum for PreK
7-10-23 Frog Street Textbook-Resource Proposal for Adoption
The board voted and approved the Frog Street curriculum (7-0)
8.2 Board Member Comments (1:19:22)
8.3 Board of Education Annual Cycle Update and Approval (1:26:14)
7-10-23 Board Life Cycle Update
7-10-23 REVISED – Board of Education Annual Cycle
The board voted and approved (7-0)
8.4 Legal Services Options (1:29:10)
7-10-23 Polsnelli Legal Services_Lansing School District
7-10-23 Guin Mundorf, LLD Legal Services Agmt
7-10-23 2023-06-26 Letter to Mr. Dan Wessel – Guin Mundorf
7-10-23 McAnany, Van Cleave & Phillips Extracted pages from 2368_001
7-10-23 MVP Legal Services Agmt
The board voted to use KASB for 23-24 school year – motion failed (3-4)
8.5 June 2023 Updated KASB Policies and Forms (1:50:03)
6-26-23 June 2023 Updated KASB Policies and Forms
Voted and approved to accept policies except JVCC (7-0)
8.6 Board Policy – KG Use of School Facilities and Equipment (1:57:27)
7-10-23 Board Policy – KG Use of School Facilities and Equipment
Charge everyone except the city
The board voted and approved as presented (7-0)
8.7 2023-24 Handbooks (2:02:04)
The board voted and approved as presented (7-0)
The board voted and approved the creation of a Contractor Handbook (7-0)
8.8 Needs Assessment Positions (2:06:40)
The board voted and approved the following positions:
- Add Counselor and a Behavioral Interventionist aide for LMS.
- Add Academic Interventionist at LIS.
The board voted and approved the positions (6-0)
8.9 Facility Committee Update (2:13:43)
No update from the committee at this time
Mr. Kobza gave updates on facilities
8.10 Update on Facility Audit (2:17:06)
Two weeks from receiving final report that will be presented to facilities committee
8.11 Inventory Update (2:18:05)
In process- no update at this time.
8.12 HVAC Update (2:19:03)
Securing ten temporary air conditioning units.
8.13 Beyond the Individual Contract for Services (2:28:10)
9. Executive Session (2:31:09)
10. Information items (2:41:07)
11. Future Agenda Items (3:43:25)
12. Adjournment
Lansing USD469 welcomes our new staff members who were approved during the Regular Board of Education meeting on Monday, July 10th!