TheSacNews.com: Saturday, March 13, 2010

March 8, 2010 Sac City Council Call to Order

2010 Sac City Council attendance
Jim Johnston 6 of 6
Brian Muska 4 of 6
Administrator Adam Ledford 6 of 6
Mayor Barb Powell 5 of 6
Bill Brenny 5 of 6
Jim Frederick 5 of 6
Nich Frohardt 5 of 6 (1 late)
Clerk Sandy Tellinghuisen 6 of 6

At the March 8, 2010 Sac City Council meeting, the Sac City Council approved the agenda without amendment.

The minutes of the February 22, 2010-council meeting were approved without challenge.

The claims were approved without comment.

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VIDEO – Future East Sac County school board agenda items discussed

1. Budget hearing dates.
2. Adjournment of the boards.

VIDEO – East Sac County boards hire JVR softball coach

1. No resignations
2. Chris Bass hired to be JVR softball coach for $1,979 on a Sac contract.

VIDEO – East Sac County School board discusses proposed budget

1. Budgets are due April 15.
2. These budgets are based on last year’s budget and there are no radical changes.
3. we need to publish my pate march.
4. Sac tax rate is down to $11.75 and WLVA’s is down to $12.15.
5. Budgets come pre-populated from the state and there is very little for the boards to decide anymore.
6. Decisions the board has to make.
7. Overview of the parts of the budget and how it’s put together.
8. 2011 will be the last year for the instructional support levy.
9. PPEL levy will expire when the boards become one.
10. There are two types f levies.
10a. Last year was the first time the board didn’t exercise the extra $1.00.
11. SILO is not a levy.

1. All the sharing money did not go on WLVA budget.
1a. The school call sharing money different things.
2. I would like the WLVA sit down with me in March to discuss this.
2a. Could it be a together meeting?
3. It would be advisable for both districts to either not do a cash reserve, or for both districts to do the same amount.
4. Will meet on Tuesday 16 at 4:30 in Sac, public invited.

VIDEO – East Sac County school employment practices updated, At-risk position discussed at length

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Employment practices

1. Employment practices.
1a. There are 11 sets that must be part of the policy.
2. Employment policies updated to meet federal and state law by both boards.

Licensed staff recommendations part 1

1. Licensed staff recommendations
1a. We will need 4 teachers that are combination teachers for 3rd and 4th grade. (up from 3)
1b. WLVA will be adding the equivalent of a 3rd grade teacher.
1c. Only people eligible are WLVA contract teachers at first.
2. Will need a middle school Special Ed teacher.
2a. We were forced to do an involuntary transfer for that position in the past because we had no applicants.
2b. We have no one that is qualified that is willing to move to that district.
2c. Number of mandates for IEP has gone up so much and has become so expensive, that it is not worth it.
2d. Our teachers take a lot of work home with them.
3. We need an at-risk teacher at the middle school.
3a. Advertising recommended. Because we advertise doesn’t mean we have to hire.
4. Master contract specifies that a certain amount of time be taken for replacing the retirees.
3b. Point argued that other schools fulfill at-risk positions with administrative staff, (principals, counselors, etc.)
3c. Our teachers are loaded down.

Licensed staff recommendations part 2

1. I don’t really care what those other schools do, I want our kid’s to do better.
1a. our 4th grade is full of at-risk issues.
1b. Middle school teachers are already working with at-risk kids as much as possible.
1c. At risk position might be able to prevent at-risk students from entering credit recovery.
1d. The funding for an at-risk position is already in place.
1e. It will cost $500ish dollars per at risk kid.
1f. If we can’t find the right person, we aren’t going to just hire someone to fill the position, it would be too painful.

Licensed staff recommendations part 3

1. At risk teachers are usually seasoned and will be making in the $26K range.
2. Student comes into compliance after talk with superintendent.
3. The least the school can do is educate them.
4. The only position that’s debatable is the at-risk position.
5. I get nervous with either board making a motion before we know what the transfers will be.

VIDEO – East Sac County school boards examine impact of Healthy Kid’s Act

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1. Wellness policy
1a. Addition of list of updates.
1b. Juice machines to be closed down during school day beginning at breakfast.
1c. FCLA candy and cookie fundraisers can no longer be sold during day.
1d. Pancake day probably wouldn’t be safe either.
1e. Teachers can still have a soda machine.
2. Are students doing 30 minutes of physical activity per day?
2a. Yes.
3. Wellness policy approved by both boards.

VIDEO – The school board deliberation leading up to the decision to extend school days

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1. Our recommendation is that school starts at 8:00AM and ends at 3:40PM.
2. If the teacher is absent it will just count as a day.
3. How will subs be compensated?
4. Seniors will graduate on time.
5. School will end on May 28.
6. Are we in session on Good Friday?
6a. no… it’s a master contract issue.
7. We aren’t doing it to save money, but it does.
8. The high school and middle school have slightly different schedules.
9. Dave S. concerned about longer day for kindergarten students.
10. 1 single parent that lives by Carroll concerned about the early start, can it be changed to going late?
11. I had a few phone calls concerned about early start too.
12. Melissa B. can they put quiet time back into Kindergarten day?
12a. The teachers of younger students are sensitive to that and those concerns will be passed on.
13. The problem with it all…

1. It gets hard to meet everyone’s needs.
2. If there’s another snow day, we’ll just have to talk about it then.
3. WLVA extends school day until the end of year.
4. Sac extends school day until end of year

VIDEO – School Boards discuss future teacher salaries

Part 1

Part 2

VIDEO – East Sac County PPEL Projects Report

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1. Doors at the Sac Elementary School Building.
2. Freezer at the middle school.
3. Wall Lake Elementary building kitchen renovation.
4. Electrical renovation for the high school FCS area.
5. Hail damage at Wall Lake and Lake View sites.

Shirley Phillips has apparently decided to become personally involved in raising the price of our gasoline.

''If people want good roads to drive on - and certainly they can look around and see the condition the roads are in now - than we're going to have to pay for that,'' Phillips said. ''And probably the easiest on our pocketbooks is a few cents per gallon.''

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...I guess everyone needs a hobby. :(

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