Minutes of the February 12, 2024 Board of Education Meeting.

Present:

Jason Winder	Allisha Engemann

Nathan Geiger	Mike Estes

Annika Franken	Patrick McKernan

Jennifer Luedke	Janel Anderson

Tim Grable

The regular Board of Education Meeting was called to order by Vice President Jason Winder at 6 p.m. at Troy Central Office.

AGENDA

It was moved by Bowe and seconded by Geiger to approve the agenda as presented. Motion Carried.

MOMENT OF SILENCE

The Board of Education took a moment of silence to reflect on all the servicemen home and abroad serving our country at this time and law enforcement officers.

VOUCHERS AND BILLS

It was moved by Grable and seconded by Franken to approve the vouchers and bills as presented. Motion Carried.

VISITORS:

Karlie Grable, Kelli Rodgers, and Jeremy Prudden

PRESENTATIONS:

Kelli Rodgers and THS Senior Karlie Grable presented the senior trip with expenses paid update.

The senior class will be traveling to Panama City, FL April 20-24.

PUBLIC FORUM:

None

CONSENT AGENDA

It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Bowe to approve the consent agenda as presented.

Approval of Minutes – January 10 & January 31, 2024 Minutes

Motion Carried.

February 19, 2024 will be a weather make up day for USD 429 Troy.

Mr. McKernan updated the Board of Education that Kansas Education Systems Accrediation Cycle 2 visit is scheduled for April 18, 2024. A retirement reception will be held for Mr. Shaginaw and Mr. Estes on May 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM at THS. Congratulations to Malique Doss, TMS Grade 8 student, that won first place in the county spelling bee. Troy USD 429 has 2 current teaching positions open. The annual KERMP was held and new premium will come due in July 2024. An update on Small Rural Schools Grant money was given to the board.

Mrs. Engemann updated the Board of Education on Kindergarten Round Up will transition to Kindergarten Recruitment Night on Thursday, April 15th at 6 PM. This is replacing the districts previous round up format as our district assessment system has grown to include preschool, giving the district a much better understanding of student preschool performance. The board of education was given the list of spelling bee participants from TGS. Preliminary summer school discussions have begun. Summer School will run the month of June.

Mr. Estes updated the Board of Education that Miss Clary and the play students will be performing “Little Shop of Horrors” on March 22 and 23. With a KSHSAA rule change in wrestling, wrestling regionals will now only be one day February 17th. Mrs. Shanna Smith is helping Mr. Greaser with selling ads and setting up the yearbook pages. Queen of Courts was a successful week. ACT free for Juniors will be March 5th. The HS Scholar Bowl went 3-3 at regionals. The team consisted of 6 freshman girls. They won a match at each tournament this season. The MS Scholar Bowl has started their season and will conclude on February 19th with league. Congratulations to Malique Doss, TMS 8th grader, for winning the spelling bee.

A DCEC report was updated by Mr. Bowe and Mr. Geiger.

Mr. Estes and Mrs. Engemann were excused from the meeting at 7:50 PM

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Franken to go into executive session to discuss an individual(s) employee’s performance pursuant to non-elected personnel exception under KOMA and the open meeting will resume in the board room at 8:04 p.m.

Remaining: Board and Superintendent

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Luedke to extend Mrs. Allisha Engemann’s contract for an additional year. Motion Carried.

It was moved by Bowe and seconded by Franken to extend Mr. McKernan’s contract for an additional year. Motion Carried.

TMS/THS PRINCIPAL

It was moved by Grable and by Geiger to approve a 2 year contract for Jeremy Prudden as TMS/THS Principal. Motion Carried.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:17 p.m.

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Janel Anderson, Clerk of the Board