Minutes of the March 11, 2024 Board of Education Meeting.

Present:

Nikia Weber

Jason Winder	Allisha Engemann

Tim Grable	Mike Estes

Annika Franken	Patrick McKernan

Jennifer Luedke	Janel Anderson

Nathan Geiger – 6:02 PM

Steve Bowe – 6:55 PM

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

AGENDA

It was moved by Winder and seconded by Luedke to approve the agenda as amended:

Addition 7g: Homecoming/Queen of Court Candidate Selections. 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.

Mr. Geiger arrived at 6:02 PM

VOUCHERS AND BILLS

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

Junior Class Officers, Macy Grable and Brynlee Ashworth, gave the Board of Education prom invitations. The Junior/Senior prom will be April 27th at 6 PM at The Wildflower.

VISITORS:

Amy Hartman, Joe Hartman, Bethany Cluck, Macy Grable, Brynlee Ashworth, and Jeremy Prudden

PUBLIC FORUM:

Amy Hartman addressed the Board of Education about Basketball season concerns.

CONSENT AGENDA

It was moved by Franken and seconded by Grable to approve the consent agenda as presented.

Approval of Minutes - February 12, 2024

Approval of Resignations – Rebekah Clary and Emi Deters

Accept Wolf Foundation Grant

Motion Carried.

APROVAL OF 2024 DRIVER EDUCATION FEE

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Franken to approve the 2024 summer Driver Education Fee of $234.00. Motion Carried.

24-25 CALENDAR

It was moved by Grable and seconded by Geiger to approve the 2024-2025 District Calendar. Motion Carried.

Mr. Bowe arrived at 6:55 PM

APPROVAL OF REVISED GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Franken to approve the revised graduation requirements as presented to the Board of Education. Motion Carried.

APPROVAL OF PREK-5 ELA CURRICULUM

It was moved by Franken and seconded by Geiger to approve the purchase of ELA Curriculum from Amplify CKLA in the amount not to exceed $78040. Motion Carried.

APPROVAL OF COPER LEASE

It was moved by Grable and seconded by Franken to approve the four year copier lease/maintenance bid from Imaging Solution. Motion Carried.

A discussion on board policies IC and IF were discussed.

It was the consensus of the Board of Education that Homecoming and Queen of Court Candidate Selections stay the same as in the past and candidates that were previously up for the Homecoming not be eliminated from being up for Queen of Courts.

Mr. McKernan updated the Board of Education that master teacher selections will need to be completed by April 25th. The outside validation team visit will be April 18th. A preliminary discussion an allowing 6th grade boys to play ms basketball during the 25-26 season was discussed due to such low numbers. The district will be moving forward with purchasing the Hudl AD Package. A list of capital improvements was given to the board.

Mrs. Engemann updated the Board of Education. Mrs. Engemann thanked the PTO for all the things they do for the students and staff at Troy Grade School. Summer School plans are being worked on. Teachers are currently working on student referrals. Mrs. Engemann discussed how the staff worked on the two year ELA analysis that help them select the ELA Curriculum.

Mr. Estes updated the Board of Education on numbers of participants in spring sports. The OTL music concert was attended by 5 Troy students and all did a very good job. Esports currently are having their season are 1-1. The high school will be performing “Little Shop of Horrors” this March. March 23, Malique Doss will attend the spelling bee in Salina. Several Troy students were recognized in a writer’s contest. Miss Weiland was the sponsor. They will be honored this Sat., March 16th at the St. Joseph Public Library. Eligibility requirements will need to be changed in the handbook changes due to the 8 hour period.

Mr. Bowe and Mr. Geiger gave the DCEC report. Next meeting is March 27th.

Mr. Estes and Mrs. Engemann were excused from the meeting at 7:57 PM

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Winder and seconded by Geiger to go into executive session to discuss the latest proposals for negotiations pursuant to the exception for employer – employee negotiations under KOMA and the open meeting will resume in the board room at 8 p.m.

Remaining: Board and Superintendent

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Franken and seconded by Bowe 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 9:35 p.m.

Remaining: Board and Superintendent

Mr. Bowe left the meeting at 9:30 PM

APPROVAL OF TEACHING CONTRACTS

It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Franken to approve Margaret Brandt as an elementary teacher for the 24-25 school term. Motion Carried.

It was moved by Grable and seconded by Winder to approve Derek Frieling as the secondary social science teacher for the 24-25 school term. Motion Carried.

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Grable to approve Margaret Michalak as an elementary teacher for the 24-25 school term. Motion Carried.

It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Franken to approve Staci Prawl as an elementary teacher for the 24-24 school term. Motion Carried.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:40 PM

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Janel Anderson, Clerk of the Board