Glenwood Community School District
Work Session of the Board of Directors Central Office Board Room
6:30 P.M. Monday, January 23, 2012
Call to Order
President Romens called the special meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
Roll Call
The following Board members were present: President Romens, Dave Blum, Ann Staiert, and Henry Clark. Craig Patzer attended from 8:00 p.m. until the end of the meeting via Skype.
New Business
A.Out of State Travel
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ACTIVITY
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DATE
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DESTINATION
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REQUESTED BY
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Drum Line Evaluation
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1/28/2012
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Firth, NE
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Pete Jacobus/HS Band
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AHR Expo
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1/23-25/2012
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Chicago, IL
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Steve Houser
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Homestead National Monument/Archives
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1/27/2012
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Beatrice, NE
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Jedd Taylor/Russell Crouch
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Dave Blum made a motion to approve the out of state travel requests. Henry Clark seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. Motion carried.
B. Overnight Stay Requests
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ACTIVITY
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REQUESTED BY
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DATE
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DESTINATION
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SAI Executive Leadership
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Devin Embray
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1/29-30/2012
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Des Moines, Iowa
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Shrine Coaches meeting
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Brian Albert
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1/11-12/2012
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Ames, Iowa
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Baseball Clinic
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Brett Elam/Kurt Kaufman
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1/20-22/2012
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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AHR Expo
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Steve Houser
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1/23-25/2012
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Chicago, IL
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Youth Adult Partnership Training
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Kerry Newman, Scott Arkfeld
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1/25-26/2012
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Ames, Iowa
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Ann Staiert made a motion to approve the overnight stay requests. Henry Clark seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. Motion carried.
C. Approval of Bond Official Statement and Direct the Publication of Bond Statement
Dave Blum made a motion to approve the Resolution fixing the date of sale of approximately
$9,000,000 General Obligation School Refunding Bonds, Series 2012, approving electronic bidding procedures and approving the Official Statement. Ann Staiert seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. Motion carried.
D. Approval of First Reading of Board Policy 805.8-Debt Management
Ann Staiert made a motion to approve the first reading of Board Policy 805.8-Debt Management. Dave Blum seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. Motion carried.
Work Session - Board Goals
The Board continued working on the board goals using the SMART goal technique. The goals are categorized into five broad categories: Safety; Career Development Planning/Preparation; Fiscal Responsibility; Student Achievement and Community Relationships. Under the SMART goal technique, each of the categories will have four components – end result, what, who and how will we know.
Adjournment
As there was no further business to come before the Board at this time the special meeting was adjourned Sine Die at 8:48 p.m.
Theresa Romens, President Shirley Lundgren, Board Secretary
Negotiations strategy session
The board held a negotiations strategy session