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Nov. 21st Area School Board meeting previews

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November 20th, 2022 by Ric Hanson

The Griswold, Exira-EHK and Audubon School Boards are set to hold separate, regular meetings, Monday evening.

The Griswold School Board meeting gets underway at 5:30-p.m. Here’s what’s on their agenda under New Business:

8. SBRC Application For Increasing Enrollment, Open Enrollment, Out And LEP Instruction Beyond Five Year (D.R.)

9. Approval Of Budget Guarantee Resolution (D.R.)

10. Consider Approval Of 2023-2024 Corner Conference Agreement (D.R.)

11. Consider Establishing A Joint Board Meeting With The Lenox CSD (D.R.)

12. Consider Approval Of Noble Initiative Easement (D.R.)

13. Board Policies – First Reading (I) – 507.9, 507.9R1, 508.1, 508.2

14. Consider Resolution To Maintain Current Director Districts (D.R.)

15. Discussion On Facilities Walk Through (I)

In Elk Horn the Exira-EHK School Board meeting begins in the Exira-EHK Conference Room, at 6-p.m. Their session begins with a Public Hearing on Transferring funds from the Home School to Flex Fund. “This hearing is on a resolution to expend funds from district’s Flexibility Account for any general fund purpose. These funds, in the amount of $80,000.00, were unexpended and unobligated from Home School Assistance Program.”

Action items include but are not limited to: The election of a Board President and Vice President; Establishing meeting date, time and location; the purchase of a school bus; the resignation of long-time Football Coach Tom Petersen, and Human Resources/Administration Assistant, Dara Svendsen, and action on hiring Paige Gaskill as Asst. Girls Basketball Coach, and Jennie Irlbeck as Shared District Administrative Asst.

And, in Audubon, the School Board will Elect new officers (President & V.P.), and act on the following:

5.0 ACTION ITEMS

5.01 Appoint Ahlers-Cooney as Legal Counsel for the Board

5.02 Appoint the Audubon County Advocate Journal as Paper of General Circulation

5.03 Appoint Carla Christensen as Board Secretary/Treasurer

5.04 Appointment of Committee Members

5.05 Approve Policy Review – 800 Series

5.06 SBRC MSA Request – Open Enroll Out Students

5.07 SBRC MSA Request – Support for Limited English Proficient Students Beyond 5 Years

5.08 Approve Local Government Risk Pool Renewal for FY24

5.09 Approve Resolution to Continue Participation in the Instructional Support Program

5.10 Approve Change Orders for Building Project

5.11 Approve Auditorium Ceiling Replacement Project

5.12 Personnel

6.0 Communication & Updates

6.01 School Board Convention Review

6.02 Building Project Update

6.03 Financial Trend Data

6.04 Principal’s Reports