Starting with the October school board meeting, the Bancroft-Rosalie School Board meetings will be paperless. The board members will have lap-top computers with all of the documents stored electronically. The school is purchasing the laptops, and board members can elect to buy them from the school if they want to use them for personal business.
Going paperless will improve communication, since documents can be e-mailed and be received earlier then they could through the old snail mail system. It will also be easier for board members to keep track of old documents. The office staff will have to adjust to saving documents as PDF's. Bear with us for a meeting or two as we make the change to digital.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
September Board Meeting
The Bancroft-Rosalie Board of Education met Monday, September 14, 2009 at 7:30 pm in Bancroft. Two public hearings were held prior to the regular monthly meeting. The first hearing was the 2009-10 school budget hearing, followed by the Property Tax Request hearing.
During the regular board meeting, Superintendent Cerny presented the August transportation report, 2010 valuations, flu vaccination clinics, student interest in high school baseball and the Enrollment Option report.
In old business, the board discussed the possibility of a building addition to the north of the school gymnasium to include 2-3 classrooms, 2 meeting rooms, a locker room and a stage. Dr. Cerny will work with staff to come up with a plan.
In new business the board approved the 2009-10 school budget as published; and set the General Fund tax rate was set at 0.9747 and the Bond Fund levy was set at 0.0317 for the 9-12 Bond levy and no K-8 levy was needed. The board also accepted the resignation of bookkeeper Deanna Bargmann effective at the end of the school year. The board also heard from a concerned parent about the policy not allowing seniors to play on junior varsity teams.
During the regular board meeting, Superintendent Cerny presented the August transportation report, 2010 valuations, flu vaccination clinics, student interest in high school baseball and the Enrollment Option report.
In old business, the board discussed the possibility of a building addition to the north of the school gymnasium to include 2-3 classrooms, 2 meeting rooms, a locker room and a stage. Dr. Cerny will work with staff to come up with a plan.
In new business the board approved the 2009-10 school budget as published; and set the General Fund tax rate was set at 0.9747 and the Bond Fund levy was set at 0.0317 for the 9-12 Bond levy and no K-8 levy was needed. The board also accepted the resignation of bookkeeper Deanna Bargmann effective at the end of the school year. The board also heard from a concerned parent about the policy not allowing seniors to play on junior varsity teams.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Health Science Field Trips
The component of a Career Academy that sets it apart of other courses is the work-place component. The Health Science class was set up to include short monthly field trips to health care facilities so students can see what the different jobs are like.
Last week, the class went to St. Francis Hospital. Anna Berg arranged for each of the four students to visit a different area: physical therapy, radiology, the med. tech lab, and occupational therapy. Next month the students will rotate to a different area. Health science is 1st period, so the students only miss their second period class. We appreciate St. Francis Hospital and Anna for taking the time to help us get the Health Science Academy off to a good start. We hope to grow this program in the next few years.
Tomorrow the students will be gone all day to visit the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha.
Last week, the class went to St. Francis Hospital. Anna Berg arranged for each of the four students to visit a different area: physical therapy, radiology, the med. tech lab, and occupational therapy. Next month the students will rotate to a different area. Health science is 1st period, so the students only miss their second period class. We appreciate St. Francis Hospital and Anna for taking the time to help us get the Health Science Academy off to a good start. We hope to grow this program in the next few years.
Tomorrow the students will be gone all day to visit the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha.
Obama speech to students not ignored
I had a few phone calls regarding the decision not to show the Obama speech live to all students last week. It was not intended to be disrespectful to the President. In fact, Mr. Hulstein and Mr. Peters showed the speech as part of their social studies classes later in the week. This seemed the most appropriate place in the curriculum.
Friday, September 11, 2009
School response when dealing with sick kids
The Center For Disease Control has released new guidelines for how schools should deal with sick students and staff to reduce the spread of flu. Bancroft-Rosalie School will implement the following procedures when dealing with flu-like symptoms:
1. Students and staff with flu-like illness will be promptly sent home if they have a fever above 100 degrees. The school will take the students temperature via the ear using a ThermoScan.
2. Ill students and staff will be kept separate from well people until they can be sent home. They will be sent to a separate room and will be required to wear a surgical mask and the person who cares for them will also wear a protective mask.
3. Students can return to school after being ill if they have a temperature of less than 100 degrees for at least 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications.
We wil not be cancelling school for illness.
1. Students and staff with flu-like illness will be promptly sent home if they have a fever above 100 degrees. The school will take the students temperature via the ear using a ThermoScan.
2. Ill students and staff will be kept separate from well people until they can be sent home. They will be sent to a separate room and will be required to wear a surgical mask and the person who cares for them will also wear a protective mask.
3. Students can return to school after being ill if they have a temperature of less than 100 degrees for at least 24 hours without the use of fever reducing medications.
We wil not be cancelling school for illness.
Neihardt program this Sunday
Jeff Barnes, author of “Forts of the Northern Plains," will be the guest speaker at the John G. Neihardt Historical Site at 2:00 pm this Sunday, September 13.
Forts of the Northern Plains is a guide to 51 historic military posts of the Plains Indian Wars, primarily those involved in the wars with the Sioux (Dakota) Indians. The book includes the seven northern states of the Great Plains. It gives a brief history of each of the posts, why they were built and what became of them, illustrated by historical images and present-day photographs. The guide covers the frontier forts from the late 1810s through the 1890s, reflecting the period of the first and last military conflicts with the Plains Indians. This is the most complete reference guide to the forts in nearly 40 years and adds several sites not included in earlier works.
We hope to have a good turn-out for this program. If you haven't been to a Neihardt Sunday at the Museum program, they last around an hour to an hour and a half, with refreshments afterward. Come and support the Neihardt Center.
Forts of the Northern Plains is a guide to 51 historic military posts of the Plains Indian Wars, primarily those involved in the wars with the Sioux (Dakota) Indians. The book includes the seven northern states of the Great Plains. It gives a brief history of each of the posts, why they were built and what became of them, illustrated by historical images and present-day photographs. The guide covers the frontier forts from the late 1810s through the 1890s, reflecting the period of the first and last military conflicts with the Plains Indians. This is the most complete reference guide to the forts in nearly 40 years and adds several sites not included in earlier works.
We hope to have a good turn-out for this program. If you haven't been to a Neihardt Sunday at the Museum program, they last around an hour to an hour and a half, with refreshments afterward. Come and support the Neihardt Center.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Seasonal Flu vaccination set
A seasonal flu vaccination clinic will be held at the school Wednesday, September 23. The clinic will be administered by staff from St. Francis Memorial Hospital in West Point. St. Francis is providing this service for all Cuming County schools.
Permission forms will be sent home with the students and must be signed and returned if the parents want their child to receive the shot. There is a $20 charge to cover the cost of the vaccine. The payment must accompany the permission form.
Students are not required to get this shot. This is a service provided to parents so the students do not have to leave school and miss classes to get vaccinated.
This is a vaccination for seasonal flu, not H1N1, also known as Swine flu.
Permission forms will be sent home with the students and must be signed and returned if the parents want their child to receive the shot. There is a $20 charge to cover the cost of the vaccine. The payment must accompany the permission form.
Students are not required to get this shot. This is a service provided to parents so the students do not have to leave school and miss classes to get vaccinated.
This is a vaccination for seasonal flu, not H1N1, also known as Swine flu.
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