Monday, November 8, 2010

School Board Agenda Monday November 8

Bancroft-Rosalie Community School
Regular Board of Education Meeting Agenda
Monday, November 8, 2010 --- 7:30 p.m. in Bancroft.

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call

3. Read and approve the minutes of the October 11, 2010 regular board meeting.

4. Treasurer’s Report
A. Approve the Bills
B. Financial Review

5. Review Agenda

6. Public Hearing

7. Administrator’s Reports:
A. Superintendent’s Report
B. Principal’s Report

8. Old Business:
A.

9. New Business:
A. Annual review of Multicultural program.

B. Annual review of technology

C. Preliminary teacher evaluation

D. Purchase of color copy machine

E. QZAB allocation of $220,000

F. Accept snow removal bid

10. Executive session-

11. Future Planning- Next meeting- Monday, December 13, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.

12. Adjournment.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Delphine Red Shirt at the Neihardt Center

DELPHINE RED SHIRT AT NEIHARDT SITE

On Sunday, November 21st at 2:00 pm, Lakota author Delphine Red Shirt will give a presentation on the writing of novels with biographical and autobiographical material. Ms. Red Shirt is a Ph.D. candidate in American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona. Her dissertation, “Woyake: Defining Lakota Oral and Written Literature,” focuses on collecting and interpreting these materials. She is currently a lecturer at Stanford University teaching Lakota language and Native American literature.

Best known for “Bead on an Ant Hill,” this popular author’s books have been translated into German and Mandarin Chinese. Other works include “Turtle Lung Woman’s Granddaughter.”

This presentation is part of a series of biographical related topics over the 2010-2011 season of programming at the Neihardt State Historic Site. The April 30th Neihardt Spring Conference will be “Biography: Written Lives” and focus on the many ways to portray a person’s legacy, including biographies, poetry, novels, and art.

The program is free and open to the public. A reception will follow where the author’s books will be available for purchase and signing. The Neihardt State Historic Site is located at 306 West Elm Street in Bancroft, NE. For more information: 1-888-777-4667 or 402-648-3388 or Neihardt@gpcom.net. Visit our website at www.neihardtcenter.org for information on upcoming programs and events.

Volleyball team finishes 19-13

Congratulations to the Lady Panther volleyball for a great season. The team finished the season with a 19-13 record, were district runners-up and conference tournament runners-up.

Congratulations Coaches Bessmer and Nottlemann and all of the players for the 19 wins and a district plaque on the wall.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Football Play-off game time set: 5:00 pm Tuesday at Friend

Bancroft-Rosalie will travel to Friend for a 5:00 pm game Tuesday, November 9.


The football team will dismiss to eat at 11:40 am and leave at Noon.

School will dismiss at 1:30 pm.


Friend is a 2.5 hour drive from Bancroft. Take highway 77 to Lincoln, get on I-80 west and take the Seward exit to highway 6 west. Highway 6 goes through the middle of Friend.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Volleyball District Final at West Point-Beemer School Thursday at 7:00 pm

The time and place for the volleyball district final has been set. Bancroft-Rosalie will play Howells at 7:00 pm in West Point at West Point-Beemer School Thursday night at 7:00 pm.

The winner advances to the State Volleyball Tournament November 11-13 at Grand Island/Hastings.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Economic Development in Bancroft

The Cuming County Economic Development office has completed the following activities in Bancroft.

-Held an Economic Development Strategic Plan meeting at the Bancroft Community Center October 12. The meeting was facilitated by Nebraska Public Power District, Northeast Nebraska Economic Development, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development. Thirteen Bancroft residents participated.

-Visited Bancroft businesses to discuss assistance options.

- Attended Bancroft Betterment meeting and gave monthly update.

- Met with 5 local businesses about potential needs and assistance thoughts.

Next steps- Continue visiting with the business community and work on needs described in the Strategic Planning meeting with the help of local leaders.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Betterment meeting agenda

Bancroft Betterment Monthly Meeting Agenda
November 1, 2010
5:15 pm at the Country Pub

Call to order.

Thank you to this month’s host- Bancroft-Rosalie School.

Read and approve minutes of October 2010 meeting

Reports
1. School
2. Village
3. Betterment Corporation
4. Cuming County Economic Development
5. Neihardt Center
6. Recycling

Old Business
1.
2.

New Business
1.
2.

Public comments


Next meeting December 6, 2010 , 5:15 pm at Country Pub. Host

Meeting adjourned