ALL LAKOTA STUDENTS WILL ACHIEVE TO THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL LAKOTA LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO Meeting of the Board of Education Lakota Central Office 5572 Princeton Road Liberty Township, Ohio 45011 7:00 p.m. December 9, 2013 AGENDA 5:00 PM - LAKOTA CENTRAL OFFICE CALL TO ORDER – ROLL CALL EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISCUSSING: EMPLOYMENT, EVALUATION, DISMISSAL OR COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, NEGOTIATIONS, AND LITIGATION 7:00 PM - REGULAR MEETING WILL CONVENE IN THE THUNDERBIRD ROOM OF THE CENTRAL OFFICE ORDER OF BUSINESS: ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE APPROVAL OF AGENDA BOARD PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS SUPERINTENDENT’S COMMENTS • Enrollment Update TREASURER’S COMMENTS RECOGNITION(S) STUDENT RECOGNITION Adam Loeb – Senior at Lakota East High School One of only 19 students in the world to achieve a perfect score on the AP Computer Science Exam STAFF RECOGNITION Tracey Kornau – Lakota West High School Girls Volleyball Coach Recently achieved her 400th career win as a coach PUBLIC COMMENT – Limited to 45 minutes; three minutes per speaker (Public Comment is an opportunity for Board members to listen to comments from residents.) PRESENTATION(S)/REPORT(S)/DISCUSSION • Procter and Gamble Field Experience • Gifted Update • Compensation Structure Committee 1 BOARD REPORTS A) Legislative Report Lynda O’Connor and Julie Shaffer B) Butler Technology and Career Development Schools Rep Ray Murray C) Lakota Finance Committee Ben Dibble and Julie Shaffer D) Community Engagement Advisory Committee Ben Dibble and Lynda O’Connor E) Policy Committee Lynda O’Connor and Joan Powell • Board Policy First Read (Appendix A) a) 1220 Employment of Superintendent b) 1520 Employment of Administrators c) 2430 District-Sponsored Clubs and Activities d) 2431 Interscholastic Athletics e) 5111 Enrollment of Resident/Non-Resident Students f) 5310 Health Screenings and Notification g) 5513 Care of School Property h) 5517.01 Bullying and Other Forms of Aggressive Behavior i) 6152 Student Fees, Fines, and Charges j) 7300 Disposition of Real Property/Personal Property k) 8462 Student Abuse and Neglect l) 8510 Wellness NEOLA Updates m) 1630.01 FMLA Leave Administration n) 3430.01 FMLA Leave Professional Staff o) 4430.01 FMLA Leave Classified Staff p) 1662 Anti-Harassment Administration q) 3362 Anti-Harassment Professional Staff r) 4362 Anti-Harassment Classified Staff s) 2623.02 Third Grade Guarantee t) 5340 Student Accidents u) 5517 Anti-Harassment Students v) 9270 Equivalent Education Outside the Schools (Home Schooling) w) 4131 Reduction in Force x) 5460 Graduation Requirements Policy Committee y) 6450 Local Purchasing Recommended Updates z) 7540.01 Technology and Social Media F) Other: • Old Business • New Business -------------------------------ITEMS FOR ACTION------------------------------- BOARD RECOMMENDATION(S) 1. Set date, time, and location for the Organizational meeting. TREASURER’S RECOMMENDATION(S) (Appendix B) 1. Dispense with public reading and approve minutes of the following Lakota Board of Education meeting(s): a) November 18, 2013 Regular Meeting 2 SUPERINTENDENT’S RECOMMENDATION(S) 1. Approve Personnel Items (Appendix C). 2. Approve Memorandum of Understanding, Personal Communication Devices (Appendix D). 3. Approve a Student Field Experience Program Agreement between the Lakota Local School District and The Procter and Gamble Company (Appendix E). 4. Approve the new Extra-Curricular Participation Fee Family Cap: • One student $800 • Two students $1,200 • Three students $1,600 • Four+ students $2,000 5. Accept Donations (Appendix F). PUBLIC COMMENT – (30 minutes, or until 11:00 p.m., whichever occurs first) CLOSING COMMENTS ADJOURN Lakota’s Core Values Accountability: We will be accountable to the community that created, maintains, and sustains us. Communication: We will foster open and appropriate communication at all levels. • Create opportunities for people to share thoughts, ideas and insights • Work to understand individual concerns • Avoid gossip Continuous Improvement: We will continuously improve teaching and learning. Integrity: We will demonstrate the highest ethical standards in all our interactions. Respect: We will treat every relationship with respect and dignity. 3 Appendix A Policies w) 4131 Reduction in Force x) 5460 Graduation Requirements y) 6450 Local Purchasing z) 7540.01 Technology and Social Media BOARD OF EDUCATION CLASSIFIED STAFF LAKOTA LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 4131/page 1 of 3 REDUCTION IN FORCE The Board reserves the right to reduce positions and to suspend the contracts of non-represented classified staff members as warranted. Reasons for such suspension may include, but are not limited to, the following: A. declining enrollment of students in the District, a particular program, a particular building or a particular grade level; B. the return of support staff from Board approved leaves of absence; C. a change in the financial condition of the District; D. other financial reasons that the Board, in its sole discretion, finds warrants a reduction in force; E. loss of funding for a particular program, project or grant; F. changes in the curriculum or academic program of the District based on financial reasons and/or declining enrollment; G. the reorganization of the academic structure of the District based on financial reasons and/or declining enrollment; H. territorial changes affecting the District; or I. actions necessitated or mandated by applicable law or regulation. Reductions shall be made through attrition to the extent possible. In lieu of suspending an entire contract, the Board may suspend the contract of a staff member in part and provide a level of compensation commensurate with the percentage of work performed. In making such reduction, the Board will suspend contracts in accordance with the recommendation of the Superintendent, who shall, within each job classification affected, give preference first to employees on continuing contract and then to employees on the basis of seniority. The alphabetical list below shall be considered job classifications for the purpose of this reduction in force policy. Consideration for these reductions are made on an individual basis not in this order. Assistant Superintendent – Executive Secretary Athletic and Facilities Manager Business Operations – Executive Secretaries Curriculum and Instruction – Executive Secretary EMIS Generalist BOARD OF EDUCATION CLASSIFIED STAFF LAKOTA LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 4131/page 2 of 3 EMIS Specialist Fiscal Office Specialists HR Generalist HR Specialist Human Resources – Executive Secretary Provisioning Systems Engineer Purchasing Coordinator Special Services – Executive Secretary Superintendent – Executive Secretary Technology – Executive Secretary Treasurer – Executive Secretary Continuing contract employees whose contracts are suspended shall have a right to restoration of employment in order of seniority of service within the District if and when a non-teaching position for which the employee is qualified becomes vacant or is created. Such continuing contract employees whose contract has been suspended will not forfeit such right to restoration by reason of having declined recall to a position with fewer hours. BOARD OF EDUCATION CLASSIFIED STAFF LAKOTA LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 4131/page 3 of 3 Recall rights are as delineated in the LSSA Master Agreement for bargaining unit members or the Ohio Revised Code, but only to the extent that such terms do not conflict with the requirements of OCR 3319.172 as described above. R.C. 3319.172 Adopted 2/11/13 BOARD OF EDUCATION STUDENTS LAKOTA LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 5460/page 1 of 4 GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS In order to acknowledge each student's successful completion of the instructional program, appropriate to the achievement of District goals and objectives as well as personal proficiency, the Board of Education awards a diploma to eligible students at a graduation ceremony. The Board shall award a regular high school diploma to every student enrolled in this District who meets the requirements of graduation established by this Board or who properly completes the goals and objectives specified in his/her individualized education program (IEP) including either the exemption from or the requirement to complete the tests required by the State Board of Education in order to graduate. Each student must demonstrate, unless exempted, at least a proficient level of skill on the tests required by the State Board of Education to graduate. The requirements for graduation from high school include earning twenty (20) units of high school credit as follows: Subject Units Required English Language Arts 4 Health .5 Physical Education .5 Mathematics 4 (3 for 2013 graduates) students that entered ninth grade before the 2010-2011 school year) Science 3 Social Studies 3 Fine Arts, including music 1 Electives 4 (5 for 2013 graduates) students that entered ninth grade before the 2010-2011 school year) (including at least 1 whole unit, or 2 half units, in business/technology, fine arts, and/or foreign language) Students who have participated in interscholastic athletics, marching band, or cheerleading for at least two (2) full seasons as defined in the student handbook, while enrolled in grades 9 through 12, and as documented by the guidance counselor may be excused from the high school physical education requirement. © NEOLA 2009 BOARD OF EDUCATION STUDENTS LAKOTA LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 5460/page 2 of 4 Students electing such an excuse shall complete one-half (1/2) unit of at least sixty (60)