H-BC School Board meets Dec. 13

H-BC School Board
meets Dec. 13
Hills-Beaver Creek Dist. 671
Minutes
Dec. 13, 2021
The Hills-Beaver Creek School Board met for its semi-monthly meeting at 8:13 p.m. in the H-BC Secondary School Board room, 301 N Summit Ave, Hills, MN.
Board members and Administration present were Fransman, Gehrke, Harnack and Rauk. Superintendent Holthaus, Principal Kellenberger and Business Manager Rozeboom were also in attendance. Board members Bosch and Knobloch were absent.
Motion by Harnack, second by Rozeboom, and carried to approve the agenda.
Visitors to the meeting were Mavis Fodness - Star Herald and
Matt Taubert - Meulebroeck, Taubert & Co.
Auditor Report for District Financials Fiscal Year 2021
(Meulebroeck, Taubert & Co., PLLP) - Matt Taubert.
Public Hearing for Property Tax (District Levy 2021 Pay 2022)
and Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Review - No Visitors.
PATRIOT PRIDE:
-Football Team one of top four teams in the state
-Volleyball All Conference: Lanae Elbers and Honorable Mention--Kennedy
Fick
-Academic All State Gold Award - H-BC Volleyball Team (3.9 GPA)--Kenadie
Fick, Taylor Durst, Danette Leenderts, Tara Paulsen, Tess VanMaanen and
Sam Moser
-All Academic Football (3.5+ GPA & letter winner) - Austin Allen, Cole Baker,
Oliver Deelstra, Troy Durst, Donavon Leenderts, Drew Leenderts, Brayden
Metzger, Max Scholten and Gideon Taubert
-Football Team All District: Casey Kueter, Max Scholten, Donovan Leenderts,
Cole Baker and Honorable Mention: Ty Bundeson, Oliver Deelstra, Austin
Allen
-Most Valuable Lineman--Max Scholten
-Worthington Globe All Area Football Team Members: Cole Baker, Casey
Kueter and Max Scholten
-Successful Secondary Vocal Music/Band Concerts on 12/6
-Successful Secondary Art Exhibit on 12/6
-SWMBDA 7-8 Honor Band - 1/15 - Wyett Shimp, Tatyana Williams, Katelyn
Chesley, Gavin Voss
-MSU Mankato Honor Band - 1/28 - Tess Van Maanen, Tara Paulsen, Danette
Leenderts, Dallas Page, Lexi Drake and Tyrae Goodface
Board Committee Meeting Reports:
-Staff Development/TAB 12/1/2021, Personnel/Finance 12/08– Building
Grounds meeting after board meeting 12/13
Motion by Fransman, second by Harnack, and carried to approve Consent Agenda:
-Minutes—11/22/2021
-Bills
-Setting Thursday, December 23, 2021 as a teacher staff
non-work time after the early dismissal.
-Family Medical Leave—for Sarah Engelkes to begin on or around January
17, 2022 and commence for 12 weeks, ending on or around April 12, 2022
-Student Teacher, Madisen Northrup, in Mrs. Bush’s First Grade
Classroom for the Second Semester and the included agreement
with South Dakota State University
-Dylan Gehrke’s Resignation as Head Girls' Volleyball Coach
-World’s Best WorkForce 2020-2021 Goals and Progress Report to MN
Department of Education
-District World’s Best WorkForce 2021-2022 Plan
-Assigning Nicole Morey as 50% fte Early Childhood Special Education
Teacher- pending MN PELSB license approval beginning the week of
December 20.
-Hiring Arielle Larson as special needs paraprofessional to begin on
December 20.
-Adding 23 school/work days to Alison Ceynowa-Breuer, School Social Worker
time for the remainder of the 2021-2022 School Year.
INDIVIDUAL ACTION ITEMS:
Motion by Rozeboom, second by Rauk, and carried to approve Resolution certifying District #671 property tax levy 2021 pay 2022.
Motion by Harnack, second by Fransman, and carried to approve
accepting the findings of the District’s Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Audit as presented
by Meulebroeck, Taubert and CO., PLLP.
Motion by Rozeboom, second by Rauk, and carried to approve Donation Resolution:
$250.00 from Alliance Communications for Football Team Travel 11/19/2021
$100.00 from Beaver Creek Fireman's Auxiliary for Elementary School
$100.00 from Beaver Creek Fireman's Auxiliary for High School Care Closet
$2,320.00 from Frank Boon Trust for Community Ed - Robotics League
DISTRICT NON-ACTION ITEMS:
•Secondary Principal Report
•Superintendent/Elementary Principal Report
AGENDA ITEMS FOR THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING
DATES TO REMEMBER:
-Regular Board of Education Meeting, Monday, December 27
-Regular Board Meeting/Organization Meeting, Monday, January 10
Meeting adjourned at 9:25 p.m.
Tamara Rauk, Clerk
(01-06)