The Rock Port R-II School Board of Education held a retreat Wednesday, June 26, 2024.
President Regan Griffin called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m. in the Language Arts room at Rock Port High School. Other board members present wereAfton Schomburg, Joanna Burke, Jared Meyerkorth, Kayla Sierks, Troy Cook, and Reven Herron. Dr. Rex Bollinger, superintendent, was also present.
The agenda was adopted.
The board discussed the following topics at length:
• Cell Phone Policy: This needs to be enforced. No cell phones during the day. Doing this to help student mental health.
• Drug Testing: Discussion on adding tobacco and a breathalyzer. Physical and mental health are important.
• Parental Interaction: Making sure that board members who are contacted are following necessary levels of chain-of-command, i.e. teacher, principal, superintendent, board of education.
• Mental Health: Have a representative attend Atchison County Health Department meeting about health issues, especially mental health. Quarterly health day for mental and physical health.
• School Climate Survey: Survey for staff for positive and negative views. Parent and student surveys as well. Rotate staff one year and parents/students the next. Surveys go out in December and should be back in by the end of January.
• Strengths and Weaknesses: Board members discussed what they viewed as strengths and weaknesses of the district. Facility improvements and the need for facility maintenance were discussed.
The meeting adjourned at 12:04 p.m.
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The school board held a regular meeting Thursday, July 11, 2024.
President Regan Griffin called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. in the board room.
Other board members present were Afton Schomburg, Joanna Burke, Troy Cook, Reven Herron, and Kayla Sierks. Jared Meyerkorth was absent. Also present were Dr. Bollinger, superintendent; Mr. Parsons, high school principal; Jennifer Welch, board secretary; and one guest, Chris Horn.
The agenda was adopted.
Board members approved the minutes of the regular meeting June 10, 2024, and the board retreat June 26, 2024.
Dr. Bollinger reviewed the financial information. The board voted to transfer money from fund 1 to fund 2.
The board also voted to approve the June final check register.
Dr. Bollinger read a thank you note from Lynn Hunter.
Dr. Bollinger went over his monthly program report. This month’s report was over Career Ladder and Midwest Data.
Chris Horn gave a construction update to the board.
The board proceeded to address several new items of business. Action was taken to approve a draft of the Northwest Missouri Regional Council of Governments Hazard Mitigation Plan, MARE membership, and the eRate Consulting Agreement.
President Griffin indicated he would take nominations for the position of board treasurer. Afton Schomburg was nominated. Following a brief discussion, Afton Schomburg was voted treasurer by acclamation.
The annual tax rate hearing was set for Thursday, August 15, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the board room with the regular August meeting following.
The cell phone policy was discussed for the handbook.
Afton Schomburg made a motion to approve the MSBA JPCI-2 random drug testing policy for the 2024-2025 school year. Joanna Burke seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-1.
After discussion of future business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:31 p.m.
