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.. -..-_-#__L..-2,_..-.._~..W ._.........._._ . ., - - .....amwu.,.-ww~__-w,,wm~W.-wmm Page 6 Golden Valley News February 18 2021 NEWS Belfield School District REGULAR MEETING, SCHOOL 1 BOARD, BELFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT #13 January 14th, 2021 School Conference Room The meeting was called to order by Board President Dan Obrigewitch at 7:00 PM. Present: Board Members Keith Buckman, Wesley Krebs, and Terry Johnson. Supt. Kurle, Elementary Prin. Olson and Bus. Mgr. Anna Ross. M/S T. Johnson/K. Buckman to ap- prove the Dec 10, 2020 regular board meeting minutes as presented. Motion carried unanimously. M/S K. Buckman/W. Krebs to ap- prove the agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously. The Elementary Principal Report: 1. Current Enrollment for 2020 21: 126 Students K 6 K — 18, 1st 16, 2nd — 18, 3rd 23, 4th 12, 5th 24, 6th 15, PK 20 2. Students enjoyed the movie. Had several monetary donations to help cover the cost. Very thankful to Lacy and the movie theater for coordinating the event, 3. A big thank you to the PTO for supplying Santa bags for the students. The staff stuff the sacks and delivered the them to the classrooms while the students were at the theater. 4. We are in the process of doing our winter testing: 5. STAR Reading Math Mrs. Cornell and Mrs. McDowell have been administering these assessments to quality students for the Title Math'and Remedial Reading services. 6. Student Engagement Survey Mrs. Corneil, Mrs. Kessel, and class- room teachers will be administering these surveys, online, next week. This is a state mandated survey to fulfill some ESSA requirements. 7. NWEA Mrs. Kessel, the class- room teachers and will administer these beginning January 25 February 4, grades K - 12. 8. Spelling Bee Ms. Gibson is con‘ ducting our local spelling bee for grades 5 8. Our championship round will be on January 19. The state competition has been canceled this year, but not the national one. Ms. Gibson is not sure what will happen with our local winner, but she's looking into it. We both feel our students deserve some local recog- nition though. 9. Professional Development we will need to continue our Pathways to Reading training for the elementary teachers and begin the North Dakota Multi-tiered Support System (NDMTSS) training, which will replace our Building Level Support Teams (BLST) process for identifying students who are strug- gling acadgrgicallyggmptionalbl,gand/or behaviorallyz—B‘cth trainings can be pro- vided by RESP. " 10. Upcoming events: Jan 18, 2021: NO SCHOOL, February 5, 2021: Teacher ln—service 8 - 12, February 11, 2021: School Board Meeting at 7:00 PM, February 15, 2021: NO SCHOOL The Secondary Principal Report: 1. Updated mid—year evaluation forms for new teachers consistent K through 12 2. NDCDE application Students need to log-in on a regular basis. If a student falls more than assignments behind, they will be ineligible to partici- pate in any extra/co-curricular activities. Student/parents now reimburse the school should the student either fail to complete the course and or fail the course. Any extension is paid for by the student/parent. ~ We reserve the right to refuse to enroll a student in a CDE course. 3. Explore America update: From Mr. McDowell: We canceled our Explore America trip in March. We are looking into a possible shorter, more local trip in the ND, SD, MT area. If we decide to go that route, we'll present it to the Board in February. We are planning our next Ex- plore America trip in Spring 2022. Cur- rently enrolled juniors plan to go, and several current sophomores are inter- ested. We'll keep the board updated as we go. 4. CDE enrollment: 5 students: 3 seniors, 1 junior, 1 sophomore 5. Enrollment update: 18 seniors (+1) 18 juniors (no change) 20 sopho- mores (no change) 27 freshman (no change) 17 8th graders (no change) 10 7th graders (no change) Total: 110 stu- dents 6. ESSA Essential Skills: (a) 9-week career course/individual counseling (b) Financial Literacy (0) Pass ND Civics Test (d) Four other indicators: * 25 hours of community service * 95% attendance (not including school-related absences) * Career Exploration Experience Field trips, industry tours (Fisher, Baker Boy), Job Shadows, Industry Presentations (Manufacturing Day), Industry guest speakers, Informational interviews 2+ years in organized co-curricular activi- ties IE: FFA, Science Olympiad, Choir, Band, Student Council, Yearbook * 2+ years in organized extra-curricular ac- tivities IE: Drama, Speech, Peer Tu- toring, Church youth groups * Successfully completed capstone proj- ect * Successfully completed an on-line learning course Demonstrate compe- tency in 21st century skills - Critical Thinking, Communication, Collabora- tion, Creativity. College Ready. Career Ready. Military Ready. Business Manager Report: The Business Manager presented the financial reports for December 2020. Supt. Report: 1. Ed Corps CRF Grants submit- ted & approved. 2. Explore America Trip canceled. Looking for regional options instead 3. 4-Day School Week application due March‘ 1. A. Survey B. Public Meeting 4. NDSBA Negotiations Seminar Registration is open Committee reports: education 1. RESP- Report presented. 2. RACTC- Report presented. 3. WEST RIVER— No report. 4. COOP- Report presented. Old Business: None New Business: Approval of Bills: M/S D. Obrigewitch/K. Buckman to approve payment of the bills. Motion carried unanimously. GENERAL FUND 37269 ADMIN PARTNERS LLC400.00 37270 ADVANCED BUSINESS METHODS 1602.68 37271 AQUA-PURE INC 1899.52 37272 BELFIELD AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY 211.15 37273 BERGER SANITATION SERVICE 360.00 37274 BHG, INC. 66.14 37275 BILLINGS COUNTY PIONEER 1361.57 37276 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE 89.40 37277 BOSCH LUMBER CO 216.28 37278 BURLY'S ROUGHRIDER STEAKHOUSE 1546.15 37279 CASH-WA DISTRIBUTING 1630.22 37280 CENTURYLINK , 21.18 37281 CITY AIR MECHANICAL INC 168200.00 37282 CITY OF BELFIELD 1275.96 37283 CONSOLIDATED COMMUNICATIONS CO 119.00 37284 CORNEIL, ELLA-JO 154.12 37285 CREATIVE ENERGY 1067.63 37286 FOLLE'IT SCHOOL SOLUTIONS, INC 275.23 37287 FORT UNION SUPPLY TRADING CO 49.90 37288 FORUM COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY 38.00 37289 GEIGER, ALAN 126.50 37290 HARLOWS BUS SALES INC 2934.49 37291 HARLOW'S SCHOOL BUS SERVICE, INC 9366.64 37292 HOBART SALES SERVICE 578.24 37293 JW PEPPER & SON INC 218.99 37294 KDXN-FM 50.00 37295 KEMPS LLC, DBA CASS CLAY CREAMERY 1417.40 37296 KEVIN'S AUTO TRUCK REPAIR 144.49 37297 MENARDS 845.45 37298 MGM RURAL SANITATION, LLC 612.00 37299 MID-AMERICAN RESEARCH CHEMICAL 681.64 37300 MIDWEST TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS 127.80 37301 MONTANA—DAKOTA UTILITIES 8203.65 37302 ND CENTER FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION 894.00 37303 NDSBA 1000.00 37304 PRAXAIR 2199.87 37305 QUALITY XTERMINATORS 75.00 37306 QUILL CORPORATION 473.95 37307 RESP 100.00 ‘ 37308 RUDY'S LOCK KEY 277.00 37309 SAUVAGEAU, DOROTHY 34.40 37310 SHORT ELLIOTT HENDRICKSON INC 6150.00 37311 SMART COMPUTER AND CONSULTING 4737.50 37312 SOUTHWEST BUSINESS MACHINES 209.39 37313 STARK COUNTY AUDITOR 409.79 37314 SW DISTRICT HEALTH UNIT 100.00 37315 TOOLEY, RHONDA 22.45 37316 WAGNER, LORI 302.82 37317 WEST RIVER STUDENT SERVICES 11220.06 37330 CENTURY LINK 277.00 37331 CHASE CARD SERVICES 1667.28 STUDENT ACTIVITY FUND 8519 BELFIELD THEATER 804.00 8520 COCA-COLA BOTTLING 209.60 8521 PEPSI COLA BOTTLIN6202.42 8522 WEST RIVER ELECTRONICS NDSBA Webhosting: M/S T. Johnson/W. Krebs to approve the NDSBA webhosting membership for 2021. Motion carried unanimously. Policy Updates: M/S W. Krebs/'1'. Johnson to amend the following policies: AAC, AAC-BR1, AAC-BR2, FDB. Roll call vote: W. Krebs- Yes, T. Johnson Yes, K. Buck- man Yes, D. Obrigewitch Yes. Motion carried unanimously. M/S D. Obrigewitch/K. Buckman to approve the following policies: ABCE, ABDA, ABEA on first reading, and waive second reading to expedite the policy adoption process per Board pol— icy BDA. Roll call vote: W. Krebs- Yes, T. Johnson — Yes, K. Buckman Yes, D. Obrigewitch Yes. Motion carried unan- imously. M/S W. Krebs/D. Obrigewitch to re- scind policy FDB-BR and that past practice govern district operations, cov- ered by the former policy, until the board adopts a new policy. Roll call vote: W. Krebs- Yes, T. Johnson - Yes, K. Buck- man Yes, D. Obrigewitch Yes. Motion carried unanimously. M/S K. Buckman/T. Johnson to ap- prove policy FDB—BR on first reading, and waive second reading to expedite the policy adaption process per Board policy BDA rescind and adopt policy: Roll call vote: W. Krebs— Yes, T. John— son - Yes, K. Buckman Yes, D. Obrige- witch Yes. Motion carried unanimously. Approval of Destruction of Records 2012-2013 in accordance with NDCC 15.1-07-25.2 and Board Policy: M/S W. Krebs/K. Buckman to ap- prove the destruction of records 2012- 2013 in accordance with NDCC 15.1-07-25.2 and Board Policy. Motion carried unanimously. Next Meeting: The next regular meeting is sched- uled for February 4, 2021 - 7:00PM fol- lowing a public meeting at 6:00PM to discuss a 4-Day school week. The meeting was adjourned at 8:14PM. Anna Ross, Business Manager Dan Obrigewitch, School Board President (February 18) 1098.37 1. What was Wayne Newton’s first No. 1 single? 2. Vicki Lawrence had a single hit. What was it? 3. Who sang the theme song in Clint Eastwood’s 1971 film “Play Misty for Me”? " 4. What was the original title of “Leaving on a Jet Plane”? 5. Name the song that contains this lyr- ic: “Never been this blue, Never knew the meaning of a heartache, But then again, I’ve never lost at love before.” Answers 1. “Daddy, Don’tYou Walk So Fast,” in 1972. The song topped the charts on Cashbox and in Canada. Newton has performed over 30,000 shows on the Las Vegas strip. 2. “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia,” in 1973. Lawrence’s successes were more in the television industry, mostly on “The Carol Bur— nett Show.” 3. Johnny Mathis. His 1959 version was the favorite of all the covers at the time. 4. “Babe, I Hate to Go,” as written by John Denver. It was Peter, Paul and Mary’s version in 1969 that was the bigger hit. 5. “Stand Tall,” by Burton Cum— mings,\in 1976. Cummings, former lead singer of The Guess Who, wrote the song after breaking up with his girlfriend of nine years. He still tours, this year all across Canada. Trivia 1:63th ,Fifi dnguez 1. THEATER: Which city was the setting for the musical “Cabaret”? 2. LANGUAGE: What does the Lat— in phrase “veritas vos liberabit” mean? 3. TELEVISION: What was the name of the pet “dog” on “The Flintstones”? 4. ASTRONOMY: What is a zenith in terms of our solar system’s sun? 5. HISTORY: How many days were in an ancient Roman week? 6. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a . group of zebras called? 7. LITERATURE: Which 19th—cen— tury novelist’s last work was titled “The Mystery of Edwin Drood"? 8. AD SLOGANS: Which brand of pet food uses the slogan, “Tastes so good cats ask for it by name”? 9. U.S. STATES: Which state’s resi- dents might be called “Nutmeggers”? 10. GEOGRAPHY: Which four coun— tries are included in the UnitedKingdom? Answers 1. Berlin, Germany 2. The truth shall set you free 3. Dino 4. When the sun is directly overhead and objects cast no shadow 5. Eight 6. A dazzle or zeal 7. Charles Dickens 8. Meow Mix 9. Connecticut 10. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by Ryan A. 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