The New Bremen Local Board of Education met in regular session at 7:00 p.m. in the High School Community Room.

Roll Call:  Mrs. Michele Bambauer, Mr. Scott Bertke, Mrs. Shelly Busse, Mr. Cory Suchland, and Mrs. Suzanne Wells. Also present were Superintendent Jason Schrader, K-6 Principal Diane Kramer, 7-12 Principal Marcus Overman, and Treasurer Jill Ahlers.  

President Shelley Busse led the pledge of allegiance.

Mr. Kyle Schmiesing, a community member, spoke during public participation to share his thoughts on the district’s Gifted Education program.  He questioned the current use of gifted funding and asked the Board to consider if a better use of gifted funding would be to fund gifted-certified teachers on staff rather than outsourcing.  

Mrs. Mandy Niekamp and Mrs. Hannah Holtzapple from Garmann-Miller presented a 3D fly thru of interior spaces of new building.  They will be posting the fly-thru on Facebook, Twitter, and the district website.

K-6 Principal, Diane Kramer, submitted the following report:

1.	Continuous improvement
•	Lauren Link and I attended the final PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Support) training today.  Next year will be a planning year for our district-wide team for full implementation during the 2020-2021 school year.
•	During the inservice day on April 18th teachers received professional development on Google docs, slides, sheets, classroom, forms/quizzes, and sharing/collaboration.  Our technology committee will meet this summer to continue planning for additional professional development in August.  This training is valuable to teachers as we prepare for one-to-one Chromebook implementation.

2.	Instruction
•	All state testing was completed the first week of May.  Test results will be available online June 3rd with family reports available July 24th.
•	Summer school will be offered in both June and July for students in current grades K-3.  We currently have the following number of students schedule to attend:
Kindergarten - 7 attending
1st Grade - 4 attending
2nd Grade - 9 attending
3rd Grade - 9 attending
•	The Roster Verification process has been completed for teachers of tested subject areas for grades 4-8.  This process shows individual student growth from one year to the next and allows student test scores to be linked to specific teachers.  Currently Value-Added is being used for the growth portion of the teacher evaluation process.
•	Grades K-8 STAR Benchmarking will be completed this Friday.  I will have complete summary of student growth at the June board meeting.

3.	 School Operations, Resources and Learning Environment
•	Congratulations and thank you to Mrs. Homan and her Ag students for a successful Ag Day on May 9th.  Despite needing to be held inside, the high school students did a great job leading the hands-on stations relating to animals, plants, and farm safety for students in grades K-5. 
•	May 6-10th was Teacher Appreciation Week.  I cannot thank our teachers enough for the positive impact they make on our students each and every day.  The staff enjoyed breakfast and snacks provided by Cardinal Pride, Popcorn from Faith Alliance Church, and a pizza lunch from the Junior High Student Leaders.
•	Kindergarten Stone Soup was held yesterday.  It was delicious as always!
•	Thank you to Miss Smith and her grades 4-6 elementary choir for their excellent performances on the evening of May 9th and the morning of May 10th.
•	BIY (Believe in Yourself) Days will be held May 21st and 22nd.  Events planned for the first day include a field day and a health fair on the 21st.  A talent show will kick off the second day with the K-2 fun run starting at 12:30 p.m. and the grades 3-8 5K will begin at 1:30 p.m.  The 5K will again begin on Plum Street and turn onto Walnut Street down to the YMCA and back.
4.	Collaboration
•	Thank you to Abby Pax for coordinating Kindness Week during the last week of April. Students and staff participated in many activities promoting kindness.  You might want to check out our Kindness Rock Garden outside the elementary office. 
•	During the month of May, Chief Skinner spoke with all the classes in grades K-6 about safety as we approach summer vacation.
•	Senior athletes came over to the elementary building for one last time on May 10th to have recess with our elementary students.
•	Officer Bruns and his K9 dog provided demonstrations for students in grades K-8 on May 10th.  This was a great opportunity for students to learn about the training involved and how the dog is utilized by the police department.

5.	Parent and community engagement
•	5th Grade Wax Museum of famous Americans was held May 3rd.
 
6.	Special Education
•	On April 30th our special education staff received PD from the ESC on IEPs and completing progress reports.
Upcoming events:
May 16 – Middle School Band Concert – 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
May 21-22 – BIY Days for grades 3-8
May 24 – Awards Assemblies/Last day of school for students

7-12 Principal, Marcus Overman, submitted the following report:

Continuous Improvement
-	Senior Seminar was held today for the graduating class of 2019.  Hopefully, students will take what they learned about Self-Defense, Business Etiquette, Interview Skills, etc. with them next year and beyond. 
-	OTES/End of Year meetings have been held with each teacher in grades 7-12.  Teachers received reinforcement and refinement as feedback.  Overall, I could not be happier with the quality of teaching that I saw this year.   

Instruction
-	Alli Wilker took first place at the State Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) competition.  She will compete at the National FCCLA competition in Anaheim, California this summer.  Congratulations Alli!
-	The High School master schedule is nearly complete! Mrs. Wendel and I have a few more students to meet with to discuss conflicts.  Underclassmen will be going home with a tentative schedule next week. 
-	Congratulations to Mr. Ryan Starcher and the Concert Band Students on receiving a superior rating at the State Band Competition on Friday, May 3rd. 

School Operations, Resources & Learning Environment
-	As you are aware, I emailed each of you a couple months ago about including Nicotine testing with our current drug tests.  If possible, I would like to ask for any feedback on that late in the meeting so we can continue to move forward for the 2019-20 school year.  

Collaboration
-	The One-to-One Committee met for the final time of the 2018-19 school year.  The focus of the meeting was to discuss the training from our last PD Day as well as looking forward to the PD Day that will be dedicated to the initiative when teachers come back in August.
-	I recently met with the Math Department to better organized our student transition from Algebra IA in the 8th grade to Algebra IB in the 9th grade.  We also began discussing life without Mr. Jones and how that schedule will look beginning in the 2020-2021 school year.

Parent & Community Involvement
-	I want to thank all of the parent volunteers that are coming in to help with field day and BIY next week.  
-	I want to thank the town and its employees for allowing our students and staff at the middle school level to use the park next week.  

Upcoming Events
Thursday, May 16th
	-Senior Exams
	-Middle School Spring Concert 2:00 & 7:30
	-Enrichment Choir 9:00
Friday, May 17th
	-Senior Exams
	-7th & 8th Grade Exams
	-HS Student Cook-out
Monday, May 20th
	-Important Dates to Kathy
	-7th & 8th Grade Exams
Tuesday, May 21st
	-BIY
	-7th & 8th grade grades are due by 11:59pm
Wednesday, May 22nd
	-BIY
	-HS Final Exams
Thursday, May 23rd
	-Middle School Picnic
	-HS Final Exams
Friday, May 24th	
	-HS Final Exams
	-Graduation Practice 8:00
	-Last Day for Students
	-Early Dismissal (1:25 HS & 1:30 Elem/MS)
Tuesday, May 28th
	-Teacher Records Day
	-High Schools grades are due at checkout

Athletic Director, Gary Jones, submitted the following report:
                                           
1.	Cardinal Campaign Update
•	The Cardinal Campaign has raised enough money that they are ready to put phase 1 into action. That would be the addition to the CBC of a junior high weight facility, restroom area, training area and cold storage area for track equipment.

2.	Spring athletic Update and honors
•	The softball team will be playing in the District Finals on Friday, May 17 at 5 PM at Wapakoneta vs. Minster
•	The baseball team will be opening up tournament play on Thursday, May 16 at home vs. Marion Local starting at 5 PM
•	The high school track team will begin OHSAA competition on Thursday 5/16 and Saturday 5/18 at Spencerville  
•	Softball All MAC – 1st team Kelly Naylor and Molly Smith, 2nd team Kira Bertke and Hanna Tenkman, Honorable Mention Erin Smith, Abbi Thieman and Mariss Topp-  
•	Track All MAC – 1st team Macy Puthoff long jump, Kaylee Freund 100 and 300 meter       hurdles
•	Baseball All MAC -  1st team Ryan Bertke, Zach Bertke, Mitchell Hays and Grant Selby, 2nd team Bryce Blickle, Honorable Mention Justin Tenkman and Patrick Wells

3.	Huge thank you to the Doctors, EMP’s, volunteers and especially Lorna Timmerman on a very successful physical night. We had around 225 physicals completed on May 8. Next year’s date will be May 6th.

4.	Huge thank you to the athletes and coaches who helped out with the community mulch fundraiser. We had around 100 athletes help to spread 180 scoops of mulch on Saturday May 11. Tentative scheduled date for next year is May 2nd 

5.	Coaching positions that still need filled for 2019 -2020 school year
•	Boys golf coach
•	Assistant cross country coach
•	Junior high cheerleading advisor
•	Varsity Assistant boys’ basketball
•	Junior varsity boys’ basketball
•	7th grade boys’ basketball

6.	Over the past 5 years our transportation, officials and equipment cost has increased in excess of $15,000. With these increases we will need to look at raising our season ticket prices for the 2019 – 2020 school year.

Technology Director, Brian Puthoff, submitted the following report:

•	Our Google Training Day on April 18th went well. We had brought in Eric Griffith, a Google Certified Trainer, who did a great job with Google Classroom. Our One-to-One Committee members also did a fantastic job on presenting sessions on Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Quizzes and the basics of using Google Education. We will continue with Google training sessions during the next school year, including training sessions on August 9th as part of our beginning of the year teacher work days.

•	The Chromebook Guidelines and One-to-One Handbook policy has been finalized. This is the policy that will govern our One-to-One program. This policy includes information on why we are going One-to-One, what we expect from our students, information on our Chromebooks and how to care for them and the costs associated with this program, as well as various other topics.

•	We plan to distribute Chromebooks to incoming freshmen during their Freshmen Orientation on Tuesday, July 23rd and to 5th graders on Meet the Teacher night on August 12th. During these times, I’ll go over the policy with parents and students and then we’ll distribute Chromebooks and cases to the students.

Treasurer’s Recommendations:

1.	Approve the Regular School Board Meeting minutes from the April 17, 2019 meeting.
2.	Approve the General Fund Paid Bills . . . . . .	   $	75,352.21	   
3.	Approve the Lunchroom Fund Paid Bills . . .    	   $	  9,904.19	
4.   Transfer $30,000.00 to the Lunchroom from the General Fund
5.  Approve the increase to estimated revenue and appropriations to the OHSAA Tournament Fund by $480.00 due to New Bremen High School hosting a sectional tournament game in baseball and in softball.
6.  Decrease anticipated revenues & appropriations for IDEA-Part B fund by $2,895.37 for a new total of $138,232.93.

19-33		Motion by Bertke second by Suchland that the board approve the motions contained in the Treasurer’s recommendations as presented. Upon the call of the roll, the vote was as follows: Bambauer, yes; Bertke, yes; Busse, yes; Suchland, yes; Wells, yes. Motion Carried.

Superintendent’s Recommendations 

1.	Employment of Athletic Director

Employee	Position	Admin.
Recommendation	
Chad Wells 	Athletic Director	3 Yr. Contract	

Mr. Wells will work with the current Athletic Director, Gary Jones, during the 2019-20 school year for transitional purposes.  Mr. Wells will retain teaching responsibilities during the 2019-20 school year.  

2.  Approve the administrative salary schedule for the athletic director position.

3.	Extended Time Contracts
Award one-year extended time contracts to properly perform the duties of their position for the 2019-20 school year as follows:

Employee	Position	Extended Days	
Maria Homan	Voc. Agriculture	27	
Tricia Wendel	H.S. Guidance	20	
Ryan Starcher	Band Director	30	

4.	Change in Salary Placement 
	Approve the following individuals who have qualified for a change in salary placement due to their additional coursework for the 19-20 school year:

Employee 	Position 	New Level	Step	
Will Hoskins	PE Teacher 	BS-150	1	
Abby Pax	Kg. Teacher	MA	4	
Cory Stephens	6th Grade Teacher	MA	7	

5.  Supplemental Contracts for Certified Employees -
Offer one-year supplemental athletic contracts for the 2019-20 school year.

Employee	Position	Step	
Chad Wells	Ticket Manager	2	
Cory Stephens	Varsity Basketball-Boys	1	

6. Community Filled Supplemental Contracts
The Administration recommends employing the following community individuals for a one-year supplemental contract for the 2019-20 school year to direct, supervise or coach the following student activity:

Employee	Position	Step	
Brian Puthoff	JH Weight Room Supervisor 	3	
John Sailer	Asst. Football	3	
Wince Morris	Asst. Football 	3	
Jeremy Krieg	Asst. J.H.Football	1	
Howard Overman	Asst. J.H. Football	3	
Madison Pape	9th Grade Volleyball	1	
Lisa Thobe	J.H. Volleyball - Gr 8	3	
Lindsey Riethman	J.H. Volleyball - Gr 7	3	
Julie Ferguson	Co-Cross Country	3	
Mike Holdren 	Co-Golf	3	
Donnie Cox	Co-H.S. Cheerleader Adv 	3	
Stephanie Scheib	Co-H.S. Cheerleader Adv 	3	
Chris Burden	Varsity Basketball-Girls	3	
Kacie Pape	Varsity Asst Basketball- Girls	2	
Bartt Suchland	Gr. 8 Basketball - Boys	3	
John Storrer	Gr. 8 Basketball - Girls	3	
Julie Lochtefeld	Gr. 7 Basketball - Girls	3	
Kristin Hopf	Assistant Swim Coach	2	
Chad Wells	HS Football Facility Coordinator	N/A	
Jeff Kuenning	Marching Band Asst.	3	
Geoff Mayer	Music Department Accomp.	3	
Harriet Bundy	Drama Play (Each)	3	
Andy Bundy	Auditorium Manager	3	

7.  Non-Teaching Employment

Individual	Position	Step/Wage	Effective	
Rob Sniegowski	Transportation Supervisor	$20.00/hour	As Needed	

8. Employment of Summer Workers
Employ the following individuals for the Summer, 2019 as listed:
Individual	Position	Step/Wage	Effective	
Lauren Cordonnier	Summer Custodian	$8.55	Summer 2019	
Alexis Blaine	Summer Custodian	$8.55	Summer 2019	
Spencer Elking	Summer Custodian	$8.55	Summer 2019	
Hanna Tenkman	Summer Custodian	$8.55	Summer 2019	
Lillian Wilson	Summer Custodian	$8.55	Summer 2019	

9.	Memorandum of Understanding
a.	Approve a Memorandum of Understanding with the New Bremen Teachers Association to add the supplemental position of Bowling – Head Coach at Level VI and Bowling – Assistant Coach at Level V.

    10.   Approve Graduating Seniors
The Administration recommends the approval of the following list of 2018-19 seniors for graduation pending each student's attainment of the required number of end-of course exam points and the successful completion of the courses and/or credits as established by the State of Ohio or the New Bremen Local Schools:  (65 Seniors)

	NEW BREMEN HIGH SCHOOL
	CLASS OF 2019	
	    May 26, 2019

Amy Marie Balster	Lydia Carlyn Newbauer	
Alberto Benitez	Joshua Lincoln Niekamp	
Kayla Marie Bergman	Reese Clara Niekamp	
Ryan Thomas Bertke	Madison Olivia Pape	
Bryce Charles Blickle	Casey Stephen Parker	
Andrew Michael Bowers	Bethany Danielle Paul	
Katlyn Rose Broerman	Megan Ann Powers	
Austin David Brown	Jacob Matthew Rindler	
Karson Dale Brown	Keanua Marie Rismiller	
Madeline Jayne Burtch	Hannah Elizabeth Ritter	
Anna Catherine Clint	Ryley Jean Schaefer	
Micah Daniel Condon	Cindy Marie Schemmel	
Darion Alexander Cook	Michael Bradley Schlarman	
Lauren Rose Cordonnier	Zachary Taylor Schwieterman	
Spencer Louis Elking	Grant Maurice Selby	
Caylie Elizabeth Hall	Tyler David Smart	
Andrea Theresa Heitkamp	Erin Renee Smith	
Brandon Joseph Heitkamp	Molly Nicole Smith	
Jenna Renea Heitkamp	Blake Simone Snider	
Nicholas Phillip Hemmelgarn	William Joseph Snider	
Anna Maxine Hoffmaster	Xander Burton Stephens	
Abigail Louise Kaiser	Jacob Anthony Tangeman	
Harrison James Kaiser	Hanna Jane Tenkman	
Jarod Christopher Keller	Justin Richard Tenkman	
Matthew Lane Kelly	Jackson Brady Terpstra	
Shandra Lynn Krauss	Abbi Yvonne Thieman	
Rachel Marie Kremer	Katelyn Rose This	
Benjamin Alan Kuck	Marissa Elaine Topp	
James Brian Layman	Charles Nicholas Wells	
Abigail Catherine McNaughton	Lillian Elaine Wilson	
Zachary Thomas Moyar	Evan Xavier Wint	
Dylan Mitchel Musser	Alex Paul Yingling	
Kelly Alexis Naylor	    	

 11.	Van certification 
Grant the Superintendent authority to approve district school van drivers certification for the 2019-20 school year when they have completed all necessary documentation, passed physical and met qualifications related to driver record, training, and licensure.

 12.  Student Accident Insurance Program 
a.	Approve Guaranteed Trust Life Insurance Company/Student Protection Agency (Mount Vernon) to offer accident insurance to our students for the 2019-20 school year.
We have very few subscribers, but still feel it is a valuable plan for those students needing it.
b.	This plan pays primary coverage for the first $250 of all eligible charges on each injury even if their other insurance pays, too.  After the $250 amount, the coverage picks up all eligible charges that their other insurance does not pay.  If there is no other insurance, this insurance would continue to be the primary coverage with no deductible.  The following rates have been quoted for 2018-19:

2018-19		2019-20	
Gr. K-6 School Time Only Coverage		$23.00		  $23.00
Gr. 7-12 School Time Only Coverage	  37.00		    37.00
Gr. K-6 Twenty-Four Hour Coverage	  79.00		    79.00
Gr. 7-12 Twenty-Four Hour Coverage	  91.00		    91.00
Senior High Football Coverage		129.00		  129.00
13.	Activity Budgets
Approve the following Activity Budgets for fiscal year 2019-20:
a.	As required by the Ohio Revised Code
b.	Copies of Budgets will be available at the Board Meeting
c.	Summary of Individual Activity Accounts is enclosed
d.	Summary of each Activity Fund is as follows:

Fund	Estimated
Beginning Balance	Estimated Revenue	Estimated Expenditures	Estimated
Ending Balance	
018 (Public School Support)	 $12,000.00 	 $20,100.00 	 $18,500.00 	 $13,600.00 	
022 (Trust)	 $5,150.00 	 $7,300.00 	 $7,800.00 	 $4,650.00 	
200 (Activity)	 $27,190.00 	 $146,150.00 	 $146,285.00 	 $27,055.00 	
300 (Activity)	 $117,854.00 	 $219,570.00 	 $215,004.00 	 $122,420.00 	

14. Approve the Chrome Book Policy as presented in the Board packet.  The district will begin implementation of its One-to-One Initiative beginning with the 2019-20 school year.

19-34		Motion by Wells second by Busse that the board approve the superintendent recommendations as presented.  Upon the call of the roll, the vote was as follows: Bertke, no; Busse, yes; Suchland, yes; Wells, yes; Bambauer, no.  Motion carried.  

Informational Items:

A.	The N-B Schools plan to graduate 65 students on Sunday, May 26 with the following activities planned:
	       1:30 PM  Baccalaureate Service (James F. Dicke Auditorium) 
	       2:30 PM Commencement Exercise (N-B Gym)

B.	Employee Service Awards
The following N-B Employees will be honored for their service to the New Bremen School on May 28, 2019 at the Staff Banquet at 11:30 a.m.:

5 Year Award	10 Year Award	25 Year Award	
Becky Eyink	Shannon Heckman	Cindy Evers	
Mike Jenkins	Tanya Homan	Mike Heuker	
Tess Moeller 		Barb Lemmon	
Heather Powers	15 Year Award		
Lindsay Roiberg	Loresa Burden	30 Year Award	
Holly Smith		Kendra Knapke	
Rob Sniegowski	20 Year Award	Sue Kramer	
Kate Timmerman	Christy Bertke	Barb Sims	
Chad Wells	Jackie Crites		
	Heather Kuck	Retirement	
	Patty Ruckman	Kendra Knapke	
		Sue Kramer	
B.	The 2019 Fund Drive for the New Bremen Education Foundation has recently been completed.  It appears that there will be a total of 73 scholarships to be awarded to the 2019 graduates as the result of the New Bremen Education Foundation.  In addition to the New Bremen Education Foundation Scholarships, there are also approximately 40 other scholarships that are either local or regional that will be awarded.

C.	Nicotine Testing- The program would include a 5 panel drug screen, twice each athletic season.  There would be 12 screens per season for a total of 36 per year.  This screen will detect vaping/juuling and can distinguish between first hand and second hand smoke.

D.	School Fee Collection Process- For the 2019-20 school year, we will begin collecting fees at one building (at the HS) for the convenience of parents and to limit the number of checks that need to be written.  Over the next year we will be researching the possibility of online payments. 

E.	Building Project Update- We have experienced slower progress than expected due to weather conditions.  The schedule has been adjusted accordingly.

F.	Fairground Farm Auction- We received $1,700 from the auction of the buildings at the Fairground Farm.  The buildings went to local individuals who will be re-using/re-purposing the buildings.

G.	Maintenance Salary Schedule- The maintenance position is currently an hourly position which creates conflicts with employment in a supplemental position due to the necessity of having to pay over-time.   Changing the maintenance salary schedule to an administrative salary schedule will alleviate this issue.

H.	Gifted Services- Mr. Schrader provided a handout which detailed the gifted education program at New Bremen Schools.  He shared important factors that need to be considered as the Board and administration examine gifted programming for the future.

I.	Repairs are needed to the athletic stadium arch at the football/track entrance. These repairs are scheduled to be completed this summer.

19-35              Motion by Bambauer, second by Bertke to adjourn to executive session for the purposes of Personnel –Appointment or Evaluation and Employment at 8:01 p.m.  Upon the call of the roll, the vote was as follows: Wells, yes; Bambauer, yes; Bertke, yes; Busse, yes; Suchland, yes. Motion Carried.
	
19-36             Motion by Busse second by Wells to return to regular session at 9:32 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.
	
19-37	         Motion by Bertke, second by Suchland to adjourn the meeting at 9:33 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.

				
			President							Treasurer