- Minutes of the Garretson School Board #49-4 for Aug. 12, 2024
- Notice of Hearing: for Adult Name & Gender Marker Change
- Notice of Hearing: for Adult Name Change
Minutes of the Garretson School Board #49-4 for Aug. 12, 2024
SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES
Regular Meeting Garretson School District #49-4 6:00 p.m. August 12, 2024
Board President Natasha Mendoza, Board Member Wyatt Compton, Board Member Justin VanDeBerg, Superintendent Guy Johnson, & Business Manager Jacob Schweitzer. Others present: Elementary Principal Katie Hoekman, MS/HS Principal Chris McGregor, Jacki Liester, Garrick Moritz, Amy Pullman, and Randy Pullman. Board Vice President Tana Clark and Board Member Shannon Nordstrom were absent.
At 6:01 p.m., the Board convened in the Library for its regular meeting of the Garretson School Board. All votes are unanimous, unless specifically noted in the minutes.
President Mendoza led the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed guests and visitors.
President Mendoza called for any additions or corrections to the Board agenda. President Mendoza requested one deletion and one addition. She asked that item b. (Discussion: Board Committees) in New Business be removed. She also requested that a report be added to the Report section of the meeting for the Board President to discuss the recent ASBSD/SASD Convention.
Action 25-014: Motion by Compton, second by VanDeBerg, to approve the agenda as presented with the proposed changes. Motion carried.
There were no comments made during the Open Forum portion of the meeting.
Action 25-015: Motion by VanDeBerg, second by Compton, to approve the following consent agenda items as presented. Approval of July 15, 2024 regular board meeting minutes, approval of payments for Ju1y 2024 claims, approval of the financial statements for July 2024, and approval of August 1, 2024 fuel quotes, 10% Ethanol from Palisades Oil - $2.668 and 10% Ethanol from Midway Oil - $2.69. Motion carried.
GARRETSON SCHOOL
DISTRICT #49-4
CLAIMS PAID AUGUST 12, 2024
GENERAL FUND
A-OX WELDING SUPPLY CO., INC., AG. CYLINDER RENTALS, $88.83; ADBO PUBLISHING CO., LIBRARY BOOKS, $325.35; ALLIANCE COMMUNICATIONS, AUGUST 2024 INTERNET & PHONE SERVICES, $779.00; APPLE, INC., APPLE 4K TV, $149.00; ASCAP, 2024-2025 MUSIC LICENSE FEE, $442.75; BMI, 2024-2025 MUSIC LICENSE FEE, $181.97; BRANDON ACE HARDWARE, MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES, $130.44; CAROLINA BIOLOGICAL SUPPLY CO., MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASS SUPPLIES, $197.94; CLIMATE SYSTEMS, INC., SERVICE CONTRACT, $4,625.25; DAKOTA AUTO PARTS, PAINT FOR BUS BARN, $62.18; DON’S AUTO & TIRE CO., SYNTHETIC ENGINE OIL/TUBE, $71.00; FRONTLINE CROP SOLUTIONS, GLYPEX/TRIAD SELECT, $155.00; GARRETSON GAZETTE, BOARD MEETING MINUTES/SALARY PUBLICATIONS, $735.32; GARRETSON SCHOOL DISTRICT CUSTODIAL ACCOUNT, JULY 2024 IMPREST ACCOUNT REIMBURSEMENT, $5,619.96; HAUFF MID-AMERICA SPORTS, ATHLETIC SUPPLIES, $3,606.15; HEALTHEQUITY, HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT CONTRIBUTIONS/FEES, $575.28; HILLYARD, CLEANING/MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES, $2,761.09; HORACE MANN, JUNE 2024 ADMIN. FEES/JULY 2024 PAYROLL ACH’S/FEES, $414.23; INNOVATIVE OFFICE SOLUTIONS, LLC, OFFICE SUPPLIES, $1,494.29; LAKESHORE LEARNING MATERIALS, LLC, BUILDING MATH SKILLS WRITE & WIPE BOARDS, $46.98; M.J. DALSIN, INC., ROOF LEAKS- MAINTENANCE/REPAIRS, $1,766.13; MEDICAID, FISCAL YEAR 2024 QUARTER 2 ADMIN. FEE, $137.66; MENARDS, CEILING TILES/OTHER MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES, $483.68; PALISADES OIL, CO., BULK FUEL/TIRE REPAIRS, $915.02; PERFORMANCE PRESS, INC., ACTIVITY PASSES/SOAR POSTERS, $511.99; POPPLERS MUSIC, INC., INSTRUMENT REPAIR, $160.00; SANFORD HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION EXAMS, $200.00; SAVVAS LEARNING CO., LLC, MATH CURRICULUM GRADES 6-12, $6,838.00; SCHOLASTIC, INC., READING BOOKS, $87.95; SCHOOL NURSE SUPPLY, INC., NURSING SUPPLIES, $1,079.49; SCHOOL SPECIALTY, LLC, ART ROOM/CLASSROOM SUPPLIES, $5,399.45; SDAESP AREA I PRINCIPALS, AREA I PRINCIPAL DUES, $90.00; SHUTTERFLY LIFETOUCH, LLC, YEARBOOKS PAYMENT, $749.59; SOUTH DAKOTA UNITED SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION, 2024-2025 MEMBERSHIP DUES, $450.00; SOUTHEAST AREA PRINCIPALS ASSOCIATION, 2024-2025 MEMBERSHIP DUES, $125.00; STEVE’S ELECTRIC & PLUMBING, INC., SCOREBOARD- ELECTRIC, $10,356.52; STURDEVANT’S AUTO VALUE, TRANSPORTATION SUPPLIES, $159.35; SUPERIOR-SHOWBOARD CO., SCIENCE FAIR MATERIALS, $627.50; VERNIER SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY, INC., HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE EQUIPMENT, $516.85; WAGEWORKS, JULY 2024 ACH FEES, $6,796.16; WARD’S SCIENCE, SCIENCE LAB SUPPLIES, $101.10; WASTE MANAGEMENT, AUGUST 2024 GARBAGE & RECYCLING SERVICES, $700.67; XCEL ENERGY, MAY-JUNE 2024 ELECTRICITY, $6,410.52;
TOTAL GENERAL FUND, $68,492.16
CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND
ACCESS SYSTEMS, JULY 2024 SERVICES, $1,624.72; INTELLIPRO SECURITY, LLC, CAMERAS/SECURITY SYSTEM HARDWARE, $85,000.00; M&H HARDWARE & APPLIANCE, FRIDGES, $1,370.00; STEVENSON’S ASPHALT, PARKING LOT MAINTENANCE/REPAIRS, $15,800.00; VERNIER SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY, INC., HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE EQUIPMENT, $4,296.00;
TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND, $108,090.72
SPECIAL EDUCATION FUND
GOODCARE, LLC, JULY 2024 SERVICES, $977.51; NCS PEARSON, INC., Q-GLOBAL VIDEO PROCTORING, $259.00; SCHOOL SPECIALTY, LLC, WIGGLE SEATS, $80.08;
TOTAL SPECIAL EDUCATION FUND, $1,316.59
FOOD SERVICE FUND
RESTAURANT DESIGN EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY, KITCHEN EQUIPMENT, $22,127.84; STERLING COMPUTERS CORPORATION, COMPUTER FOR POINT OF SALE IN KITCHEN, $900.00;
TOTAL FOOD SERVICE FUND, $23,027.84
TOTAL CLAIMS: $200,927.31
IMPREST CHECKS
JULY 2024
GENERAL FUND IMPREST CHECKS
GODBEY, THOMAS, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PHYSICAL- REIMBURSEMENT, $150.00; MCGREGOR, CHRIS, LYFT RIDE- NATIONAL CONFERENCE- REIMBURSEMENT, $26.29; MCGREGOR, CHRIS, PARKING FEE- NATIONAL CONFERENCE- REIMBURSEMENT, $48.00; MOSYLE CORPORATION, MOSYLE ONEK12 LICENSE FEE, $4,695.00; WASTE MANAGEMENT, JULY 2024 GARBAGE & RECYCLING SERVICES, $700.67;
TOTAL GENERAL FUND IMPREST CHECKS, $5,619.96;
TOTAL IMPREST CHECKS: $5,619.96
Financial Report
The Business Manager presented a financial report of cash balances, expenditures, and receipts for the month of July 2024 as listed below:
Cash Balances as of July 31, 2024: General Fund: $544,211.16; Capital Outlay Fund: $1,270,132.10; Special Education Fund: ($2,107.40); Food Service Fund: $251,497.42; Driver’s Education Fund: $12,068.52; Preschool Fund: ($44,555.16); Custodial Fund: $59,618.15.
Expenditures: General Fund: ACH Fees, $137.66; Claims, $72,197.11; Payroll, $274,202.98; Capital Outlay Fund: Claims, $213,066.94; Special Education Fund: Claims, $18,507.43; Payroll, $31,233.24; Food Service Fund: Claims, $3,989.12; Driver’s Education Fund: Payroll, $2,260.65; Preschool Fund: Claims, $200.00; Payroll, $5,147.04; Custodial Fund: ACH Fees, $7,785.67; Claims, $60,255.06.
Receipts: General Fund: Local Sources, $82,793.23; Intermediate Sources, $1,688.00; State Sources, $184,514.91; Capital Outlay Fund: Local Sources, $3,079.14; Special Education Fund: Local Sources, $2,774.19; State Sources, $26,653.00; Food Service Fund: Local Sources, $38.36; Custodial Fund: Local Sources, $43,366.58.
Old Business:
Fiscal Year 2025 Budget
New Business:
There were no conflicts of interest.
The following information items were presented to the Board: Policy KLD: Public Complaints About School Personnel or Procedures and Policy KLD-E: Complaints Regarding Employees or Procedures.
There were no First Readings.
There were no Second Readings.
Administration provided the Board with six administrative reports:
a. Board President’s Report - President Mendoza discussed her experience from the recent ASBSD/SASD Convention, including sessions on board committees and conflict resolution.
b. In-service Report - Superintendent Johnson gave the Board a summary of the plan for the upcoming staff in-service, which will take place August 19-21.
c. Superintendent’s Report - Superintendent Johnson updated the Board on several happenings in the schoolhouse, including the new camera and surveillance system, preliminary student count numbers, new scoreboard installations at the complex and the gym, the new mural work at the complex, and grad credit opportunities for staff.
d. Prairie Lakes Educational Cooperative Report - Board Member Compton summarized the recent Prairie Lakes Cooperative board meeting, which included introductions, a summary of the budget, and an updated contact list.
e. Elementary Principal/Curriculum Director’s Report - Principal Hoekman summarized a couple events she attended recently, including KSB Law training for Title IX and the ASBSD/SASD Convention. She informed the Board that Kindergarten meetings with teachers would take place August 12-15, in-service is August 19-21, and Open House is August 20. Lastly, Principal Hoekman made the Board aware of the plan for the coming changes to the social studies standards.
f. Middle School/High School Principal’s Report - Principal McGregor gave the Board the highlights of his trip to the National Principals Conference in Nashville in July.
Action 25-016: Motion by Compton, second by VanDeBerg, to adjourn at 6:33 p.m. Motion carried.
Approved by the Garretson Board of Education this _____ day of _________, 2024.
Natasha Mendoza, Board President Jacob Schweitzer, Business Manager
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8-22-24-1tc
Notice of Hearing: for Adult Name & Gender Marker Change
CIV:24-3303
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA) SS COUNTY OF MINNEHAHA)
IN CIRCUIT COURT
SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
In the Matter of the Petition
of Mitchell James Heinemann,
For a Change of Name to
Emma Rae Heinemann
CIV: 24-3303
Notice is hereby given that a Verified Petition for Adult Name Change has been filed by Mitchell James Heinemann, the object and prayer of which is to change Petitioner’s name from Mitchell James Heinemann to Emma Rae Heinemann.
On the 17th day of September, 2024, at the hour of 11:00 a.m. said Verified Petition will be heard by this Court before the Honorable Judge Hoffman Presiding, at the Court Room in the Minnehaha County Courthouse, City of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, or as soon thereafter as is convenient for the court. Anyone may come and appear at that time and place and show reasons, if any, why said name should not be changed as requested.
Dated this 21st Day of June, 2024 at Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Attested by,
Cathy Arant, Clerk of Court
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8-15-24-4tc
Notice of Hearing: for Adult Name Change
49CW24-3442
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA) SS COUNTY OF MINNEHAHA)
IN CIRCUIT COURT
SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
In the Matter of the Petition
of Ellie Helen Dewitz,
For a Change of Name to
Elenore Helen Jenkerson
49CW24-3442
Notice is hereby given that a Verified Petition for Adult Name Change has been filed by Ellie Helen Dewitz, the object and prayer of which is to change Petitioner’s name from Ellie Helen Dewitz to Elenore Helen Jenkerson.
On the 2nd day of October, 2024, at the hour of 11:00 a.m. said Verified Petition will be heard by this Court before the Honorable Judge Pekas Presiding, at the Court Room in the Minnehaha County Courthouse, City of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, or as soon thereafter as is convenient for the court. Anyone may come and appear at that time and place and show reasons, if any, why said name should not be changed as requested.
Dated this 15th Day of August, 2024 at Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Attested by,
Cathy Arant, Clerk of Court
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8-22-24-4tc
