Rutland School Board

The Rutland School District Board of Education will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the Rutland School media center. Items on the agenda include:

• Approve minutes

• Consideration of claims

• Financial reports

• Public forum

• PLEC report

• Superintendent’s report

• Conflict of interest disclosures

• Board discussion to set up a community meeting to discuss a possible consolidation with the Oldham-Ramona district

• Authorization for SDHSAA membership

• Approve certified teacher negotiated agreement

• Approve Cambridge Colony K-3 educator contract

• Approve amended contracts for high school science, business manager and superintendent

• Approve employee resignations – head maintenance/transportation and 9-12 English

• Possible policy changes

• Executive session for personnel issues and negotiations

Brookings School Board

The Brookings School District Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the Dakota Prairie Elementary School at 111 26th St. S. Items on the agenda include: 

• Approve agenda

• Conflict of interest declarations

• Comments from audience

• BEST Award recipients

• Presentation from GAP

• Presentation from Medary Elementary

• Performance Oversight Committee report

• Facilities and Construction Committee report 

• Policy and Governance Committee report 

• Human Rights Ad Hoc Committee report 

• Negotiations Ad Hoc Committee report 

• School Finance Ad Hoc Committee report 

• Intergovernmental Relations Ad Hoc Committee

• Mental Health Coalition report 

• General board member communications

• Superintendent’s report

• High school report

• Middle school report

• Camelot report

• Dakota Prairie report

• Hillcrest report

• Medary report

• Director of curriculum and instruction report

• Director of special services report

• Director of activities report

• Director of child nutrition report

• Director of instructional technology and knowledge management report

• Director of transportation and buildings/grounds report

• Director of business services report

• Monthly financial overview

• Update on COVID-19 items

• Facility construction update

• Approve minutes

• Approve financial report

• Approve bills

• Approve personnel report

• Approve open enrollments

• Approve donated items

• Set Friday, April 30, as date for negotiations with Brookings Education Association

• Approve budget supplement

• Approve calendar modification

• Adopt CDC recommendations for fully vaccinated people

• Executive session to consult with legal counsel on contractual matters and for negotiations

Deubrook School Board

The Deubrook Area School District Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday in the Toronto school elementary music room. Items on the agenda include:

• Open forum

• Approve agenda

• Introduction of guests

• Dolphin good news report

• Conflict of interest declarations

• Financial reports

• Approve minutes

• Accounts payable and payroll

• Community library board

• Policy review

• Negotiated agreement for 2021-2022

• Certified staff contracts for 2021-2022

• Administration contracts for 2021-2022

• Off-staff coaches work agreements for 2021-2022

• Classified staff work agreements for 2021-2022

• Membership in SDHSAA for 2021-2022

• Svennes busing contract review

• Mowing and snow removal bids

• New contract for an elementary teacher

• Resignation

• Capital outlay certificates for building project

• Capital project budget

• Request for musical

• Superintendent’s report

• Elementary principal’s report

• Junior-senior high school principal report

• Executive session

• Committee reports

Sioux Valley School Board

The Sioux Valley School District Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the school library media center. Social distancing guidelines will be followed. Items on the agenda include:

• Approve agenda

• Approve minutes

• District financial report

• Consideration of claims

• Conflict of interest disclosure

• Public input on agenda or non-agenda items

• Northeast Educational Services Co-op report

• BASE report

• Activities director report

• Administrative reports

• Open enrollments for 2021-2022

• Update on COVID-19 positive cases and mitigation plan

• Discussion on bid opening for roof project

• Discussion on bid opening for commons entrance

• Update on scoreboard/display board with possible action to move forward

• Budget supplement

• Capital outlay supplement and supplement for food service budget

• Adopt resolution for ASBPT’s worker’s compensation renewal

• Discussion regarding remote learning with possible action to discontinue option for 2021-2022 school year

• Executive session to select finalists for middle school/high school principal

• Approve contracts for superintendent, elementary principal and dean of students and issue contracts with adjusted salaries

• Approve new hires

• Approve resignation

• Set school board meeting to conduct interviews for high school/ middle school principal

• Set the last day of school

Board of Equalization

The Brookings County Commission will meet as  the Brookings County Board of Equalization at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday  in the Brookings City & County Government Center at 520 Third St. If you have any symptoms of COVID-19 or believe you may have been exposed, consider watching the Commission meeting from home, broadcast live on Swiftel channel 19, ITC channel 168, or the Brookings County Youtube channel. You can also call in by dialing 605-697-8255 and entering code 6056968205 when prompted. Items on the agenda include:

• Possible action on the James Brown appeal

• Possible action on the Sally Damm Norby appeal

• Possible action on the Raymond L. Langland, Jr. appeal

• Approve corrections for Lloyd Companies, Hawkeye Land Co., Misty Prussman, Scott Mundt and Charles Gregory Foster

• Presentation of the 2021 assessment of real property and building permit information

• Presentation of the tentative 2021 numbers for towns, townships and school districts

• Presentation of the 2021 renewable resource energy tax credits

• Action to approve new applications for tax-exempt status

• Action to approve tax-exempt status exemptions

• Action to approve owner-occupied status applications

• Action to approve the 2021 riparian buffer strip classification applications

• Action to approve disabled veterans exemptions.

• Action to approve tax moratorium exemptions

• Action to approve partially taxed exemptions

• Action to approve discretionary formula exemptions

• Action to approve elderly tax freeze exemptions

Sustainability Council

The Brookings Sustainability Council will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Brookings City & County Government Center at 520 Third St. Items on the agenda include:

• Approve agenda

• Approve minutes

• Open forum

• New member introductions

• City staff introduction – DJ Buthe, public works director

• Board of Health eliminations

• City update

• Community gardens promotion

• Subcommittee reports: Marketing and Communication; Waste; Energy and Local Foods

• Bicycle Committee report

• Human Rights Commission report

• CLEAR report

• Energy discussion with Robert McTaggert, SDSU

• Call for future agenda items