Brookings School Board
The Brookings School District Board of Education will hold a work session at 3 p.m. Monday followed by a regular meeting at 6 p.m. at the Dakota Prairie Elementary School at 111 26th St. S. Items on the agenda include:
Work session
• Approve agenda
• Conflict of interest disclosures
• Discussion on strategic planning, processes, and procedures
• Discussion on Hillcrest and Medary facility needs, progress, and process timelines
• Discussion on board goals and objectives
• Discussion on ESSER Funds
Regular meeting
• Approve agenda
• Conflict of interest declarations
• Comments from the audience
• BEST Award recipients
• Educational support staff presentation
• Performance Oversight Committee report
• Facilities and Construction Committee report
• Policy and Governance Committee report
• Human Rights Ad Hoc Committee report
• School Finance Ad Hoc Committee report
• Intergovernmental Relations Ad Hoc Committee report
• 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
• ASBSD regional meeting
• Second reading of revisions being made to policy GBEC “Drug Free Workplace”
• Second reading of revisions being made to policy GCBE “Vacation/Holidays for Employees”
• Second reading of revisions being made to policy JFCH “Alcohol and Other Drug Use by Learners”
• Second reading of revisions being made to policy JHCD “Administering Medicines to Learners”
• Second reading of new policy JHCDE “Administration of Medical Cannabis to Qualifying Learners”
• Second reading of revisions being made to policy JECBA “Foreign Exchange Students”
• First reading of new policy IGDK “Participation of Alternative Instruction Learners”
• First reading of new policy JEA “Compulsory Attendance Areas”
• First reading of revisions being made to policy JEAA “Learners Alternative Instruction”
• First reading of revisions being made to policy JECAA “Learners Enrolling from Alternative Instruction and Unaccredited Schools”
• First reading of revisions being made to policy JEE “Learner Attendance”
• First reading of revisions being made to policy JEG “Exemptions from School Attendance”
• First reading of new policy JED “Learner Absences and Excuses”
• Notification of review of policy BDE “School Board Sub-Committees”
• Notification of review of policy JECE “Student Withdrawal from School”
• Notification of review of policy JEDA “Truancy”
• Notification of review of policy JFA “Student Due Process Rights”
• Notification of review of policy JFAA “Search and Seizure Learner”
• COVID-19 update
• Facility plan progress
• Approve minutes
• Approve financial report
• Approve bills
• Approve personnel report
• Approve revisions being made to policy GBEC “Drug Free Workplace”
• Approve revisions being made to policy GCBE “Vacation/Holidays for Employees”
• Approve revisions being made to Policy JFCH “Alcohol and Other Drug Use by Learners”
• Approve revisions being made to policy JHCD “Administering Medicines to Learners”
• Approve new policy JHCDE “Administration of Medical Cannabis to Qualifying Learners”
• Approve revisions being made to policy JECBA “Foreign Exchange Students”
• Approve the memorandum of agreement establishing a teacher education hub between SDSU and BSD
• Approve of the memorandum of agreement establishing guidelines for a collaborative partnership between the South Dakota Board of Regents and the Brookings High School/District to develop and deliver university courses to Brookings High School learners
• Approve of the 2021-2022 Brookings School District comprehensive plan for special education
• Approval of Brookings Area Transit Authority and Brookings School District memorandum of understanding for the proposed southeast transportation facility
• Approve plan to increase substitute teacher pay rate for retired teachers to $120/day ($60/half day)
County Commission
The Brookings County Commission will meet at 8:30 a.m Tuesday in the Brookings City & County Government Center at 520 Third St. Items on the agenda include:
• Invitation for a citizen to schedule time on the agenda for an item not listed
• Approve agenda
• Approve minutes
• Approve travel requests
• Approve personnel action notices
• Approve cellular authorizations
• Approve Human Services report
• Approve claims
• Recognition of employee anniversaries: Suzanne Bjordal, five years with the Sheriff’s Office; Michael Erickson, 20 years with the highway department
• 4-H report
• Finance officer’s report
• Action to approve a request for $28,000 for the Bruce Fire Department of a 2003 Ford F550 4x4 crew cab
• Action to approve a plat of lots in the Haffner Addition
• Action to approve a resolution for the State Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Solid Waste Permit for a construction and demolition debris site by Willmott Gravel
• Action to approve a food services agreement with Trinity Services Group, Inc.
• Action to approve two native unprocessed material agreements –Davis Pit/Thomas A. Davis
• Action to approve a lease agreement for fiber optic windows between Brookings County and Swiftel Communications from the government center to the Sheriff’s Department
• Action to approve a lease agreement for fiber optic windows between Brookings County and Swiftel Communications from the government center to the County Highway Department
• Action to approve change order No. 008 for the Brookings County Detention Center expansion and remodel project in the amount of $25,023
• Action to approve a request to fill vacancy for a full-time jail nurse
• Action to declare items as surplus property to be destroyed or to be traded in: destroyed: Hamilton Beach microwave; trade-in: Kel-Tec CMR-30 firearm; Walther P22 firearm
• Discussion and possible action to approve a payment of $2,000 to the South Dakota Association of County Commissioners for Eide Bailly’s consulting services for American Rescue Plan Act funds
• Discussion and possible action on funds left in the veterans assistance account
• Update on the culvert inventory process
• Commission Department director’s report
• State’s attorney’s office report
• Commissioner reports and discussion items
• Executive session
Extension Board
The Brookings County Extension Board will meet at noon Tuesday in the Brookings County Outdoor Adventure Center classroom. Items on the agenda include:
• Invitation for a citizen to schedule time on the agenda for an item not listed
• Financial review
• Budget for 2022
• Extension Board volunteer appointments
• Commissioner update
• 4-H adviser report
• Other items
• Next meeting
Brookings City Council
The Brookings City Council will hold a study session at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Brookings City and County Government Center at 520 Third St. Items on the agenda include:
• Approve agenda
• Open forum
• Presentation on the park master plan
• Presentation on the 2022 outside agency applications
• City council introduction of topics for future discussion
