December 12, 2011

• Open during the week of Parent-Teacher Conferences (October 24-27)
• Total Sales - $3,097.76
• Scholastic Dollars - $1,828.72
• Booster Club bought book from the book fair to get the total sales about
$3,000. By selling more than $3,000 worth of books, the schools get 50% in scholastic dollars instead of 40%.

• The 5 th grade students had visitors from Blue Ox on November 22 nd , and they visited Blue Ox on November 29 th .
• The Elementary Holiday Concert will be held on December 19 th at
6:00 pm in the old gym.
• The 5 th and 6 th grade band will perform holiday music for the residents at Prairie Breeze on Tuesday, December 20 th .
• There will be a 1:00 pm dismissal on December 22 nd .
• There will be no school from December 23 rd to January 2 nd .
• The second semester begins on January 3 rd .
• Nebraska Kids on the Block
• Bullying presentation for grades K-3 and 4-6
• February 8 th
• Puppet Show
• FREE to the school district!!

• Scheduled for February 16 in Pender
• Make up date February 24 in Pender
• Multipurpose room
• Grades 6-8
• Top 3 from each grade at each school participate
• The winner of the Thurston County Spelling Bee qualifies for the State Spelling Bee held in Omaha.

• Cancelled classes Thursday, December 8 and Friday, December
9.
• No heat
• The broken part was supposed to be shipped Friday and here
Saturday or today, but it was not shipped until today.
• Heater should be up and running by the end of the day tomorrow.
• Classes were held today but are cancelled again tomorrow.

• The first of two formal evaluations for all probationary teachers have been completed.
• 13 teacher evaluations need to be completed this year, and 7 are done as of today.
• 11 people…13 evaluations
• 2 teachers are required to be evaluation twice
• The other 6 will be completed after the winter break.
• 2 of those 6 are the second of two formal evaluations for probationary teachers.
• Informal walk-through observations are conducted several times per week.

December 12, 2011

Sign at the Football Field
• Should be installed on
Wednesday
• Love Signs planned to be here last Friday, but inclement weather delayed the installation of the sign
• Should be fully functional by the end of the week

• Thursday, December 16 th after noon.
• All day Friday, December 17 th .

• A new coat of finish will be added to the new gym floor.
• Recommended after about 6 months.
• This will cost $2,000.
• Egan will start this process on December 22 nd and will be finished before the NSAA sports moratorium is over.
• We may try to refinish the floor every year at this time instead of during the summer.

• The south bleachers need some work.
• Bleacher Solutions provided us with a quote. ($4,200)
• Jack and weld top row.
• Adjust motors for even running.
• Loosen sway braces and adjust rolling frames then tighten.
• Clean and grease all moving parts.
• Alternate proposal ($3,400)
• Remove top row of bleachers to allow clearance to court.
• Move all wall attachment brackets to next lower row and reattach.
• Install seats back on bottom row.
• Since these projects are over $2,500, I plan to meet with the facilities/transportation committee and then get more than one quote if we decide to move forward.

• Project overview
• All duct work will be above false ceiling except in cafeteria, kitchen, and kitchen store room.
• All exposed duct work would save an estimated $75,000 but would create future house keeping issues. It would also not look as finished as hidden duct work.
• Air handlers will be installed in current boiler room.
• Boilers will be installed in Mr. Olin’s current office. A new fire rated wall will be constructed to meet codes.
• Ductwork will run up the building on the outside just west of fire escape or above current boiler room. There are options for the appearance of this duct work.
• The area we lovingly refer to as the “doghouse” will be eliminated during this project.

• Plan to put projects out for bid by the first part of January
• At the January Board of Education meeting, the Board will need to approve the final plans
• Facilities/Transportation Committee meeting will be held between now and the January meeting with KEI to discuss final plans
• I have a meeting scheduled with a potential owner’s representative tomorrow morning (see next slide)
• Bids will be due in February
• Construction will begin in May

• Bid process will be made up of 4 components
• Windows – Brian Foxworthy (incite Design Studio)
• HVAC (Old Gym) – Ed Kucirek
• Temperature Control
• Ed Kucirek
• Combine new building and old building controls
• HVAC (High School)
• Hire an Owner’s Representative
• Owner’s Representative and Ed will coordinate to bid out the pieces of the project
• Mechanical
• Electrical
• Ceilings
• Fire

• This project is picking up steam!
• I visited the newly constructed wellness center in Oakland on
Friday…VERY impressive. A facility of that nature would be a tremendous asset to the community of Pender
• A big piece of this project is the football field/track complex.
• Entire project is about $4 million.
• The football field/track complex is about $1 to $1.5 million.
• Donations will play a major role in the construction of these facilities.
• Donors may specifically state how they would like their donation spent. In other words, someone may choose to donate to the football field/track complex only.
• This has major implications for the school.
• Are we willing to support this project?