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December 13, 2021 Board Meeting – 5:30 p.m.

Unified School District 234

Board Agenda

1. Open the meeting

2. Consider official agenda

3. Consider consent agenda

4. Recognition of Jamie Armstrong, outgoing board member

5. Public Forum

6. Fort Scott KNEA Report

7. Principals’ Reports

8. Director of Academics’ Report

9. Superintendent’s Report

10. Business Manager’s Report

11. ESSER III Update

12. Fort Scott Preschool Center presentation

13. Board Member comments

14. Executive session – to discuss personnel matters for nonelected personnel

15. Consider employment

16. Adjourn

Fort Scott, Schools

Fort Scott High School Debate Takes First at Invitational

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On Saturday, November 20, The Talking Tigers took a small contingency of six teams to compete at the Louisburg Wildcat Invitational.

In the open division, Joy Self and Lillian Collins placed sixth, Berkley Wood and Thade Yates placed fourth, while Anna Hall and Reagan Wells finished in first-place.

The Talking Tigers’ combined scores were enough for a first-place team finish in sweepstakes.

“Thanks for your hard work,” said teacher/coach Angella Curran. “Tigers. It certainly paid off this weekend.”

Food, Fort Scott, Schools

FSHS Swim Team Fundraiser: Fall Extravaganza

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The Fort Scott High School Swim Team will have a fundraiser at the Fall Extravaganza on November 22 at Fort Scott Middle School.

They will be selling pulled pork stuffed baked potatoes or a pulled port sandwich meal.

Drinks will be available for sale also.

To learn more:

_Extravaganza MenuFlyer 2 pgs(1)

Business, Entertainment, Fort Scott, Schools

Shopping Extravaganza On Nov. 22

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Monday, November 22nd is the VIP Fall Extravaganza that will be held at the Fort Scott Middle School in the Gymnasium & Commons Area from 5-8 p.m.

This is a one-stop shopping and dining experience.

Pick up baked goods for your Thanksgiving dinner, purchase holiday gifts, and hear holiday music – all in one great evening.

Donated items from vendors will be available as raffle prizes.

Participating Vendors:

*2 Southern Ladies / Jessica Cullen
Baked Goods / Hunter Parker
*Bids & Dibs / Angela Simon
*Color Street / Heather Geiger
*Cowboy Christmas Store & Murphy Boys / Jaymie Murphy
*Crystal’s Jewelry / Carolyn Crystal
*Custom Jewelry / Laura Howard
*Desert Bloom / Jimmie Hughes
Dixie’s Lilla Rose / Dixie Jackson
*Down Home Country Crafter / Cindy Hall
*Flying P Ranch / Abbie Powell & Jolynne Mitchell
FSHS After Prom 2022 / Amy Harper
FSMS Technology Products / Adam Feagins
*Funky Junktiques / Jennifer Cox
*Happy Little Candle Factory / Lori Craig
*Home Sewn Items / Micki Kraft
*Laree + Co. / Rachel French
*Locust Hill Lamanchas / Sue Reinecke
Mixed Media Mosaics / Cindi Lipe
*Paul L. Milks Photography / Paul L. Milks
*Plain Jane’s Soap / Heather Mace & Pamela Walters
*Redbud Farms & Nurseries / Tara Allen
*Shirt Shack / Billy Webster
*Sugar Bakery / Jessie Combs
*Sunshine Boutique / Georgia Brown
*The Purse Lady / Nancy Crawford
*The Spurred Mule Creations and Décor / Jessica Norwood
*Tiger Threads / Morgan Sage
*Tupperware / Shawn O’Brien
*Uppacreek Ranch / Doug Simpson
*Well Spring Acres / Penny Moore
*Wood Crafts & Art / Wilbur Fleming

*These vendors will be donating items to be raffled that evening.
Tickets may be purchased for $0.25 each. Winners need not be
present to win.

Monday, November 22nd
Fort Scott Middle School
Gymnasium & Commons Area
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Parking is available on the east, west, and south sides of the school.

Fort Scott, Schools

FS Future Farmers of America Students Selling Hay Rings

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FSHS Talking Tigers Place First in Debate Tourney

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Congratulations to the Fort Scott High School Talking Tigers on their 1ST PLACE win at DeSoto on November 13!

In the Open Division, Neil and Shekhar Gugnani took 1st place with 5-0 record.

In the JV division, Cadence Tuck and Joy Self took 1st place with a 5-0 record.

Even though our other teams didn’t place, their wins helped to contribute to our first-place win as a team. Congratulations Tigers!!

Submitted by coach/teacher Angella Curran

Fort Scott, Schools

Debate Team Donates to The Beacon

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The Fort Scott High School Talking Tigers debate team donated items to benefit The Beacon pantry as one of their NSDA service projects. Items were dropped off on Nov. 11.

Fort Scott, Government, Schools

U234 News Release

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NEWS RELEASE

Monday, November 8, 2021

Members of the USD 234 Board of Education met at the Fort Scott Middle School Commons on Monday, November 8, 2021, for their regular monthly meeting.

President James Wood opened the meeting. The board approved the official agenda. The board also approved the consent agenda as follows:

A. Minutes

B. Bills and Claims

C. Payroll – October 20, 2021 – $1,447,671.65

D. Financial Report

E. Activity fund accounts

F. FFA Extended Trip Application

G. Parent/Teacher Conference statistics

Board members watched a video of Winfield Scott students utilizing new technology as they learn to produce daily announcements. Board members heard the following reports:

· Audit Report from Terry Sercer

· Fort Scott KNEA Report from Brenda Hill

· Administrators’ Reports

· Academic Director’s Report

· Superintendent’s Report

· Business Manager’s Report

Board members approved the ESSER II funds application. In addition, the board approved a January 2022 retention bonus of $500 per employee.

The board members reviewed and updated the USD 234 Area of Focus. In addition, board members approved the following:

· Roof consulting proposal from Benchmark, Inc.

· Resolution 21-09 for Withdrawal from Kansas Educational Risk Management Pool

· RPS Broker Agreement

· Benefits Committee recommendation for health insurance

· Erate Application Funding Year 2022 Contract

· Employee Safety Manual

· Memorandum of Understanding with CHC for COVID-19 testing

· Memorandum of Understanding with Fort Scott KNEA

The Fort Scott Middle School VIP Fall Extravaganza will be held on November 22, 2021, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the middle school commons and gymnasium.

Board members shared comments and then went into executive session to discuss personnel matters for nonelected personnel and returned to open meeting. The board approved the following employment items:

A. Retirement of Fredina Gonzales, bus driver, effective December 1, 2021

B. Resignation of Robert Jackson, Eugene Ware/Fort Scott Preschool Center custodian, effective Novembe4 5, 2021

C. Resignation of Mary Watson, middle school paraprofessional, effective October 29, 2021

D. Leave of absence for Brent Cavin, middle school social studies teacher

E. Employment of Kaytelynd Keller as a Winfield Scott paraprofessional for the remainder of the 2021-22 school year

F. Employment of Akasha Clements as a middle school paraprofessional for the remainder of the 2021-22 school year

G. Employment of Jonny Larsen as a 12-month, 8-hour Eugene Ware/Fort Scott Preschool Center custodian for the remainder of the 2021-22 school year

H. Resignation of Amy Keeton, Eugene Ware paraprofessional, effective Nov. 7, 2021

I. Employment of Jade Johnson as a high school assistant softball coach for the 2021-22 school year; Employment of Tom Robertson as high school head boys’ golf coach for the 2021-22 school year

J. Addition of a high school paraprofessional position for the 2021-22 school year.

The board adjourned.

Fort Scott, Schools

FSHS Talking Tigers: All Teams Placed in Debate Tourney

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On Saturday, November 6, FSHS Talking Tigers competed at the Parsons debate tournament. They placed 2nd overall and in the open division, all four of our teams placed!

Neil and Shekhar Gugnani placed 1st

Cadence Tuck and Regen Wells placed 3rd

Anna Hall and Caitlynn Tate placed 4th

Khris Patel and Lexi Hill placed 8th

GO TIGERS!!

Submitted by Angella Curran

Fort Scott High School

Speech Communications

Debate/Forensics

Fort Scott, Government, Schools

USD234 Board Agenda for Nov. 8

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Unified School District 234 Board Agenda

November 8, 2021

5:30 p.m.

Fort Scott Middle School Commons

Live Stream on youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjaU97n6HwM9fYHltUChYXg

Open the meeting
Flag Salute
Consider official agenda
Consider consent agenda
Winfield Scott presentation
Audit Report from Terry Sercer
Public Forum
Fort Scott KNEA Report
Administrators’ Reports
Academic Director’s Report
Superintendent’s Report
Business Manager’s Report
ESSER Update
Review and update USD 234 Areas of Focus
Consider roof consulting proposal from Benchmark, Inc.
Consider Resolution 21-09 for Withdrawal from Kansas Educational Risk Management Pool
Consider RPS Broker Agreement
Consider Benefits Committee Recommendation – Health Insurance
Consider Erate Application Funding Year 2022 Contract
Consider Employee Safety Manual
Consider Memorandum of Understanding with CHC for COVID-19 testing
Consider Memorandum of Understanding with Fort Scott KNEA
Fort Scott Middle School VIP Fall Extravaganza – November 22, 2021 – 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Board member comments
Executive session – to discuss personnel matters for nonelected personnel
Consider Employment
Adjourn

Entertainment, Fort Scott, Schools

FSHS Presents the New Musical “Ranked”

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The Fort Scott High School Performing Arts Department presents the new musical “Ranked” by Kyle Holmes and David Taylor Gomes.

Performances are Nov. 9, and 11 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 13 at 2 and 7 p.m. at the FSHS Auditorium. Over fifty FSHS students are involved in the acting, singing, dancing, and technical aspects of the show.

“Ranked” presents a dystopian high school where the theme, “Buy your grades. Buy your future. But what happens when the rest of the world finds out?” comes to the surface.

Rankedmusical.com describes the plot this way: “Lily is Above the Average, barely. Soon the giant, and very public, academic leaderboards will update everyone’s class rank, and for another day, everyone will know their place. If you fall Below the Average – say goodbye to college, and pretty much everything else… In the face of an intense and perverse culture of performance, Lily must find her place in the status quo as she watches friends and enemies alike destroy themselves and each other to score their way to the top. When an impossible lie is discovered, the fate of these students’ futures hangs in the balance.”

Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for those under 18. Reserved tickets are available at fortscotthighschool.ludus.com or at the door. Doors open 30 minutes prior to showtime. Parental guidance is suggested.