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Writing Pays Offby Wendy Whitney-Scherer

Three River Ridge seniors had their essays selected in the “Dream Career” essay contest sponsored by Teaching Today® WI. To prepare for the contest, Techni-cal Writing students looked over the criteria including the required 500-600 word count. Next, as a class they examined writings from past contest winners and oth-er dream career essays determining strengths and challenges. Before they started writing, they established the purpose and created an outline and then wrote their first draft. The writing process continued as they went through two peer writer’s workshops (one by Mrs. Drone’s Advanced Composition students), teacher sug-gestions, and another adult editor. In early December, final papers were submitted. On January 7, we found out the winners in the new edition of Teaching Today® WI. Karli Wachter earned a cash prize of $200 for her essay on becoming a elemen-tary teacher and her essay was published in Teaching Today® WI. Honorable Men-tions and cash prizes of $75 were awarded Pamela Breuer for her essay on wanting to be an author and Kevin White for his future as a firefighter. The students use this money toward pursuing their dream career and realize that the hard work on their writing has paid off, literally. To check out this publication and see the winning entries visit http://www.teachingtodaywi.com/

February 2016

Education Options ....2

Dorian Choral ..........3

Geography Bee ........ 4

Guidance News .......5

FFA News ................7

Calendar .................14

Minutes .................17

February 8 100th Day of School

February 10 No School

Teacher InserviceBoard Meeting

February 25 Dancing With

the Stars

February 25-27 State Wrestling

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The River Ridge School District will strive to

provide a safe, challeng-ing environment for each

individual student by promoting excellent staff development, encourag-ing meaningful parent involvement, and earn-ing strong community

support through honesty, integrity, and open com-

Mission Statement

Mission Statement

The River Ridge School District will strive to

provide a safe, challeng-ing environment for each

individual student by promoting excellent staff development, encourag-ing meaningful parent involvement, and earn-ing strong community

support through honesty, integrity, and open com-

munication.

District AdministratorDr. Jeff Athey

608-994-2715 oratheyje@rrsd.k12.wi.us

EditorTamara Hoffman608-994-2711 or

hoffmanta@rrsd.k12.wi.us

Question or suggestions for future articles, please call the District Administrators Office

at 608-994-2715

Visit our website at www.rrsd.k12.wi.us

RIVER RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICTNOTICE OF EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS

River Ridge School District offers students a wide variety of education options to children who reside in the District. Options include:

•Traditional high quality classroom educational programs www.rrsd.k12.wi.us• Youth Options http://youthoptions.dpi.wi.gov/• Course Options http://dpi.wi.gov/courseoptions• Advanced Placement Courses • Online Courses • Open Enrollment to virtual or brick and mortar schools http://dpi.wi.gov/open-enrollment http://dpi.wi.gov/sms?old=sms.dpi.wi.gov/charter-schools/virtual• Summer School programming • Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs • Alternative education program • HSED completion in conjunction with Southwest Technical College• At Risk education • Special Education Programs • Special Education Vouchers (under conditions specified in Wisconsin ACT 55)• Early Childhood Special Education Programs • Enrollment in a home-based private educational program as provided under state law http://dpi.wi.gov/sms/private-schools• Part-time enrollment for non-public school children

A full version of the District’s most recent school and school district account-ability report, as issued by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction under section 115.385 of the state statutes, can be accessed on the River Ridge website http://www.rrsd.k12.wi.us/education_options.cfm

The most recent ranking level (from 2013-14) assigned to each school within the District is: Elementary 76.8, Upper Elementary 71.7 and Middle/High School 72.7. There are no charter or private schools operating within the boundaries of the River Ridge School District participating in the school choice program.

The River Ridge School District does not discrimi-nate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:

District Administrator P.O. Box 78, 11165 County Highway P

Patch Grove, WI 53817 Telephone No. 608-994-2715

For further information on notice of non-discrimina-tion, visit http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/CFAPPS/OCR/contactus.cfm for the address and phone number of the office that serves your area, or call 1-800-421-3481.

Federal Civil rights PoliCy statement

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On January 19 students at River Ridge Elementary as-sembled in the gym to share their presentations on Martin Luther King Jr. and the character theme of the month, ac-ceptance. Students performed songs, stories, and poems. As a follow-up activity, younger students were paired with older students and each partnership discussed their similarities and differences. Eight students also received “Kids of Character” awards for their outstanding display of acceptance during the month of January.

Kids of Character by Kam Fohey

Dorian Choral Festivalby Ellen Martin

Four River Ridge High School Senior Choir mem-bers were selected for the 2016 Dorian Choral Fes-tival, which was held at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa January 10-11. This year marks the 66th year of this event at Luther.

Students from six area Midwest states are nominated by their directors to attend this very prestigious, and what is considered the largest, festival choir in the United States. Students spent Sunday and Monday rehearsing with Luther directors and the 1,100 sing-ers presented a final concert on Monday night. Atten-dance at this festival gives students from River Ridge the opportunity to perform with other outstanding singers and become better musicians.

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River Ridge Upper Elementary students, Jesse and Paiden, work together to solve a measuring mystery.

McKayla and Olivia receive a little assistance from their 6th Grade teacher, Mr. Graewin.

Working Together by Deb Martin

River Ridge Holds Local Geography Bee by Sue KuensterThe River Ridge 7th and 8th grade Geography Bee was held on Thursday, January 21. Nine 7th and 8th grade students competed in the lo-cal competition: 7th grader - Alliyah Schissel, Abigail Polodna, Brayden Vogt, Glenna Mar-shall and 8th grader - Jacob Cathman, McKen-zie Graf, Madison Hecht, Maddy Ryman, Azel Johnson, and Dan Kerscher. Mr. Ryan Fox, 7th & 8th Grade Social Studies teacher, organized the event, which was the first round of the 28th Annual National Geographic Bee. First Place went to 8th grader, Jacob Cathman, for the sec-ond straight year; 2nd Place to 7th grader, Abi-gail Polodna; and the alternates were 8th graders Maddy Ryman and Azel Johnson.

Thousands of schools around the U.S. and in five U.S. territories are participating in the 2016 bee. The school cham-pions, including Jacob Cathman, will take a written test; up to 100 of the top scorers on that test in each state will then be eligible to compete in their 2016 State Geography Bee. Congratulations to Jacob Cathman and all the participants!

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Local Scholarships

Guidance News by Caron Townsend

Local scholarship packets will be distributed to seniors on March 1, 2016. If you are interested in spon-soring a River Ridge scholarship, please contact Miss Townsend by February 15. Over the years, many local organizations, businesses and individuals have helped a graduat-ing senior with their educational expenses and it has always been greatly appreciated.

Bo Kluesner Chosen As The DAR Recipient Students in grades 9-11 have all

participated in the informational sessions on course selection for the 2016-17 school year. Each student has a registration packet and is re-quired to have a signature from their parent/guardian before they hand it in. If any parent has a question about their son or daughter’s cred-its, classes needed for graduation or post-secondary education plans, please contact Miss Townsend.

ACT Test March 1, 2016 (Juniors)

ACT WorkKeys Test March 2, 2016 (Juniors)

ACT Test Make-Up March 15, 2016

WorkKeys Make-Up March 16, 2016

ACT Aspire Testing Window April 24-May 26, 2016 (Freshman & Sophomores)

National Honor Society Banquet April 27, 2016

Registration for 2016-17 School Year

Dates To Remember

Bo Kluesner, son of Tony and Brenda Kluesner of Bloomington, was selected as River Ridge’s DAR Good Citizenship recipient. This program and scholarship contest is intended to encourage and reward the qualities of good citizenship, de-pendability, service, leadership and patriotism to an outstanding senior in high school. Each state winner receives $250 and if they proceed to the national level, could win a scholarship up to $3000.

Bo is involved in FFA, Forensics, Wellness Club, and Friends Helping Friends and Track. Bo also holds a leadership position of Vice President of the River Ridge FFA. His future plans are to attend Southwest Tech-nical College and pursue a degree in Electro-Mechanical Technology.

The River Ridge School District has four-year-old kindergarten for stu-dents living in the district, and uses a variety of sources throughout the year to identify eligible children liv-ing in the district. A notice with an assigned screening time will be sent to identfied families prior to April 1. If you have a child who will be four years of age on or before September 1, 2016, and don’t receive a notice by April 1st, you are encouraged to call Steph Steffensmeier at 994-2715 to arrange a time for screening.

In addition to the four-year old screening, any parent of a three-year-old (or soon to be three) who suspects their child may be devel-opmentally delayed in areas such as language acquisition, fine and/or gross motor skills, reading-readiness concepts, self-help, or social skills is also encouraged to contact the school for an ap-pointment to be screened that day. The team will screen your child for concerns and provide infor-mation for you to pursue a com-prehensive school evaluation. Any parent who reasonably believes their child may be a child with a dis-ability may make a referral at any time during the school year. Please contact Trudy DeSimons, Special Education Director, at the River Ridge School at 608-994-2711, or by writing her at River Ridge Up-per Elementary Box 97, 545 Mill Street, Bloomington, WI 53804.

Parents of Three- and Four-Year-OldFuture Timberwolves District Screening April 7, 2016

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The River Ridge fifth grade students wrote and illustrated persuasive es-says in Writing Workshop. The essays were compiled into a hard cover book with kits from Student Treasures Publishers in Topeka, Kansas. Stu-dents are shown holding their homeroom’s published book!

5th Grade Bookby Kathy Miller

The River Ridge junior class parents will be holding a Post Prom Fund-raiser Rummage Sale at the Bloomington Legion Hall on April 7 and 8 from 3:00 – 7:00 PM and on April 9 from 8:00 – 10:00 AM. We will be accepting donations of clean, usable clothing and household items for our rummage sale. Donations of items will be accepted at the Bloomington Legion Hall on April 4 from 3:00 - 6:00 PM, April 5 from 1:00 – 4:00 PM and April 6 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM. No TV’s or computers. To make other drop off arrangements please call Carrie Linder 994-2207.

Post Prom Fundraiser by Carrie Linder

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FFA News by Bret IversonSenior FFA Officers Attend Half-Time Conference

Amber Patterson and Zack Noethe represented the Riv-er Ridge FFA at the Half-Time FFA Conference. At the conference, state FFA officer Beth Zimmer taught lo-cal officers ways to improve their local chapters for the second half of the school year. Attendees shared ideas, built social networks, promote FFA, and built excite-ment for 2016. Both Amber and Zack loved the ideas they gained from the conference. We traveled with Prairie du Chien FFA officers and had a great time.

River Ridge FFA Ski Trip to Sundown MountainTwenty nine members and guests attended this annual event. The day was beautiful with temps near 30 de-grees and no wind. A 36 inch snow base made for great skiing. A warm break and snacks were provided in the North Lodge. Sam and her staff from Sundown said River Ridge FFA was an awesome group of students. They had no problems and she wanted our community to know how great the students were at Sundown.

Jon Tolle at Sundown Mountain

Thank You to Everyone Who Supported the FFA Fruit SaleThe 2015 FFA Fruit Sale was a record high at River Ridge. We want to thank our community for support-ing the sale. The proceeds provide outstanding op-portunities for our students. We will use the funds to sponsor our National Soils Team, state CDE teams, students attending leadership conferences, and com-munity service activities.

River Ridge FFA had 28 students competing with some the top livestock judging teams throughout the state during the last contest of 2015. For many of these stu-dents, this was their first contest using data and com-puter score sheets. River Ridge did not place in the top five in any category but several teams placed in the top ten. Our goal was to give students an opportunity to ap-ply classroom teaching with live evaluation of animals.

UW-Platteville Livestock Judging Contest

On behalf of the River Ridge FFA Chapter, we would like to thank all the businesses and community mem-bers for donating to our annual banquet. Each and every business made the banquet special.

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200 Attend the River Ridge FFA BanquetThe banquet was a huge success with a great meal provided by the Kluesner Family, Ma’s bakery, River Ridge School and families that brought a dish to pass. We gave awards to members earning Greenhand Degrees, Chap-ter Degrees, and State Degrees. Top honors went to Dillin Meier for Star Greenhand, Bea Mumm for Star Chapter Degree Winner, Beth Zimmer for Outstanding Member, Bryan Maring for being the top Fruit Salesperson, and Mr. Stalsberg for Outstanding Service Award. The FFA Alumni raised $1250 from a pie auction. Former FFA member Cody Kirschbaum was the auctioneer. A special thank goes out to Cody for donating his talent. The funds will go to scholarships for FFA members.

FFA Chapter Star Degree Winner Bea Mumm

FFA Star Greenhand Dillin Meier

State Degree Winners

Bryan Maring Top Fruit Seller

Outstanding FFA Member Beth Zimmer

Outstanding Service Award Mr. Kory Stalsberg

FFA Alumni Pie Auction at the FFA Banquet

FFA Creed Speakers presented the creed as a team: Justin Morrow, Hunter Nettesheim, Blake Weg-muller, and Caleb Lenzendorf

FFA Greenhand Degree Winners

FFA Chapter Degree Winners

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FFA Officer Team

Students in Mrs. Petrowitz’s Fifth Grade Science Class had fun discovering rodent bones in their barn owl pel-lets. Students worked with partners or individually to as-semble their skeleton. The students had fun discovering.

5th Grade Discoveriesby Kris Petrowitz

The rodent skeletons are on display in the hallway of the Upper Elementary building.

FFA Alumni Pancake Breakfast March 6The River Ridge FFA Alumni is having the annual Pancake Break-fast on March 6 at the River Ridge High School cafeteria. Menu in-cludes: pancakes, eggs, sausage, apple sauce, cheese, milk, juice, and coffee. The cost is $7 for adults and $4.00 for children ages 5 to 12 and children 4 and under free. The proceeds are used to support the River Ridge FFA and community.

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What can we do to serve our peers and community? Which resolutions should we make for 2016? How can we kindle the love of learning and provide great-er access to books? Let’s have a book exchange! The vision is to start with readboxes for the various grade levels 4K-4, 5-6, 7-12 (including adults). The idea will be that anyone walking through our doors will be able to take a book or leave a book, allowing an ongoing and continuously changing selection. Not only do the readboxes contain books, but also a notebook to

leave comments about the books, further creating a community of sharing.

The idea of the readbox plays on the idea of the Redbox DVD rental sites and the concept of Little Free Libraries. Maybe you have noticed what looks like a big birdhouse in someone’s yard or by a business, but upon closer in-spection notice it is filled with books. It’s a Little Free Library that now boasts 30,000 registered sites worldwide. Bagley has one by the River Road House Café. Prairie du Chien has at least four: one located inside Hoffman Hall, 506 S. Wacouta Ave. (by B.A.K. School), 695 E. Blackhawk (in front of Blackhawk Apts.), SE street of PDC high school (by park), along with one in Bridgeport at 38640 Golf View Drive near the golf course.

You can help by adding picture books, fiction, nonfiction, cookbooks, books on audio tapes or CDs, etc. to our readboxes and taking part in this community of reading. Please support our growing readers in the River Ridge area.

How can you help? Share books - donate books you have already read or your children have outgrown

If you have a lot of books you can drop off at the River Ridge High School office marked attention Mrs. Scherer and we can sort the books to the various levels

Visit one of the Little Free Libraries at the addresses listed above and exchange a book Explore the website www.littlefreelibrary.org for more information Determine other locations of registered sites across the country to donate, or exchange books Follow the guidelines to establish Little Free Libraries in our local communities Get your group or organization involved Build a waterproof Little Free Library Become a steward of a site

Readbox - Greater Access to BooksBy: Wendy Whitney-Scherer

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Parents Make A Difference! Parenting Teens with Technology -

Facebook and Cell Phones and Blogs…Oh My!

January 2016

The role of digital technology (think computers, the Internet, video games, cell phones, etc.) in the lives of children has been increasing over the last decade at an astonishing rate. Considering previous generations and the role of radio, film, and television, it is clear that this situation is not new. However, digital media has been changing swiftly since the introduction of the personal computer in the late 1970s. Many parents are only partially aware of the kinds of digital media that are being used by their children and may feel left behind in this emerging digital world. According to the 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) of 5,309 students in 7th to 12th graders from 25 schools in southwest Wisconsin, the majority of teens are strong users of technology. When this survey was conducted in the fall of 2015:

79% of teens were playing video/computer games or using a computer for non-school work 2 or more hours per day. Time spent on homework using the internet was not included in this question.

32% of teens were watching TV more than three hours each week. Parents do attempt to monitor their teen’s use of the internet by having rules. In the YRBS survey, 70% of middle school students report their parents have rules about internet use and 48% of high school students report the same. It is common for parents to focus on the potential problems of digital media use, like cyber-bullying or online predators, and how they can protect their children from such dangers. However, there are many positive aspects of digital media, including the ways that it can contribute to your children’s development, enhance the parent-teen relationship and provide new tools to strengthen and extend parenting skills. It is a parent’s job to provide love, safety, guidance and resources for their teens. These issues have not changed much over the last several generations, but the way they can be provided has, especially because of technology. By recognizing the important role that digital media can play, parents can be more prepared to adapt their parenting skills to match the needs of their teen and their family. Parents of today’s teenagers might consider how to use digital media in their role as a parent. Turn the page to discover ways parents can use digital media as a positive force to enhance their parenting skills and better communicate with their teen.

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APPROVED MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OF THE RIVER RIDGE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE RIVER RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN: December 9, 2015The Regular Meeting of the River Ridge Board of Education was called to order by President Dave Breuer on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. Roll call was taken with the following mem-bers present: Randy Martin, Cory Raisbeck, Lea Breuer, Kenny Nies, Emilie Mumm and Dave Breuer. The following board member was absent: Kerri Schier. Also present were District Administrator Dr. Jeff Athey, Business Manager Carol Harris, staff members and members of the public. The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Emilie Mumm presented proof of posting on December 4, 2015 at noon. A motion to approve the posting was made by Randy Martin and seconded by Kenny Nies. On a voice vote, all members voted yes.

V. APPEARANCES No public participation was ob-served.

VI. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Regular Meeting minutes from November 11, 2015 and Special Meeting Minutes from November 17, 2015. A motion to approve the minutes was made by Lea Breuer and seconded by Randy Martin. On a voice vote, all members voted yes.

VII. REPORTSA. 1. Building and Grounds/Fi-nance Committee Report – Head Custodian, Troy Marshall, and a representative from McKinstry, provided an update on construction projects at the two school build-ings.

A. 2. Finance Report- Business Manager Carol Harris presented the financial reports.

The following Debt Service Fund receipts were reviewed: Peoples State Bank 1.82

The following Scholarship Fund re-ceipts were reviewed: Gasser True Value 500.00, Firstmerit Bank 4.16

The following General Fund receipts were reviewed: State of Wisconsin 2,125.09, State Of Wis-consin 13,370.36, State Of Wis-consin (1,039.84), Peoples State Bank 300,000.00, E.M.C. Insur-ance Companies 721.00, E.M.C. Insurance Companies 6,758.00, Alternative Recycling 64.10, Ta-mara Hoffman 25.79, Cooks 8.26, River Ridge Reading Wolf Pack 615.00, River Ridge Reading Wolf Pack 95.00, River Ridge HS Pupil Activity 11,700.75, River Ridge HS Pupil Activity 679.20, River Ridge HA Pupil Activity 205.00, River Ridge HS Pupil Activity 22.95, River Ridge HS Pupil Activ-ity 629.10, River Ridge HA Pupil Activity 6,665.00, River Ridge HS Pupil Activity 10.00, River Ridge HS Pupil Activity 339.00, River Ridge HS Pupil Activity 339.00, U.S. Dept. of Education 2,175.72, State of Wisconsin 33,821.00, State of Wisconsin (576.27), State of Wisconsin 2,675.47, State of Wisconsin 12,650.63, State of Wisconsin 8,671.61, River Ridge Employee Insurance Fund 377.40, Carol & Gene Harris 125.00, Fox River Performance Food

Service 162.12, Albany School District 100.00, River Ridge Ath-letic Boosters 337.89, R.R.A.P.T. 242.00, R.R.A.P.T. 89.99, R.R.A.P.T. 115.00, R.R.A.P.T. 179.11. R.R.A.P.T. 47.40, River Ridge Reading Wolf Pack 150.00, Staff/District 8.00, T.D.S. Telecom 3.311.17, U.S. Cellular 507.05, C.E.S.A. #5 25.00, Firstmerit Bank 5.16, Firstmerit Bank 34.81, An-chorbank 4.59, BMO Harris Bank .85, Peoples State Bank 68.96

The following Insurance Fund re-ceipts were reviewed: Judie Barnes 994.48, Betty Cooley 200.00, Joe Devlin 659.28, Judith Taylor 65.50, Margaret Guthrie 324.99, Benefit Plan Administrators 2.21, River Ridge School District 123,925.71, Ann Hanson 110.50, Carol Kalin-owski 659.28, River Ridge School District 6,847.30, Wisconsin RX Co-op 2,181.92, Peoples State Bank 54.81. Clare Bank .67

The following Flexible Benefits Account receipts were reviewed: River Ridge School District 1,112.19, River School District 956.94

The following Other Capital Projects Fund 49 receipts were reviewed: Clare Bank 828.21

The following Insurance Fund expenditures were reviewed: Delta Dental 1,707.95, Delta Dental 2,813.40, Delta Dental 2,384.25, Delta Dental 2,715.04, Delta Dental 718.00, Benefit Plan Ad-ministrators 6,783.48, River Ridge School District 377.40,

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Benefit Plan Administrators 24,066.51, C.V.S.Caremark 6,478.15, C.V.S. Caremark 40.40, Benefit Plan Administrators 18,564.27, Benefit Plan Adminis-trators 13,209.72, C.V.S. Caremark 7,559.18

The following General Fund expenditures were reviewed: Keri Achenbach 32.20, Lester Breuer 41.98, Lisa Clark 161.00, Jessica Ensenberger 200.00, Carol Har-ris 102.64, Sarah Hopkins 200.00, Clay Koenig 231.15, Sue Kuenster 76.48, Deborah Martell 51.75, El-len Martin 626.94, Sandra Mer-gen 56.35, Jennifer Mohn 86.25, Linda Mulroy-Bowden 200.00, Barbara Ploessl 17.25, Shane Sperle 148.93, Caron Townsend 80.00, Rita Trautsch 15.00, Wayne Tredinnick 512.79, Airgas USA LLC 854.14, B.L. Murray Inc., 298.40, B.M.I. Educational Ser-vices 96.64, Bloomington Stop & Go 23.73, Busch Music 85.00, C.D.W. Government Inc. 148.25, C.E.S.A. #10 1,431.00, C.E.S.A. #3 9,480.00, C.E.S.A. #5 90.00, C.E.S.A.#9 295.00, Capital News-papers 197.60, Centurylink 1.04, Clinicare Corporation 14,983.32, Comelec Services Inc., 9,625.00, Courier Press 211.20, Dependable Solutions Inc., 5,485.44, Fam-ily Medical Center 29.00, Follett School Solutions 110.24, G.F.C. Leasing 492.85, Garys McGraw Pest Control 359.10, Gopher Sport 181.35, Gordon Flesch Company Inc., 1,874.09, Gordon Food Ser-vice Inc., 8,586.92, Grant County Health Department10.00, Hand-writing without Tears 46.40, Happy Joe’s Pizza Parlor 112.70, Herm-sens Inc., 257.54, Hobart Service

629.22, Honeywell Inc., 2,216.30, Infomart Inc., 140.00, Inkwell Printers 207.77, J.M.C. Computer Service 1,020.00, Johnson Block & Company Inc., 2,900.00, JR Elec-tric 643.41, Laforce 38.00, Lake-shore Learning Materials 242.00, Langmeier Lumber Inc., 548.80, LBS Automotive Services LLC 45.27, MAS Bakery 65.00, Morris Newspaper Corp, of WI 344.49, Netech Corporation 416.25, New Horizons Supply Co-op 208.93, Okeys Market 6.57, Osthoff Re-sort 112.00, Piggly Wiggly-PCC 1,139.51, Plank RD Pub., 595.37, Positive Promotions 268.55, Prairie Farms Dairy 2,698.12, Price Equip-ment Sales Inc 131.15, River Ridge Music Boosters 50.97, Rustys Screen Printing 108.00, S.S.E. Music 65.65, Sanacare, Inc 308.20, School Nurse Supply, Inc 250.95, School Specialty Inc 433.27, Sharp Electronics Corporation 328.20, Southwest WI Tech College 888.60, Subway 581.25, T.D.S. Telecom Inc 800.61, Tierney Broth-ers Inc. 479.22, Town & Country Sanitation 425.00, U.S. Cellular 126.50, UW Extension Office, Grant County 65.00, W.A.R.C.O. Transportation 55,511.77, W.I.A.A. 1,282.15, Wauzeka Lions Club 200.00, WE Energies 1,298.26, West Music Company 184.40, Wis-consin Public Finance 2,700.00, Woodworkers Supply Inc., 17.66, Wyalusing State Park 604.00, Yeomans Inc 1,617.45, A.F.L.A.C. Premium Holding 1,910.21, Ameri-tas 155.00, Clare Bank 2,825.00, Employee Flexible Benefit Account 1,112.19, Employee Insurance Fund 123,925.71, Firstmerit Bank N.A. 30,054.93, Horace Mann Life Ins. Company 1,364.01, Minnesota

Life Ins. Co., 1,197.35, Wisconsin Dept of Revenue 5,355.93, Alli-ant Energy/WPL 6,286.33, Black Hawk High School 125.00, Thom-as Block 60.00, Bob Boyle 95.00, Family Medical Center 29.00, First National Bank 883.00, Steve Kaiser 60.00, Brandon Klein 60.00, Carl Orr 60.00, Patch Grove Post-master 86.88, Pitney Bowes Corp 65.44, Trevor Prochaska 45.00, Jeffrey Simmons 95.00, W.C.R.I.S. 465.00, Wal-Mart Community 850.34, Wal-Mart Community BRC 348.39, Darin Wilken 60.00, Thomas Block 60.00, Carl Orr 60.00, Thomas Block 45.00, Carl Orr 60.00, Ameritas 155.00, Clare Bank 2,825.00, Employee Flexible Benefit Account 956.94, Employee Insurance Fund 6,847.30, First-merit Bank N.A. 30,944.01, Horace Mann Companies 87.06, Horace Mann Life Ins Company 1,364.01, Lincoln Life Administrator 107.00, Madison National Life 2,770.04, National Insurance Co of WI 901.25, Superior Vision Insurance Plan 1,587.30, Wisconsin Dept of Revenue 5,563.59, Wisconsin Re-tirement System 36,526.18

The following Flexible Benefits Account expenditures were re-viewed: Benefit Plan Adminis-trators 155.25, Benefit Plan Ad-ministrators 494.40, Benefit Plan Administrators 1,402.68, Benefit Plan Administrators 230.80

The following other Capital Project Funding expenditures were re-viewed: McKinstry Essention, Inc, 252,696.00

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The motion to approve the financial reports was made by Randy Martin and seconded by Kenny Nies. On a voice vote, all members voted yes.

B. Technology Committee Report Cory Raisbeck reported on the Nov. 24 Technology Committee Meeting.

C. Staff and Employee Relations Committee Report – Dave Breuer reported on the committee meeting of November 16.

VIII. NEW BUSINESSA. Employment: Retirement of Business Manager – A motion to approve the retirement of Business Manager Carol Harris, effective July 22, 2016, was made by Lea

Breuer and seconded by Kenny Nies. On voice vote, all members voted to approve.B. Missoula Theatre Production Dr. Athey reported on district par-ticipation in this year’s Missoula Theatre production.

IX. INFORMATIONA. Upcoming Meeting Schedule

1. Public Input Session for RRSD Long Range Plan-Decem-ber 9, 2015 at 7:00 P.M.2. Public Input Session for RRSD Long Range Plan-De-cember 10, 2015 at 8:00 A.M. (Bagley)3. Staff and Employee Relations Committee December 14, 2015 at 3:30 P.M.

4. Technology committee Meet-ing December 22, 2015 7:30 A.M.5. Policy/curriculum committee- January 6, 2016 at 5:15 P.M.6. Building & Grounds/Finance- January 13, 2016 at 5:00 P.M.7. Next school board meeting – January 13, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.

B. Suggestions and Recommenda-tions for future items - None

Adjournment – Lea Breuer moved to adjourn. The motion was sec-onded by Cory Raisbeck. On voice vote, all members approved. The meeting adjourned at 7:05 P.M.

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Board of Education

Dave Breuer - President ......................... 794-2428Randall Martin -Vice President .............. 996-2318Kerri Schier - Treasurer ......................... 996-2242Emilie Mumm- Clerk ............................. 994-2483Lea Breuer - Member ............................. 994-2487Kenneth Nies - Member ......................... 988-4536Cory Raisbeck- Member ........................ 412-2867

AdministrationDr. Jeff Athey - District Administrator ................994-2715 Ext. 100Dr. Jeff Athey - Elementary Principal ..................994-2715 Ext. 100 Clay Koenig - Upper Elementary Principal ........994-2715 Ext. 103Clay Koenig - Middle/High School Principal .....994-2715 Ext. 103Carol Harris - Business Manager .........................994-2715 Ext. 104Trudy DeSimons - IEP/RTI Coordinator .............994-2715 Ext. 302

Other Contacts

Wade Winkers - Athletic Director ........................994-2715 Ext. 114 Technology Coordinator ......................................994-2715 Ext. 130