Cadott School Board; Concessions coordinator position approved
By Julia Wolf
In order to help keep the concession stand, and the fundraising options it offers, running smoothly, Cadott School Board members voted to create a concessions coordinator position for the 2022-23 school year. The vote came during a regular meeting June 13.
Erin Crank, athletic director, said the responsibilities of the position would include ordering food and supplies, tracking inventory, organizing staffing for events, managing the budget, setting up concessions at the elementary school or track/football field, and cleaning up at the end of the season and year.
Crank says, previously, a volunteer group ran the stand, but that group is no longer in existence. During the COVID- 19 pandemic, there were no concessions and the most recent school year, saw parents run the stand.
“We have been very grateful that we have had parents step up,” said Crank.
However, she says that method is not sustainable and would like to see a paid position, based on the experience the person hired brings. At least part of the salary would be covered through the district’s share of the profit.
Crank says she has talked to the food service supervisor and thinks they can create an account to order food through the district’s food distributor.
“The only thing it really does not allow us to purchase, is candy,” said Crank, who added the sweets could be ordered online through Sam’s Club, with free shipping directly to the school.
Crank says ordering the food that way would also save running to stores to buy supplies and save mileage reimbursements.
The other major change recommended by Crank, is increased profit-sharing for groups staffing the stand, based on event revenue, after the food costs are covered.
“After our cost of supplies, we’re thinking a 50/50 split between what we keep and then what we give to the clubs,” said Crank.
The board also approved who will sit in on interviews with candidates for the director of special education/pupil services position.
Board members also saw the FastBridge data report with the spring scores for reading and math.
Superintendent Jenny Starck says the screener is done in the fall, in January, and again in the spring of each year.
“We seem to close the gap until January, and then have a harder time from January, until spring,” said Starck.
She says that has happened in previous years, but it was more obvious this year. Areas in red showed where student growth was below the national norm, for all students, for that grade level.
Starck says they started to dig deeper and suspects some of the below norm gains, are because of lack of motivation with the FastBridge testing taking place one or two weeks after state testing.
“They sometimes are tired of testing and don’t try the same,” said Starck.
She says they don’t have a definitive answer on how to address the raw score drops, but have discussed having students redo the FastBridge test, if they had a double-digit score drop.
Starck says they are also shifting attention to students setting their own goals, to help increase student ownership.
In a long-range facility plan update, Starck says the price estimates are being finalized for the various improvement options. Miron and ISG will be at the Monday, July 25, Committee of the Whole meeting, to talk through the options and the prices with the board.
Facility information meetings for the community are slated for Tuesday, Aug. 30, and Thursday, Sept. 8, from 6:30-8 p.m.
Board member Brad Sonnentag asked if the facility plan timeline works with the FEMA grant deadlines, in case they pursue a storm shelter. Starck says it would work with the timeline.
Board members saw a list of current improvements that will come up for consideration, which includes secure office entry at the junior and senior high, improvements to the commons area, career and technical education area updates, possibly moving sixth grade to the junior high building and improvements to the gym/fitness area.
Sonnentag also requested door alarm options for side doors be added to the list. Board president Cory LaNou agreed it would be good to have a keycard system that alarms if a key is not swiped before opening the door or something to notify staff if a door is open for a certain period of time.
“It’d be interesting to know what there is out there,” said Sonnentag.
Board members approved the hire of Allie Webster, Cteam girls basketball coach; Eli Hyde, social studies; Chris Telisak, social studies; Eryn Bakken, social studies; Lauren Hedrington, business education; and Stephen Kelly, special education.
The resignation of Steve Roth as the junior high football coach and Sara Zwiefelhofer, special education, were also accepted.
I have learned a lot while working here in Cadott, wrote Zwiefelhofer.
Mindy Riechers’ resignation from the speech-language pathologist position was also approved.
It has been a pleasure working in Cadott the last 22 years,
wrote Riechers. I have enjoyed being a part of an amazing community of educators, who truly care and work together to help students achieve.
The resignation of Alisha Neinfeldt, social studies teacher, was also approved.
Working in Cadott has been an invaluable experience and I will always look back on my years here with fond memories, wrote Neinfeldt. Thank you for the opportunity to teach your children and be a part of this community.
The Cadott School Board recognized and thanked prior board members, during a regular meeting June 13. Former board member Donna Albarado (left) was presented a gift, on behalf of the district, by current board president Cory LaNou. Photo by Julia Wolf[/caption]
