NEBRASKA SCHOOL
ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION
OFFICIAL
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL
The Board of Control met August 24, 2007, at the Association
Office,
District
I -- Terry
Kenealy, York
District
II -- Dr.
Bob Reznicek,
District
III -- Jay
Bellar,
District
IV -- Max
Kroger, Ord
District
V -- Dr.
Dallas Watkins, Dundy County-Stratton
District
VI -- Kent
Halley, Mitchell
Also in attendance at the
meeting was Rick Moses, Nebraska Department of Education liaison; Peg Naylon,
Omaha Public Schools; Steve Johnsen, Nebraska Coaches Association; Stu
Pospisil, Omaha World Herald; Jack Mayfield, Omaha; Ed Gogan, Assistant
Principal/Activities Director, Nebraska City High School, parents Doug and Pam
Boes; Don Jacobs, Principal/Activities Director, Arcadia High School, student
Elizabeth Reynolds, parents Darrell and Dena Meese; Superintendent Dr. Scott
Swisher and School Board Member Jason Dendinger, Hartington
High School; Ryle Jane Hambleton, Lincoln Journal-Star; Rex Schultze, Legal
Counsel; and John Bonaiuto, Glen Larson and John Wurdeman, Nebraska Association
of School Boards.
The meeting was called to
order at 8:05 a.m. by 2006-07 Chairman Bob Reznicek.
1.
New Board members Terry Kenealy, District I, and Jay
Bellar, District III, were each presented a plaque in recognition of their beginning
service to the NSAA. Board Chairman Bob
Reznicek asked for nominees for the 2007-08 Board Chair and Vice-Chair, noting
that the Board Policy Manual provides a suggested officer-rotation
schedule. It was moved by Max Kroger,
seconded by Kent Halley, to nominate and elect Dallas Watkins as Chair and Kent
Halley as Vice-Chair. Motion Carried,
6-0. The Board commended Dr. Reznicek for his leadership as Board Chair during
the 2006-07 Association year.
2.
It was moved by Bob Reznicek, seconded by Kent Halley,
to approve the Consent Agenda as
presented. Motion Carried 6-0. Items approved on the Consent
Agenda included approval of the Agenda
as amended; approval of the minutes of the May 25, 2007, Regular Board
of Control meeting, the June 6, 2007, Weather Contingencies Committee meeting,
and the June 7, 2007, Speech and Play Production Committee meeting; approval of
the May, June, and July 2007 Financial Statements; approval of new cooperative
sponsorships for Arnold and Callaway High Schools for boys golf; Burwell and
Loup County High Schools for boys and girls cross country; Loomis and Bertrand
High School for wrestling and McCook and Southwest for swimming and diving; approval
of cooperative sponsorship renewals for Auburn, Nebraska City and Lourdes
Central Catholic High Schools for boys tennis, Burwell and Sargent High Schools
for wrestling, Humphrey and Humphrey St. Francis High Schools for instrumental
music, Omaha Brownell-Talbot and Concordia High Schools for boys soccer, Omaha
Burke and Concordia High Schools for girls swimming, Omaha Burke, Concordia and
Mount Michael Benedictine High Schools for boys swimming, Omaha Roncalli
Catholic and Omaha Brownell-Talbot High Schools for boys and girls swimming, Thedford
and Sandhills High School for boys golf, and Ogallala and Paxton High Schools
for girls tennis and boys golf; and approval of cooperative sponsorship
dissolution for Omaha South and Omaha Bryan in boys and girls cross county.
3.
It was moved by Max Kroger, seconded by Kent Halley,
to enter a closed session at 10:00 a.m. to hear an appeal of a domicile
hardship waiver for Alexander C. Boes of
4.
It was moved by Terry Kenealy, seconded by Bob
Reznicek, to enter a closed session at 10:40 a.m. to hear an appeal of a domicile hardship
waiver for Elizabeth Reynolds of
5.
The Board discussed the starting time of scheduled
monthly Board of Control Meetings and determined that the length of the agenda shall dictate the starting time of
each meeting.
6.
It was moved by Bob Reznicek, seconded by Max Kroger,
to extend the agreement with the Omaha Public Schools to host the State Track
and Field meet to include the years 2009 and 2010. Motion
Carried, 6-0.
7.
The Board adjusted the per
diem rate to $35 per day and the mileage rate for Board, Staff, Committees, Officials,
Judges and Representative Assembly to 44.5 cents per mile on a motion by Kent
Halley and a second by Jay Bellar. Motion Carried, 6-0.
8.
The revised Board of
Control Policy Manual was approved as presented on a motion by Terry Kenealy and
a second by Max Kroger. Motion Carried, 6-0.
9.
It was moved by Bob
Reznicek seconded by Kent Halley, to approve the format and schedule for the
2008 State Soccer Championships. Motion
Carried, 6-0.
10.
It was moved by Terry
Kenealy, seconded by Max Kroger, to adopt a format for the 2008 Girls and Boys
State Basketball Championships to allow two-game sessions at four sites on
Thursday and two-game sessions at two sites on Friday as proposed. Motion Carried, 6-0. The two-game sessions will require a 9:00
a.m. starting time.
11.
It was moved by Jay Bellar,
seconded by Kent Halley, to discontinue the sale of book tickets for state volleyball
and state basketball championships and delay consideration for charging of
admission at state tennis and state golf until possibly the 2008-09 school year. Motion
Carried, 6-0.
12.
It was moved by Max Kroger,
seconded by Bob Reznicek, to set the classification numbers for Baseball at 26
schools in Class A with six districts and two wildcard qualifiers and 16
schools in Class B with four districts and four wildcard qualifiers, with eight
teams qualifying for the state tournament in each class for the 2007-2008 State
Baseball Championships. Class B district
assignments and seeding dates will correspond with the process utilized for the
Class A baseball. Motion Carried, 6-0.
13.
The Board approved US Bank for
one-year as the NSAA Premier Corporate Partner on a motion by Max Kroger, and a
second by Terry Kenealy. Motion Carried, 6-0. The Board charged the staff with further
studying NSAA sponsorships to determine the value of those sponsorships.
14.
It was moved by Kent Halley,
seconded by Jay Bellar, to deny the renewed request for funding for the Hall of
Fame, but to reconsider annual contributions at the time the debt is retired on
the new building. Motion Carried, 6-0.
15.
It was moved by Max Kroger,
seconded by Terry Kenealy, to list the sale of the current NSAA building with
NIA FMA Realty. Motion Carried, 6-0.
16.
17.
It was moved by Terry
Kenealy, seconded by Jay Bellar, to grant the dissolution of the
18.
It was moved by Kent Halley,
seconded by Jay Bellar, to enter executive session at 11:05 a.m. to further
discuss evidence from the hardship hearings.
Motion Carried, 6-0. It was
moved by Jay Bellar, seconded by Kent Halley, to exit executive session at
11:23 a.m. Motion Carried 6-0.
19.
In open session, the Board further addressed the domicile
hardship waiver for Alex Boes. On a
motion by Max Kroger, seconded by Terry Kenealy, the Board adopted findings of
fact and determination to uphold the Executive Director’s ineligibility ruling. Motion Carried, 6-0.
20.
In open session, the Board
further addressed the domicile hardship waiver for Elizabeth Reynolds. On a motion by Terry Kenealy, seconded by Jay
Bellar, the Board adopted findings and fact and determination to uphold the
Executive Director’s ineligibility ruling. Motion Carried, 4 For (I, III, V,
VI) 2 Against (II, IV).
21.
It was moved by Max Kroger,
seconded by Kent Halley, to reappoint Julia Plucker as the NSAA's legislative
lobbyist for 2007-08. Motion Carried, 6-0.
22.
It was moved by Kent Halley,
seconded by Bob Reznicek, to reappoint Perry Law Firm and Rex Schultze as the
NSAA’s legal counsel for 2007-08. Motion
Carried, 6-0.
23.
It was moved by Terry Kenealy, seconded by Kent
Halley, to enter executive session at 1:05 p.m. to discuss legal issues. Motion
Carried, 6-0. It was moved by Jay
Bellar, seconded by Kent Halley, to exit executive session as 1:30 p.m. Motion
Carried, 6-0.
24.
The printing bids were
approved as presented and recommended on a motion by Jay Bellar and a second by
Kent Halley. Motion Carried, 6-0.
25.
The 2007-08 Association
budget was approved on a motion by Bob Reznicek and a second by Max Kroger. Motion
Carried, 6-0.
26.
It was moved by Terry Kenealy, seconded by Kent Halley
to re-consider Agenda Item VI-G, Admission for Championships. Motion
Carried, 6-0.
27.
It was moved by Terry Kenealy, seconded by Jay
Bellar, to standardize the NSAA percentage of district gate receipts in soccer,
wrestling, baseball and track for the 2007-2008 school year and for softball
beginning with the 2008-2009 school year and to standardize district admission
prices in wrestling. Motion Carried, 6-0.
28.
The Board met with the Executive Director and
officers of the Nebraska Association of School Board (NASB) to informally
discuss common concerns and issues. The Board of Control suggested periodic
meetings between the two groups to open lines of communication and to discuss
areas when the two groups might be able to share.
29.
It was moved by Max Kroger, seconded by Kent Halley, to
permit College View Academy to complete their NSAA boys and girls basketball
season at the end of their regular season in order to participate in the Union
College basketball tournament as a club team and waiving participation in NSAA
subdistrict, district and state basketball championship series. The
30.
It was moved by Max Kroger, seconded by Terry Kenealy,
to approve in-kind sponsorship services with Meteorlogix DTN. Motion
Carried, 6-0.
31. Dr. Tenopir reported on
infractions and the resulting sanctions against schools and individuals. Those infractions included the
following: Millard West High School,
violation of rule prohibiting non-team members from participating in
soccer team practices, letter of reprimand for the school; and Lincoln Pius X
High School, violation of the soccer sportsmanship sit-out guidelines, a
two-game suspension for the coach and a letter of reprimand for the school. Fall head coaches who did not attend a
required NSAA rules meeting first offense:
softball, Mike Wilson, Omaha Bryan; volleyball, Scott Romans,
Bennington; Lindsey Jorgensen, Hayes Center; Roberta Denny, Keya Paha County; Korinne Schuster, Omaha Gross Catholic; football, Stan Wissel, Elm Creek; and Loren Hansen, Osmond.
32. Assistant Director Larry Mollring reported on the assignment
of Class A schools to cross country districts.
Previous Board action configured the western geographic district with
six teams. With Columbus opting up to
Class A in cross country, the original 2007-08 district assignments included
one district with six schools, two with seven, and one district with
eight. Several Class A schools expressed
concerns about the unequal number of Class A teams assigned to cross country
districts. Mr. Mollring recommended to
the Board that this item be placed on the September 14 Board agenda for
action, with the planned remedy for 2007 being to move Norfolk High School to
the western district to equalize the number of schools in each district. The Board will also consider eliminating the
western geographic district in cross country after 2007, assigning all Class A
schools to district using a modified serpentine system similar to the
methodology for Class A track and field.
There being no further business, the meeting
adjourned 3:25 p.m.
The next meeting of the
Board of Control is September 14, 2007.
Debra Velder
Associate Director