March 18, 2024 at 6:00 PM - March Regular Meeting
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1. Call Meeting to Order - This regular meeting of the Plattsmouth Community Schools Board of Education is called to order on March 18, 2024 at 6:00 PM in the Plattsmouth Community Schools Administration Center Boardroom at 1912 Old Hwy. 34, Plattsmouth, NE.
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2. Acknowledge Open Meetings Law posted on the wall in the boardroom.
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3. Publication of Meeting - Notice of the meeting was published in the March 12, 2024 edition of The Daily Record and posted in the display case outside the administration center, at the Plattsmouth location of the U.S. Postal Service, and on the district website at www.pcsd.org.
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4. Pledge of Allegiance
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5. Roll Call: Foster, Glup, Harvey, Muller, Shuey, Siemonsma, Tesarek-Parsons, Winters, Woracek
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5.1. Motion to excuse absences
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6. Consent Agenda
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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6.1. Agenda
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6.2. Minutes of the February 12, 2024 Regular Meeting
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6.3. Treasurer's Report
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6.4. Review of the Control Budget
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6.5. Claim and transfers in the amount of $442,780.84
Prepaids $5,287.65
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6.6. The administration recommends the hiring of high school art education teacher Jaden Estes Carlson for the 2024-2025 school year.
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6.7. The administration recommends the hiring of high school English teacher Jenna R. Schambach for the 2024-2025 school year.
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6.8. The administration recommends the hiring of high school counselor Jolene Boesch for the 2024-2025 school year.
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6.9. The administration recommends the hiring of middle school instrumental music (band) director Tyle F. Long for the 2024-2025 school year.
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6.10. The administration recommends that high school special education teacher Barb Morehead be released from her contract effective at the end of 2023-2024 school year.
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6.11. The administration recommends that elementary teacher April Brodersen be released from her contract effective at the end of 2023-2024 school year.
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6.12. The administration recommends that elementary teacher Mindy Bourgeois be released from her contract effective at the end of 2023-2024 school year.
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7. Public Forum: Reception of Delegates-A time limit of three minutes will be set for individual speakers on a given topic. A total time limit of thirty minutes will be set for all speakers on a given topic, with an effort to provide equal time for pros, cons, and neutral opinions. While the public forum is an opportunity for members of the public to speak during the meeting, there will not be back-and-forth discussions between members of the public and Board of Education members.
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8. Operations Committee Report
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9. Finance Committee Report
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10. Committee on American Civics Report
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11. Negotiations Committee Report
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12. Recess (approximately 5-10 minutes) at the discretion of the President
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13. Celebrations of Excellence
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13.1. Congratulations to our wrestlers who battled at the State tournament, including Mylus Robison, Odin Anschutz (3rd place), Logan Wooten, Brenden Ging, Logan Betts, Wesley Vick (3rd place), Caleb Adkins (5th place), and Orion Parker (1st place).
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13.2. Congratulations to our students who competed in the Auburn Speech Invite as well as our team earning 2nd place.
Alden McKnight - 1st in Entertainment Joel Moore - 2nd in Humorous Sam McKnight - 3rd in Persuasive Sam McKnight - 4th in Informative Kaia Shotkoski - 4th in Program Oral Interpretation Gilly Wilson - 6th in Program Oral Interpretation Gilly Wilson - 6th in Poetry Max Joy - 6th in Extemporaneous Top Novice Awards at the Auburn Meet (first year in speech): Gabe Spicer - 1st Place Novice Entertainment Lucy Alldrege - 2nd Place Novice Informative Graci McDonnell - 3rd Place Novice Extemporaneous |
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13.3. Congratulations to our students who competed in the Trailblazer Conference Speech Meet as well as our team earning 2nd place.
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13.4. Congratulations to our students who competed in the Lincoln East Speech Meet.
Alden McKnight, Ash Abercrombie, and Kaia Shotkoski - Oral Interpretation of Drama - 1st Place Merit Finals Sam McKnight - Informative - 4th Place Merit Finals Sam McKnight - Persuasive - 6th Place Consolation Finals *Sam McKnight also qualified for the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions (NIETOC - nationals) with another bid in Informative |
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13.5. Congratulations to our students who competed in the Louisville Speech Meet.
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13.6. Congratulations to our students who competed in the Weeping Water Speech Meet as well as our team earning 2nd place.
Sam McKnight - 1st Informative Kaia Shotkoski - 1st Program Oral Interpretation Sam McKnight - 2nd Persuasive Alden McKnight - 2nd Entertainment Gage Olsen & Eli Horner - 2nd Duet Joel Moore - 3rd Humorous Max Joy - 4th Extemporaneous Graci McDonnell - 5th Extemporaneous Alden McKnight, Kaia Shotkoski, and Lily Guthner - 5th Oral Interpretation of Drama |
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13.7. Congratulations to our students and coaches from boys cross-country, girls cross-country, dance, and softball for having a minimum 3.30 team cumulative grade point average (GPA) for the Fall 2023 Semester and earning the Nebraska Coaches Association Awards.
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13.8. Congratulations to our Out of the Blue show choir for earning the best show choir in Class A at the Norris Fields of Talent competition.
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13.9. Congratulations to the Class of 2024 Inductees to the PHS Hall of Fame: Charlie and Mary Caverzagie, Cindy Gardner, Richard Ratzburg, Dr. Don B. Rhoden, and Andrew Wassinger.
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13.10. Congratulations to our Middle School Quiz Bowl Team of Ian Graves, Ryan Joy, Gabe Mitchell-Grogan, and Gabe Woracek for earning 2nd place at the Trailblazer Conference Quiz Bowl Meet.
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13.11. Congratulations to our High School Quiz Bowl Team of Josh Gradoville, Max Joy, Sam McKnight, JD Meisinger, and Max Perry for earning 4th place at the Trailblazer Conference Quiz Bowl Meet.
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13.12. Congratulations to our students who competed at the Class B District 2 Speech Meet and qualified for State!
Eli Horner and Gage Olsen - 3rd in Duet Alden McKnight - 3rd in Entertainment Sam McKnight - 3rd in Informative and 3rd in Persuasive Joel Moore - 3rd in Humorous Kaia Shotkoski - 3rd in Program Oral Interpretation Our speech team also earned 3rd place! |
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13.13. Congratulations to Abbie Siemonsma for earning 2nd place in Personal Financial Literacy at State DECA and qualifying for the International Career Development Conference (ICDC).
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14. Administrative Reports
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14.1. Superintendent's Report
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14.2. High School Principal's Report
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14.3. Middle School Principal's Report
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14.4. Elementary Principal's Report
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14.5. Early Childhood/Head Start Report
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14.6. Special Education Report
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14.7. Instructional Services Report
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15. Action Items
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15.1. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the resignation of PCS Board of Education member Matt Glup.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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15.2. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of Policy Series 5000 Students (Committee on American Civics)
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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15.3. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the second reading of Policy Series 8000 Internal Board Policies (Operations Committee)
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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15.4. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of Policy Series 4000 Personnel (Finance Committee).
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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15.5. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the Plattsmouth Early Childhood Center Agency Position of Confidentiality document.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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15.6. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the receipt and acknowledgment of the Plattsmouth Early Childhood Center Staff Procedures Manual.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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15.7. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the Plattsmouth Early Childhood Center Substance-Free Workplace Notice to Employees.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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15.8. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the Plattsmouth Early Childhood Center Transporting Students in Private Vehicles document.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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15.9. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the Plattsmouth Early Childhood Center Standards of Conduct document.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16. Announcements
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16.1. Next meeting: Monday, April 8, 2024 6 PM Regular Meeting
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17. ADJOURNMENT.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve Passed with a motion by Board Member #1 and a second by Board Member #2.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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18. *Closed Session: If, during the course of the meeting, discussion of any item on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Nebraska Open Meetings Act.
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19. *Sequence of Agenda: The sequence of the agenda topics is subject to change at the discretion of the board.
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