November 7, 2022 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Meeting Agenda
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A. Routine Business
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Procedural Item
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A.1. Call to Order
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Procedural Item
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A.2. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
Board Secretary
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Procedural Item
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A.3. Open Meetings Law
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
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The Bellevue Board of Education abides by the Nebraska Open Meetings Law. A copy of the law is posted on the wall of our Board room. |
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A.4. Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Procedural Item
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B. Special Recognition
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
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B.1. Military Appreciation Month
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Information Item
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C. Consent Agenda
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Agenda
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: The information in sections C, E and F were sent to all members of the Board of Education for review. The administration recommends approval by consent of the items in section C of the agenda identified with an asterisk and receipt of the information and proposals in sections E and F identified with an asterisk. |
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C.1. *Approval of Minutes
Speaker(s):
Board Secretary
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: Approve the Minutes of the October 3, 2022, Board of Education meeting.
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C.2. *Treasurer's Report
Speaker(s):
Susan Brooks
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: Acknowledge receipt of the Treasurer's Report for October, 2022.
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C.3. *Payment of Claims
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: Approve the payment of claims totaling $3,794,596.02.
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C.4. *Release from Contract
Speaker(s):
Sharra Smith
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation:(1) Dana Davis be released from her contract effective October 26, 2022 and that (2) Joni Veldkamp be released from her contract effective November 1, 2022.
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C.5. *Election of New Teachers
Speaker(s):
Sharra Smith
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation:(1) Nolan Barry and (2) Jordyn Rippe be elected to the certified staff for the 2022-23 school year effective January 4, 2023 subject to their release from any contractual agreements with other school districts.
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D. Action Items
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
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D.1. Line of Credit Reauthorization
Speaker(s):
Susan Brooks
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
As part of the annual budget, a $5 million line of credit has been included to mitigate cash flow concerns due to the timing of tax payments. Each year, the line of credit must be reauthorized, the current line of credit with First Interstate Bank FKA- Great Western bank matures on December 15, 2022.
Administration's Recommendation: Approve a resolution to renew our $5 million line of credit with First Interstate Bank FKA-Great Western Bank. |
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E. Commendations
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Consent Item
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E.1. *Bellevue East and Bellevue West Marching Band
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
The Bellevue East Chieftain Marching Band & Bellevue West Thunderbird Marching Band competed October 8th. Bellevue East captured 1st place in the 4A class and swept all captions at the Dutchmen Field Championship. Bellevue West competed at Valleyfest. They captured 1st overall and also Music, Visual, and Percussion.
The Bellevue East Chieftain Marching Band & Bellevue West Thunderbird Marching Band competed October 15th at Champion of Champions in Columbia, Missouri. Bellevue East captured first place in their class and third place overall, while earning second place in general effect & visual captions. Bellevue West captured first place in their class and overall Champion of Champions, while also earning first place in all captions. The Bellevue East Chieftain Marching Band & Bellevue West Thunderbird Marching Band competed October 22nd at the Nebraska State Band Championships. Congrats to both schools on a fantastic showing! The Thunderbirds are the 4A class champions and captured 3rd place overall. The Chieftains captured 3rd place in the 4A class and 6th place overall. |
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E.2. *Unified Champion School
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
The Special Olympics recently named LeMay Elementary a Unified Champion School, one of 12 elementary schools in Nebraska to be chosen. LeMay held a pep rally October 5th to celebrate the big news. Bellevue West's dance team and color guard performed for the students and staff, along with some special comments from Greg Harris, a Special Olympics Nebraska board member.
The Unified Champion banner represents that LeMay is really good at helping students of all different abilities come together, compete together, play together and do activities to build friendships. The next day, October 6th, was Unified LeMay Day with Special Olympics Nebraska. Students participated in activity and fitness stations provided by Special Olympics; these activities are all meant to encourage awareness and support inclusion. Special thanks to Bellevue East and Bellevue West student athletes for helping support the stations and activities. |
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E.3. *Nebraska International Languages Association Pro Lingua Award
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Bellevue East Assistant Principal, Nate Bacon, was honored in October with the Nebraska International Languages Association (NILA) 2022 Pro Lingua Award for outstanding commitment to and support of the Study of World Languages. Mr. Bacon was recognized by the Bellevue East World Language department for his support with the Seal of Biliteracy.
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E.4. *Nebraska Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese - 2022 Teacher of the Year
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Bellevue East Spanish teacher, Piper Porras, received the Teacher of the Year award for her dedication to quality teaching and commitment to the profession from the Nebraska Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.
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E.5. *Lozier Foundation "Outstanding Principal" Award
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Congratulations to Mr. Ron Oltman and Birchcrest Elementary! Mr. Oltman was recently honored by the Lozier Foundation as one of three Metro elementary educators with the "Outstanding Principal" award.
This recognition celebrates the efforts in improving students' MAP test scores over the course of the past school year. To qualify for the Lozier Foundation award, principals must lead an elementary school with 50% or more students qualifying for free and reduced lunch and demonstrate significant growth in the MAP assessment for reading or math from the fall of 2021 to spring of 2022. Principals were nominated for the award by educators in their school or district. A video from Lozier highlighting Mr. Oltman https://vimeo.com/lozier/ronoltman |
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F. Information Items
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
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F.1. BPS Foundation Update
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
Jon Costello, Executive Director of the Bellevue Public Schools Foundation will give the Board and update on the Foundation.
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F.2. Strategic Plan Update
Speaker(s):
Amanda Oliver
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
Tonight the administration will give the Board an update on Priority #4 Engaging Our Community of the Strategic Plan.
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F.3. Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences Report
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
The administration will give an update on Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences that were held In October.
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F.4. *Project STEM and Project IMPACT-WL Update
Speaker(s):
Susan Colvin
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Tonight the Board will receive an update on the Project STEM Grant the district received in 2018 and the Project IMPACT-WL Grant received in 2021.
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F.5. *Strategic Plan Update
Speaker(s):
Robert Moore
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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Tonight the administration will give the Board an update on Priority #3 Student Programs and Services of the Strategic Plan.
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G. Public Comment Period
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
Public Comment pertaining to items not otherwise on the Agenda must be submitted to the Secretary of the Board five days prior to the Board meeting.
Edward T. Ventura, Jr. - Racist Mascots |
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H. Board of Education Member Reports on Meetings They Have Attended
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
BPS Foundation - Scott Eby, Maureen McNamara and Nina Wolford MABE - Maureen McNamara |
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I. Future Business
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
November 16-18, NASB/NASA State Education Conference (CHI Health Center - Downtown Omaha)
December 5, Board of Education Meeting, Welcome Center, 6:30 p.m. |
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J. Adjourn
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
Adjourn the November 7, 2022 meeting of the Board of Education.
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