August 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Retreat
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1. Open the Meeting
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1.A. Call to Order and Roll Call
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1.B. Recognize Open Meetings Act
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1.C. Status of Absent Board Members
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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1.D. Publication of Meeting
Discussion:
Robyn
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2. Public Comment
Discussion:
none
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3. Discussion Items
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3.A. Long-Term Planning/Strategic Plan Progress
Discussion:
Stephanie Summers from NASB here to do a board retreat and strategic planning. Presented the strategic planning process and discussed. Started the process with the school improvement committee and took surveys. Everything has been compiled in a data addendum. Will hold a sock meeting, invite only, then have a community meeting to get input from people outside the school (Sept 17th). NASB will take all data and community statistics to build a strategic plan. Will contact admin when they have the needs analysis is done and review with them. After that review, the strategic plan will be completed. The admin will be able to edit and add, and then it is brought to the board. After year 3, NASB will come back and resurvey a sampling of stakeholders to see how things are going. Good way to figure out if things are going in the right direction.
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3.B. Standards of Effective Board Governance
Discussion:
Stephanie presented a book on Standards of Effective Board Governance. This book is a great tool for new board members. Discussed the mission, vision, and goals section of the book. Discussed policy governance section. Reviewed board code of ethics and role of the board of education. Discussed governance pitfalls: directing staff, micromanaging operations, chain of command. Discussed school 24-25 demographics. Discussed accountability and student success, data-informed decision-making. board superintendent relationship.
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3.C. Difference Between Governance and Administration
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3.C.i. Board's Role as a collective body
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3.C.ii. Avoiding common governance pitfalls
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3.D. Data-Informed Governance: Asking the Right Questions
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3.D.i. Board's role in monitoring student achievement.
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3.D.ii. Types of data boards should review.
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3.E. Effective Board Meetings
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3.E.i. Agenda Development
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3.E.ii. Asking Effective Questions
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3.E.iii. Public Participation
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3.E.iv. Executive Sessions
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3.F. Board-Superintendent Relationship
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3.F.i. Establishing clear expectations
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3.F.ii. Communication agreeements with superintendent
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3.F.iii. Appropriate board communication with staff
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3.F.iv. Fiduciary responsibilities
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4. 2026-2027 Budget Review
Discussion:
Levy down because evaluation up. budget review
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5. Public Comment
Discussion:
none
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6. Executive Session for discussion as permitted by Nebraska Open Meetings Law.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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