Public Meeting Agenda: April 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM - Board of Education Meeting

AGENDA

Call the meeting to order

Roll Call

Discussion: Also present were Superintendent Kevin Reiman, Director of School Improvement and Special Education Amy Kroll, PreK-8th grade Principal Mary Mozena, and Asst. Principal/AD Michelle Heath.

Acknowledgement of Nebraska Open Meetings Act posted

Discussion: The BOE President acknowledged the posting of the Nebraska Meetings Act.

Excuse absent board members

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to approve the absence of board member Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Approval of consent agenda

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to approve the consent agenda, which includes the minutes of the last regular meeting, Notification of meeting publication site, date, and time, financial report and payment of general funds bills, and the next regular meeting date Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Approval of previous meetings minutes

Notification of meeting publication site, date, and time

Discussion: The meeting date, time, and location was published in the Southeast Nebraska Voice

Financial Reports and Payment of Bills

Attachments: (1)

APR25.FINANCIAL.BOARDREPORTS_001

4/17/2025 at 3:31 PM

Next regular meeting date of May 19, 2025 in the Weeping Water Conference Room, Weeping Water Public Schools

Communications

Visitors/Open Forum and staff and program presentations

Discussion: Visitors may address the board during this portion of the meeting. Each speaker is limited to 5 minutes. Multiple speakers for the same subject should appoint a single spokesperson to address the board for a maximum of 5 minutes.

Action Items

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action for the issuance of voter approved bonds

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to approve the issuance of voter approved bonds Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Comments: ADM REC: approve the issuance of voter approved bonds

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to give approval on the proposed proclamations

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to proclaim May 8 as School Nurse Day and May 6-10 as Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Comments: ADM REC: To give approval to the proposed proclamations

Attachments: (2)

Teacher Appreciation Week 2025

4/16/2025 at 2:48 PM
School_Nurse_Day_Proclamation

4/16/2025 at 2:49 PM

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to adjust the 2024/2025 school calendar.

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to make May 9th a student attendance day. Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Comments: ADM REC: To make May 9th a student attendance day.

Attachments: (1)

24-25 school Calendar-A-21-25Ver

4/16/2025 at 2:51 PM

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to give approve a contract with Brent Smith for the 2025/2026 school year

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to approve a contract with Brent Smith for the 2025/2026 school year Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Comments: ADM REC: To approve a contract with Brent Smith for the 2025/2026 school year

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to approve the purchase of laptop computers

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to approve the purchase of laptop computers from Riverside Technologies, Inc at a cost of $20,950.00. Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Discussion: 25 Chromebooks for the elementary
25 laptops for the high school

Comments: ADM REC: To approve the purchase of laptop computers

Attachments: (1)

Riverside_Technologies_Inc..CA126464.v1.11 Chromebooks and Laptops

4/16/2025 at 2:33 PM

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to purchase with installation playground equipment from Backyard Playworld

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to purchase with installation playground equipment from Backyard Playworld at a cost of $19,651.50 Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Discussion: This will be paid for with the Sixpence Grant.

Comments: ADM REC: To approve the purchase and installation of playground equipment

Attachments: (1)

Backyard Playworld

4/4/2025 at 1:13 PM

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to approve the purchase and installation of wireless access point from Prime Communication

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to approve the purchase and installation of wireless access point from Prime Communication for $48,650.92 Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Attachments: (1)

ERATE_Wireless_refresh_2025.014018.v1.4

4/16/2025 at 2:28 PM

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to give approval to policies to be reviewed

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to give approval to review policies 2010 - Preparation for Regularly Scheduled Board Meetings, 3012 - School Meal Program, 3018 - Denial of Access to School Premises, 3019 - Sale or Disposal of School Property, 6021 - District Criteria for Selecting Evaluators to be Used for Special Education Evaluation and Verification and Independent Educational Evaluations Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Discussion: The following policies meet KSB's recommendations:

3018 - Denial of Access to School Premises
6021 - District Criteria for Selecting Evaluators to be Used for Special Education Evaluation and Verification and Independent Educational Evaluations
2010 - Preparation for Regularly Scheduled Board Meetings
3012 - School Meal Program
3019 - Sale or Disposal of School Property

Comments: ADM REC: To approve the following policies are reviewed

Links:

Weeping Water Policy Schedule

The following link is Weeping Water's tentative schedule for the review of current policies. The schedule is subject to change.
Policies to be considered this month

The link lists all policies to be considered this month

Reports

Administration Reports

Discussion: Activities Director / Asst. Principal

ACT Scores
- This year’s class composite 19.1, last year was 17.7
ECNC Conference Updates
- Winter All-Conference honors Saturday, May 3 at JCC @ approximately 2:00pm
  - 12 students earned winter All-Conference honors
- Conference responsibilities for 2025-26
  - Football All-Conference selections
  - JH Girls Wrestling Dec. 8
- Conference is researching options for rSchool since being bought out by another company
Community Booster 2025 Contributions $5000
- Cross Country & Track Uniforms
- Football headsets
- 12-sport athlete scholarships (2) and other scholarships
Summer lifting and skill schedule has been set
- Lifting Monday-Thursday starting May 27 and ending July 31
- No Lifting the week of June 30- July 4
- Hoping to host Summer leagues for Boys Basketball (June) and Volleyball (July)
Upcoming Events
- April 24 - Secondary Music Concert 7:00 pm
- April 25 - District Music Contest @ JCC
- April 26 - Prom 7:00 Gibson Hall
- May 3 - ECNC Track Meet @ JCC
- May 9 - ECNC JH Track @ Palmyra
- May 12 - ECNC Honor Band @ Elmwood-Murdock
- May 15 - Booster Pancake Feed and Honor’s Night 5:00/6:30

PreK-8th Grade Principal

Attendance Hero for March
- Elementary 62/105 59% James O’Hara (K)
- MS 27/54 23 51% Erin Oliver(8)
- HS 18/87 21% Owen Seger(10)
- Currently Perfect attendance- El 5/5%; MS 1/2%; HS 0)
NSCAS ELA and Math complete
NSCAS Science for 5th and 8th this week
Kindergarten Information Night on the 7th
- 16 of 19 attended but currently have paperwork for 17 of the 19
PreK Information Night on the 15th
- 22 4 year olds
- 16 3 year olds
  - Paperwork is in for 24 with the deadline of May 1st
Started my End of the Year Conferences this week

Director of School Improvement / Special Education

MTSS/Continuous Improvement:

Inservice Days:
- 4/28: Data analysis, set goals for 25/26 school year
- 5/12: Meet with ESU #3 PD Team to plan pre-service training in August and inservice planning for 25/26

Secondary:

Scheduling will begin for the end-of-year Professional Growth Goal conferences with teachers.

Special Education:

Received the closeout letter from the NDE for our file review (April 2024). All files are now in compliance.
Targeted Improvement Plan (TIP): due 5/1

Sixpence/Bright Arrows Childcare:

Sixpence Spring Assessments are complete (Parent Survey, Social/Emotional Screener)
Sixpence socialization was held on 4/15- Easter Egg hunt and support to complete the parent survey.
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) visit will be 4/28.

Superintendent

Board Reports

Adjournment

April 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM - Board of Education Meeting

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