December 11, 2023 at 6:00 PM - December 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 December 11, 2023 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 December 5, 2023 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: Cunningham-Swanson, Foster, Glup, Harvey, Muller, Shuey, Siemonsma, Tesarek-Parsons, Winters
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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
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6.2.1. Minutes of the November 13, 2023 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 $346,723.59
Prepaids $4086.58
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6.6. The administration recommends that high school agriculture education teacher Lane Kelley be released from his contract effective July 31, 2024.
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6.7. The administration recommends that middle school English/Language Arts teacher Sharon Poindexter be released from her contract effective at the end of the 2023-2024 contract year.
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6.8. The administration recommends that middle school teacher Ann Albers be released from her contract effective at the end of the 2023-2024 contract 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. High School Report
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9. Operations Committee Report
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10. Finance Committee Report
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11. Committee on American Civics Report
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12. Negotiations Committee Report
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13. Updates
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13.1. State Education Conference
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13.2. Strategic Planning
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14. Recess (approximately 5-10 minutes) at the discretion of the President
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15. Celebrations of Excellence
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15.1. Our Plattsmouth Early Childhood/Head Start Center earned the 2023 Excellence in Conservation and Environmental Education Outstanding School Award from the Nebraska Forest Service.
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15.2. Plattsmouth Community Schools was one of 31 school districts out of 189 school districts and Educational Service Units to be identified on the All Lines Interlocal Cooperative Aggregate Pool (ALICAP) 2022-2023 Safety Honor Roll. Some factors that are considered in determining school districts on the Safety Honor Roll include annual safety visits and the safety atmosphere across all job classifications. Thank you to all of our staff members who helped us earn this recognition!
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15.3. PCS earned the 2022-2023 All Lines Interlocal Cooperative Aggregate Pool (ALICAP) Experience Modifier Award. Our experience modifier was 0.64 for 2022-2023. Our three-year average is 0.69. Anything below 1.00 is good. Experience modifiers are calculated by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). The NCCI compares each employer's audited payroll to their workers' compensation claims activity. Thank you to all of our staff members who helped us earn this recognition!
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15.4. Parker Smith, Ashleigh Widick, and Kaelyn Williams earned 9th Place in The Nebraska Stock Market Game.
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15.5. Chloe Adkins, Kinslea Lamb, and Elliott Yoder earned 10th Place in The Nebraska Stock Market Game.
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16. Administrative Reports
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16.1. Superintendent's Report
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16.2. High School Principal's Report
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16.3. Middle School Principal's Report
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16.4. Elementary Principal's Report
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16.5. Early Childhood/Head Start Report
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16.6. Special Education Report
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17. Action Items
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17.1. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the third reading of Policy Series 6000 Instruction (Committee American Civics 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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17.2. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of Policy Series 2000 Administration (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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17.3. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of Policy Series 1000 Community Relations (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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17.4. Discuss, consider, and take all action to acknowledge receipt of the 2022-2023 PCS Annual Report from the Superintendent.
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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17.5. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the Superintendent's evaluation.
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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17.6. Discuss, consider, and take all action to acknowledge receipt and approval of the 2022-2023 audit.
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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17.7. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a trip request for our AFJROTC Drill Team to participate in a drill competition in Council Bluffs, IA on Jan. 27, 2024.
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. Announcements
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18.1. Next meeting: Monday, January 8, 2024 6 PM Regular Meeting
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19. ADJOURNMENT. Time________________
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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20. *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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21. *Sequence of Agenda: The sequence of the agenda topics is subject to change at the discretion of the board.
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