February 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM - February Regular Meeting

1. Call Meeting to Order - This regular meeting of the Plattsmouth Community Schools Board of Education is called to order on February 12th, 2024 at 6:00 PM in the Plattsmouth Community Schools Administration Center Boardroom at 1912 Old Hwy. 34, Plattsmouth, NE.

2. Acknowledge Open Meetings Law posted on the wall in the boardroom.

3. Publication of Meeting - Notice of the meeting was published in the February 6, 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.

4. Pledge of Allegiance

5. Installation of Newly Appointed Board Member Joe Woracek - Oath of Office

6. Roll Call: Foster, Glup, Harvey, Muller, Shuey, Siemonsma, Tesarek-Parsons, Winters, Woracek

6.1. Motion to excuse absences

7. Consent Agenda

7.1. Agenda

7.2. Minutes

7.2.1. Minutes of the January 15, 2024 Regular Meeting.

7.2.2. Minutes of the Feb. 3, 2024 Special Meeting

7.2.3. Minutes of the Feb. 7, 2024 Special Meeting

7.3. Treasurer's Report

7.4. Review of the Control Budget

7.5. Claim and transfers in the amount of $461,824.75
Prepaids $1352.88

7.6. The administration recommends the hiring of high school instrumental music (band) director Hunter J. Holoubek for the 2024-2025 school year.

7.7. The administration recommends that high school counselor Sabrina Ayala be released from her contract effective at the end of 2023-2024 school year.

7.8. The administration recommends that elementary special education teacher Hayley Reikofski be released from her contract effective at the end of 2023-2024 school year.

7.9. The administration recommends that high school business teacher Tyson Schroeder be released from his contract effective at the end of 2023-2024 school year.

7.10. The administration recommends that middle school instrumental music (band) director Lenette Haliburton be released from her contract effective at the end of 2023-2024 school year.

7.11. The administration recommends the hiring of 5th-grade teacher Amber Younker for the 2024-2025 school year.

7.12. The administration recommends the hiring of early childhood special education teacher Kathryn Jude F. Taleon for the 2024-2025 school year.

7.13. The administration recommends the hiring of 5th-grade teacher Ginnifer Murray for the 2024-2025 school year.

7.14. The administration recommends that high school guidance counselor Jim Knierim be released from his contract due to retirement, effective at the end of 2023-2024 school year.

8. 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.

9. Instructional Services

10. Operations Committee Report

11. Finance Committee Report

12. Committee on American Civics Report

13. Negotiations Committee Report

14. Recess (approximately 5-10 minutes) at the discretion of the President

15. Celebrations of Excellence

15.1. Orion Parker is committed to continuing his academic and athletic (football and wrestling) career at Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, IA.

15.2. Ethan Walker is committed to continuing his academic and athletic (football) career at Concordia University in Seward, NE.

15.3. Congratulations to our Plattsmouth High School Speech Team for earning 2nd Place at the Elmwood-Murdock SilverSword Invitational, as well as the individuals who earned the following accolades: Sam McKnight - Champion in Persuasive and 2nd Place in Informative, Alden McKnight - Champion in Entertainment, Gage Olsen and Eli Horner 2nd Place in Duet, Kaia Shotkoski - 3rd Place in Oral Interpretation, Graci McDonnell- 4th Place in Extemporaneous.

15.4. Congratulations to our Plattsmouth High School Speech Team for earning 5th Place at the Skutt Skyhawk Invitational, as well as the individuals who earned the following accolades: Sam McKnight - 5th Place in Persuasive and 4th Place in Informative, Alden McKnight - 4th Place in Entertainment.

15.5. Congratulations to Alden McKnight for earning 5th Place in Entertainment and Gregory Hampshire for earning 4th Place in Poetry at the Conestoga Trendsetter Speech Meet.

15.6. Congratulations to the following students who earned honors at the Lincoln Southwest Silver Talon Speech Meet: Gage Olsen and Eli Horner - Honor Finals - 1st Place in Duo Interpretation, Alden McKnight - Merit Finals - 1st Place in Entertainment, Joel Moore - Merit Finals - 4th Place in Humorous, and Sam McKnight - Merit Finals - 4th Place in Persuasive.

15.7. Congratulations to our PHS Boys Wrestling Team for their championship in the Trailblazer Conference Dual Wrestling Tournament.

15.8. Congratulations to our students who earned Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Students Taking Action with Recognition (STAR) Awards including Addie Shelton and Kayla Briggs - Silver medal in National Programs in Action - Level 2, Lauren Albers - Silver medal in Professional Presentation - Level 2, and Kaitlynn Moss - Silver medal in Repurpose and Redesign - Level 2.

15.9. Congratulations to our PHS AFJROTC Armed Color Guard for earning 2nd place in the Council Bluffs Drill Meet. Cadets included Kaedyn Highberger (Team Commander), Kaleb Scherlie, Josh VanBilliard, and Jezzek Headley.

15.10. Congratulations to PHS football players Dylan Eby and Orion Parker for earning spots on the 2024 Nebraska Shrine Bowl roster.

15.11. Congratulations to our girls wrestlers for earning medals at the PHS Invitational, including Olivia Byrom (2nd place), Daisy Hill (3rd place), and Riley Pletka (3rd place).

15.12. Congratulations to our boys wrestlers for earning medals at the PHS Invitational, including Odin Anschutz (1st place), Logan Wooten (4th place), Brenden Ging (4th Place), Logan Betts (3rd place), Wesley Vick (3rd Place), Caleb Adkins (2nd place), and Orion Parker (1st place). Congratulations to our boys team for earning 3rd place.

15.13. Congratulations to our wrestlers who competed at Districts and earned spots in the State tournament, including Mylus Robison (4th place), Odin Anschutz (1st place), Logan Wooten (2nd place), Brenden Ging (3rd place), Logan Betts (3rd place), Wesley Vick (1st place), Caleb Adkins (1st place), and Orion Parker (1st place). Our team also earned 2nd place at Districts.

16. Administrative Reports

16.1. Superintendent's Report

16.2. High School Principal's Report

16.3. Middle School Principal's Report

16.4. Elementary Principal's Report

16.5. Early Childhood/Head Start Report

16.6. Special Education Report

17. Action Items

17.1. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of Policy Series 8000 Internal Board Policies (Operations Committee)

17.2. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of Policy Series 2000 Administration (Finance Committee).

17.3.  Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of Policy Series 1000 Community Relations (Operations Committee).

17.4. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the second reading of Policy Series 4000 Personnel (Finance Committee).

17.5. Discuss, consider, and take all action to compensate PCS employees for the days (Jan. 8, Jan. 9, Jan. 12, and Jan. 16) when classes were canceled and buildings were closed due to inclement weather.

17.6. Due to lost instructional time from inclement weather days, discuss, consider, and take all action to approve extending the school day for students by 30 minutes at each building from Mon., Mar. 18, 2023, until the end of the 2023-2024 school year.

17.7. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the 2024-2025 PCS Calendar.

17.8. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the 2024-2025 Plattsmouth Community School District and Plattsmouth Education Association Negotiated Agreement.

17.9. Discuss, consider, and take all action authorizing the superintendent to sell/dispose of curriculum materials and old warmers from the kitchens.

17.10. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a HS DECA trip request to attend the DECA International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, CA from Apr. 26, 2024 to May 1, 2024.

17.11. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a PHS Volleyball trip request to attend the KU Volleyball Camp in July 2024.

17.12. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a contractual agreement for occupational therapy and physical therapy services with Just for Kids Therapy from Aug. 15, 2024 to Aug. 14, 2025.

17.13. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a revised Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Banister Leadership Academy for 2023-2024.

18. Announcements

18.1. Next meeting: Monday, March 18, 2024 6 PM Regular Meeting

19. ADJOURNMENT. 

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.

21. *Sequence of Agenda: The sequence of the agenda topics is subject to change at the discretion of the board.