July 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM - July Regular Meeting

1. Call Meeting to Order - This regular meeting of the Plattsmouth Community Schools Board of Education is called to order on Monday, July 14, 2025, 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 July 10, 2025 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. Roll Call: Foster, Gradoville, Harvey, Miller Pearson, Muller, Shuey, Timm, Winters, Woracek

6. Motion to excuse absences

7. Consent Agenda

7.1. Agenda

7.2. Minutes of the June Regular Meeting

7.3. Treasurer's Report

7.4. Review of the Control Budget

7.5. Claim and transfer in the amount of: $553,064.42
Prepaids: $15,477.00

8. Public Forum: Reception of Delegates - For all meetings of the Board, individual speakers shall have up to 3 minutes to address the Board, and the Board shall hear up to 30 cumulative minutes of public comment. The Board may vote to modify these time limits when the Board deems appropriate. The President may implement other reasonable requirements for public comment consistent with the Open Meetings Act.

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. Operations Committee Report

10. Finance Committee Report

11. Committee on American Civics Report

12. Head Start Report

13. Negotiations Committee Report

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

15. Celebrations of Excellence

15.1. Congratulations to high school vocal music director Mr. Chris Work for earning recognition as the 2025 Nebraska American Legion High School Teacher of the Year.

15.2. Congratulations to our student-athletes who earned 2025 Class B All-State Honorable Mention from the Omaha World-Herald.

Baseball:
Levi Walker, Eli Winters, Derek Nanke, Henry Loontjer, Brady Robbins, Louis Ingram, Kaden Mink, Jacob Longton

Boys Soccer:
Micah Wehrbein, Logan Ksiazek
 

16. Administration 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

16.7. Instructional Services Report

17. Action Items

17.1. Review the amount of money collected from students pursuant to, and the use of waivers provided in, the student fees policies of PCS for the 2025-2026 school year.

17.1.1. Hold a public hearing to discuss, consider, and receive input on a proposed student fees policy.  The public will be given the opportunity to present information and opinions on a proposed student fees policy.

17.1.1.1. Open the hearing for public input regarding the student fees policy at ____ PM.

17.1.1.2. Close the hearing for public input regarding the student fees policy at ____ PM.

17.1.2. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the 2025-2026 Policy 5195 Student Fees and Appendix 1.

17.2. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of 1300 Fundraising Activities (Operations Committee). 

17.3. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of Policy Series 3000 Business Operations (Finance Committee).

17.4. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of 4114 Longevity Incentive (Finance Committee).

17.5. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of Policy 5006 Option Enrollment, the resolution, and Appendix 1.

17.6. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of 5107 Dress Code and Grooming Policy.

17.7. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of Policy Series 9000 By-laws of the Board (Committee on American Civics).

17.8. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of school district annual policy updates from the Perry Law Firm.

17.9. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the materials and curriculum disposal requests for the Middle School and High School.

17.10. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the 2025-2028 Plattsmouth Community Schools Strategic Plan.

17.11. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the PCS LB 243 Resolution relative to the district's property tax request authority.

17.12. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a contract with Cynthia Duechting for the provision of English language (EL) services in the 2025-2026 school year.

17.13. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the attached staff handbooks for 2025-2026.

17.14. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a contract addendum with the City of Plattsmouth for a 1.0 FTE school resource officer from Aug. 1, 2025, to July 31, 2026.

17.15. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a proposal from the Sterling Computers Company for a Fortinet Firewall at a cost of $39,432.87.

18. Announcements

18.1. Mon., Aug. 4, 2025, 11:00 AM - PCS Board of Education lunch with new teachers and their mentors in the gallery at PHS

18.2. Next Board Meeting: 6:00 PM on Aug. 11, 2025

18.3. Nebraska Association of School Boards (NASB) Area Membership Meeting - Tue., Sept. 9, 2025 in Omaha, 4:30 PM Registration, 5:00 Opening Session

19. ADJOURNMENT

20. *Closed Session: If, during the course of the meeting, discussion of any items on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Nebraska Open Meeting Act.

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