March 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM - March Regular

1. Call Meeting to Order - This regular meeting of the Plattsmouth Community Schools Board of Education is called to order on Monday, March 9, 2026 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 March 5, 2026, 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 February Regular Meeting

7.3. Treasurer's Report

7.4. Review of the Control Budget

7.5. Claim and transfer in the amount of: $437,223.55
Prepaids: $12,416.46

7.6. The administration recommends hiring Victoria Suto as our high school art teacher, effective beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

7.7. The administration recommends that high school physical education teacher Nick Stein be released from his contract at the end of the 2025-2026 school year.

7.8. The administration recommends hiring Nathen Archer as a high school physical education teacher, effective beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

7.9. The administration recommends hiring Gavin Sheen as a high school physical education teacher, effective beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

7.10. The administration recommends hiring Megan Porras as a middle school English/language arts teacher, effective beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

7.11. The administration recommends hiring Gavin Brandt as an elementary school teacher, effective beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

7.12. The administration recommends hiring Victoria Glatter-Reznicek as an elementary school teacher, effective beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

7.13. The administration recommends hiring Corey (CJ) Wiseman as a middle school science teacher, effective beginning with the 2026-2027 school year.

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. Negotiations Committee Report

13. Head Start Report

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

15. Celebrations of Excellence

15.1. Congratulations to our girls wrestlers who competed at NSAA Girls State Wrestling in Omaha for PHS including Symantha Cherek, Jaylee Ingham (4th place), and Olivia Garrean (1st place).

 

Congratulations to our boys who competed at State include Ryder Milczski (4th place), Jack Laney, Odin Anschutz (1st place), Austin Lingen (6th place), Jase Milczski, and Kyler Nielsen.

15.2. Congratulations to our PHS show choir, Out of the Blue, for earning 4th place, Best Crew, and the People's Choice award at the Wahoo Court of Champions. Talia Badell also earned Outstanding Performer!

15.3. Congratulations to our PHS Dance Team, who competed at State in Grand Island! Congratulations on earning the academic excellence award for the first semester of 2025-2026!

15.4. Congratulations to our students who earned recognition at the the Weeping Water Invitational and the Plattsmouth Invitational!

Weeping Water Results from 3/2 - Team Results: Champions
Plattsmouth 204 points; Freeman 172; Elkhorn North 138; Shelby Rising City 124; Ashland Greenwood 110
In Entertainment: 1st Alden McKnight; 3rd Clair McKnight; 6th Gabriel Woracek
In Persuasive - 1st Max Joy 
In Extemp - 1st Graci McDonnell; 2nd Max Joy 
In Informative - 1st JD Meisinger
In Poetry - 1st Sophia Alldrege
In Duet Acting - 2nd Alden McKnight & Clair McKnight 
In Program Oral Interp (POI) - 3rd Alden Mcknight
In Humorous - 4th Nathan Zak; 5th Titus Winger



Blue Devil Invite  Results from 2/28 - Team Results: N/A (Unofficially 3rd - as teams don't compete as a team at their own invites) - We hosted 21 other schools from all NSAA classes with over 300 students competing. 
Norris 329 points; Elmwood Murdock 325; Plattsmouth 282; Freeman 279
In Entertainment: 2nd Alden McKnight; 3rd Clair McKnight
In Persuasive - 4th Max Joy 
In Extemp - 2nd Graci McDonnell; 4th Max Joy 
In Informative - 2nd JD Meisinger; 3rd Ian Graves 
In Poetry - 3rd Sophia Alldrege
In Duet Acting - 2nd Alden McKnight & Clair McKnight; 6th Merit Finals Gabriel Woracek & Ian Graves
In Program Oral Interp (POI) - 5th Alden Mcknight
In Humorous - 6th Titus Winger
Top Novice - Gabriel Woracek-Entertainment; Matthew Lorence-Persuasive; Ryan Joy-Entertainment

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 School 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. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 1010 Visitors.

17.2. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of Policy 1040 Annual Report.

17.3. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of Policy 3540 Bidding Construction Projects.

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

17.5. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the 2nd reading of Policy 4001 Recruitment and Selection.

17.6. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of Policy Series 5000 Students (Committee on American Civics).

17.6.1. Policy 5601 Asthma, Anaphylaxis, and Allergic Reaction Protocol

17.7. Discuss, consider, and take action to approve the final reading of Policy 6282 School Colors.

17.8. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of 6283 School Mascots.

17.9. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of Policy 7050 Bids and Contracts.

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

17.11. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a Software Development course proposal to start at PHS in the 2026-2027 school year.

17.12. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a DECA trip request to the DECA International Career Development Conference and Competition in Atlanta, GA from Apr. 24 to 29, 2026.

17.13. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a High School Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) trip request to Glenwood, IA on Apr. 10, 2026.

17.14. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the disposal requests for PCSD.

17.15. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a trip for HS Volleyball to Kansas University from July 6 to 8, 2026.

17.16. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an insurance waiver request from $5,000,000 to $1,000,000 for the Plattsmouth Community Foundation Fund annual meeting scheduled for Apr. 23, 2026.

17.17. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a trip request for high school golf to Glenwood, IA on Apr. 23, 2026.

17.18. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a contract with City Wide Facility Solutions - Omaha for the provision of custodial services.

17.19. Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to approve a proposal from Stewart Signs for the installation of an electronic sign at our early childhood center, with a cost not to exceed $31,751.00, to be paid with Head Start funds.

17.20. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a proposal from Hellas Construction Inc. for the replacement of turf on the baseball field and the stadium field, as well as replacement of the track surface at PHS in the amount of $1,217,165.00.

17.21. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the AIA Document B101-2027 for the turf and track projects at PHS.

18. Announcements

18.1. Next meeting: 6:00 PM on Mon., Apr. 13, 2026

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.