May 4, 2020 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Meeting Agenda

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The Bellevue Board of Education abides by the Nebraska Open Meetings Law.  A copy of the law is posted on the wall of our Board room.

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Administrative Recommendation: The information in sections B, D and E were sent to all members of the Board of Education for review.  The administration recommends approval by consent of the items in section B of the agenda identified with an asterisk and receipt of the information and proposals in sections D and E identified with an asterisk.. 

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Administrative Recommendation:  Approve the Minutes of the April 14, 2020, Board of Education meeting.

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Administrative Recommendation:  Acknowledge receipt of the Treasurer's Report for April, 2020.

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Administrative Recommendation:  Approve the payment of claims totaling $1,473,467.37.

Rationale:  Administrative Recommendation:(1) Kelli Huntley and (2) Laura Lambert be released from their contracts effective May 21, 2020.

Rationale:  Administrative Recommendation:(1) Jordan Long, (2) Andrew Marincic, (3) Arlicia Shaw, (4) Jessica Stephens and (5) Ayla Vargas be elected to the certified staff for the 2020-21 school year effective August 7, 2020 subject to their release from any contractual agreements with other school districts.

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Public Law 111-296, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, was passed into law addressing the equity in school lunch pricing.  With food expenses continually rising the breakfast and lunch program prices need to be increased. Bellevue continues to place an emphasis on serving a balanced breakfast and lunch program; due to previous changes with the USDA guidelines we will continue to see an emphasis on more whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, sub groups of vegetables, sodium targets, no trans fats served, etc.

During the 2019-2020 school year to date, Bellevue Public Schools’ food service program served 1,166,582 meals. (Approximately short 307,040 served meals due to the COVID-19 pandemic extended closure). In addition to the kitchens at our 20 schools, the District serves meals at three satellites: CHAP Center, St. Mary’s, and St. Matthews.

Based on planning for the 2020-2021 Food Service Budget, it is recommended the price for breakfasts and lunches be increased by 10 cents: elementary, middle school and high school breakfast to $1.75 and elementary lunch to $2.50, middle school lunch to $2.85, and high school lunch to $3.00. The last increase was 5 cents during the 2016-2017 school year.

Administrative Recommendation:  The administration recommends increasing breakfast and lunch prices by 10 cents as presented.

 

 

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The Board will receive an update on bond projects. 

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Tonight the Board will be asked to approve the bid from Trophy Construction in the amount of $52,361 for the new security/check-in office in the main entrance vestibule at Bellevue East.

 

 

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Tonight the Board will be asked to approve the bid from Grunwald Mechanical in the amount of  $45,464 for the replacement of the existing gas pipe blocking on the roof at Bellevue West.

 

 

Rationale:  Bellevue East competed in the Academic Decathlon State Finals February 21-22 at UNO. They were the State Runner Up (2nd) in the Large School Division. This is the second year in a row they finished as the State Runner Up; together, these are their highest two finishes in 19 years. One notable achievement this year was Michael Ermitano's 11 medal run, winning a medal in every category. No one from Bellevue East has ever done that before. He also finished as the top Scholastic category student in the entire state. Other medals by competition category:

Honors:
Chloe Brockhaus: Five 3rd Place Bronze Medals in Art, Economics, Math, Science, and History

Ananabelle Carozza: 3rd Place Bronze Medal in Art and one in History

Sara Vance: Gold Medal in Math, Silver in Economics, and four 3rd place Bronze medals in Speech, Art, Literature, and History. Also the highest scorer on the team.

Scholastic:
Michael Ermitano: 1st place Gold Medal in Essay, five 2nd place Silver Medals in Speech, Interview, Economics, Math, and History. He won four 3rd place Bronze Medals in Art, Music, Literature, and Science. He was the highest scoring Scholastic student at the State Finals and won a Gold Medal to recognize that accomplishment.

Johnathon Hutchinson: 1st place Gold Medal in Math. He also won two Bronze Medals for Economics and History.

Nathan Sittel: 1st place Gold Medal in Economics. He also won three 3rd place Bronze Medals in Art, Math, and History.

Varsity:
Aaryan Basnet: 2nd place Silver Medal in Math. He also won two Bronze Medals in Economics and History.

Branton Campbell: 2nd place Silver Medal in Essay. He also won two 3rd place Bronze Medals in Interview and History.

Jaxson Harding: 1st Place Gold Medal in Math. He also won 3rd place Bronze Medals in Economics and History.

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Congratulations to the Chieftain Yearbook Staff on 5th place for yearbook theme development.
Sophie Reynolds placed 6th for yearbook theme copy writing.
Emily Nelson placed 5th for news writing.
McKayla Vermeer placed 2nd for editorial writing.

Bellevue West
LeAnne Bugay was recognized as the NHSPA's High School Journalist of the Year. She also took 7th place in Sports Photography and placed in Feature Writing.
Ellie Woodard placed in Sports Feature Writing.
Grace Pechacek placed 5th in Yearbook Layout.
LeAnne Bugay, Elissa Treu, Diego Mora Zubia, Addi Gardner, and Jay Walker-Schulte placed 3rd in Broadcast News Story.
Meg Gross placed 3rd for her Broadcast Sports Story.
CJ Lilienkamp placed 7th in Broadcast Sports Story.
Jaiden Grimes placed 7th in Broadcast Feature Story.
Elissa Treu placed 2nd for her Broadcast Feature Story.

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The administration will give a brief update on the extended closure of Bellevue Public Schools from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

 

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The Kindergarten registration process for 2020-2021 was held February 24 - March 6 at the District Enrollment Center. This was an opportunity for parents/guardians to complete the registration process for their child to enroll in BPS. To date, 425 students have registered for kindergarten. By state law, a child must be five years of age on or before July 31 in order to enter kindergarten. The law also includes a provision for early entrance assessment. Six children are scheduled for early entrance assessment.

Rationale:  On March 25 the state of Nebraska received a waiver from the USDOE for 2019-2020 assessments, accountability, school identification, and reporting requirements as originally planned, due to extensive school closures. Tonight the Board received a copy of the approved waiver (20-0077-ESEA-Waiver-Nebraska). In addition, on April 20, 2020, Governor Pete Ricketts issued an Executive Order to waive specific statutory provisions pertaining to the education assessments, reporting, and classification in the state of Nebraska through the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Tonight the Board received a copy of the Executive Order (4_20-20 COVID-19-Educational-Assessment-Waivers).

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Bellevue Public Schools offers opportunities for certified staff to earn Continuing  Contract Units (CCU). These CCU’s can be used for salary advancement for some approved activities that are completed outside of contract day/year.

A list of the proposed 2020-2021 Continuing Contract Unit Activities recommended for Board approval is included in the attachment.

Rationale:  Public Comment pertaining to items not otherwise on the Agenda must be submitted to the Secretary of the Board five days prior to the Board meeting.  There were no items submitted for Public Comment for this meeting.

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BPS Foundation - Scott Eby and Frank Kumor

MABE - Maureen McNamara

Other Meetings Attended

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May 5, Virtual District Retirement Reception

May 15, Last Day for Students

May 23, Virtual High School Graduations

June 8, Board of Education Meeting, Welcome Center, 6:30 p.m.

Rationale:  Adjourn the May 4, 2020 Board of Education meeting.