May 6, 2019 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.

Rationale:  The Bellevue East State and National DECA students will be recognized.

Rationale:  The Bellevue West State and National DECA students will be recognized.

Rationale:  The Bellevue East State EconChallenge students will be recognized.

Rationale:  The Mission Science Olympiad students will be recognized.

Rationale:  The Logan Fontenelle Science Olympiad students will be recognized.

Rationale:  The Bellevue East Yearbook State Journalism staff will be recognized.

Rationale:  The Bellevue West State Journalism students will be recognized.

Rationale:  Students from Twin Ridge, Two Springs, and Wake Robin will give an update on how they are embrasing the #BeKind initiative.

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

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Administrative Recommendation:  Approve the Minutes of the April 8, 2019, Board of Education meeting.

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Administrative Recommendation:  Acknowledge receipt of the Treasurer's Report for April, 2019.

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Administrative Recommendation:  Approve the payment of claims totaling $2,965,961.02.

Rationale:  Administrative Recommendation: that 1) Jesse Bobbit, (2) Russell Bradley, (3) Mobolaji Dada, (4) River Fisher, (5) Jennifer LaMontagne, (6) Julie Magee, (7) Kristine Meier, (8) Joni Redford, (9) Ruth Sherrard, (10) Chelsey Speakman, (11) Amberlyn Strasburg, (12) Andrew Werner and (13) Lindsey Werner be released from their contracts effective May 23, 2019.

Rationale:  Administrative Recommendation: that(1) Nicholas Allman, (2) Ashlee Barnett, (3) Merri Breitkreutz, (4) Alexandra Burlingame, (5) Lacey Evans, (6) Megan Feldmann, (7) Colleen Hacker, (8) Amy Hanson, (9) Austin Hoffmann, (10) Robert Huebner, (11) Courtney Lewis (12) Holly Lukasiewicz, (13) Tyler Montoya, (14) Tiffany Pomfret, (15) Samantha Reed, (16) Randall Schultz, (17) Mikayla Schumacher, (18) Jason Shockey, (19) Sipres Shurila, (20) Rebekah Sidzyik, (21) Kimberly Spilker, (22) Emma Thompson, (23) Meredith Toebben, (24) Jason Trummer and (25) Samantha Williams be elected to the certified staff for the 2019-20 school year effective August 2, 2019 subject to their release from any contractual agreements with other school districts.

Rationale:  Each year the Board of Education considers the compensation package for non-union employee groups. This year a total package increase of 3.591% is proposed for the Administrators (B), Secretaries (E), Sign Language Interpreters (I), and Supervisor/Specialists (K). Substitute Teachers (Sub) will also see an increase, while the Part Time & Temporary Staff (T) schedule continues to be competitive within the metro area.

Administrative Recommendation: Approve the compensation package for non-union employee groups as presented.

Rationale:  In February 2016, Bellevue Public Schools and Springfield Platteview Community Schools entered into an Interlocal Agreement regarding school boundaries. Attached is the Reorganizational Plan and the Payment Agreement requesting property to be transferred into the Bellevue Public School boundaries.

Rationale:  The administration will ask the to accept the bid from Musco Lighting in the amount of $313,500 for materials and installation for the replacement of the lighting and poles at the Bellevue East Stadium.

Rationale:  The Board will receive an update on bond projects.

Rationale:  A member of the Bond Oversight Committee will provide a report to the Board.

Rationale:  The administration will ask the Board to approve the purchase agreement for the Cable Connection building in the amount of $3,400,000.

Rationale:  GP Architecture will ask the Board to approve the bid from Lueder Construction in the amount of $96,000 to convert the Bellevue East Freshman commons into two permanent classrooms.

Rationale:  The administration will ask the Board to approve the bid from Prime Communications in the amount of $22,815 to replace the existing internet access points in the secondary buildings with higher capacity internet units.

Rationale:  The administration will ask the Board to approve the bid from Prime Communications in the amount of $315,000 to provide access control and cameras at Birchcrest, Fairview, Fort Crook, Two Springs, and Wake Robin. These are the final five schools that are in need of upgraded systems.

Rationale:  The administration will ask the Board to approve the bid from 10 Men Roofing in the amount of $28,000 for the partial roof replacement over the gym area at Avery Elementary.

Rationale:  Students from Bellevue East and Bellevue West competed at the State DECA Career Development Conference March 14 & 15, in Lincoln. Students across the state competed for the honor of representing Nebraska at the International Career Development Conference held this year in Orlando, Florida April 26 - May 1. There were 17 Bellevue East and 25 Bellevue West students who qualified to compete in the national conference.

Bellevue East State Results:
1st Place
Integrated Marketing Campaign - Jenda Simonsen

2nd Place
Principles of Marketing Event - Ciara Stueve

3rd Place
Retail Merchandising Series - Sophie Timmins
Restaurant Management Series - Jessica Sunclades

Additional Awards
4th Place-Entrepreneurship Series-Brandon Archer
4th Place-Apparel and Accessories Marketing-Jenda Simonsen
6th Place-Quick Service Restaurant Management-Marissa Danauskas
7th Place-Principles of Hospitality and Tourism-Ryder Kennedy
8th Place-Principles of Hospitality and Tourism-Ayden Johnson
8th Place-Principles of Business Management-Brody Leibert

Living a Legacy-Ignite Leadership Scholarship Winners: Marissa Danauskas and Ciara Stueve

Individual Event Honors
1st Place
Personal Financial Literacy, Written Exam - Alexander Warren
Restaurant Management, Written Exam - Jessica Sunclades
Principles of Marketing, Written Exam - Ciara Stueve
Quick Serve Restaurant, Role Play - Marissa Danauskas
Apparel Accessories Marketing, Role Play - Jenda Simonsen
Principles of Hospitality and Tourism, Role Play - Ayden Johnson
Entrepreneurship Series, Role Play - Brandon Archer

2nd Place
Marketing Communications, Role Play - Taylor Griffith
Hospitality and Tourism, Role Play - Ryder Kennedy

3rd Place
Quick Serve Restaurant, Written Exam - Marissa Danauskas
Retail Merchandising, Role Play - Sophie Timmins
Restaurant Management, Role Play - Jessica Sunclades

Bellevue West State Results:
1st Place
Public Relations Project - Kelly Smith, Allena Down, Keenan Torres
Community Service Project - Nicole Voss, Isaac Alvarado, Kalynn Ripley
Learn and Earn Project - Paige Perrone, Joshua Clark, Reese Kelly
Financial Literacy Promotion Project - Heather Moore
Independent Business Plan (EIB) - Julia Mathemeier, Becky Stoley, Te'a Jackson
Sports & Entertainment Marketing Event - Paige Perrone
Principals of Hospitality Event - Vivian Park
Principals of Marketing Event - Keenan Torres
Business Services Marketing Event - Nathan Hawkins

2nd Place
Entrepreneurship Promotion Plan - Izzy Beckner, Shane Dailey, Brett Robins
Financial Literacy Promotion Plan - Caleb Williams, Thomas Andersen, Vivian Park
Independent Business Plan Event - Amelia Lambert, Katie Sorensen, Trevor Flott
Food Marketing Event - Julia Mathemeier
Principals of Business Management Event - Alisa Graham

3rd Place
Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making Event - Jackson Beck, Trevor Flott
Business Services Marketing Event - Abby Tarver

International Conference Results:
Top 10
Independent Business Plan (EIB) - Julia Mathemeier and Te'a Jackson

Public Relations Project - Kelli Smith, Allena Down, and Keenan Torres

Rationale:  Bellevue East swept the EconChallenge State Finals on April 12th at UN0, winning both divisions.

The State Finals consisted of four rounds of testing spanning Micro, Macro, and International economics. Two divisions competed "Adam Smith" for advanced students operating at the AP or IB level, and "David Ricardo" for students in their first semester of general economics. In total, 71 Adam Smith teams and 120 David Ricardo teams competed this year in a preliminary round to determine the teams that would advance to the State Finals (10 teams in each division make up the State Finals). Bellevue East advanced five teams to the finals (1/4 of the teams there).

Bellevue East Tier 1 (Adam Smith Champions) is comprised of: Chloe Brockhaus (team capitan); Elizabeth Foral; Breck O'Grady; and Sara Vance. Elizabeth Foral and Breck O'Grady were David Ricardo State Champions two years ago; Chloe Brockhaus and Sara Vance were David Ricardo State Runners up last year.

Bellevue East Price Makers (David Ricardo Champions) is comprised of all freshman: Bennett Schliesser (team captain); Christina Carozza; Caitlyn Conover; and John Cook. The first all freshman team from Bellevue East to win a State Championship.

This is the 10th straight year Bellevue East won an EconChallenge state title. Four times in the last ten years they won both divisions; in the other six years they won one of the divisions.

Both teams will compete in the National Semifinals.
Bellevue East also had three other teams qualify and compete in the State Finals:
Bellevue East Keynesians (4th in Adam Smith Division) - Annabelle Carozza; Jacob Coan; Michael Ermitano; and Nathan Sittel.

Bellevue East Capital Gain (7th in Adam Smith Division) - Elias Ervin; Johnathon Hutchinson; Kaelie Looney; and Ryan McCully.

Bellevue East Monopolists (4th in David Ricardo Division) - Delanie Anderson; Madison Fisicaro; Truman Koehler; and Robert Raffety.

The Bellevue East EconChallenge Coaches are PK Simmons and Molly Wolfe-Koehler.

Rationale:  BPS students from our middle schools and high schools competed at the Nebraska Science Olympiad Tournament April 27, 2019.

Congratulations to Mission Middle School on their 15th consecutive 1st place win (the 25th consecutive year Mission has placed in the top 3), Logan Fontenelle Middle School took 2nd place, Bellevue East High School took 5th place and Bellevue West High School took

The teams met in Lincoln with students from across the state competing in a variety of science, technology and engineering activities.

Rationale:  Bellevue East and Bellevue West Journalism students competed in the State Contest on April 23rd.

Bellevue East
Chieftain Yearbook staff took first place for yearbook theme development.
Zayda Birkel took 4th place in artistic illustration and Emily Nelson took 4th place in entertainment/review writing.

Bellevue West
LeAnne Bugay took 5th place in Advertising Design, 4th place in Broadcast News, and 2nd place in Broadcast Feature. Emma Gage took 4th place in Sports News Writing. Caitlin Maloney took 5th place in PSA.

Rationale:  Unit NE-771 at Bellevue West High School has been selected as one of 102 units to receive the 2018-2019 Air Force JROTC Distinguished Unit with Merit Award. This award recognizes Air Force JROTC units that have performed well above and beyond normal expectations, and that have distinguished themselves through outstanding service to their school and community while meeting the Air Force JROTC citizen development mission for America.

Rationale:  Elementary students gathered for a morning of fun, learning and putting themselves to the test at Operation Read. Over 300 readers from all 15 elementary schools (Avery, Belleaire, Bellevue, Bertha Barber, Betz, Birchcrest, Central, Fairview, Fort Crook, LeMay, Leonard Lawrence, Peter Sarpy, Twin Ridge, Two Springs and Wake Robin) arrived at the BPS Lied Activity Center, ready to answer questions about the Golden Sower books they have been reading and studying since the fall. The Golden Sower books are the Nebraska children's choice award sponsored by the Nebraska Library Association.

It was the Belleaire Elementary team (Makai Stearn, Cailyn Sheffield, Lizette Romero, Daniela Evans, and Alan Harden) who brought home the traveling trophy at the end of the tournament. The final round came down to a tie-breaker between Belleaire and Wake Robin.

All elementary schools were invited to participate. The maximum number of teams per school is six and the maximum number of members per team is five. Classroom teachers, librarians, reading teachers and paraprofessionals all helped coach teams. Students discussed the books and practiced answering questions mostly during recess and after school.

Operation Read is coordinated by Kari Schroder (high school librarian) and Deb Kendall (elementary librarian).

Special thanks to the Bellevue Public Schools Foundation for supporting this great opportunity for students.

Rationale:  Outstanding Teacher of American History Congratulations to Mission Middle School History teacher, Brent Myers, on being selected as the Daughters of the American Revolution - 2019 State of Nebraska Outstanding Teacher of American History.

Rationale:  The administration will share the district class size report outlining the data gathered for enrollment.

Rationale:  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 2019-2020 Continuing Contract Unit Activities recommended for Board approval is included in the attachment.

Rationale:  The NASB has shared some items for Board members to focus on during May, along with a monthly update.

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

Rationale:  May 7, District Retirement Reception, Bellevue West, 3:30 p.m.
May 9, Bellevue East Honor's Night
May 10, Project Search Graduation
May 13, Bellevue West Honor's Night
May 14, Individual Special Education Classroom Graduation
May 16, Bond Oversight Committee Meeting, Lied Activity Center, 6:00 p.m.
May 17, B.E.S.T Program Graduation
May 23, Last Day for Students/Staff
May 23, Baccalaureate (Bellevue East and West)
May 24, Last Day for Staff (Flex Day)
May 25, High School Graduations, 9:30 a.m.
June 3, Board of Education Meeting, Welcome Center, 6:30 p.m.

Rationale:  Adjourn to Executive Session to consider matters relating to strategy sessions with respect to employee negotiations which are necessary to be considered in closed session for the protection of the public interest.