December 9, 2013 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Meeting Agenda

Rationale:  A motion will be necessary if a member of the elected Board is absent.

Rationale:  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:  Approve by consent items in section B of the Agenda identified with an asterisk and receive the information and proposals in section D identified with an asterisk.

Rationale:  The attached Minutes of the November 4, 2013, Board of Education meeting were sent to all members of the Board of Education for review.

Rationale:  Acknowledge receipt of the Treasurer's Report for November, 2013.

Rationale:  Approve the payment of claims totaling $1,412,438.15.

Rationale:  Release (1) Laura Johnson from her contract effective May 22, 2014.

Rationale:  Elect (1) Molly Baumert, (2) Michelle Johnson, and (3) Kelley Leidenthal to the certified staff for the 2013-14 school year effective January 6, 2014, subject to their release from any contractual agreements with other school districts.

Rationale:  Accept the Audit Report for the 2012-2013 fiscal year as presented by the District's external auditors, HSMC Orizon LLC.

Jodi Rinne, CPA of HSMC Orizon LLC, will be present to comment on the report.

Attached is a copy of the Audit Report.

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The first local competition of the year for Academic Decathlon was the Lincoln Pius X Scrimmage on November 9.  This particular competition is not team based.  Each student competes as an individual against other students in their academic category; there are no team scores.  The subjects covered at this competition were Early 20^th Century Art, Language and Literature, and Math. The coach for Bellevue East is PK Simmons.  

Bellevue East individual results

Honors Division: 
Noah Madrigal
1^st Place Gold Medal in Language and Literature
1^st Place Gold Medal for Bellevue East Team Top Scorer
3^rd Place Bronze Medal in Early 20^th Century Art

Scholastic Division:
Sydney Hanson
1st Place Gold Medal in Early 20^th Century Art
George Timmins
1^st Place Gold Medal in Math
Megan Andrews
2^nd Place Silver Medal in Math

Varsity Division:
Kevin Pflager
1^st Place Gold Medal in Early 20^th Century Art
Kirstin Schwart 
2^nd Place Silver Medal in Early 20^th Century Art
Derek Emmert
3^rd Place Bronze Medal in Early 20^th Century Art
Russell McDaniel
3^rd Place Bronze Medal in Math

Novice Division:
Kelly Speltz
2^nd Place Silver in Language and Literature
2^nd Place Silver in Early 20^th Century Art
Elaine Stueve
3^rd Place Bronze Medal in Language and Literature
Brienna Mangette
3^rd Place Bronze in Art

 

 

 

 

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Bellevue East students competed in the Omaha Bryan Quiz Bowl on Saturday, November 16.  Bellevue East's varsity team finished 3rd (out of 24 high schools).  Team members included Nate Crawford (12), Noah Madrigal (11), George Timmins (11), and Jameson Poth (11).  Also competing were Noah Sautter (9), Tommy Casart (10), and Will Timmins (9).

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Bellevue East Chieftain Theatre competed in the Play Festival at Lincoln High School on November 26, and again, earned top honors.  Holly Donahue earned an All-Festival Cast award for her role in the novice play, Killing Bill.  Abby Burnett and Steven Lang also earned All-Festival Cast awards for their roles, Mrs. Peachum and J.J. Peachum, in the varsity show, The Threepenny Opera.  The Outstanding Actress award for the entire festival went to Abby Burnett.  The Threepenny Opera earned the award for Best Ensemble.  

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Congratulations to Kim Gangwish, librarian at Bellevue West High School.  Kim was recently selected as a doctoral candidate in the prestigious NxtWave EdD program at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO).  The NxtWave EdD program is specifically designed to address the critical need for new leadership in 21^st Century school libraries and to stimulate and enhance research in the area of school librarianship.  Please see attached congratulatory letter.

Rationale:  As part of the District's accreditation, we conduct a survey with staff, parents, and students.  Tonight, we will give some background information about the accreditation process as we prepare for a team visit next year and share the District level results of this year's survey. 

We will also discuss how this information will be shared with building stakeholder groups and what role board members would like to have in this process as part of Board Goal C:  Community Engagement.

Rationale:  Attached are Revised Board Policy 704.04, Audits, and Board Policy 805.03, Bonding, which is recommended for deletion.  These policies are presented tonight for review with approval scheduled for the January Board meeting.

Rationale:  An update from the Safety and Security Committee will be presented to the Board.

Rationale:  An oral report will be provided on the recent meetings of the Learning Community.

Rationale:  Bruce Stohlman - Veterans Day Holiday

Rationale:  January 6         Board of Education Meeting, Welcome Center, 6:30 pm

Rationale:  Adjourn to executive session to consider matters relating to strategy sessions with respect to collective bargaining and negotiations with outside agencies which are necessary to be considered in closed session for the protection of the public interest.