February 7, 2022 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Meeting Agenda
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A. Routine Business
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Procedural Item
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A.1. Call to Order
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Procedural Item
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A.2. Roll Call
Speaker(s):
Board Secretary
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Procedural Item
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A.3. Open Meetings Law
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
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. |
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A.4. Pledge of Allegiance
Speaker(s):
Board President
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Procedural Item
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B. Consent Agenda
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Agenda
Rationale:
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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B.1. *Approval of Minutes
Speaker(s):
Board Secretary
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: Approve the Minutes of the January 10, 2022, Board of Education meeting.
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B.2. *Treasurer's Report
Speaker(s):
Susan Brooks
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: Acknowledge receipt of the Treasurer's Report for January, 2022.
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B.3. *Payment of Claims
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: Approve the payment of claims totaling $1,197,205.39.
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B.4. *Release from Contract
Speaker(s):
Sharra Smith
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation:(1) Coral Bodenhamer be released from her contract effective February 18, 2022 and that (2) Erin Wienk be released from her contract effective June 30, 2022 and that (3) Molly Baumert, (4) Jeanne Bezy, (5) Cynthia Bridge, (6) Marcus Brown, (7) Corina Clemenger, (8) Julie Daugherty-Braun, (9) Tobin Higgs, (10) Elizabeth Johnson, (11) Collin Mink, (12) Janice Nelson, (13) Cyle Nolte, (14) Todd Porter, (15) Sara Powell, (16) Arlen Quinn and (17) Mary Walters be released from their contracts effective May 25, 2022.
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B.5. *Election of New Teachers
Speaker(s):
Sharra Smith
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation:(1) Alyssa Beyersdorf, (2) Naomi Billquist, (3) Sidney Hanel, (4) Brianna Mather, (5) Abigail Menephee, (6) Jessica Park, (7) Sheryl Radke, (8) Morgan Sheard, (9) Sarah Strawn and (10) Tonja Sullivan be elected to the certified staff for the 2022-23 school year effective August 5, 2022 subject to their release from any contractual agreements with other school districts.
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C. Action Items
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Action Item
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D. Commendations
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Consent Item
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D.1. *Bellevue West Forensics
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
The Bellevue West Forensics team competed at Millard North January 8th. The team placed 5th overall. Individual finalists were: Nevaeh Seward, 6th in honors impromptu and 6th in poetry; Carter Hamblin, top novice and 4th in honors oratory; Ashlee Leighty, 3rd in honors informative and 3rd in oratory; and Robyn Boyland, Original Oratory Champion. Robyn and Ashlee earned their second bids to the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions in May and will compete in oratory at that tournament.
The team competed (virtually) at Omaha Westside (virtually, thanks snow) on January 14th. Individual results were: Kilee Wilkinson, 4th in Informative and Andrew Hedin, 5th in Humorous Interp. The team also competed at Raymond Central on January 15th. The team finished 5th overall. Individual finalists were: Robyn Boyland, 3rd in Program of Oral Interp and 1st in honor oratory; Ashlee Leighty, 5th in honors informative and 6th in oratory; and Eme Starbuck, 4th in oratory and qualified to the National Individual Events Tournament of Champions in May. The novice team competed at Bennington GOLD on January 20th. Individual finalists were: Kamryn Thomas, 6th in Oratory; Britton Yates, 5th in HI; and Elisha Gaiter, 4th in HI. Members of the novice team competed at the Fremont Invitational on January 21st. Individual finalists were: Kilee Wilkinson and Tristan Tyson, 6th in Duo Interpretation. The team competed January 22nd at the Lincoln Southwest tournament. The team placed 5th overall. Individual results were: Carter Hamblin, Semifinalist in Oratory and earned his first national bid; Ashlee Leighty, Semifinalist in Oratory and Informative (already qualified to National Individual Events Tournament of Champions); Andrew Hedin and Lexie Dinverno, 6th in Duo Interpretation; Tamyia Bender, 4th in Oratory (qualified for NIETOC) and POI Champion (qualified for NIETOC); and Robyn Boyland, POI runner-up (earned first national bid) and Oratory Champion (already qualified to NIETOC). The BW team had a great showing at Millard West's Winter Wonderland on January 29th. The team finished 4th overall. Individual finalists were: Carter Hamblin, 6th in extemporaneous (earned one bid to National Individual Events Tournament of Champions in May); Aarj Patel, 6th in extemporaneous honors finals; Lexie Dinverno and Andrew Hedin, 6th in Duo Interpretation; Andrew Hedin, Top Novice in Humorous Interpretation, 2nd in Humorous Interpretation (earned one bid to NIETOC); Bri Narick, Top Novice in poetry and oratory, 6th in oratory honors finals (earned second NIETOC bid and qualified for the national competition), and 3rd place in poetry honors finals; and Tamyia Bender, Oratory Champion and POI Champion. |
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D.2. *Bellevue West DECA
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Congratulations to the Bellevue Wes DECA members who competed at Millard South's All Metro competition on January 29th. William Smith placed 1st in Personal Financial Literacy. Ashton Swoboda and Riley Sine placed 3rd in Marketing Management Team Decision Making. AJ Garcia placed 7th in Principles of Marketing. Luis Carranza placed 10th in Principles of Marketing. Stephanie Telles-Vega placed 7th in the Food Marketing Series.
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D.3. *National Speech and Debate Association's Academic All American Award
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Congratulations to Bellevue West student Eme Starbuck on earning the NSDA Academic All American award! The award recognizes academic, rigor, competitive speech and debate success, and personal excellence.
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D.4. *4th Annual MLK Jr. "Living the Dream"
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Consent Item
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Congratulations to Bellevue West student, Jay Maughmer, for placing 1st in the Poetry: Positive Peer Culture category at the 4th Annual MLK Jr. "Living the Dream" student competition that took place on January 17th.
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D.5. *AcaDeca
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Consent Item
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Regional Bellevue East competed in the AcaDeca Regionals and placed 2nd. One of four large schools advancing to State finals. Below are the medalist results for each team and subject area. Bellevue East earned 37 individual medals.
REGULAR TEAM ART VARSITY 3rd Robert Blackford HONOR 1st Zoe Fox ALTERNATE ART SCHOLASTIC 3rd Lily Predoehl HONOR 3rd Eowyn Ziegerer REGULAR LIT VARSITY 3rd Zachary Onken SCHOLASTIC 1st Seth Kline HONOR 1st Zoe Fox ALTERNATE LIT SCHOLASTIC 1st Lily Predoehl and 3rd Riley DeHaan HONOR 3rd Maame Ayensu-Aboagye REGULAR MATH VARSITY 2nd Robert Blackford and Zachary Onken HONOR 1st Bennett Schliesser and 3rd Zoe Fox REGULAR MUSIC SCHOLASTIC 3rd Max Bales and Seth Kline HONOR 2nd Zoe Fox and 3rd Bennett Schliesser ALTERNATE MUSIC SCHOLASTIC 1st Riley DeHaan HONOR 3rd Eowyn Ziegerer REGULAR ECON VARSITY 2nd Zachary Onken SCHOLASTIC 3rd Seth Kline HONOR 2nd Zoe Fox and Bennett Schliesser ALTERNATE ECON SCHOLASTIC 2nd Riley DeHaan and 3rdD Lily Predoehl HONOR 3rd Eowyn Ziegerer REGULAR SCIENCE VARSITY 2nd Zachary Onken SCHOLASTIC 2nd Seth Kline HONOR 2nd Zoe Fox ALTERNATE SCIENCE HONOR 3rd Eowyn Ziegerer REGULAR SOC SCI VARSITY 2nd Zachary Onken SCHOLASTIC 2nd Seth Kline HONOR 2nd Zoe Fox ALTERNATE SOC SCI SCHOLASTIC 1st Riley DeHaan and 3rd Lily Predoehl HONOR 3rd Maame Ayensu-Aboagye |
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E. Information Items
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Information Item
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E.1. Bellevue Public Schools Annual Report
Speaker(s):
Robert Moore
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
The administration will present to the Board the new Bellevue Public Schools Annual Report.
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E.2. Legislative Update
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
The board will discuss any legislative updates.
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E.3. BPS District Update
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
The administration will give an update on the Bellevue Public Schools from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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E.4. *Kindergarten Registration
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Kindergarten registration will be held at the District Enrollment Center beginning February 28th for those children who are eligible to enter kindergarten in the fall of 2022. Children must reach their fifth birthday on or before July 31st of the current year (unless the child is eligible through early entrance assessment) in order to attend kindergarten.
Parent/Guardian(s) will complete enrollment paperwork at Kindergarten registration; they may also download paperwork from the Bellevue Public Schools website and bring it with them. |
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E.5. *Strategic Plan Update
Speaker(s):
Robert Moore
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
The Board will receive an update on Strategic Plan Priority #1 Instructional and Curricular Innovation.
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E.6. *Summer Programs Report
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
The following programs and services will be offered to students during Summer 2022.
Summer School Summer School will be offered for elementary students entering grades K-6th from June 6-24. Secondary summer school will be offered for students entering grades 7th-12th from June 6 through July 1. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Camps STEM Camps provide in-depth curriculum experiences at high levels for incoming 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. All three camps integrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into the classes. The Camps will be offered in three one-week sessions from June 27 - July 15 at the Bellevue Public Schools Support Center and Lied Activity Center. Cost of each camp is $100, except the week of July 4th with a cost of $80 per camp and registration begins the week of February 21st. |
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F. Public Comment Period
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
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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.
Edward T. Ventura, Jr. - Derogatory American Indian Mascots Edward T. Ventura, Jr. - CRT-Anti-Racism Nicole Hutchings - Masks Nicole Hutchings - CRT/CSE William Forsee - Climate Change Jim Moudry - Public Records Request & CRT |
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G. Board of Education Member Reports on Meetings They Have Attended
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
BPS Foundation - Scott Eby, Maureen McNamara and Nina Wolford MABE - Maureen McNamara |
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H. Future Business
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
March 7, Board of Education Meeting, Welcome Center, 6:30 p.m.
March 8, BPS Employee Appreciation Day |
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I. Executive Session
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
Adjourn to Executive Session to consider matters relating to strategic session for potential litigation regarding payment in lieu of taxes and collective bargaining with outside agencies, which are necessary to be considered in closed session for the protection of the public interest for the needless injury to the reputation of an individual.
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