April 10, 2023 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Meeting Agenda
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A. Routine Business
Agenda Item Type:
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
Agenda Item Type:
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
Agenda Item Type:
Procedural Item
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B. Special Recognition
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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B.1. Month of the Military Child
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
April is Month of the Military Child - Bellevue Public Schools is fortunate to be at the heart of serving the Bellevue/Offutt Community. Military children play such an important role in the armed forces community. Regardless of military status or position, every child of a military personnel deserves the love and support of their community.
As part of this month-long celebration, local communities are invited to take part in PurpleUp Day, which for Nebraska is Saturday, April 15th. PurpleUp Day is a day to show your support for the military youth's strength and sacrifices by donning the color purple. BPS will celebrate PurpleUp Day with Offutt Air Force Base on Friday, April 14, 2023. As a proud neighbor to Offutt Air Force Base and DoDEA supporter, Bellevue Public Schools understands the importance of recognizing our communities' military children. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. |
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B.2. Boys State Basketball
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
The Bellevue West basketball team will be recognized for being the 2023 Boys Class A State Basketball Champions.
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B.3. NSAA State Speech
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
Bellevue West students who placed 1st or 2nd will be recognized.
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B.4. HOSA State Leadership Conference
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
Bellevue East students who placed 1st or 2nd will be recognized.
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C. Consent Agenda
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Agenda
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: The information in sections C, D, E and F were sent to all members of the Board of Education for review. The administration recommends approval by consent of the items in section C of the agenda identified with an asterisk and receipt of the information and proposals in sections D, E and F identified with an asterisk. |
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C.1. *Approval of Minutes
Speaker(s):
Board Secretary
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: Approve the Minutes of the March 6, 2023, Board of Education meeting.
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C.2. *Treasurer's Report
Speaker(s):
Susan Brooks
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: Acknowledge receipt of the Treasurer's Report for March, 2023.
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C.3. *Payment of Claims
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: Approve the payment of claims totaling $1,394,876.02.
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C.4. *Release from Contract
Speaker(s):
Sharra Smith
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation:(1) Ashlee Albers, (2) Vivian Brown, (3) Mallory Dillon, (4) Megan Flynn, (5) John Gengel, (6) Erin Gochenour, (7) Breanna Hamilton, (8) Christine Hecht, (9) Makenzie Logan (10) Michelle Melroy, (11) Madelyn Micek, (12) Ethan Molifua, (13) Megan Parker, (14) Elizabeth Pavlik, (15) Debra Quinn, (16) Chase Reis, (17) Rebecca Ross, (18) Natalie Sjostedt, (19) Kate Thier, (20) Kody Vervelde, (21) Sarah Waller, (22 Cynthia Watts, (23) Nadia Wonder, (24) Megan Wood and (25) James Woodard be released from their contracts effective May 24, 2023.
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C.5. *Election of New Teachers
Speaker(s):
Sharra Smith
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation:(1) Kristin Burt, (2) Josue Chavez-Herrera, (3) Jamie Christiansen, (4) Alyssa Conley, (5) McKenzie Cottle, (6) Benjamin Dalton, (7) Julie Damewood, (8) Jennifer Foreman, (9) Christine Hacker, (10) Kelsey Hardesty, (11) Danielle Havekost, (12) Jasmine Henry, (13) Kevin James, (14) Robert Klug, (15) Samantha Kraft, (16) Kylie Lenear, (17) Catherine Lodge, (18) Olivia Meyers, (19) Caleb Narva, (20) Rachel Nimmer, (21) Victoria Nott, (22) Stacey Puett, (23) Allison Romero, (24) Carla Roth, (25) Melissa Schult, (26) Angela Simoneschi, (27) Aimee Sip, (28) Mary Tamayo, (29) Cyndi Wolbert and (30) Lindsay Wright be elected to the certified staff for the 2023-24 school year effective August 4, 2023 subject to their release from any contractual agreements with other school districts.
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C.6. Request for Leave of Absence
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: (1) Megan Schmitt be granted a leave of absence without pay effective March 20, 2023 through May 24, 2023.
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D. Action Items
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
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D.1. Teacher Negotiated Agreement
Speaker(s):
Sharra Smith
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
Nebraska law allows public school employees to organize and bargain collectively with school boards on the issue of salaries. An agreement has been reached and ratified by the Bellevue Education Association, the employee organization representing teachers, nurses, school psychologists, and therapists.
The negotiated agreement with teachers represents an agreement with a proposed total package increase of 3.085% for the 2023/2024 school year. 2023/2024
The current and proposed salary programs are attached. Also attached is the ratification notice from the Bellevue Education Association.
Administrative Recommendation: The administration recommends the Board approve the Teacher Negotiated Agreement as presented.
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D.2. Superintendent's Contract Renewal
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
Tonight, the board will consider the renewal of the superintendent's contract until June 30, 2026. For all other contract amendments, the board will take final action before June 15th. The current and proposed contracts are attached, along with the Nebraska Department of Education Schedule D.
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D.3. 2024-25 School Calendar
Speaker(s):
Robert Moore
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
Each year the Board is asked to approve the school calendar two years in advance, tonight the 2024-25 calendar is being presented. After receiving feedback the proposed calendar was finalized.
Attached is the 2024-25 proposed school calendar. Administrative Recommendation: The administration recommends to approve the proposed 2024-25 school calendar as presented.
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D.4. 2023-24 Revised School Calendar
Speaker(s):
Robert Moore
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
Tonight, the administration will ask the Board to approve the revision to the 2023-24 school calendar.
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D.5. Bond Project Update
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Non-Action Item
Rationale:
The Board will receive an update on bond projects.
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D.5.a. Bond Oversight Committee
Speaker(s):
Bond Oversight Committee
Agenda Item Type:
Non-Action Item
Rationale:
A member of the Bond Oversight Committee will provide a report to the Board.
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D.5.b. Fort Crook Life/Safety
Speaker(s):
Ralph Gladbach
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
At the February 6th Board meeting, it was approved for GP Architecture to create the RFP and solicit bids for the upgrades to the life/safety system at Fort Crook. Tonight, the administration will ask the Board to approve the bid from Cheever Construction in the amount of $1,230.000 for the life/safety upgrades at Fort Crook.
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D.5.c. Lied Activity Center
Speaker(s):
Greg Boettger
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
Tonight, the administration will ask the Board for approval to solicit bids for the upgrade to the fire/safety system at the Lied Activity Center.
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D.6. *Board Policy Review
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
The following policies were presented for review by the Board at the March meeting and presented tonight for review by consent:
201.01 Purpose and Role of the Board - Reviewed 201.02 Membership - Reviewed 201.06 Vacancies - Reviewed 202.01 Code of Ethics for Board Members - Reviewed 202.02 Conflicts of Interest - Reviewed 203.01 Officers - Reviewed 203.02 Duties of the President of the Board - Reviewed 203.03 Duties of the Vice President of the Board - Reviewed 203.04 Duties of the Secretary of the Board - Reviewed 203.05 Duties of the Treasurer of the Board - Reviewed 203.06 Committee of the Whole - Reviewed 203.061 Standing Committees - Revised 203.08 Legal Counsel - Reviewed 204.01 Meetings - Revised 204.06 Closed Executive Sessions - Reviewed 204.07 Meeting Notice - Reviewed 204.10 Agenda - Reviewed 204.101 Order of Business - Reviewed 204.11 Meeting Minutes - Revised 204.12 Public Participation at Board of Education Meetings - Reviewed 205.01 Policy Development-Staff Participation - Reviewed 205.02 Policy Adoption - Reviewed 205.07 Administration - Reviewed 205.10 Formulation of Policy - Reviewed 205.11 Formulation of Administrative Regulations - Reviewed 205.60 Administration in the Absence of Policy - Reviewed 206.04 Compensation - Reviewed 207.01 Hiring a Superintendent - Reviewed 301.03 Succession of Authority to the Superintendent - Reviewed 302.02 Superintendent Contract and Evaluation - Reviewed 302.04 Role of Superintendent of Schools - Reviewed 303.04 Administrators-Principles of Salary Program - Reviewed
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E. Commendations
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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E.1. *NSAA District Speech
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Agenda
Rationale:
Bellevue West had an excellent showing at NSAA A-3 District Speech March 4th. Bellevue West was district runner-up and qualified 13 events for State in Kearney, March 14-15, 2023.
Congratulations to the following finalists: Aarj Patel, 6th in extemporaneous; Addison Allen, 6th in Informative; and Andrew Hedin, 5th in Humorous. Congratulations to the following State Qualifiers: Kilee Wilkinson, 4th in Program Oral Interpretation; Nathan Deters, 4th in Humorous; Eme Starbuck, 4th in Serious; Kilee Wilkinson and Tristan Tyson, 4th in DUO; Joe Reimer, 3rd in Entertainment; Nevaeh Seward, 2nd in Poetry; Carter Hamblin, 2nd in Persuasive and Extemp champion; Andrew Hedin and Lexie Dinverno, DUO champions; Bri Narick, Poetry Champion; Lexie Dinverno, Serious Champion; and Tamyia Bender, Persuasive Champion and Program Oral Interpretation Champion. |
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E.2. *NSAA State Speech
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Bellevue West Forensics captured 3rd place at State Speech March 14-15. They had seven events advanced to finals. Individual Finalists: Tamyia Bender, Program Oral Interpretation Champion and 2nd in Persuasive; Kilee Wilkinson, 2nd in Program Oral Interpretation; Brianna Narick, 3rd in Poetry; Lexie Dinverno, 6th in Serious Prose; Tristan Tyson and Kilee Wilkinson, 3rd in DUO; and Lexie Dinverno and Andrew Hedin, 4th in DUO.
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E.3. *HOSA State Leadership Conference
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Bellevue East HOSA recently competed in the State Leadership Conference.
The students had a great showing with 2 first place finishes and 1 second place. The 5 out of 9 students who participated at State qualified to represent Bellevue East and Nebraska at the International Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas this June. Angel Hoang, Isabella Keuhn, Christine Adzaufi - 1st in Creative Problem Solving Annabella Shockey - 1st in Veterinary Medicine Maame Ayensu-Aboagye - 2nd in Medical Spelling |
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E.4. *UNO High School Media Contest
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Congratulations to Bellevue East newspaper and yearbook. They competed at the UNO High School Media Contest in March.
Vincent Niewald, third place, best new story The Tom Tom newspaper, staff, third place, best overall newspaper Sheyenne Stites, first place, best news/feature photograph |
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E.5. *Latin State Convention 2023
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Bellevue East competed at the state convention in March. Congratulations the following students:
Claire Bossman: Mythology I, 2nd place; Reading Comp I, 3rd place; 2D Art, 2nd place Mary Ziegerer: Mythology I, 1st place; Reading Comp I, 1st place; Vocabulary I, 1st place Alyssa Osborn: Reading Comp I, 2nd place; Vocabulary I, 3rd place; Impromptu Art, 3rd place Connor Linder: Mythology III, 2nd place; 2D Art, 1st place; 3D Art, 1st place Eowyn Ziegerer: Mythology III, 1st place; Reading Comp III, 2nd place; Impromptu Art, 1st place Ewan Milligan: Reading Comp II, 3rd place David Oxtoby: Reading Comp IV, 1st place; Derivatives IV, 2nd place Bellevue East also took 1st place in overall Art and 1st place in overall academics for Latin 1. They will have 3 members of the state board for next year: Alyssa Osborn, Editor; Clair Bossman, Historian; and Connor Linder, Secretary |
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E.6. *2023 Nebraska Black History Art Contest
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Congratulations to Amya Small, 5th grader at LeMay Elementary School on being selected a winner of the 2023 Nebraska Black History Art Contest. This is the 11th annual Nebraska Black History Art Contest.
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F. Information Items
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Information Item
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F.1. Legislative Update
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
Walt Radcliffe from Radcliffe and Associates will report on the 2023 Legislative session.
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F.2. Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences Report
Speaker(s):
Robert Moore
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
The administration will give an update on Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences that were held In February.
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F.3. Board Policy Review
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
The following Board Policies will be presented for review:
402.05 Certificated Employee-Grievance Procedure - Reviewed 402.051 Classified Employee-Complaint Procedure - Reviewed 402.06 Personnel Records - Reviewed 402.08 Employee Travel Compensation - Reviewed 402.09 Recognition for Service - Reviewed 402.10 Political Activities - Reviewed 402.14 Employee Use of Electronic Technology - Reviewed 402.15 Employee-Military Leave of Absence - Reviewed 402.16 Employee-Family and Medical Leave - Reviewed 402.17 Workplace Privacy - Reviewed 403.01 Release of Employee Information - Revised 403.02 Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting - Reviewed 403.04 Gifts to School Personnel - Reviewed 403.05 Complaints Concerning School Personnel - Reviewed 403.051 Complaints - Reviewed 403.07 Soliciting Funds from School Personnel - Reviewed 403.08 Employees and Jury Duty - Reviewed 403.09 Employees Serving on Commissions, Boards and Committees - Reviewed 404.01 Employee-Physical Examination - Reviewed 404.06 Anti-Harassment - Reviewed 404.07 Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace and Schools - Reviewed 404.08 Drug and Alcohol Testing for School Bus Drivers - Reviewed 404.10 HIPAA Compliance Policy - Reviewed 404.11 Wellness - Reviewed 406.02 Certificated Employee Recruitment and Selection - Reviewed 406.03 Certificated Employee Appointment - Reviewed 406.031 Certificated Employee Nebraska Certification - Reviewed The board policies are presented for review with approval scheduled for the May Board meeting.
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F.4. *Administrative Regulation Update
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
The following Administrative Regulation will be presented for review:
201.02 Membership - Reviewed 204.10 Agenda - Reviewed 204.12 Public Participation at Board of Education Meetings - Reviewed 303.04 Professional Staff-Allocation and Establishing of Salaries - Reviewed 303.041 Severance Pay - Years of Service - Eliminate
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F.5. *Kindergarten Registration
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
The Kindergarten registration process for the 2023-2024 school year kicked off February 27th and is available online through the BPS District website for parents/guardians to enroll their child(ren). Kindergarten Orientation/Roundup events will take place in April at each elementary school. To date, 367 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. Five children are scheduled for early entrance assessment.
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G. Public Comment Period
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
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.
Edward T. Ventura, Jr. - Racist Mascots |
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H. 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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I. Future Business
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
April 28, BPS Foundation Scholarship Breakfast, BPS Lied Activity Center
May 2, District Retirement Reception, BPS Lied Activity Center May 8, Board of Education Meeting, Welcome Center, 6:30 p.m. |
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J. Executive Session
Speaker(s):
Board President
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
Adjourn to Executive Session to consider matters relating to strategy sessions with respect to collective bargaining which are necessary to be considered in closed session for the protection of the public interest.
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