February 5, 2024 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Meeting Agenda

Administrative Recommendation:  Approve the payment of claims totaling $3,175,878.18.
 

Administrative Recommendation: (1) Leah Vinter be released from her contract effective December 8, 2023 and that (2) Patricia Bedell, (3) Beth Dawson, (4) Vicki Hansen, (5) Kathy Harms, (6) Jody Hinman, (7) Jennifer Johnson, (8) Brandi Kawula, (9) Lynda Larson-Gratopp, (10) Stephen Pelzer and (11) Mary Wenninghoff be released from their contracts effective May 23, 2024.
 

Administrative Recommendation: (1) Michelle Brockhaus, (2) Phillip Burlingame, (3) Cynthia Gress, (4) Melody Kjerstad, (5) Nicole Lindhorst, (6) Christopher Schuttler, (7) Tricia Soares, (8) Amanda Wallar and (9) Paula Yoachim be released from their contracts effective May 23, 2024.
 

Administrative Recommendation: (1) Kimberly Quinn be elected to the certified staff for the 2023-24 school year effective January 11, 2024 and that (2) Heather Greenwood, (3) Mikayla Kroeger, (4) Brianne Ott and (5) Camryn Steckelberg be elected to the certified staff for the 2024-25 school year effective August 2, 2024 subject to her release from any contractual agreements with other school districts.
 

Administrative Recommendation: (1) Chad Price be elected to the certified staff for the 2024-25 school year effective July 1, 2024 and that (2) Teresa Bell, (3) Angelica Gonzalez, (4) Noah Graziano, (5) B. Hall, (6) Sarah Hermann, (7) Alanna Wooden and (8) Katherine Yeacker be elected to the certified staff for the 2024-25 school year effective August 2, 2024 subject to her release from any contractual agreements with other school districts.
 

Request for nomination of Temporary Chairman is taken.

Recommended action: Nominate (Jeff Rippe) as Temporary Chairman of the Board.
 

Nominations for President of the Board will be taken.

If there are no further nominations, I move that nominations be closed.

If one nominee, roll call vote will be taken. If more than one nominee, a vote will be taken by secret ballot.
 

Nominations for Vice President of the Board will be taken.

If there are no further nominations, I move that nominations be closed.

If one nominee, roll call vote will be taken. If more than one nominee, a vote will be taken by secret ballot.
 

Nominations for Secretary of the Board will be taken.

If there are no further nominations, I move that nominations be closed.

If one nominee, roll call vote will be taken. If more than one nominee, a vote will be taken by secret ballot.
 

Nominations for Treasurer of the Board will be taken.

If no further nominees, I move that nominations be closed.

If one nominee, roll call vote will be taken. If more than one nominee, a vote will be taken by secret ballot.
 

Each year the Board must authorize representatives to file the applications and reports for Impact Aid, Title XVIII of PL106-398, and any other Federal applications, reports, resolutions, contracts, real estate transactions, and agreements necessary to the operation of the school district as required on behalf of the Bellevue Public School District.

Administrative Recommendation: The administration recommends that the President and Vice President be the authorized representatives of the Board.
 

Authorize the Superintendent of Schools or his designee to act as the Board of Education's official representative in all matters relating to local, state, and federal programs including applications, plans, reports, and verified information for Elementary and Secondary Education Act, vocational education, special education, adult education, grants, Educational Service Unit, and any other federal or state programs as required, and any contracts, real estate transactions, or agreements necessary to the operation of the school district and as authorized through Board policy.

Administrative Recommendation: The administration recommends that the Board authorize the Superintendent or his designee as the official representative of the Board of Education.
 

In the event that the Board officers change, the Board must authorize the use of the previous officers' signatures for the month of January and February.

The recommendation is that all warrants of the District issued in the month of January and February of this year which bear the facsimile signatures of the officers authorized during the immediate preceding term of office by this Board to sign and validate warrants of the District are hereby ratified, confirmed and validated.
 

The recommendation is to nominate up to three members of the Board of Education to serve on Bellevue Public Schools' Foundation Board of Directors.

The current members of the Foundation Board of Directors are Scott Eby, Maureen McNamara and Nina Wolford.
 

The law requires that the President of the Board of Education appoint three Board members to examine, inspect, and approve all textbooks used in the teaching of American History and Civil Government.

The current members of the Committee on American Civics are Kristy Kiviniemi, Maureen McNamara, and Nina Wolford.
 

The Bellevue Board of Education serves in a quasi-judicial role at various times including when a student discipline action by the administration is appealed. The President of the Board of Education shall appoint three members of the Board to the Student Discipline Committee to hear any student discipline appeals.

The current members of the Student Discipline Committee are Sarah Centineo, Phil Davidson, and Scott Eby.
 

MABE is comprised of a school board representative from each of the metro area school districts. The group typically meets monthly to share information and best practices.

Maureen McNamara is the current Board representative.

The President of the Board of Education will appoint a member of the Bellevue Board as a representative on the MABE Board.
 

Nebraska statutes require the Board of Education to annually review the Parental Involvement in Educational Practices Policy. The existing policy was adopted by the Board of Education in 1995 and is reviewed annually by the Board of Education.

Notice of the hearing was published in accordance with Nebraska statutes. A copy of the existing policy and regulation, Parental Involvement in Educational Practices, is attached.

Public input will be received at this time.
 

Recognize the Bellevue Education Association as the exclusive and sole collective bargaining representatives for all teachers, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, and physical therapists employed by the District for the 2025-2026 school year.

Administrative Recommendation: The administration recommends approving the BEA as the exclusive collective bargaining representative for non-supervisory certificated staff.
 

Each year, all Nebraska public school districts are required to have an external audit completed and presented to the Board for approval. Tonight the 2022-2023 fiscal year Audit Report will be presented by the District's external auditors, Bergan KDV.

Tim Lens and Austen Thielen, CPA's from Bergan KDV, will be present to comment on the report.

Attached is a copy of the Audit Report.

Administrative Recommendation: Accept the Audit Report for the 2022-2023 fiscal year as presented by the District's external auditors, Bergan KDV.
 

The following policies were presented for review by the Board at the December meeting and presented tonight for approval by consent:

902.07 Construction Management - Reviewed

903.03 Maintenance Schedule - Reviewed

903.04 School Property and Building - Reviewed

903.10 Real Estate Property Identification - Reviewed

904.02 Lease, Sale, or Disposal of School District Property - Reviewed

905.01 Facilities Inspection - Reviewed

905.02 Annual Emergency Safety Plan - Reviewed

905.05 Hazardous Materials - Reviewed

905.08 School Closings and Cancellations - Revised

905.10 First Aid and Emergency Medical Care - Revised
 

Bellevue West Air Force JROTC competed at the Abraham Lincoln Drill Meet recently. Congratulations on the following results: unarmed inspection, 2nd place; armed exhibition, 2nd place; armed regulation, 3rd place; unarmed exhibition, 1st place; unarmed Color Guard, 1st place; solo exhibition (Ben Storm), 1st place; dual exhibition (Alexys Barnes and Ava Morris), 3rd place; overall unarmed, 1st place; and runner up grand champion.

Bellevue East Air Force JROTC also competed at the Abraham Lincoln Drill Meet. Congratulations on the following results: First place in the first year cadet team; second place in Solo Armed Exhibition (Liam Parker); and finished 5th out of 17 teams.
 

Congratulations to the Bellevue East boys and girls bowling teams for qualifying for the state team tournament.

The following Bellevue East individual bowlers placed in the top ten: Kevin Dillingham, 2nd place; Jayce Hollars, 3rd place; Matt Dieterich, 6th place; Brent Buck, 7th place; Liam Zarp, 10th place; Chloe Fisicarro, 2nd place; Alahna Gares, 3rd place; and Shania Curtright, 4th place.

A special congrats to Kevin Dillingham, Jayce Hollars, Chloe Fisicarro, Alahna Gares, and Shania Curtright on qualifying for the individual state bowling competition next week in Lincoln.

Congratulations to Bellevue West individual medalists at district bowling: Daylon Lester, Nate Centineo, Davin Mulvaney, Chris Pedersen, Josh Nixon, Carie Mascarello, Jake Breaux, Hailey Reineke, Brenna Cropp, and Haley Reagan.

A special congrats to Daylon Lester, Nate Centineo, Davin Mulvaney, Carie Mascarello, and Jake Breaux for qualifying for the individual state bowling competition next week in Lincoln.
 

Congratulations to the Bellevue East Bellevedettes, 1st place Louisville Dance Competition Class A Gameday Champions.
 

Bellevue East Forensics team had a great weekend at the Millard West Invite earning placing 6th place overall.

Individual results are as follows: Tori Bogatz, 3rd in Impromptu; Victoria Woods, 3rd in Dramatic Interp and Top Novice; and Chloe Fisicaro finaled in 3 events and 4th in Humorous Interp, 2nd in Program of Oral Interp and 1st in Original Oratory.
 

Congratulations to Bellevue East Powerlifting, they recently competed at the Creighton Prep All Class State Meet.

Individual results are as follows: Mason Lira, Aidan Crismon - 1st place; Chelsea Phillips, Holly Wilson - 2nd place; Cora Barmore - 3rd place; and Rafael Almanza - 5th place.
 

Bellevue East competed at DECA Districts at UNL's College of Business recently.

A special congratulations to the following medalists: Andrew Lohrman, 3rd place, Personal Finance; TayLana Tolbert, 3rd place, Principals of Hospitality; Jaidyn Gaddis, 1st place, Principals of Hospitality; and Mackenzie Smock, 3rd place, Quick Serve Restaurant Management.
 

Bellevue East competed at regionals in January and finished runner up against metro area schools. The students earned 32 total individual medals and the team also earned the Gold Medal for a cooperative Social Science Relay Test (the Super Quiz). The team qualified for the state competition. Results are as follows:

Honors - *Wynn Ziegerer, Gold (Art) Silver (Literature, Science) Bronze (Music, Math) *top team scorer and Mary Ziegerer, Bronze (Art, Music).

Scholastic - Lillian Herrick, Silver (Music, Science) Bronze (Art, Math) and Mattieson Bosworth.

Varsity - Matthew Warnell, Gold (Art) Silver (Literature) Bronze (Music, Math) and Lee Predoehl, Gold (Science) Bronze (Econ).

Alternate Honors - Alyssa Watson, Bronze (Music) and Emerson Loarca Pol.

Alternate Scholastic - Riley DeHaan, Gold (Art) Silver (Econ, Literature, Science) Bronze (Math) and Matt Lively, Gold (Science) Silver (Math) Bronze (Econ).

Alternate Varsity - Kuiy Gal, Gold (Art, Science) Silver (Music, Econ, Math) Bronze (Literature).
 

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

The Board will discuss any legislative updates.
 

The following Board Policies will be presented for review:

1001 School/Community Relations - Review

1002 District Annual Report - Revise

1003 Public Examination of School District Records - Revise

1004.011 Media Access to Fields, Courts, Stages, or Performance Areas- Revise

1004.02 School News Releases - Revise

1004.03 Broadcasting or Telecasting - Revise

1005.01 Community Use of School Facilities and Grounds - Review

1005.02 Parent Relations - Review

1005.03 Parental Involvement in Educational Practices - Review

1005.04 Communication with the Public - Eliminate

1005.05 Community Involvement in Decision Making - Review

1005.07 Visitors to School - Revise

1005.081 Sportsmanship, Ethics, and Integrity - Review

1005.10 Flyers, Posters, Surveys, Promotions, Fund Raising and Contests - Eliminate

1005.11 Advertisements - Revise

1005.12 Title 1 Parent and Family Member Engagement - Revise

1006 Cooperation with the Media - Propose

1008 Names, Symbols and Logos of the Bellevue Public Schools - Review

The board policies presented for review with approval scheduled for the March Board meeting.
 

The following Administrative Regulation will be presented for review:

905.08 School Closings and Cancellations - Eliminated

1005.03 Parental Involvement in Educational Practices - Reviewed
 

The administration will present the Board an updated Bellevue Public Schools Annual Report.
 

Bellevue Public Schools offers all-day Kindergarten for all students. Kindergarten registration will be online through the BPS District website beginning February 20th for those children who are eligible to enter kindergarten in the fall of 2024. 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.
 

The following programs and services will be offered to students during Summer 2024.

Summer School
Summer School will be offered for elementary students entering grades K-6th and secondary students entering grades 7th-12th from June 3 - 21.

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 24 - July 12 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.
 

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

Jacki Petrow - Composting in BPS
 

February 6, Bellevue East/Bellevue West Basketball, at Bellevue West, 5:30/7:15 p.m.

March 4, Board of Education Meeting, Welcome Center, 6:30 p.m.

March 5, BPS Employee Appreciation Day
 

Adjourn to Executive Session to consider matters relating to strategy sessions for potential litigation regarding payment in lieu of taxes, negotiations with outside agencies and collective bargaining which are necessary to be considered in closed session for the protection of the public interest and for the needless injury to the reputation of an individual.