March 4, 2024 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:
Information Item
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B.1. State Wrestling
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
State Wrestling Runner-Up LaBrian Parker from Bellevue East and Tanner Hosick from Bellevue West will be recognized.
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B.2. Nebraska State Powerlifting Meet
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
Bellevue East, Holly Wilson placed 1st and Adian Crismon placed 2nd at the Nebraska State Powerlifting Meet 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 February 5, 2024, 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 February, 2024.
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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 $1,576,170.19.
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C.4. *Release from Contract
Speaker(s):
Sharra Smith
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: (1) Margaret Fahey be released from her contract effective February 13, 2024 and that (2) Blake Anderson, (3) Sarah Birnbaum, (4) Robyn Derickson, (5) Linda Dunlap, (6) Epley Hamilton, (7) Paul Hamilton, (8) Kristy Haynes, (9) Laura Heath, (10) Tyler Hodges, (11) Jeffrey Jangula, (12) Lynelle Kowalski, (13) Jenna Lempke, (14) Suzanne Nolte, (15) Sidney Quint, (16) Elizabeth Schiefelbein, (17) Karen Skipper, (18) Lanette Starbuck, (19) Cameron Stussie and (20) Katherine Wasser be released from their contracts effective May 23, 2024.
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C.5. *Election of New Teachers
Speaker(s):
Sharra Smith
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Administrative Recommendation: (1) Rebecca Bruggeman, (2) Morgan Delaplane, (3) Alexandra Deman, (4) Melissa Evers, (5) Carly Fox, (6) David Groth, (7) Chelsea Miller, (8) Aaron Pierce, (9) Katelyn Roethler, (10) Stephanie Simon, (11) Hayden Thomaier and (12) Regan Warrick be elected to the certified staff for the 2024-25 school year effective August 2, 2024 subject to their release from any contractual agreements with other school districts.
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D. Action Items
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
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D.1. Budget Parameters
Speaker(s):
Susan Brooks
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
Budget Parameters are annually established by the Board of Education. The parameters are the guidelines for staff as they develop the proposed budget to be brought back to the Board in July.
A copy of the proposed Budget Parameters is attached. Administrative Recommendation: The administration recommends the approval of the proposed Parameters for 2024-2025 Budgetary Planning.
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D.2. 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.2.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.2.b. Bellevue West Auditorium Withdrawal
Speaker(s):
Ralph Gladbach
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
The administration will ask the Board to accept the withdrawal of the bid from D.R. Anderson due to inaccuracies with the bid that was submitted for the Bellevue West auditorium project.
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D.2.c. Bellevue West Auditorium
Speaker(s):
Ralph Gladbach
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
The administration will ask the Board to approve the bid from __________ in the amount of $____________ for the construction of the new auditorium at Bellevue West.
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D.3. *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 February meeting and presented tonight for approval by consent:
1001 School/Community Relations - Reviewed 1002 District Annual Report - Revised 1003 Public Examination of School District Records - Revised 1004.011 Media Access to Fields, Courts, Stages, or Performance Areas- Revised 1004.02 School News Releases - Revised 1004.03 Broadcasting or Telecasting - Revised 1005.01 Community Use of School Facilities and Grounds - Reviewed 1005.02 Parent Relations - Reviewed 1005.03 Parental Involvement in Educational Practices - Reviewed 1005.04 Communication with the Public - Eliminated 1005.05 Community Involvement in Decision Making - Reviewed 1005.07 Visitors to School - Revised 1005.081 Sportsmanship, Ethics, and Integrity - Reviewed 1005.10 Flyers, Posters, Surveys, Promotions, Fund Raising and Contests - Eliminated 1005.11 Advertisements - Revised 1005.12 Title 1 Parent and Family Member Engagement - Revised 1006 Cooperation with the Media - Proposed 1008 Names, Symbols and Logos of the Bellevue Public Schools - Reviewed
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E. Commendations
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
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E.1. *Bellevue West Forensics' Invitationals
Agenda Item Type:
Action Item
Rationale:
Congratulations to Bellevue West Forensics on their success at the following recent invitationals.
Doane University Invitational Aarj Patel (11) - Extemporaneous Champion Kilee Wilkinson (12) - Entertainment Champion, Program Oral Interpretation Champion, 2nd place Humorous Interpretation Mason Bird (9) - 3rd place Original Oratory Kalyssa Williams (10) - 2nd place Novice Dramatic Interpretation Nat Thomas (11) - 8th place Original Oratory Lincoln Southwest Silver Talon Team Placement: 3rd place Aarj Patel (11): Impromptu Champion, 7th place Extemporaneous, 20th place Informative Speaking Carter Hamblin (12) - 2nd place Impromptu, 7th place Poetry, 10th place Extemporaneous Speaking Kilee Wilkinson (12) - 5th place Program Oral Interpretation, 3rd place Entertainment, 19th place Humorous Interpretation Shaylee Hobbs (11) and Tristan Tyson (12) - 5th place Duo Interpretation Shaylee Hobbs (11) - 6th place Program Oral Interpretation Andrew Hedin (12) - 7th place Program Oral Interpretation, 24th place Humorous Interpretation Lincoln Northeast Space Race Team Placement: 5th Aarj Patel (11) - Impromptu Champion, 13th place Extemporaneous, 20th place Informative Andrew Hedin (12), Shaylee Hobbs (11), Kilee Wilkinson (12) - Champion Oral Interpretation of Drama Carter Hamblin (12) - 3rd place Poetry, Kilee Wilkinson (12) - 6th place Entertainment Zoey Lauhon (9) - 6th place Original Oratory *First bid to NIETOC in May Shaylee Hobbs (11) - 9th place Program Oral Interpretation, 11th place Impromptu Speaking Mason Bird (9) - 16th place Original Oratory Kalyssa Williams (10) - 21st place Dramatic Interpretation *Now qualified for NIETOC in May Millard West Winter Wonderland Team Placement: 4th Shaylee Hobbs (11) - 2nd place Impromptu, 10th place Program Oral Interpretation Aarj Patel (11) - 3rd place Extemporaneous, 5th place Informative Carter Hamblin (12) - 5th place Original Oratory, 5th place Poetry, 9th place Extemporaneous Beaus and Belles of the Bayou Lincoln North Star Invitational Team Placement: 3rd Carter Hamblin (12) - Extemporaneous Champion, 4th place Poetry, 4th place Original Oratory Aarj Patel (11) - 2nd place Impromptu Speaking, 7th place Extemporaneous, 13th place Informative Kilee Wilkinson (12) - 2nd place Program Oral Interpretation, 5th place Entertainment Shaylee Hobbs (11) and Tristan Tyson (12) - 3rd place DUO Interpretation Joe Reimer (12) - 7th place Impromptu, 9th place Entertainment Elizabeth Stratton (11) - 8th place Entertainment Catherine Augustyn (9) - 13th place Dramatic Interpretation Mason Bird (9) - 14th place Impromptu, 16th place Original Oratory Shaylee Hobbs (11) - 15th place Impromptu Speaking Isaiah Perry (9) - 21st place Extemporaneous MASQ Virtual Regional #2 KIlee Wilkinson (12) - Program Oral Interpretation Champion Aarj Patel (11) - 4th place Extemporaneous Andrew Hedin (12) - 5th place Humorous Interpretation Shaylee Hobbs (11) & Tristan Tyson (12) - 6th place Duo Interpretation Marian Black Book-a-thon Team Placement: 2nd Andrew Hedin (12) - Humorous Interpretation Champion, 5th place Program Oral Interpretation Carter Hamblin (12) - Extemporaneous Champion, 3rd place Poetry Kilee Wilkinson (12) - Program Oral Interpretation Champion, Entertainment Champion Andrew Hedin (12), Kilee Wilkinson (12), Shaylee Hobbs (11) - 3rd place Oral Interpretation of Drama Shaylee Hobbs (11) - 4th place Program Oral Interpretation Mason Bird (9) - 5th place Impromptu Speaking Tristan Tyson (12) - 5th place Humorous Interpretation Millard North Mustang Invitational Team placement: 5th Kilee Wilkinson (12) - Program Oral Interpretation Champion Mason Bird (9) - 2nd place Impromptu Andrew Hedin (12), Kilee Wilkinson (12) - 3rd place Oral Interpretation of Drama Aarj Patel (11) - 4th place Impromptu, 7th place Extemporaneous Andrew Hedin (12) - 4th place Humorous Interpretation, 7th place Program Oral Interpretation Shaylee Hobbs (11) - 5th place Program Oral Interpretation, 9th place Impromptu Isaiah Perry (9) - 6th place Extemporaneous |
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E.2. *Latin Convention
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Bellevue East Latin students recently competed in the Latin Convention.
Congratulations to the following students: Elivian Mahoney - 3rd place, Reading Comprehension Latin 1 Aster Hibbert - 2nd place, Reading Comprehension Latin 1 Wyn Ziegerer - 2nd place, Reading Comprehension Latin 4 and 2nd place, Reading Comprehension Latin 4 Mary Ziegerer - 2nd place, Vocabulary Latin 2; 1st place, Mythology Latin 2; and 1st place, 3D art Connor Linder - 1st place, Mythology Latin 4; 1st place, 2D art; and 2nd place, T-shirt design Latin 1 Certamen (Quiz Bowl) finished 2nd in the state: Aster Hibbert & Elivian Mahoney |
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E.3. *Science Olympiad
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
The Bellevue East Science Olympiad team participated in the regional competition at the Henry Doorly Zoo on February 24th.
Congratulations to the following team members: Carter Acosta and Killian O'Lone - 1st place in Forestry Maame Ayensu-Aboagye and Noah Wartenbee - 1st place in Disease Detectives Carter Acosta and Kaylee Douglas - 2nd place in Astronomy Maame Ayensu-Aboagye and Lily Predoehl - 2nd place in Anatomy and Physiology Ashlynn Erickson and Killian O'Lone - 4th place in Fossils Ashlynn Erickson and Killian O'Lone - 3rd Place in Write-It-Do-It Other team members who competed were: Mattieson Bosworth, Sebastian Krewson, Isabella Jaskot, and Rudy Bonilla. |
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E.4. *Winter Guards
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Congratulations to the Varsity and JV winter guards. They traveled to Kansas City to compete in the Winter Guard International Competition. The JV placed first and the Varsity placed 11th. Congrats, and good luck on the rest of the season.
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E.5. *Health Occupation Students of America
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Congratulations to the Bellevue West Health Career students, and teachers Kristan Burlingame and Leslie Hooper, on qualifying for the Nebraska State Leadership Conference. Everyone that competed qualified for round two in their events. Special congratulations to Jade Meekins for qualifying as a top 10 participant in Phlebotomy. Bellevue West will be competing for the first time at the state competition in March.
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E.6. *Robotics
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
The Bellevue West robotics team, TBirds on 3!, competed in a great tournament recently. They finished 10th out of 50 teams and won the judges award. This is only one of four awards given for 50 teams. Team members are Nguyen Phan, Khang Phan, Kevin Gramman, Landen Gaines, John Tonn, Hunter Tonn, Danika Tonn and Nathan Bozung. They are headed to the US Open Robotics competition in March, where they will compete with 500 teams from around the nation.
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E.7. *Show Choir
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Congratulations to the Logan Fontenelle Middle School show choir, Perfect Harmony. They received a Gold Award at Millard South Stars on Stage in February, as well as an Outstanding Soloist award won by Destiny Telles-Vega, their soloist for You Will Be Found!
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E.8. *Quiz Bowl
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
Congratulations to the Lewis and Clark Middle School Quiz Bowl teams, they took two teams to compete in the Mad Hatter Quiz Bowl, and both teams made it through the brackets, took 2nd and 3rd place, and brought home two trophies!
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F. Information Items
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
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F.1. Early Childhood Update
Speaker(s):
Cara Graney and Kim Rausch
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
The administration will provide the Board an update on the Early Childhood program for Bellevue Public Schools.
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F.2. Legislative Update
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Information Item
Rationale:
The Board will discuss any legislative updates.
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F.3. *Administrative Regulation Review
Speaker(s):
Jeff Rippe
Agenda Item Type:
Consent Item
Rationale:
The following Administrative Regulation will be presented for review:
1004.02 School News Releases - Eliminated 1004.03 Broadcasting or Telecasting - Eliminated 1005.01 Community Use of School Facilities and Grounds - Revised 1005.031 Parent Involvement and Educational Rights Custodial and Noncustodial - Reviewed 1005.081 Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity - Reviewed 1005.10 Flyers, Posters, Surveys, Promotions, Fund Raising and Contests - Eliminated
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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:
March 5, BPS Staff Appreciation Day
March 22, BPS Staff Celebration April 1, 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 for collective bargaining and personnel 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.
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