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

Bellevue East students Dominique Curry and Taylana Tolbert placed 2nd at State DECA and will be recognized.
 

Bellevue West students Kilee Wilkinson, Andrew Hedin, and Shaylee Hobbs placed 1st and 2nd at State Speech and will be recognized.
 

Bellevue West students Amy Oltman, Jackson Andersen, Jackson Hall, Ethan Arul, Bryce Oltman, Farrin Thiemann, and Carsen Schultz placed 1st and 2nd at State FBLA and will be recognized.

Bellevue East student Vitalia Holcomb placed 1st at State FBLA and will be recognized.
 

Bellevue East students Victoria Bogatz and Lailyah Duncan placed 2nd at State Journalism and will be recognized.
 

Bellevue West student Tyler Winsor placed 1st at the SkillsUSA Nebraska State Competition and will be recognized.
 

Mission Middle School student Aarv Patel, placed 2nd at Nebraska National History Day and will be recognized.

Mission Middle School teacher, Mr. Brent Myers, was awarded the 2024 Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award - Nebraska Junior Division at Nebraska National History Day and will be recognized.
 

Bellevue West students placed 1st and 2nd at the State German Convention and will be recognized.
 

Administrative Recommendation:(1) Magdalena Forman and (2) Paxton Norvell be released from their contracts effective May 23, 2024.
 

Administrative Recommendation: (1) Madyson Akerson, (2) Gregory Bachman, (3) Kelly Berg, (4) Cory Bugiel, (5) Kourtney Caniglia, (6) Ashley Covey, (7) Alexandra Eledge, (8) James Fallon, (9) Sophia Fallon, (10) Jennifer Ford, (11) Morgan Hillman, (12) Verda Johnson, (13) Ashlee Jones, (14) Morgan Kottich, (15) Justin Lamberson, (16) Ashley Nemec, (17) Jake Nieman, (18) Amanda Peterson, (19) Michael Quaas, (20) Ashley Quintela Valle, (21) Matthew Roen, (22) Katie Shields, (23) Julie Snyder, (24) Emma Soppe, (25) Caleb Spilinek, (26) Makenze West, (27) Courtney Wilson and (28) Kesley Woodarek 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.
 

A one-year salary agreement has been reached and ratified by Local 226 representation employees from the Paraprofessional group.

Attached are copies of the current and proposed salary program.

Administrative Recommendation: Approve the one-year Paraprofessional salary agreement as presented.
 

At the April 1st board meeting, the Board was presented a DRAFT copy of the new Strategic Plan to review. Tonight, the administration will ask the Board to approve the 2024-2029 Strategic Plan.
 

Tonight, the Board will be asked to approve the Sale and Purchase agreement between Bellevue Public Schools and Eastern Nebraska Community Action Partnership, a Nebraska non-profit. This is for the following real property by Bellevue East:

A tract of land being part of Tax Lots 15B1A2A and 15B1A3A, Tax Lots located in the SW ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 25, Township 14 North, Range 13 East of the 6th P.M., City of Bellevue, Sarpy County, Nebraska, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of said Tax Lot 15B1A2A, said point also being the northeast corner of Tax Lot 15B1A2B, a tax lot located in said Section 25, and also being on the southerly line of tax lot 15B1A1, a tax lot located in said Section 25; thence S89°48'56"E (basis of bearing: Douglas/Sarpy Low Distortion Projection) along the North line of said Tax Lot 15B1A2A, said line also being said Southerly line of Tax Lot 15B1A1, a distance of 50.04 feet to a point on the Southerly right-of-way line of Harvell Drive; thence S48°14'51"E along said Southerly right-of-way line of Harvell Drive, a distance of 180.54 feet; thence S39°05'01"W, a distance of 288.41 feet to a point on the Northerly line of said Tax Lot 15B1A3A, said line also being the Easterly line of Tax Lot 15B1A3B, a tax lot located in said Section 25; thence N00°28'55"W along said Northerly line of Tax Lot 15B1A3A, said line also being said Easterly line of Tax Lot 15B1A3B, and also the Westerly line of said Tax Lot 15B1A2A, said line also being the Easterly line of said Tax Lot 15B1A2B, a distance of 344.27 feet to the point of beginning (hereinafter referred to as the "Property").
 

Public Law 111-296, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, was passed into law addressing the equity in school lunch pricing. With food expenses continually rising the breakfast and lunch program prices need to be increased. Bellevue Public Schools continues to place an emphasis on serving a balanced breakfast and lunch program: due to previous changes with the USDA guidelines we will continue to see an emphasis on more whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, subgroups of vegetables, sodium targets, no trans fat served, etc.

During the 2023-2024 school year to date, Bellevue Public Schools' food service program has served a total of 1,137,585 meals throughout the district.

Based on planning for the 2024-2025 Food Service Budget, it is recommended the price for elementary breakfast remain at $1.75, middle school breakfast to $1.90 and high school breakfast to $2.00. The recommended price for elementary lunch will go to $2.65, middle school lunch will go to $3.00 and high school lunch will go to $3.25. The last increase was during the 2020-2021 school year.

Administrative Recommendation: The administration recommends increasing school meal prices as presented.
 

Tonight, the Board will be asked to accept the First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Bellevue Public Schools and the City of Bellevue for the addition of a Threat Assessment and Reduction School Resource Officers.
 

Tonight, the administration will ask the Board to approve the bid from Prime Communications in the amount of $29,000.26 for the wireless technology for the new Bellevue West auditorium.
 

Tonight, the administration will ask the Board to approve the bid from Metal Logos & More in the amount of $15,734.60 for the new signage on the front of the Frank Kumor Career Center and the BPS Foundation. The Foundation will reimburse the district for the cost of the BPS Foundation sign.
 

Tonight, the administration will ask the Board to approve the bid from CCS Presentation Systems in the amount of $44,721.16 for the audio visual for the upstairs conference/training room and student lounge at the Frank Kumor Career Center.
 

Congratulations to the Bellevue East journalism students on their success in the following high school media contests:

Nebraska High School Press Association Cornhusker Awards
The Tom Tom - Superior

Nebraska Press Women:
Charley Leon - Honorable Mention - Environmental Reporting

NSAA State Journalism Championships - State Qualifiers - Class A:
Victoria Bogatz - Entertainment Review Writing
Lailyah Duncan - Newspaper News Writing

UNO High School Media Contest - Class A
Brianna Yang - 2nd Place - Long Form Audio
Charley Leon - 3rd Place Newspaper Two-Page Layout
Layla Hango - 3rd Place - Review Writing
Lisa Connell - 3rd Place - Art/Computer Graphics
Lisa Connell - 3rd Place - Editorial Cartoon
Victoria Bogatz - 3rd Place - Newspaper One-Page Layout
Tom Tom Staff (Lucy Cook, Charley Leon) - 3rd Place - Editorial
Tom Tom Staff - 2nd Place - Best School Newspaper in the Metro
 

Bellevue West Journalism Congratulations to Bellevue West journalism students on their success in the recent high school media contests.

NSAA State Journalism Championships (Class A)
Lucas Pechacek: 8th in Broadcast Feature Story
Mia Santiago: 6th in Photo Illustration
Raegan Rains: 4th in Photo Illustration and 8th in Broadcast Sports Story

Wildcat Film Festival:
Three students had films screened at the Wildcat Spirit Film Festival (Wayne State College) in April, 2024.

Kellen Bees: "So Long, Mini the Chicken" won Best High School Comedy & Best Overall High School Film
Raegan Rains: "One in 1500: Sophomore Farrin Thiemann"
Avery Glaza: "Don't Vape"
 

Congratulations to Bellevue West student Tyler Winsor for taking home a state title in Welding at the Nebraska SkillsUSA competition in Grand Island while competing for Metro Community College. He captured 1st place over 50+ welders and is now qualified for nationals in Atlanta Georgia in June. Tyler was also the state champion last year and finished 11th out of the 50+ welders at nationals. Tyler's biggest victory is that before he graduates from Bellevue West at the end of May, he will graduate from Metro Community College with his associates degree in welding with no out of pocket expense to him and his family.
 

State Results
Aarv Patel, 2nd place, Individual Paper
Mission Middle School Teachers: Brent Myers, Joana Beranek, Suzanne Nolte Qualified for Nationals

Mission Middle School teacher, Mr. Brent Myers, was awarded the 2024 Patricia Behring Teacher of the Year Award - Nebraska Junior Division. Mr. Myers is now entered for the Behring National Teacher of the Year Award. This is Mr. Myers second time receiving this state award (2013).

Omaha National History Day - District Results
Mariah Tracy, 3rd place Individual Exhibit, Mission Middle School Teachers: Brent Myers, Joanna Beranek

Sophia Peña, 1st place, Individual Exhibit, Mission Middle School Teachers: Brent Myers, Joanna Beranek

Aarv Patel, 1st place, Individual Paper, Mission Middle School Teachers: Brent Myers, Joanna Beranek
 

Bellevue East and Bellevue West competed in the 2024 State FBLA Leadership Conference in April, 2024. Individual/Team results are listed below. The National Leadership Conference will be held in Orlando from June 27 - July 3, 2024.

Bellevue West
Amy Oltman, Jackson Andersen - 1st place, Community Service Project Jackson Hall - 1st place, Business Calculations
Ethan Arul - 1st place, Introduction to Business Communication
Amy Oltman - 2nd place, Electronic Career Portfolio
Bryce Oltman, Farrin Thiemann, Carsen Schultz - 2nd place, Introduction to Business Presentation
Riley Foss - 4th place, Help Desk Adam Williams - 5th place, Introduction to Business Concepts and Introduction to Information Technology
Riley Foss - 6th place, Computer Applications
Christopher Lawton - 6th, Computer Problem Solving & Network Design
Jackson Hall - 6th, Insurance & Risk Management
Ethan Arul, Riley Foss, Jackson Hall - 7th place, American Enterprise Project
Adam Williams - 7th place, Cyber Security
Ethan Arul - 7th place, Introduction to Financial Math

Honorable Mentions (top 4%):
Ethan Arul - Accounting 1
Carsen Schultz - Accounting 1, Personal Finance
Johnathan Sevick - Business Calculations
Riley Foss - Computer Problem Solving
Natalie Cervantes - Economics, Hospitality & Event Management
Cian McMahon - Introduction to Business Communication, Introduction to Business Concepts, Introduction to FBLA, Introduction to Financial Math
Charlie Wehrbein - Introduction to Marketing Concepts
Amy Oltman - Job Interview, Social Media Strategies

Bellevue West FBLA Chapter received the following awards:
Nebraska FBLA Foundation Fundraiser - 3rd place
Gold Seal Award of Merit
Sweepstakes Award

Bellevue East
Vitalia Holcomb - 1st place, Introduction to Marketing Concepts.
Sam Tyler - 8th place, Sports & Entertainment Management and Sales Presentation

Bellevue East FBLA Chapter received the following awards:
2nd largest FBLA Chapter in the State (Class A)
 

Congratulations to Bellevue East and Bellevue West as they competed at the Nebraska State DECA Conference in March, 2024.

Bellevue East results:
Dominique Curry - 2nd place, Accounting Applications
Taylana Tolbert - 2nd place, Principles of Marketing
Jaidyn Gaddis - 5th place, Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
Mackenzie Smock - 6th place, Quick Serve Restaurant Management

Bellevue West results:
Jackson Andersen - 5th place, Personal Financial
Literacy Carsen Schultz - 6th place, Accounting Applications.

Bellevue West High School was named a DECA Membership Campaign Winner
 

Congratulations to Bellevue West forensics students as they competed at the State Speech Championships in Kearney in March, 2024. The team placed 4th overall.

Individual finalists were:
Kilee Wilkinson, Andrew Hedin, and Shaylee Hobbs - Oral Interpretation of Drama Champions
Kilee Wilkinson - 2nd in Entertainment and Program Oral Interpretation
Andrew Hedin - 4th in Humorous Prose
Carter Hamblin - 4th in Persuasive Speaking
Shaylee Hobbs - 5th in Program Oral Interpretation
Aarj Patel - 6th in Extemporaneous
 

Students from Bellevue East and Bellevue West, along with other metro schools competed in the art show in April. Results are below.

Best of Show     Jasper Maughmer     The Cycle of Life   B.West (Y) 
Best of Show 3D   Cedar Palmer     Treading Water   B.East (S)
12th Second Place     Molly Hansen     Mom's Lipstick   B.West (Y)
12th Third Place     Atira Lanning     Burbur   B.West (Y)
12th Honor Mention     Jay Knight     Soggy Idiot   B.West (B)
12th Honor Mention   Taylor Horton    Melpomene and Thalia   B.West (Y)
1th First Place     Alexandra Fiala     Hidden By A Glass Door   B.West (B)
1th Second Place     Andrew Nikolaus     From The Swamp   B.West (Y)
11th Honor Mention     Naomi Lewis     Poorly Cropped Dolphin Sculpture Drawn Entirely With Mechanical Pencil B.East (S)
11th Honor Mention  Keira Hoffman   Cassidy's Yearly Portrait   B.East (S)
11th Honor Mention  Ashleigh Frazier Death Of A Thousand Bubbles B.West (B)
10th First Place    Logi Strack     Swan Princess   B.West (Y)
10th Third Place     Devonte Heenan     Contempt   B.East (V)
10th Honor Mention     Janiyah Willis     The Fisherman   B.West (Y)
10th Honor Mention     Miriam Romo     Flower Skull   B.West (B)
10th Honor Mention     Link Altman     Paper Laminate   B.West (Y)
9th First Place     Vanessa Zamora     Luna's World   B.East (V)
9th Third Place  Kennedy Wright  Neurographic Alexandria   B.East(V) 
9th Honor Mention     Caitlin Morton     Are You Sirius?   B.West (Y)
9th Honor Mention  Amelia Williams  The Flower In The Moon  B.West (B)
9th Honor Mention   Morgan Samaniego   Blood Orange   B.West (Y)
BAA Spirit Award.  Emmanuel Bravo-Hernandez Botanical Garden B.West (B)
 

Operation Read was a great success at the BPS Lied Activity Center. Our elementary schools participated with 48 teams totaling 200 students grades 4th-6th. Students who participated read at least 4 of the 10 Golden Sower chapter book nominees, and practiced and studied to prepare to answer trivia questions about the books. After tough competition it came down to a tiebreaker between Fairview team #20 and Fort Crook team #25.

Congratulations to Fairview - the winning team members are Shyanne Barnard, Kinsley Mischke, Harper Harden, Aubrey Surley, Kenzie Surley and team librarian Ms. Amber Gibson! Congratulations to all of our students, librarians, and coaches that participated!

Thank you to Kari Schroder and Lisa Bethel for their work and coordination of Operation Read. Special thanks to Bellevue Public Schools Foundation for helping support this great event!
 

Congratulations to Bellevue West student artists who participated in the Juried Art Show at Iowa Western in April. The artists received the following awards:

GOLD
Liam Linder - Abstract Scream 
Malia Dudoit -Cheese Cake 
Anna Langolf -Year of the Dragon 
Aarya Caudill - Colly Wolly 
Kaleigh Sullivan- Sully's Smile 
Jasper Maughner- We've Green Better Days 

SILVER
Liam Linder - Jasspur 
Journey Gillespie - Two Faced 
Brenna Cropp - Bath Day 
Sophie Redler - Nostalgia 
Ashleigh Frazier- Jacobite 
Logan Strack - Dani's Ducks 
Taylor C Horton - Death's Grief 
Brenna Cropp - Simpsons 

MERIT
Jade Byington- Cold Winter Night 
Delaney Lusero - Scouty 
Andrew Nicholaus- Ark O' Sushi 
Olivia Stone- In the Costume Shop 
Atria Lanning - Burbur 
Alexis Beaudry - The 4 Nations 
 

Congratulations to Bellevue West German students and Frau Messerschmitt for their success at DeutschCon 2024 (State German Convention). Individual results are below.

Haley Reagan, Simon Faltin, Ross Talbott-Bohn, Isaiah Nomiyama, Zachary Seelbach, and Connor Strobel - 1st place, video skit

Zachary Seelbach - 1st place, music video

Ross Talbott-Bohn - 1st place, poster

Haley Reagan - 1st place, baking - Apfelkuchen

Annie Scott - 1st place, baking - Marmorgugelhupf and 1st place, t-shirt design

Isaiah Nomiyama, Zachary Seelbach, and Ross Talbott-Bohn - 2nd place, Level 2 Knowledge Bowl
 

The following Board Policy will be presented for review:

          502.02 Non-Resident Student/Option Enrollment - Revise
 

The Board will discuss the 2024 Legislative session.
 

Bellevue Public Schools offers opportunities for certified staff to earn Continuing Contract Units (CCU). These CCU's can be used for salary advancement for some approved activities that are completed outside of contract day/year.

A list of the proposed 2024-2025 Continuing Contract Unit Activities recommended for Board approval is included in the attachment.
 

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 - Sustainability in Schools

Aarj Patel - Sustainability in Schools
 

May 23, Last Day for Students/Staff

May 25, High School Graduation Ceremonies, 9:30 a.m.

June 3, Board of Education Meeting, Welcome Center, 6:30 p.m.
 

Adjourn to Executive Session to consider matters relating to strategy sessions for 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.