January 15, 2024 at 6:10 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order. Roll Call.

2. Acknowledge of Open Meetings Law posting.

3. Pledge of Allegiance.

4. Recognition of public participation

5. Visitors and Communication from the public.

6. Approval of Consent Agenda Items.

6.1. Approval of Minutes of previous meetings

6.2. Acceptance of Financial Reports

6.3. Action on Claims

6.4. Approval of Contracts

6.5. Motion to excuse /approve the absence of board member(s)

7. Administrators' and Practitioners' Reports

7.1. Ms. Beerbohm/Ms. Fangmeyer

7.2. Ms. Moon/Ms. Poell

7.3. Mr. Jacobsen/Mr. Flynn

7.4. Mr. Libal/Ms. Finkey 

8. New Business

8.1. Discussion and action related to overnight request(s). (Attached) 

8.2. Appointment of committees and assignments via the board of education president. (Attached) 

8.3. Appointment of Jason Libal as District Representative for all state and federal programs. 

8.4. Declaration of Conflict of Interest by board members for the record. (Attached) 

8.5. Consideration to appoint Farmers and Merchants Bank, i3 Bank, and Nebraska Liquid Asset Fund as the depositories and investment accounts for all funds. 

8.6. Action to see guidance from legal counsel other than KSB School Law of Lincoln, Nebraska on specific topics in which there is a conflict of interest, and/or when deemed in the best interest of Ashland-Greewnood Public Schools. 
 

8.7. Discussion and action related to 2024-25 Staffing. 

8.8. Certified and non-certified staff resignations.

9. Informational Items

10. Call for Next Meeting

10.1. The next meeting is set for Monday, February 19, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. All meetings are held in Ashland-Greenwood Middle/High School, Conference Room at 1842 Furnas Street, Ashland, NE 68003. Notice of the meetings are posted in advance in the District Office, 705 N 17th Ave., Ste3, Ashland, NE, Farmers & Merchants Bank, 1501 Silver St., Ashland, NE and Bank of Ashland, 2433 Silver St., Ashland, NE. All meetings are open to the public. An agenda for the meeting shall be kept continuously current in the Office of the District Office at 705 N 17th Ave., Ashland, NE 68003.

11. Adjournment.

11.1. Board of Education Information:    

The Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools Board of Education is empowered to act on any item listed on the agenda at any time during the meeting, irrespective of the time or order listed.  Pages listed, or further detail, are available upon request.  The Open Meetings Act requires and the intention of the Board is that agenda items be sufficiently descriptive to give the public reasonable notice of the matters to be considered at the meeting.  The Ashland-Greenwood Board of Education releases its agenda well in advance of most meetings and desires that all interested persons are fully informed.  Any interested person who has a question or needs clarification about the sufficiency of a descriptive item should contact the Office of the Superintendent of Schools.

 

COPY OF OPEN MEETINGS ACT:  The Board of Education makes available at least one current copy of the Open Meetings Act posted in the meeting room at a location accessible to members of the public. The Act is posted on the North wall of the meeting room west of the main entrance.

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC FORUM:

 

Getting Started:  When it is your turn to speak during the public forum portion of the agenda, please come forward, sign your name and address on the sign-in sheet and state your name to the Board of Education.

 

Time Limit: You may speak only one time and must limit comments to 5 minutes or less.

 

Personnel or Student Topic: If you are planning to speak about a personnel or student matter involving an individual, please understand that our policies require that such concerns initially be directed to the administration for consideration. Board members will generally not respond to any questions you ask or comments you make about individual staff members or students. You are cautioned that slanderous comments are not protected just because they are made at a Board meeting.

 

General Rules: Please remember that this is a meeting of the Board of Education held in public for conducting the business of the Board of Education. Offensive language, personal attacks and hostile conduct will not be tolerated.

 

REQUEST FOR CLOSED SESSIONS:

The Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools is authorized by state statue to hold closed sessions.  Closed sessions may be held when clearly necessary for the protection of the public interest or for the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual.  Reasons that meet this standard include but are not limited to:  a) strategy sessions with respect to collective bargaining, real estate matters, pending litigation, or litigation which is imminent as evidenced by communication of a claim or threat of litigation to or by the public body; b) discussion regarding deployment of security personnel or devices; c) investigative proceedings regarding allegations of criminal misconduct; (d) evaluation of the job performance of a person when necessary to prevent needless injury to the reputation of a person and if such person has not requested a public meeting; and e) legal advice.