January 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Call to Order
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2. Pledge of Allegiance
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3. Announce Open Meeting Act Posting and Location
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4. Recognition of Visitors
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During this time visitors may request to the board the opportunity to speak at the appropriate time. The Board then allow for Public Comments. Each speaker will be limited to 5 minutes and all of the Public Comment time will be limited to 30 minutes. An exception will be made for those speakers appearing on the Agenda as presenters.
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4.1. Visitors from ESU7: Beth Ericson (PD Director) and board member Don Graff
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5. Board Reorganization Meeting
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5.1. Item #1: Oath of Office
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5.2. Item #2: Organization Meeting of the Board of Education (Policy 203.01)
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Superintendent: "Thank you, President Ruth. According to Board Policy and Nebraska State Statute, the Board must reorganize at the first meeting in January. At this time, I will serve as President Pro Tem for the purpose of electing a President for the 2026 calendar year. I now declare nominations open for the office of Board President." [Member A]: "I nominate [Member Name]." Superintendent: "Are there any further nominations? [Pause] Hearing none, I move that nominations be closed. We will now vote on the nomination of [Member Name]." Note: If there are multiple nominations, you must vote on them in the order they were received. |
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5.2.1. Item A: Election of Officers (Vote to approve the President, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer)
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5.2.2. Item B: Appointments by Board President for Committees for the remainder of 2026.
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5.3. Item #3: Review of Board Ethic/Code of Conduct (Policy 202.01)
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5.4. Item #4: Signing and Potential Conflict of Interest Statement (NADC Form C-2a)
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6. Swear in New Student Board Member for the 2nd Semester
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7. Consent Agenda
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7.1. Minutes
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7.2. Treasurers Report
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8. Administrative Reports
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8.1. Student Board Member Report
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8.2. Athletic Director/Activities Director Report
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8.3. Elementary Principals Report
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8.4. Secondary Principals Report
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8.5. Superintendents Report
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9. District Reports
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9.1. Technology Report
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9.2. Maintenance/Facilities/Transportation Report
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9.3. Board/Committee Report
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10. Discussion Items
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10.1. Item #1: Review of the Annual Board Calendar
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10.2. Item #2: Federal Advocacy Trip to Washington D.C. (April 26th - 29th)
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10.3. Item #3: Review of our Annual Report for the 2025-2026 school year
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10.4. Item #4: Special Education Transportation that SRC practices (in writing)
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11. Action Items
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11.1. Item #1: Designations
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11.1.1. Item A: Approval to Designate KSB Law as SRC's Legal Counsel for the 2026-2027 School Year
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11.1.2. Item B: Approval to Designate Pinnacle Bank as SRC's Depository Bank for the 2026-2027 School Year
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11.1.3. Item C: Approval to Designate Polk County News, The Banner-Press, and Columbus Telegram as SRC's District Newspaper Outlet(s) for the 2026-2027 School Year
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11.2. Item #2: Approval of Appointment Annually Title IX Coordinator and Compliance Coordinator (Policy 404.12) - Mr. Tucker Tejkl
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11.3. Item #3: Approval of the Superintendent to be the Non-Discrimination Compliance Coordinator to meet federal Equal Employment Opportunity requirements (Policy 718.00)
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11.4. Item #4: Approval of class proposals for the 2026-2027 school year (all pending based on availability and class interest).
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12. Set Dates
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13. Executive Session
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The Board may enter into closed session at any time to discuss any matter for which a closed session is lawful and appropriate. We have legal matters that need to be handled in closed session. Before the Board can enter closed session, a motion must be made in agreement with Statute 84-1410 by the Board to discuss topics such as personnel, negotiations, and legal matters. |
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14. Adjournment
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