August 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Call to Order
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1.1. Pledge of Allegiance
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1.2. Excuse Absent Board Members
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2. Approval of Consent Agenda
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2.1. Agenda
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2.2. Minutes of previous meeting
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3. Guests
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4. Financial Reports
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4.1. Treasurer
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4.2. Claims
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4.3. Activity
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5. Action Items
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5.1. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve the cooperative agreement with Bloomfield Community schools for Science, Agriculture, Industrial technology shared coursework, as well as transportation and teacher financial sharing.
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5.2. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve the amendment to board policy 1310, Community Relations.
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5.3. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve the purchase of a minivan from Gene Steffy Auto, as per the State of Nebraska contracted bid. ($40,645).
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5.4. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve discuss, consider, and vote to approve an increase to the school district’s property tax request authority by up to an additional seven percent, or other maximum amount as permitted by law, above the base growth percentage.
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5.5. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve the bid from Robert Kint for $15,000 for 3 Rail PVC Fence on the football field/Track Complex.
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5.6. Discuss, consider, and make a motion and a second to approve a change order from Nemaha Sports construction ($2,100).
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6. Reports
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6.1. Superintendent
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Mr. Hoesing discussed teachers returning and the positive meetings that took place. We have a few new staff. He also noted that Alicap complimented us on our school for being clean, safe and organized. Very positive review. He also discussed the August meeting and spend down and put out possible dates and budgets. He would also like to discuss the budget and finances more in depth at the August workshop. Lastly, noted to discuss possible new board members with the lack of a 6th certified nominee in place
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6.2. Principal
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Mr. Anderson noted on administrator days they attended. A lot of positive meetings and financial/law updates. He talked about our 3 days of teacher meetings and back-to-school meetings. We will have an open house for elementary tomorrow night. Middle School orientation will take place tomorrow night as well. He noted Whip will start September 11th for Seniors that meet the requirements. We have quite a few juniors and seniors enrolled in dual credit classes. We will have our new phone policy in place and introduce the students to the new cell phone pouches.
AD report: Our volleyball and football teams started practices today. The 1st volleyball game is August 24th at Boyd County with a jamboree. The football team has their 1st football game in Chambers August 27th. Cross country we have 1 HS runner and 4 JH runners. Lastly our conference has switched over to Bound for the scheduling for activities calendars. Mrs. Heimes discussed the refresher course they will touch on at the meetings the next 2 days. She noted we have 2 new staff members for paras, and we are excited to welcome them. She also spoke on the administrator days and noted that middle school got an excellent Aquest rating due to math and science. Our literacy is a little low, so she looked at other avenues to help with comprehension. The Nebraska read act wants 75% of students to be at grade level reading but implanting this will be exciting to see where our percentage is at. She noted we have 8 new students attending K-8. She also discussed all the important dates coming up she will post. |
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6.3. Activities Director
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7. Discussion Items
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7.1. Budget Workshop
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The budget workshop will be held August 24th.
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7.2. Strategic Planning Committees
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Mr Hoesing asked the board members to complete the Wausa Schools stakeholders selection worksheet.
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8. Executive (Closed) Session (If needed)
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9. Dates of Future Board Meetings
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The annual WPS budget workshop will occur on Monday, August 24th, at 7:00 PM. The 2026-27 School budget hearing will occur at 6:55 PM, with the Tax asking hearing to occur at 6:58 PM (or after the budget hearing, whichever time is later) on Monday, September 14th. The Next Regular Wausa School Board Meeting will occur on Monday, September 14th, at 7:00 PM. All meetings will occur in the WPS Conference Room.
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10. Adjourn
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