March 12, 2024 at 5:00 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting

Discussion:  Molly Stieren was in attendance and introduced herself.

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Discussion:  Mrs. Fritz and Morgan Wenburg of the Life Skills class gave updates on current happenings in the Life Skills class. Megan Gutierrez, a student in Life Skills, was also in attendance to share what she is currently involved with.

Discussion:  Mrs. Bergmeyer, Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment. The Elementary social studies team completed their review for the curriculum listed on the action items tonight. The team recommends Saavas and the quote is attached for the board. There is a 6 and 8 year pay option and I'm recommending the 6 year as it lines up with standard updates. Mrs. Conant is passionate about using AI, and she was asked to do a presentation at ESU3. Assessment. ASVAB results were delayed and will go over with students. Mrs. Keene, Mrs. Stepanek and I are completing th English Language Proficiency this week. ACT and preACT are still running on a 2 day schedule due to track meets, dated are April 26 and May 9. Building teams will look at assessment schedules and goal setting as we talked about at our retreat. ASVAB and preACT results are sent home with the students.
Mr. Krause, Director of Student Services.  The ESSA Title visit will be completed as a desk review. Corrective action plan for Indicator 13, working with Ms. Fagan with ESU 3 to help with this component and will submit a plan by March 15. Completed observations for all the special education teachers. Cass Community of practice, where special education staff will attend on 3/25 in Louisville. Policies and Procedures annual review was completed.
Mr. Wills, ADAP. Activities Update: Winter Sports finished. Boys Wrestling - 2 State Qualifiers - Collin Dufault and James Kansteiner. Girls Wrestling - 1 State Runner Up - Maggie Fiene & 1 5th place medalist - Morgan Hensch; State Qualifiers - Kyler Zimmerman and Gabby Landon. Boys Basketball - Finished 21-4 - Nebraska Capitol Conference Tournament and Regular Season Runner Ups, Noah Simones over 1000 career points; Noah and Owen Trofholz 1st Team All-Conference and Zach Smith 2nd Team All-Conference. Girls Basketball - Ayla Garrett received Honorable Mention All Conference. Speech - John was a conference champion in Extemp, several more medalists. Districts were Monday, March 11. Dance - C1 Hip Hop State Champions. Cheer - C1 Game Day State Runner Ups, C1 4th Place Non-Tumbling. FFA - Several State Qualifiers. Cooperative Speaking: Callie Todd (2nd place) Parliamentary Procedure Team: Louie Caniglia, Bre Smart, Callie Todd, Cydney Vincent, Aaron Watson, Ava Weides, Robbie Zech (3rd place) Employment Skills: Aaron Watson and Ava Tegels. Creed Speaking: Kash Swim. Conference Honor Band was last week and our school Music performance was last Thursday. JH Quiz Bowl wrapped up - 7th grade was Cass County Champs. JH Wrestling finished yesterday. Spring Sports have started; participation numbers Boys Track - 28, Girls Track - 21, Girls Soccer - 15, Boys Soccer - 23. Activity Participation Numbers: Working on these for the next meeting
Upcoming Activity Dates: 3/14 - First Boys Soccer games vs Gross and first Girls Soccer games @ Plattsmouth. 3/15 - First Track meet @ Doane. 4/3 - State FFA Convention

Discussion:  Mr. Apple, Superintendent. Absent, read by Welch. There will be a power outage for a week at the high school this summer. Apple will be attending NRCSA convention later this week in Kearney. 

Building Project Committee update - Mark Pfister is our Boyd Jones project manager. Updating on work that has been done in the building thus far. Most work has been done on the ceiling, so not much to see. As soon as school is out, the entirety of the ceiling will come down for the new system to be installed. Scheduled power outage for March 28. Work will gear up towards the end of the school year. 

Welch reviewed the results, surveyed over 300 voters in the district and will post to the school website. Approved a bond resolution on 2/28/24 for May election for 33 million, focusing on 3 main points: security, enhancing education for students, and maintaining a good tax rate. Will put out another mailer, possibly another postcard and posting
Information on the website. There will also be a Facebook live meeting, 2 community meetings and a parent meeting in an attempt to reach as many community members as possible.
 

Discussion:  Board of Education Meeting    April 9, 2024