Public Meeting Minutes: January 16, 2023 at 6:01 PM - Board of Education Meeting

AGENDA

Call the meeting to order

Roll Call

Discussion: Also present were Superintendent Kevin Reiman, Director of School Improvement and Special Education Amy Kroll, Middle School Principal Mary Mozena, Elementary Principal Bristol Wenzl, and Asst. Principal/AD Michelle Heath.

Acknowledgement of Nebraska Open Meetings Act posted

Discussion: The BOE President acknowledged the posting of the Nebraska Meetings Act.

Excuse absent board members

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to approve the absence of board member Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Jason Brack moved to approve the absence of board member Mark Rathe and Neil Huskey. Haley Dehne seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Huskey: Absent
Rathe: Absent
Nash: Yea
Brack: Yea
Dehne: Yea
DeMike: Yea
Harms: Yea

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Approval of consent agenda

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to approve the consent agenda, which includes the minutes of the last regular meeting, financial report and payment of general funds bills- Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Haley Dehne moved to approve the consent agenda, which includes the minutes of the last regular meeting, financial report and payment of general funds bills. Betty Harms seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Huskey: Absent
Rathe: Absent
Brack: Yea
Dehne: Yea
DeMike: Yea
Harms: Yea
Nash: Yea

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Approval of previous meetings minutes

Notification of meeting publication site, date, and time

Rationale: The meeting date, time and location was published in the Plattsmouth Journal on

Financial Reports

Attachments: (1)

JAN2023 BOARD REPORTS_001

1/12/2023 at 1:33 PM

Payment of Bills

Next regular meeting date is February 20, 2023
The BOE will hold a special meeting on January 23, 2023. This is our Community Engagement Meeting.

Adjournment

Meeting Reconvenes:

Superintendent assumes the role of Temporary Chairman

Install New Board of Education Members

Attachments: (1)

2004 Oath of Office

1/7/2021 at 3:24 PM

Recognize outgoing board member Brandon Nash

School Board Member Month

Attachments: (1)

BOE Proclamation

1/5/2023 at 12:00 PM

Election of 2023 Board President

Nominations for President -

Action(s):

Motion Passed (As Amended):

Betty Harms moved to nominated Adam DeMike for Board President. moved to cease nominations. Haley Dehne seconded the motion. Haley Dehne seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Huskey: Absent
Rathe: Absent
DeMike: Yea
Harms: Yea
Nash: Yea
Brack: Yea
Dehne: Yea

Amendment Passed:

Jason Brack moved to Betty Harms nominated Adam DeMike for Board President. Haley Dehne seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Huskey: Absent
Rathe: Absent
Dehne: Yea
DeMike: Yea
Harms: Yea
Nash: Yea
Brack: Yea

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Election of Board President

New Board President assumes control of the meeting

Election of Board Vice President

Nominations for Vice President

Election of Board Vice President

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Jason Brack moved to Betty Harms nominated Hayle Dehne for Vice President. Betty Harms seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Huskey: Absent
Rathe: Absent
Harms: Yea
Nash: Yea
Brack: Yea
Dehne: Yea
DeMike: Yea

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Election of Board Treasurer

Nomination for Board Treasurer

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Jason Brack moved to Neil Huskey for Board Treasurer and cease nominations. Betty Harms seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Huskey: Absent
Rathe: Absent
Brack: Yea
Dehne: Yea
DeMike: Yea
Harms: Yea
Nash: Yea

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Election for Board Treasurer

Appointment of Board Secretary/Clerk

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to to appoint Shirley Brack as the 2023 Board Secretary/Clerk Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Betty Harms moved to to appoint Shirley Brack as the 2023 Board Secretary/Clerk. Haley Dehne seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Huskey: Absent
Rathe: Absent
Dehne: Yea
DeMike: Yea
Harms: Yea
Nash: Yea
Brack: Yea

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Communications

Visitors/Open Forum and staff and program presentations

Rationale: Visitors may address the board during this portion of the meeting. Each speaker is limited to 5 minutes. Multiple speakers for the same subject should appoint a single spokesperson to address the board for a maximum of 5 minutes.

FFA Parliamentary Procedure Students

Action Items

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to give approval on the proposed proclamations

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to proclaim Feb. 6-10, 2023 as School Counselor Week Proclamation for WWPS and Feb 18-25 as National FFA week Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Haley Dehne moved to proclaim Feb. 6-10, 2023 as School Counselor Week Proclamation for WWPS and Feb 18-25 as National FFA week. Betty Harms seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Huskey: Absent
Rathe: Absent
DeMike: Yea
Harms: Yea
Nash: Yea
Brack: Yea
Dehne: Yea

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Comments: ADM REC: To proclaim Feb. 6-10, 2023 as School Counselor Week Proclamation for WWPS

Attachments: (2)

School Counselor 2023

12/21/2022 at 2:53 PM
National FFA Week - Proclamation

1/9/2023 at 3:05 PM

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to consider the Financial Institutions for depositories of school funds

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to approve Farmers and Merchants, First Nebraska Bank, and Union Bank and Trust for depositories of school funds Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Betty Harms moved to approve Farmers and Merchants, First Nebraska Bank, and Union Bank and Trust for depositories of school funds. Jason Brack seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Huskey: Absent
Rathe: Absent
Harms: Yea
Nash: Yea
Brack: Yea
Dehne: Yea
DeMike: Yea

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Comments: ADM REC: To approve Farmers and Merchants, First Nebraska Bank, and Union Bank and Trust for depositories of school funds

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to name Superintendent Kevin Reiman as the State and Federal Authorized Representative and the Non-Discrimination Officer

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to name Superintendent Kevin Reiman as the State and Federal Authorized Representative and the Non-Discrimination Officer Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Haley Dehne moved to name Superintendent Kevin Reiman as the State and Federal Authorized Representative and the Non-Discrimination Officer. Betty Harms seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Huskey: Absent
Rathe: Absent
Nash: Yea
Brack: Yea
Dehne: Yea
DeMike: Yea
Harms: Yea

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to give approval to policies to be reviewed

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to give approval to review policies 2014-Relationship with District Legal Counsel, 2008-Legal newspaper, 2002-Organization of Board, Board Officers, and Check Signing, 2012-Board Code of Ethics, 3047-Data Breach Response, 3048-Communicable Disease, 3049 - Drones and Unmanned Aircraft, 3050-Technology in the Classroom, 3051-Opioid Overdose Prevention and Response Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Jason Brack moved to give approval to review policies 2014-Relationship with District Legal Counsel, 2008-Legal newspaper, 2002-Organization of Board, Board Officers, and Check Signing, 2012-Board Code of Ethics, 3047-Data Breach Response, 3048-Communicable Disease, 3049 - Drones and Unmanned Aircraft, 3050-Technology in the Classroom, 3051-Opioid Overdose Prevention and Response. Haley Dehne seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Huskey: Absent
Rathe: Absent
Brack: Yea
Dehne: Yea
DeMike: Yea
Harms: Yea
Nash: Yea

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Rationale: The following policies meet KSB's recommendations:
2014-Relationship with District Legal Counsel,
2008-Legal newspaper,
2002-Organization of Board, Board Officers, and Check Signing,
2012-Board Code of Ethics,
3047-Data Breach Response,
3048-Communicable Disease,
3049 - Drones and Unmanned Aircraft
3050-Technology in the Classroom,
3051-Opioid Overdose Prevention and Response

Comments: ADM REC: to review policies
2014-Relationship with District Legal Counsel,
2008-Legal newspaper,
2002-Organization of Board, Board Officers, and Check Signing,
2012-Board Code of Ethics,
3047-Data Breach Response,
3048-Communicable Disease,
3049 - Drones and Unmanned Aircraft
3050-Technology in the Classroom,
3051-Opioid Overdose Prevention and Response

Links:

Weeping Water Policy Schedule

The following link is Weeping Water's tentative schedule for the review of current policies. The schedule is subject to change.
Policies to be considered this month

The link lists all policies to be considered this month

Reports

Administration Reports

Discussion: Activities Director / Asst. Principal

Elementary Principal

Second semester formal observations have been scheduled and will all be completed by the end of March.
Second semester walk throughs have started again.
Winter screening data analysis for reading took place on January 4th.
1. Celebrated the growth and problem solved the areas that we want to see more growth in.
2. Made revisions to core interventions, small group interventions and individual interventions as needed.
3. Revisited explicit instruction and systematic instruction.
Winter screening data analysis for math is happening on January 23rd.
1. We looked at the screening data on January 4th and discussed it, but didn’t move forward with the data analysis. We are piloting the math professional development through the UofM like we did reading. They just shared materials on January 5th.
2. I have worked through the materials and have the PD all ready to go on January 23rd.
Instruction Partners are visiting again on February 6th. They will lead professional learning with K-5 teachers using our new Into Math curriculum. Objectives for the day will be:
1. Making connections between lessons, standards, and aspects of rigor
2. Identifying key takeaways in a lesson
3. Identifying priority tasks/activities in a lesson
4. Planning meaningful checks for understanding within a lesson
We are hosting the Cass County Spelling Bee on February 8th
1. Mrs. Barrett organizes and leads this.
Working on ESEA/ESSA Title I Review
1. NDE will visit on February 10th for this review

Middle School Principal

Director of School Improvement / Special Education
Continuous Improvement/Community Engagement:

Surveys are in the process of being mailed out to stakeholders with the closing date of February 3rd.
Community Engagement Meeting will be held on January 24th from 6:30 -8:00.
Information from the Survey and Community Meeting will be completed/presented in mid-April.

Secondary:

Teachers in Grades 6-12 will begin training to begin implementation of Positive Action. Positive Action is a research-based social/emotional curriculum that will be taught during Tribe Time.

Special Education:

Special Education teachers are meeting with their colleagues from other Cass County schools on January 18th for training provided by ESU 3.
The NDE is requiring all school districts to participate in a file review and self-assessment to ensure districts are meeting federal Transition Requirements (Indicator 13). Individual student files will be sent to the NDE by April. A report will be mailed to districts along with expected corrective action (if needed).
The Part B Parent Survey window will be open on January 17th and close March 31st. Families of children with disabilities will be contacted to complete the online survey. Our goal is to increase participation in the survey (last year was 33%).

Sixpence/Bright Arrows Childcare:

Pyramid Module Training started today (1/16) with 24 participants (childcare staff, paras, teachers, and childcare staff from Conestoga).
The ITERS (Infant/Toddler Environmental Rating Scale) observation/assessment is scheduled for January 26th and March 8th. An evaluator will observe each childcare classroom for three hours. Results will be disseminated the following day.

Superintendent

Replacement of internet switches - current ones are 7+ years old
Draft of the 23/24 School Calendar
Copies of the Audit

Board Reports

To go into executive session to discuss negotiations for the protection of the public interest.

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to to discuss negotiations for the protection of the public interest Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Haley Dehne moved to to discuss negotiations for the protection of the public interest. Jason Brack seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Huskey: Absent
Rathe: Absent
Dehne: Yea
DeMike: Yea
Harms: Yea
Nash: Yea
Brack: Yea

No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.

Adjournment

Regular Board
Attendance Taken on 1/16/2023 at 6:02 PM
Jason Brack	Present
Haley Dehne	Present
Adam DeMike	Present
Betty Harms	Present
Neil Huskey	Absent
Brandon Nash	Present
Mark Rathe	Absent
Present: 5, Absent: 2

January 16, 2023 at 6:01 PM - Board of Education Meeting

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