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October 21, 2024 at 6:01 PM - Board of Education Meeting

Regular Board
Attendance Taken on 10/21/2024 at 6:06 PM
Jason Brack	Present
Haley Dehne	Present
Adam DeMike	Present
Betty Harms	Present
Neil Huskey	Absent
Doug Meyer	Present
Mark Rathe	Present
Present: 6, Absent: 1

Regular Board
Attendance Taken on 10/22/2024 at 6:48 AM
Jason Brack	Present
Haley Dehne	Present
Adam DeMike	Present
Betty Harms	Present
Neil Huskey	Absent
Doug Meyer	Present
Mark Rathe	Present
Present: 6, Absent: 1

Regular Board
Attendance Taken on 10/22/2024 at 6:52 AM
Jason Brack	Present
Haley Dehne	Present
Adam DeMike	Absent
Betty Harms	Present
Neil Huskey	Absent
Doug Meyer	Present
Mark Rathe	Present
Present: 5, Absent: 2

Minutes

Minutes

AGENDA

Call the meeting to order

Roll Call

Discussion: Also present were Superintendent Kevin Reiman, Director of School Improvement and Special Education Amy Kroll, PreK-8th grade Principal Mary Mozena, 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:

Doug Meyer moved to approve the absence of board member Neil Huskey. Betty Harms seconded the motion. Motion Passed

DeMike: Absent
Huskey: Absent
Meyer: Yea
Rathe: Yea
Brack: Yea
Dehne: 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, Notification of meeting publication site, date, and time, financial report and payment of general funds bills, and the next regular meeting date Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Betty Harms moved to approve the consent agenda, which includes the minutes of the last regular meeting, Notification of meeting publication site, date, and time, financial report and payment of general funds bills, and the next regular meeting date Mark Rathe seconded the motion. Motion Passed

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

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

Approval of previous meetings minutes

Notification of meeting publication site, date, and time

Discussion: The meeting date, time, and location was published in the Southeast Nebraska Voice

Financial Reports and Payment of Bills

Attachments: (1)

OCT24.FINANCIAL.BOARDREP_001

10/18/2024 at 1:58 PM

Next regular meeting date - November 18, 2024 at 6:00pm at the Weeping Water Public Schools Conference Room

Communications

Visitors/Open Forum and staff and program presentations

Discussion: 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.

Action Items

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

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to approve the American Education Week, Red Ribbon Week, National School Lunch Week, and Military Family Month Proclamations Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Mark Rathe moved to approve the American Education Week, Red Ribbon Week, National School Lunch Week, and Military Family Month Proclamations Betty Harms seconded the motion. Motion Passed

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

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

Comments: ADM REC: To give approval to the proposed proclamations

Attachments: (4)

American Education Week Proclamation 2024

9/19/2024 at 9:17 AM
Military Family Appreciation Month Proclamation 2024

9/19/2024 at 9:17 AM
National School Lunch Week Proclamation 2024

9/19/2024 at 9:17 AM
Red Ribbon Week Proclamation 2024

9/19/2024 at 9:20 AM

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to recognize the WWEA as the bargaining agent for the certified staff members for the 2026-27 school year.

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to recognize the WWEA as the bargaining agent for the certified staff members for the 2026-27 school year. Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Mark Rathe moved to recognize the WWEA as the bargaining agent for the certified staff members for the 2026-27 school year. Doug Meyer seconded the motion. Motion Passed

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

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

Comments: ADM REC: To recognize the WWEA as the bargaining agent for the certified staff members for the 2026-27 school year.

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to change to the criteria in the Activities Handbook for admission to the Hall of Fame

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to approve changes to the criteria in the Activities Handbook for admission to the Hall of Fame Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Betty Harms moved to approve changes to the criteria in the Activities Handbook for admission to the Hall of Fame Mark Rathe seconded the motion. Motion Passed

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

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

Comments: ADM REC: To approve change to the criteria in the Activities Handbook for admission to the Hall of Fame

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 1001 - General Policy Statement, 1002 - Creation, Amendment, and Distribution of Board of Education Policies, 2001 - Role of the Board of Education, 2003 - Development and Education of Board Members Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Mark Rathe moved to give approval to review policies 1001 - General Policy Statement, 1002 - Creation, Amendment, and Distribution of Board of Education Policies, 2001 - Role of the Board of Education, 2003 - Development and Education of Board Members Betty Harms seconded the motion. Motion Passed

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

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

Discussion: The following policies meet KSB's recommendations:

1001 - General Policy Statement
1002 - Creation, Amendment, and Distribution of Board of Education Policies
2001 - Role of the Board of Education
2003 - Development and Education of Board Members

Comments: ADM REC:

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

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

Recommended Motion(s): Board Member #1 moved to to give approval to revise Policy 1003 - Mission Statement Board Member #2 seconded the motion. Motion Passed

Action(s):

Motion Passed:

Mark Rathe moved to to give approval to revise Policy 1003 - Mission Statement Betty Harms seconded the motion. Motion Passed

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

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

Discussion: The following policies need to be revised:
1003 - Mission Statement

Comments: ADM REC: To give first-round approval to revise 1003 - Mission Statement

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 following policies will be considered this month

Reports

Administration Reports

Discussion: Activities Director / Asst. Principal

Fall Activities Updates
- Football
  - Varsity - playoffs, Thursday
- Volleyball
  - Varsity competed in conference tournament last week, finished 6th, up one from last year
  - JV Tournament on Saturday
  - Sub Districts start Monday, Oct. 28
- Softball season is complete; end of the year banquet on Nov. 3rd
- Cross Country - districts were Thursday; no one from WW qualified
- Cheer - hosted Little Kids Cheer Camp on Oct. 11
- Music - Fall Concert Nov.4 at 7:00
  - ECNC Honor Choir Nov. 11 in Weeping Water
- NHS -
  - Induction on Nov. 4 @ 6:30
  - Blood drive - Nov. 13 @ 12:00
- One Act
  - Practicing and building their set
- Mock Trial
  - Not competing this year
- FFA
  - Competitions in Land Judging; Livestock Judging is Oct. 30
- FBLA
  - Attending competition at UNL Nov. 15
- FCCLA
  - Attending District meetings
- HOSA
  - Medical Exploration w/ SAH
Winter Sports
- Conditioning Week - Nov. 11
- First day of practice - Nov. 18
Attendance
- Contacting families whose students have a higher number of absences
Veterans Day Program - Nov. 8 at 9:30AM
Value Up Presentation by Mike Donahue - Nov. 12
- Parent Meeting @ 6:00
- Focuses on Embracing your value, Making choices that match your value, and Valuing others
Other Activities coming up:
- County Government Day - Oct. 23 for seniors
- Red Ribbon Week - Oct. 28-31
- 9-12 Career Fair - Oct. 30

PreK-8th Grade Principal

Oct. 9th we hosted a PreK-5th assembly called NED's Resiliency Ride
- Used magic and yoyo’s to present a story about being resilient by Never Giving Up, Encouraging Others, and Doing Our Best
Attendance Hero for September
- Elementary 70/105 67% Since the beginning of the year-(61-58%)
- MS 23/54 43% (19-35%)
- HS 19/86 22% (8-9%)
- (Caden Sahs(4th);
Focus Group meeting on Oct. 1st we had 4 Staff and 4 parents attend
- Put on Fundraiser at football game to try to replenish our PTO account
P-T Conferences on Oct. 25th from 1pm-8pm
- 2 food trucks will be available for families
Hosting Trunk or Treat on Oct. 31st from 10 to 12
Family Engagement Night on Nov. 5th from 6-7:30 pm
- Title I Parent meeting at 6:00 pm
- Meal in MPR for families at 6:00(teachers helping to serve the kids)
- Meal was provided with donations from On The Books Accounting and Troy McCaulley Trucking
- 6:30-7:30 NRD will be doing various hands on activities with the kids and their families

Director of School Improvement / Special Education

MTSS/Continuous Improvement:

Continuous Improvement subcommittees are meeting monthly to analyze data.
The Sarpy/Cass Health Department allocated funding to WWPS for the purchase of the Positive Action Platform for grades PreK- 12.
Members of the PBiS Subcommittee will attend their 3rd in-person training on Restorative Practices in Lincoln on 10/23.

Secondary:

Tribe teachers have begun interventions during Tribe Time. Teachers used Math and Reading screener results to create intervention groups:
- Math- Number and Operations
- Reading - Vocabulary and Comprehension
- Assignment Completion - students who are missing assignments
- Enrichment
- Seniors- Post Secondary Planning (both College and Employment Readiness)
Formal Observations will be scheduled and completed before Christmas Break.

Special Education:

Indicator 13 was submitted to the NDE.
Special Education Final Financial is due 10/31.

Sixpence/Bright Arrows Childcare:

Sixpence socialization will be at the Roca Berry Farm on 10/20.
Childcare is closed on 11/1 for Professional Development: staff will learn information about the Early Development Network and referral process from our ESU #3 Services Coordinator and the Early Learning Connections Coordinator.
Sixpence Fall child assessments are due 11/14.

Superintendent

Custodial contract bids / renewal
HVAC system - Impact on cash flow in December / January
Category 2 eRate funding of $25,753 to replace wireless access points. We would need to spend $36,790 and $42,938.

Board Reports

Superintendent Search Discussion

Discussion: Superintendent Search Discussion

Adjournment

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