December 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Preliminary Procedures
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1.1. Call meeting to order & announce Open Meetings Act is Posted
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1.2. Public Notice as publicized per board policy
Discussion:
The public notice was publicized in the Seward County Independent and posted at city hall, library and courthouse. The public notice was dated December 3, 2025
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1.3. Roll Call
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1.3.1. Action to excuse board members if necessary
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1.4. Pledge of Allegiance
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1.5. 1.5 Mission Seward Public Schools - a district rooted in excellence - in cooperation with family and community members is committed to the development of the whole student and affirms that all students will have the skills to become productive, resilient, and contributing members of their community. |
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1.6. Approval of Agenda
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2. Public Forum: (The Board President reserves the right to place time limits on individuals and topics.)
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2.1. Public Forum on Agenda Items: This is your opportunity to speak to items on the agenda. If you are not a part of the presentation of the agenda item you need to speak now. Thank you for your participation.
Discussion:
There was none.
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2.2. Public Forum on Any Topic: This is your opportunity to speak to any topic concerning the school district. Since it is not an agenda item the board cannot discuss or take action at this time on the matter. Future discussion can be requested as an agenda item. Thank you for your participation.
Discussion:
There was none.
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3. Discussion Items
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3.1. Superintendent Evaluation
Discussion:
The board discussed Dr. Fields evaluation.
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3.2. District- State Assessment Results and Classification
Discussion:
Dr. Dominy gave the board a data presentation on state assessments.
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3.3. Bond Update
Discussion:
We had a tour again on December 2 and had about 20 people attend. Our next tour is scheduled for January 7, 2026. The Bond Website is complete and Amanda Murmann has done an amazing job putting it together. SPS will be highlighting Did You Know Segments about our academic achievements.
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3.4. 2024-2025 Annual Report
Discussion:
Dr. Fields thanked Dr. Dominy and Amanda Murman for all their work on the annual report. Dr. Dominy presented the annual report to the board.
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4. Reports
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4.1. Administrator Reports
Discussion:
Written reports were received from the administrators.
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4.2. Student Board Report
Discussion:
Averi Rodocker presented her report to the board.
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4.3. Superintendent's Report
Discussion:
Congratulations to Averi Rodocker for being selected as a Believers and Achievers Recipient from the NSAA. The committee has selected the classified staff and the certified staff member to be honored by the board and we will do the classified staff in January and the certified staff member in February. The Calendar Committee will be meeting on December 17 after school and hopefully can submit a calendar to the board in January for approval. We are looking forward to our partnership with Centennial and Milford on our upcoming PD day, when we will have Tim Elmore coming to SPS. The lease has been signed by the mayor and Ryne and Dr. Fields will work on the rental agreement and changes to our policy that will be brought to the board in January. The 2026 NASB Federal Advocacy Trip to Washington, D.C. will be held on April 26-29, 2026.
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4.4. School Board Report from NASB State Conference
Discussion:
All six board members attended the NASB State Conference and they discussed the sessions they attended.
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4.5. Financial Literacy Report
Discussion:
Dr. Dominy reported to the school board on the financial literacy report.
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5. Action Items
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5.1. SHS Chiller Bids
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5.2. Resignations Certified Staff
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5.3. Seward Community Foundation Request
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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5.4. Kitchen Hood for the SHS Kitchen
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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6. Future Agenda Items
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7. Consent Agenda
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7.1. Approval of Minutes
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7.2. Approval of Financial Reports
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7.2.1. Treasurer
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7.2.2. Budget
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7.2.3. Activities
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7.2.4. Athletic
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7.3. Approval of Claims
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7.3.1. General Fund
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7.3.2. Special Building Fund
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7.3.3. Bond Fund
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7.3.4. Gifts & Donations Fund
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7.4. Approval of Consent Agenda
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8. Enter into Executive Session to discuss teacher negotiations
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8.1. Restate Reason for Entering into Executive Session
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9. Adjournment
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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