September 9, 2024 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting
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1. GPS Board of Education Information
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The meeting agenda will be kept current and available for public inspection in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Education at the Central Office during regular working hours.
District Vision: Gering Public Schools provides a collaborative community, inspiring excellence and innovation in teaching and learning to empower student growth and leadership in school and life. District Mission: Gering Public Schools exists to equip today's learners with the skills necessary to be tomorrow's leaders. The Open Meetings Act requires and the intention of the Board is that agenda items be sufficiently descriptive to give the public reasonable notice of matters to be considered at the meeting. The Board of Education releases its agenda well in advance of most meetings and desires that all interested persons are fully informed. Any interested person who has a question or needs clarification about the sufficiency of a descriptive item should contact the Office of the Superintendent of Schools. If anyone in attendance is interested in addressing our Board, you are welcome to do so. We simply request that you complete the appropriate form and turn it in to us now, so that you may be recognized during the 'Patron Comment' section of our meeting. These forms are located by the entry doors of the meeting room. Agenda items are subject to reordering at the discretion of the board president. Board members may request specific agenda item(s) be moved to a different place on the agenda. Please attend the entire meeting to ensure you hear discussion on a particular agenda item. |
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2. Opening Procedures
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2.1. Call to Order
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The Board of Education reserves the right to enter into Executive Session for the protection of the public interest, or the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual, and if the individual has not requested a public meeting.
Discussion:
B.J. Peters called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
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2.2. Roll Call
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2.3. Pledge of Allegiance
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2.4. Open Meetings Act
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Pursuant to Section 84-1412 of the Nebraska Statutes, the public is hereby informed that a current copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act is posted in the Board meeting room on the north wall.
Notice of this meeting was published in the Gering Courier on Thursday, ****, 2022. |
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2.5. Annual Budget Presentation 2024-2025
Purpose of Special Presentation is to hear support relating to the proposed budget and to consider amendments relative thereto.
Discussion:
Dr. Regan and Stacy Rodriguez presented the 2024-25 Annual Budget Presentation.
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3. Consent Agenda
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At this time, any Board member may request that any item in the consent agenda be removed from the consent agenda and be considered and voted on separately.
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3.1. Minutes from the previous month's board meeting(s) August 27, 2024
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3.2. Approval of Claims/Bills
Fund Amount 01 General $558,147.75 03 Employee $242.00 05 Activity $16,418.94 06 Cafeteria $212,839.70 08 Special Building $124,994.41 09 QCPUF $46,670.00 Fund Totals: $959,312.80 |
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3.3. Board Policy Adoption
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3.3.i. Updated Board Policies
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3.3.i.1. Policy 902.3
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POLICY 902.3
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3.4. Personnel Items
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3.4.i. Certified Staff Contract(s)
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3.4.ii. Certified Staff Resignation(s)
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4. Celebration of Excellence
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5. Reports & Discussions
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5.1. Board Committee Report: Curriculum & Personnel
Discussion:
Tracy Wiese reported an update on the strategic plan, the annual emergency safety plan and the NSCA's 4 year trend data. The committee also spoke about the TNTP. There is also a scheduled safety day on September 16th for all staff and October 18th a Teacher Clarity Continous Improvement. On November 6-9th AMLE conference will be going to Nashville, TN this year. The professional development is paid for by a federal grant and not taxpayer dollars.
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5.2. Board Committee Report: Business & Facilities
Discussion:
Greg Trautman- Budget review, relief moving in the right direction. ESSER funding has ended for the 24-25 school year. Discussed saving money and putting more cents in the QCPUF for security infrastructure. The new preschool building is almost done just flooring needed to be finished and now waiting for the State Fire Marshall's occupancy permit. There were some changes to the maintenance team. We still are looking for an HVAC maintenance person. Bringing more professional development to the maintenance and custodial teams. The added professional development can help save the district in insurance premiums by providing more knowledge to the teams on how to keep facilities safe. We are going to provide more of a uniform look so students know who they are when they are in the buildings. It will bring a sense of pride and they are wanting the uniforms. We did add a carpenter to our staff.
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5.3. Monthly Finance Report
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5.4. Superintendent's Report
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5.4.i. Strategic Plan Update 2024-2029
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6. Public Comments: 204.12
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7. Action Items
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8. Board Comments
Discussion:
Tracy Weise- no comments.
Brian Copsey- I am very thankful to have all of this information on how the budget works and how the money flows into the district. Thank you to Dr. Regan and Stacy for all of your hard work on the budget. Greg Trautman- Thank you for always answering my questions and Stacy always stops what she is doing to answer them. I also want to send our condolescences out to the Jack Martin family. He was a person that made a huge impact on this community and the students. A big kudos to Shawn Seiler for always putting on an awesome event for cross country and always bringing the big bulldog for the finish line. B.J Peters- Condolescenes to the Jack Martin family. A thank you to everything Dr. Regan and Stacy have done to create a solid foundation for financial stability and always protecting the investment which is our students. |
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8.1. Tentative Upcoming Board Meeting/Event Dates
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Future Board MeetingsSpecial Meeting: Tues, ***, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m. (Central Office)Regular Meeting: Mon, ***, 2024 @ 6:00 p.m. (Freshman Academy) Special Meeting: Tues, ***, 2024 @ 12:00 p.m. (Central Office) Tentative Committee Meeting Dates:Personnel & Curriculum Committee: Tues, ***, 2024 @ 7:00 a.m. (Central Office)Policy Review Committee: Thurs, ***, 2024 @ 4:00 p.m. (Central Office) Finance & Facilities Committee: Thurs, ***, 2024 @ 4:30 p.m. (Central Office) Upcoming Event Highlights:Event |
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9. Adjourn
Discussion:
The meeting was adjourned at 7:19 p.m.
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