June 16, 2025 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:
The meeting was called to order by board president, Greg Trautman, 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 Star Herald on Thursday, June 5th and June 12th, 2025. |
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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)
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3.2. Approval of Claims/Bills
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Fund Amount 01 General $604,382.55 03 Employee Benefit $539.00 05 Activity $64,068.67 06 School Nutrition $265,733.27 07 Bond $41,573.55 08 Special Building $15,450.00 Fund Totals: $991,747.04
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3.3. Board Policy Adoption
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3.3.i. First Reading of Board Policies
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3.3.ii. Second Reading of Board Policies
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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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4.1. 25/26 Budget Preview - Stacy Rodriguez
Discussion:
Stacy Rodriguez presented to the board her budget review. She discussed how schools are funded and, depending on state aid, our cash flow fluctuates. If property values go up, then state aid will go down. Our state aid is going down for the next school year. We also have not changed the levy in 10 years.
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4.2. Summer Camp Update - Trevor Teichrob and Kyla Walker
Discussion:
Trevor Teichrob and Kyla Walker presented to the board on the Summer Camp. Trevor discussed how we clearly have had a gap and a need for childcare in Gering. It has been vital to have the support of the YMCA and GPS to make the program a success. Over the last three years, the camp has grown in camp registrations, starting from year one at 67 to year three at 89. They have been able to provide 30 scholarships this year to families and 26 have received subsidies. They have between 60–70 kids a day, with their highest enrollment being preschool/kindergarten. They received a grant of almost $250,000 from DHHS to provide fun activities and supplies for the camp! They have weekly themes all summer long that collate with a fun curriculum, which does include state standards. They have seen huge growth in kids who go to summer camp, then have to transition into the classroom.
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5. Reports & Discussions
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5.1. Board Committee Report: Curriculum & Personnel
Discussion:
John Maser presented to the board. He talked about the handbooks for all the schools and the few changes that were made. He also talked about the summer school programming and some of the changes we made this year. We added the accelerated learning program to help students with dual credit hours. This was all done through the REAP grant. He then talked about how we are moving the LINKS program over to the high school and the preschool expansion. We have added two more classes, one at Geil and Northfield.
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5.2. Board Committee Report: Business & Facilities
Discussion:
Josh Lacy presented to the board. He discussed the repairs that we have had to do in the district and the amount of money we have saved using our own staff. The summer food program has been a success, serving over 500 kids this week. We will have a new construction house for our high school kids to work on. We are in the process of hiring a CM@R for our GMS bond project.
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5.3. Superintendent's Report
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6. Public Comments: 204.12
Discussion:
Lonnie O'Bryan addressed the board.
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7. Action Items
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7.1. Discuss, consider, and take action regarding handbooks for GHS, GMS, Prek, and Classified staff.
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8. Board Comments
Discussion:
Josh Lacy - Welcome to Rich, new I.T. Director. It was great to hear from the summer camp!
Tracy Wiese - Good to hear about the summer camp. Looking forward to the special meeting. Greg Trautman - Good to hear about the summer camp. Special thanks to Kyla Walker and Trevor Teichrob for their leadership with the program. |
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8.1. Tentative Upcoming Board Meeting/Event Dates
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Future Board MeetingsSpecial Meeting: Tues, July 1st, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m. (Central Office)Regular Meeting: Mon, July 14th, 2025 @ 6:00 p.m. (Freshmen Academy) Special Meeting: Tues, July 29th, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m. (Central Office) Tentative Committee Meeting Dates:Curriculum/Personnel Committee: Tues, July 1st, 2025 @ 11:00 a.m. (Central Office)Finance & Facilities Committee: Thurs, July 10th, 2025 @ 4:30 p.m. (Central Office) |
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9. Adjourn
Discussion:
The meeting was adjourned at 6:56 p.m.
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