September 8, 2025 Will begin immediately following the public hearing / tax request resolution - Board of Education Regular Meeting

• The school improvement team held their first meeting of the year on August 11. The primary focus of the meeting was to establish the District's primary objectives for the upcoming year and for the next five years.
• During the course of the following year, the team will work to accomplish specific tasks:
  • Analyze both perceptual and assessment data for potential areas of weakness.
  • Conduct a formal review of the district's mission and vision statements.
  • Select a formal school improvement framework to guide our school improvement process.
  • Establish an official school improvement goal and present the goal to staff, patrons, and the Board of Education.
  • Create an action plan that will provide guidance to the district as we progress toward achieving the school improvement goal. 

• The teacher recruitment process has already begun. Last week we had several members of the administrative team attend fairs at Wayne State College and the University of Nebraska at Kearney.  During the month of October there will be fairs at Northwest Missouri State, Chadron, and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. 

• McCook Public Schools has been busy during the first two full weeks of school conducting multiple safety drills. These safety drills help staff and students become familiar with our safety protocols in case of an emergency. 
• Fire, tornado, lockdown, bus evacuation, secure, and building evacuations are a sample of some of the drills that each building has already conducted this year. 
• Each building is also required to have an Emergency Response Team, and have in place emergency response protocols in case of a crisis. 

• Several members of the McCook teaching staff will be attending a PLC workshop in Kansas City this year.
• MPS sends a small group of teachers and an administrator to such a training session annually. The teachers who attend are generally in their second year, and have not attended the training previously.
• We will also send our high school math team to a separate specialized training in Pasadena  that focuses on instruction, interventions, and curriculum and assessment development. We have attended this training in the past with great success, and, due to changes in staffing, believe it will be highly beneficial. 

• We have recently had the opportunity to interact with leadership from UNMC. During these interactions, we agreed to begin working together to help establish stronger learning pathways for students at MHS who are considering careers in health and medicine. 
• UNMC has several established tools, such as their Ubeats modular learning systems that can provide STEM teachers in Jr. Highs and High Schools around the nation access to high-quality, pre-programed health-related instruction. 
• We have also arranged a meeting for mid-September, to further discuss our growing relationship with UNMC. 

• After 100% of fiscal year = General Fund YTD Revenue is 107% YTD Expense is 102%
• All Funds YTD Revenue is 107%, YTD Expenses is 99%  

The budget is completed.

The 2024-2025 Audit will begin on September 9th.  Auditors will be here on the 9th/10th/11/th.  The facility committee will be needed on Thursday Sept 11th. Time TBD.

Facilities - Updates

• SH gym hallway/commons area - Finishing final touches.
• Dirt work has begun on the parking lot west of the YMCA and tennis courts.

Upcoming Projects

• Audit and Annual Financial Review for 2024-2025
• SPED Final Financial for 2024-2025

Federal/state Reports filed in Aug:

• Federal Desk Review on all 2023-2024 Federal Grants IDEA, TITLE ESSERS III is complete with no findings.
• Title Application for 2025-2026 has been submitted
• Reimbursements have been submitted for the following grants:
• IDEA School Age
• IDEA Pre-K
• IDEA Non Public
• Title I
• Title II