August 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM - August Regular Meeting
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1. Call Meeting to Order - This regular meeting of the Plattsmouth Community Schools Board of Education is called to order on Monday, August 11, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the Plattsmouth Community Schools Administration Center Boardroom at 1912 Old Hwy. 34, Plattsmouth, NE.
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2. Acknowledge Open Meetings Law posted on the wall in the boardroom.
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3. Publication of Meeting - Notice of the meeting was published in the August 8, 2025 edition of The Daily Record and posted in the display case outside the administration center, at the Plattsmouth location of the U.S. Postal Service, and on the district website at www.pcsd.org.
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4. Pledge of Allegiance
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5. Roll Call: Foster, Gradoville, Harvey, Miller Pearson, Muller, Shuey, Timm, Winters, Woracek
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6. Motion to excuse absences
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7. Consent Agenda
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7.1. Agenda
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7.2. Minutes of the July Regular Meeting
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7.3. Treasurer's Report
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7.4. Review of the Control Budget
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7.5. Claim and transfer in the amount of: $519,435.14
Prepaids: $9,574.01
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7.6. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the resignation of middle school math teacher Matthew Timm effective Aug. 7, 2025.
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7.7. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the hiring of Heather Bohach as a middle school math teacher for the first semester of the 2025-2026 school year.
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8. Public Forum: Reception of Delegates - For all meetings of the Board, individual speakers shall have up to 3 minutes to address the Board, and the Board shall hear up to 30 cumulative minutes of public comment. The Board may vote to modify these time limits when the Board deems appropriate. The President may implement other reasonable requirements for public comment consistent with the Open Meetings Act.
While the public forum is an opportunity for members of the public to speak during the meeting, there will not be back-and-forth discussions between members of the public and Board of Education members. |
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9. Operations Committee Report
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10. Finance Committee Report
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11. Committee on American Civics Report
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12. Negotiations Committee Report
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13. Recess (approximately 5-10 minutes) at the discretion of the President
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14. Celebrations of Excellence
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15. Administration Reports
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15.1. Superintendent's Report
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15.2. High School Principal's Report
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15.3. Middle School Principal's Report
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15.4. Elementary Principal's Report
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15.5. Early Childhood/Head Start Report
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15.6. Special Education Report
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15.7. Instructional Services Report
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16. Action Items
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16.1. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the second reading of 1300 Fundraising Activities (Operations Committee).
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16.2. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 1310 Gifts (Operations Committee).
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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16.3. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the second reading of 4114 Longevity Incentive (Finance Committee).
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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16.4. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 5107 Dress Code and Grooming Policy (Committee on American Civics).
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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16.5. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the PCS LB 243 Resolution relative to the district's property tax request authority.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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16.6. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the materials and curriculum disposal requests for the Plattsmouth Community Schools.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16.7. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the 2025-2026 Plattsmouth Community Schools Parent, Student, and Staff Handbooks.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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16.8. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the Early Childhood Center's BOE approval letter, Indirect cost rate, and cost allocation plan.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16.9. Discuss, consider, and take all action to rescind the approval of a high school painting proposal from Plattsmouth Painting LLC from Nov. 11, 2024 due to the owner indicating they cannot complete the project.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16.10. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a high school painting proposal from Making All Things New with a total cost of $45,000.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16.11. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve and adopt a resolution authorizing the issuance by the District of its Promissory Notes, Series 2025, in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $1,600,000, to finance certain operational costs of the District.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16.12. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing and Allied Health d/b/a Nebraska Methodist College-the Josie Harper Campus ("NMC") from Aug. 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16.13. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the amendment from ESU #3 for psych services.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16.14. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) Nebraska for the 2025-2026 school year.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16.15. Discuss, consider, and take all action authorizing the Superintendent to facilitate a request for military aerial support, including the landing of a helicopter, from the Nebraska Army National Guard for the Plattsmouth Guard for a Day event at Plattsmouth High School on Sept. 16, 2025.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16.16. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the required training and related resolution, as presented, for the 2025-2026 school year as reasonable and appropriate for the District.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16.17. Discuss, consider, and take all action authorizing the PCS Superintendent to terminate the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Sandy Hook Promise Foundation (SHPF) relative to the anonymous reporting system and enter into an agreement with the Nebraska Department of Education Office of Coordinated Student Support Services relative to the Safe2Help Nebraska anonymous reporting system.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16.18. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an exception to Policy 1130 PCS Fitness Center on behalf of Track Coach Chris Wiseman for non-resident World Championship Track Qualifier, Tyus Wilson, to use the PCS Fitness Center from Aug. 11, 2025, to Sept. 10, 2025, at no cost. He shall meet all other requirements relative to the policy.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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17. Announcements
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17.1. Next meeting: 6:00 PM on Mon., Sept. 8, 2025
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17.2. Nebraska Association of School Boards (NASB) Area Membership Meeting - Tue., Sept. 9, 2025 in Omaha, 4:30 PM Registration, 5:00 Opening Session
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18. ADJOURNMENT
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19. *Closed Session: If, during the course of the meeting, discussion of any items on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Nebraska Open Meeting Act.
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20. *Sequence of Agenda: The sequence of the agenda topics is subject to change at the discretion of the board.
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