DECEMBER REGULAR

MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2025 6:00 PM

PLATTSMOUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

ADMINISTRATION CENTER

 

1.    Call Meeting to Order - This regular meeting of the Plattsmouth Community Schools Board of Education is called to order on Monday, December 8, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the Plattsmouth Community Schools Administration Center Boardroom at 1912 Old Hwy. 34, Plattsmouth, NE.

 

Harvey called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.

 

2.    Acknowledge Open Meetings Law posted on the wall in the boardroom.

 

3.    Publication of Meeting - Notice of the meeting was published in the December 5, 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.

 

4.    Pledge of Allegiance

 

5.    Roll Call: Foster, Gradoville, Harvey, Miller Pearson, Muller, Shuey, Timm, Winters, Woracek

 

Shuey was absent.

 

6.    Motion to excuse absences

 

Motion to excuse Jeremy Shuey. Motion by Miller Pearson and seconded by Muller passed 8-0.

 

7.    Consent Agenda

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Winters and seconded by Miller Pearson.

Motion passed 8-0.

 

7.1. Agenda

7.2. Minutes of the November Regular Meeting

7.3. Treasurer’s Report

7.4. Review of the Control Budget

7.5  Claim and transfer in the amount     of: $378,772.07,  Prepaids: $10,881.39

7.6. The administration recommends that elementary special education teacher Tracy Tegtmeier be released from her contract effective at the end of the 2025-2026 school year.

 

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.

 

Eli Winters addressed the board regarding his request to graduate early under Action Item 18.1.

 

9.    Elementary Report

 

       Shannon Honold provided an update on PES.

 

10. Head Start Report

 

       Miller Pearson provided an update on the recent meeting.

 

11. Operations Committee Report

 

       Winters provided an update regarding the recent committee meeting.

 

12.  Finance Committee Report

 

       Timm provided an update regarding the recent committee meeting.

 

13.  Committee on American Civics Report   

 

       Woracek provided an update regarding the recent committee meeting.

 

14. Negotiations Committee Report

 

       Foster provided an update regarding the recent committee meeting.

 

15.  Recess (approximately 5-10 minutes) at the discretion of the President

 

Recess was called.

 

16.  Celebrations of Excellence

 

16.1. Congratulations to Alden McKnight for being selected as the Witte Physical Therapy Student of the Week!

16.2. Congratulations to our elementary students who earned recognition in the Plattsmouth Garden Club poetry contest and will compete in the State contest. The theme was Planting America for the Next 100 Years.

 

3rd Grade: Ollie Clark - 3rd place

 

4th Grade: Avery Powers - 3rd place, Caleb Nartatez - 2nd place, Lilly Hamernick - 1st place

 

16.3. Congratulations to our student-athletes who earned All-Conference recognition in our Trailblazer Conference:

 

Softball:

Second team: Ruby Campin, Justine Villamonte

 

Honorable mention: Alexis Gregerson, Amara Johnson

 

Volleyball:

Honorable mention: Reygen Beckwith, Piper Fitzpatrick

 

17. Administration Reports

17.1. Superintendent’s Report

17.2. High School Principal’s Report

17.3. Middle School Principal’s Report

17.4. Elementary Principal’s Report  

17.5. EarlyChildhood/Head Start Report

17.6. Special Education Report

17.7. Instructional Services Report

 

18.  Action Items

18.1. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the Early Graduation request for Eli Winters.                                  

        

         Motion to approve. Motion by Gradoville and seconded by Winters. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.2. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of Policy Series 1000 Community Relations (Operations Committee).

 

         Motion to approve. Motion by Winters and seconded by Foster.

         Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.3. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the second reading of Policy Series 2000 Administration (Finance Committee).

 

         Motion to approve. Motion by Timm and seconded by Gradoville.

         Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.4. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of 4031 Random Drug Testing - Employees (Finance Committee).

 

         Motion to approve. Motion by Muller and seconded by Winters.

         Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.5. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of 5101 Student Discipline (Operations Committee).

 

         Motion to approve. Motion by Foster and seconded by Winters.      

         Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.6. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of Policy Series 6000 Instruction (Committee on American Civics).

 

         Motion to approve. Motion by Winters and seconded by Muller.

         Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.7. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the Head Start Annual Report.

 

         Motion to approve. Motion by Foster and seconded by Miller Pearson.

Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.8. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a trip for high school boys and girls wrestling to the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, IA on Dec. 12 and 13, 2025.

 

         Motion to approve. Motion by Miller Pearson and seconded by Muller.

Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.9. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a trip for high school boys and girls basketball and the spirit squad to the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs on Dec. 20, 2025.

 

         Motion to approve. Motion by Gradoville and seconded by Miller Pearson.

         Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.10. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a trip for high school boys and girls wrestling to Fargo, ND from Jan. 1 to 4, 2026.

 

            Motion to approve. Motion by Foster and seconded by Gradoville.  

            Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.11. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a trip for high school boys and girls wrestling to Glenwood, IA on Jan. 13, 2026.

 

            Motion to approve. Motion by Miller Pearson and seconded by Gradoville.

Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.12. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an AFJROTC trip request to Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, IA, on Jan. 24, 2026.

 

            Motion to approve. Motion by Foster and seconded by Winters.                         Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.13. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a proposal from RDG Planning and Design to provide professional services related to the replacement of artificial turf on the stadium facility and the infield of the baseball field, along with the replacement of the competition running track at Plattsmouth High School.

 

            Motion to approve. Motion by Gradoville and seconded by Foster.                     Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.14. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the 2026-2027 Plattsmouth Community Schools and Plattsmouth Education Association Negotiated Agreement.

 

            Motion to approve. Motion by Foster and seconded by Muller.                           Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.15. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the superintendent’s evaluation.

 

            Motion to approve. Motion by Miller Pearson and seconded by Gradoville.

Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.16. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a 3% salary increase for all employees’ contracts not covered by the negotiated agreement for the 2026-2027 contract year.

 

            Motion to approve. Motion by Muller and seconded by Winters.                         Motion passed 8-0.

 

19.  Announcements

 

19.1. Next meeting: 6:00 PM on Mon., Jan. 12, 2026

 

20. ADJOURNMENT

 

Motion to adjourn at 7:45 PM.

 

21.  *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.

 

22.  *Sequence of Agenda: The sequence of the agenda topics is subject to change at the discretion of the board.

 

Chairperson

Superintendent

 

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