APRIL REGULAR MEETING

MONDAY, APRIL 14, 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, April 14, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the Plattsmouth Community Schools Administration Center Boardroom at 1912 Old Hwy. 34, Plattsmouth, NE.

 

The meeting was called 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 April 11, 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

 

Muller was absent.

 

6.  Motion to excuse absences

 

     Muller was previously excused.

 

7.  Board Appointment

7.1.   Appoint the accounting firm of Frankel as the District’s auditor for the 2024-2025 budget year.

 

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

 

8.  Consent Agenda

 

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

 

8.1.   Agenda

8.2.   Minutes of the March Regular Meeting

8.3.   Treasurer’s Report

8.4.   Review of the Control Budget

8.5.   Claim and transfer in the amount of: $405,057.30 Prepaids: $14,355.03

8.6.   The administration recommends that elementary school teacher Rebekah Saddler be released from her contract effective at the end of her 2024-2025 contract.

8.7.   The administration recommends the hiring of early childhood inclusive teacher Jolee Graff effective with the start of the 2025-2026 contract year.

8.8.   The administration recommends that elementary school teacher Ciara Caniglia be released from her contract effective at the end of her 2024-2025 contract.

8.9.   The administration recommends the hiring of elementary school nurse Shely Penke effective with the start of the 2025-2026 contract year.

8.10. The administration recommends the hiring of Dan Oatman as our high school career academy coordinator effective July 1, 2025. President Harvey

8.11. The administration recommends the hiring of elementary school teacher Ivy Merklin effective with the start of the 2025-2026 contract year.

8.12. The administration recommends the hiring of Joseph “Blake” Adelman as our high school social sciences teacher effective with the start of the 2025-2026 contract year.

 

9.  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.

 

10.  HS Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG) Report

 

JAG Teachers Sarah Wilcox and Doug White provided an update.

 

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

 

Shuey provided an update regarding the recent committee meeting.

 

14.  Negotiations Committee Report

 

Winters provided an update regarding the Negotiations Committee.

 

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

 

No recess was called.

 

16.  Celebrations of Excellence

16.1. Congratulations to our PHS student-athletes who earned Trailblazer Conference All-Conference recognition for boys basketball.

     2nd Team: Traceson Skalberg Honorable Mention: Nathan Frederick, Rylee Johnson, Logan Ksiazek

16.2. Congratulations to Kayla and Adline on qualifying for Nationals in the Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Students Taking Action with Recognition (STAR) Digital Stories for Change Level 3 event.

16.3. Congratulations to Alden McKnight for earning 5th place in Entertainment Speaking at the Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) State Speech Championships in Kearney.

16.4. Congratulations to PHS senior Josey Freel. She plans to continue her academic and volleyball career at Buena Vista University.

16.5. Congratulations to our sixty-eight (68) PHS students who participated in at least three (3) NSAA activities and earned the 2024-2025 Nebraska State Colleges Multi-Activity Student Award. For more information, see the attachments.

 

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. Early Childhood/Head Start Report

17.6. Special Education Report

 

18.  Action Items

18.1. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Alyssa Rubida.

18.2. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Carter Adkins.

18.3. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Brianna McGee.

18.4. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Kinslea Lamb.

18.5. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Anna Claire Brink.

18.6. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Jackson Whitney.

18.7. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Landon Weible.

18.8. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Cadin Shelton.

18.9. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Dallas Pilgrim.

18.10. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Hunter Pierce.

18.11. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Olivia Payton.

18.12. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Addison Morehead.

18.13. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Alyssa Keyser.

18.14. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Curtis Hoyt.

18.15. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Kameryn Heim.

18.16. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Hayden Foster.

18.17. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Kaiden Ford.

18.18. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Kayleigh Crump.

 

No action was taken on items 18.1 to 18.18.  The items will be placed on the May agenda.

 

18.19. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of Policy Series 3000 Business Operations (Finance Committee).

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Harvey and seconded by Foster. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.20. Discuss, consider, and take all actions to approve the second reading of Policy Series 5000 Students (Committee on American Civics).

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Shuey and seconded by Foster. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.21. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of 6800 Internet Safety and Acceptable Use.

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Foster and seconded by Miller Pearson. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.22. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of Policy Series 8000 Internal Board Policies (Operations Committee).

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Miller Pearson and seconded by Foster. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.23. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a 3% increase for the individual base hourly rate of each hourly support staff employee effective July 1, 2025.

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Timm and seconded by Gradoville. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.24. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a 3% increase for the individual salaries of certificated non-administrative salaried positions not covered by the negotiated agreement or an agreement with the U.S. Department of the Air Force AND non-certificated salaried employees (supervisors, directors, etc.) with single health insurance paid by the district for eligible 12-month employees effective July 1, 2025.

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Miller Pearson and seconded by Winters. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.25. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a 3% salary increase for the individual salaries of certified administrators who are returning to their same positions for 2025-2026, effective July 1, 2025, except that the ES and HS assistant principals shall have salaries set at $85,000.

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Winters and seconded by Miller Pearson. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.26. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an out-of-state field trip request for high school publications to Olathe, KS on June 16, 2025.

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Miller Pearson and seconded by Woracek. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.27. Discuss, consider, and take all action authorizing the superintendent to sell/dispose of unneeded and outdated equipment and supplies.

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Foster and seconded by Winters. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.28. Discuss, consider, and take all actions to approve Plattsmouth Early Childhood Center’s documents and training on: Self Assessment, Coordinated Approach- Training and PD, Management of program data, Program Model, and Personnel Documents.

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Miller Pearson and seconded by Timm. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.29. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a High School Track trip request to Topeka, KS from June 9, 2025 to June 11, 2025.

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Shuey and seconded by Miller Pearson. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.30. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an agreement with Bloom to Grow Services, LLC for speech-language therapy services from June 2, 2025 to May 22, 2026.

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Gradoville and seconded by Shuey. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.31. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an agreement with Presence Learning, Inc for psychoeducational assessment services from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Gradoville and seconded by Miller Pearson. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.32. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a proposal from Prime Secured relative to wireless access points, pending approval of E-Rate reimbursement.

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Winters and seconded by Foster. Motion passed 8-0.

 

18.33. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a request from the Class of 2026 Parents to use PHS for After Prom on May 3 and, including a fee waiver per Option 2 in Policy 1100 and approving an exception to Policy 1100 waiving the insurance requirement.

 

Motion to Approve. This motion by Woracek and seconded by Foster. Motion passed 8-0.

 

19.  Announcements

19.1. Next meeting: 6:00 PM on Mon., May 12, 2025.

 

20.  ADJOURNMENT

Motion to adjourn at 7:24 PM. This motion by Miller Pearson and seconded by Gradoville, Passed 8-0.

 

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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