June 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM - June Regular Meeting

1. Call Meeting to Order - This regular meeting of the Plattsmouth Community Schools Board of Education is called to order on Monday, June 9, 2025, at 6:00 PM in the Plattsmouth Community Schools Administration Center Boardroom at 1912 Old Hwy. 34, Plattsmouth, NE.

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

3. Publication of Meeting - Notice of the meeting was published in the June 4, 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

6. Motion to excuse absences

7. Consent Agenda

7.1. Agenda

7.2. Minutes of the May Budget Hearing

7.3. Minutes of the May Regular Meeting

7.4. Treasurer's Report

7.5. Review of the Control Budget

7.6. Claim and transfer in the amount of: $516,024.81
Prepaids: $10,238.80

7.7. The administration recommends the hiring of elementary school teacher Ciara Caniglia effective with the 2025-2026 school year.

7.8. The administration recommends the hiring of high school social studies teacher Kevin Hanlin effective with the 2025-2026 school year.

7.9. The administration recommends that middle school special education teacher Pam Osthus be released from her contract 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.

9. Elementary School Report

10. Operations Committee report

11. Finance Committee Report

12. Committee on American Civics Report

13. Negotiations Committee Report

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

15. Celebrations of Excellence

15.1. Congratulations to our PHS students, Mila Wehrbein and Finnley Henrichs, who represented PCS at the DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC). 

15.2. Congratulations to our students who earned the Omaha World-Herald All Academic Program Honorable Mention recognition, including Daniel Barclay, Kayla Briggs, Lucy Alldredge, and Mila Wehrbein.

15.3. Congratulations to our students who competed in the 2025 Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) Class B State Track Championship.

Girls:
Peyton Aughenbaugh - pole vault - 3rd place medal
Kayla Briggs - triple jump and long jump
Stella Campin - shot put - 7th place medal
Mila Wehrbein - 100m hurdles
Mallory Robbins - 1600m and 3200m

Boys:
Nathan Zac, Andrew Gimble, Daniel Barclay, Hunter Mazzulla - 4 X 800 (alternates - Nic Morgan and JD Meisinger)
Nathan Frederick - high jump
Hunter Mazzulla - 1600m

15.4. Congratulations to our girls and boys soccer players who earned Trailblazer All-Conference Recognition.

Girls:
1st team: Hailey Sanchez, Julia Sweeney
2nd team: Natalya Reinarz-Muller, Adline Shelton

Boys:
1st team: Micah Wehrbein (Honorary Captain), Logan Ksiazek
2nd team: Henri Sachse
Honorable Mention: Liam Ksiazek, Riley Moore

 

15.5. Congratulations to our PCS employees who reached various levels of service to our school district. These are cumulative years, and not necessarily consecutive years.

5 Years: Katie Bashus, Jill Bradney, John Campin, John Clark, Katie Graves, Carmen Hall, Lori Huebner, Ethan Scholting, Julia Spracklin, Riley Thomas, Matthew Timm, Teri Wehrbein, Kristin Young

10 Years: Homer Backer, Sara Barada, Mary Daisley, Brynn Jobman, Kasey Wipf, Chris Work, Amber Younker

15 Years: Mike Anderson, Stephanie Icenogle, Charlie Konkler, Deana Rader, William Wylie

20 Years: Mandi Crick, Richard Hasty, Ann Howell, Dan Oatman, Susan Peden-Knox, Shelley Quade, Marla Smith

25 Years: Colleen Ksiazek, Claude Michel

30 Years: Dee Hellbusch

Retirees: Cherie Larson (19 years), Brett Shuler (18 years), Jan Stanek (9 years)
 

15.6. Congratulations to our middle school social worker, Sara Barada, on earning the 2025 Nebraska School Social Worker of the Year recognition from the School Social Work Association of Nebraska (SSWAN).

16. Administration Reports

16.1. Superintendent's Report

16.2. High School Principal's Report

16.3. Middle School Principal's Report

16.4. Elementary Principal's Report

16.5. Early Childhood/Head Start Report

16.6. Special Education Report

17. Action Items

17.1. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an early graduation request for Isabelle McGraw.

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

17.3. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of 1310 Gifts (Operations Committee).

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

17.5. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the second reading of Policy Series 9000 By-laws of the Board (Committee on American Civics).

17.6. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of school district annual policy updates from the Perry Law Firm.

17.7. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of two policies in the annual update from the Perry Law Firm.

17.8. Discuss, consider, and take all action to rescind two policy items (5001 Student Admission Forms and 6410 Combined District and Title I Parent and Family Engagement Policy) as recommended in the annual update from the Perry Law Firm.

17.9. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the Plattsmouth American Legion Baseball Teams to use the PHS turf baseball field for a youth baseball camp from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM on June 24, 25, and 26.

17.10. Discuss, consider, and take all action authorizing the superintendent to sell or dispose of unused, outdated, or non-working equipment noted in the attachment.

17.11. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a speech-language services agreement with FTV LLC DBA Speech With Miss E, LLC from Aug. 7, 2025, to May 22, 2026.

17.12. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a speech-language services agreement with Bloom to Grow, LLC, subcontracting Darien Myers-Krommenhoek from June 2, 2025, to May 22, 2026.

17.13. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a speech-language therapy services agreement with Bloom to Growth Therapy Services, LCC, subcontracting Makenzie Michael from Aug. 18, 2025, to May 22, 2026.

17.14. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a speech-language therapy services agreement with Donna Moss from Aug. 8, 2025, to May 23, 2026.

17.15. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a special education and student services agreement with Educational Service Unit 3 from Aug. 1, 2025, to July 31, 2026.

17.16. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the 2025-2026 PLUS Center Parent/Student Handbook.

17.17. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a proposal for the removal and replacement of the elementary school retaining wall and adjacent sidewalk from _______________ in the amount of $__________.

17.18. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an athletic training services addendum between PCS and Witte Physical Therapy, PC for the period of Aug. 12, 2025 to Aug. 11, 2026.

18. Announcements

18.1. Next meeting: 6:00 PM on Mon., July 14, 2025

19. ADJOURNMENT

20. *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.

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