February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM - February Regular
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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, February 9, 2026, 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 February 6, 2026, 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 January Regular Meeting
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7.3. Minutes of the Special Meeting on Feb. 4, 2026
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7.4. Minutes of the Board Retreat Workshop on Feb. 4, 2026
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7.5. Treasurer's Report
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7.6. Review of the Control Budget
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7.7. Claim and transfer in the amount of: $446,458.15
Prepaids: $16,301.34
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7.8. The administration recommends that elementary teacher Marlene Warrick be released from her contract at the end of the 2025-2026 school year.
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7.9. The administration recommends the hiring of Caleb Wiseman as a middle school math teacher for the 2026-2027 school year.
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7.10. The administration recommends that high school skilled and technical sciences teacher Max Yarnell be released from his contract at the end of the 2025-2026 school year.
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7.11. The administration recommends that high school physical education teacher Chris Wiseman be released from his contract at the end of the 2025-2026 school year.
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7.12. The administration recommends that high school English teacher Jenna Schambach be released from her contract at the end 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. Accreditation Update
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10. Operations Committee Report
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11. Finance Committee Report
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12. Committee on American Civics Report
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13. Negotiations Committee Report
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14. Head Start Report
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15. Recess (approximately 5-10 minutes) at the discretion of the President
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16. Celebrations of Excellence
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16.1. Congratulations to Kael Shuey, Gryffen Hampshire, Isaiah Hajek-Jones, Joaquin Fals, Olivia Sauter, and Mia Fortis. These students were selected to sing in the Nebraska Middle School Honor Choir on Fri., Jan. 16, joining about 140 talented students from across Nebraska. Together, they created beautiful music and proudly represented Plattsmouth through their musical leadership, excellent behavior and hard work!
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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16.2. Congratulations to our students who competed in the Lincoln Southwest Speech Meeet. The results were as follows. Our results: Alden McKnight - 2nd - Entertainment Alden McKnight - Semifinalist - Impromptu (8th Overall) Ian Graves - Semifinalist - Informative (14th Overall) Max Joy - Semifinalist - Persuasive (24th Overall) NIETOC (National Meet in May) Bids earned - Max & Ian (1 each) |
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16.3. Congratulations to our PHS students who competed in the Winter Metros DECA Competition, including Graci McDonnell, Elaina Field, Amarra Johnson, and Finnley Henrichs!
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16.4. Congratulations to our PHS girls wrestling team for earning 5th place in the Trailblazer Conference Tournament! Congratulations to our PHS boys wrestling team for earning 2nd place in the Trailblazer Conference Tournament!
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16.5. Congratulations to our recent recipients of the PCS Superintendent Customer Service Award. In the photo with our Plattsmouth Scooter’s Coffee owner, Marci Covington, and me are Hunter Holoubek, Marla Smith, and Kelsi Rabbass.
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16.6. National School Counseling Week was from Feb. 2-6, 2026. Thank you to our school counselors (Jolene Boesch and Jeremy Woodworth) for all your work supporting our students and families. We appreciate you!
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16.7. Congratulations to our Plattsmouth Speech team who earned first place in the Elmwood-Murdock Silver Sword Invite! Congratulations to our students who competed and earned individual recognition as noted below.
Alden McKnight - Champion - Entertainment Max Joy - 2nd place - Persuasive (and earning his 2nd bid of the season for NIETOC) JD Meisinger - 2nd place - Informative Clair McKnight - 2nd place - Entertainment Graci McDonnell - 3rd place - Extemp (and earning her 1st bid of the season for NIETOC) Valeria Corrales - 4th place - Persuasive Alden & Clair McKnight - 4th place - Duet Ian Graves - 4th place - Informative Sophia Alldredge - 4th place - Poetry Titus Winger - 5th place - Humorous Max Joy - 5th place - Extemporaneous Molly Vaughn, JD Meisinger, Jaxon Sharp, Clair McKnight, Sophia Alldredge - 5th place - Oral Interpretation of Drama Gabriel Woracek - 6th place - Entertainment Top Novice Medalists: Micheala Mahoney - 2nd place - Serious Macie Scott - 3rd place - Serious Wyatt Decker - 2nd place - Poetry |
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17. Administration Reports
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17.1. Superintendent's Report
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17.2. High School Principal's Report
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17.3. Middle School Principal's Report
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17.4. Elementary Principal's Report
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17.5. Early Childhood/Head Start Report
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17.6. Special Education Report
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17.7. Instructional Services Report
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18. Action Items
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18.1. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of Policy Series 1000 Community Relations (Operations Committee).
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Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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18.2. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the second reading of 1010 Visitors (2nd reading).
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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18.3. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 3133 Head Start Fiscal Officer.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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18.4. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the second reading of Policy Series 4000 Personnel (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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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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18.5. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of Policy Series 8000 Internal Board Policies (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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18.6. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the 2026-2027 ERSEA documents for Head Start.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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18.7. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the construction plans and specifications for bidding the replacement of the high school track surface and the artificial turf on the high school baseball field and the high school stadium field.
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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19. Announcements
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19.1. Next meeting: 6 PM on Mon., Mar. 9, 2026
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20. ADJOURNMENT
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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.
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22. *Sequence of Agenda: The sequence of the agenda topics is subject to change at the discretion of the board.
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