August 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

1.1. Roll Call

1.2. Recognition of Open Meeting Law

1.3. Pledge of Allegiance

2. Reports, Communications & Public Participation

2.1. Board accepts public comments

3. Approve the consent agenda, which includes the minutes and financials

3.1. Approval of Expenditures/Payroll for July 2025

4. Reports from Staff Members and Committees

4.1. Administrator's written reports: Please review prior to the board meeting

5. Superintendent's report/comments

Beginning of the Year Itinerary:

• August 5     New staff report for work
• August 12   All faculty report for work
• August 14   Grades 1 -6, & 9 attend first day of school (2:00 dismissal)
• August 15   Grades 7-8, & 10-12 attend first day of school (2:00 dismissal)

School Improvement Goals (Year 1)

• Review and re-approve or rework the District's mission and vision statements. 
• Select a tool to collect perceptual data and employ it to gather stakeholder feedback. 
• Select an improvement framework to follow over the next 5 years. 
• Collect multi-year trend data from local and state assessments for analysis.
• Establish a school improvement goal and share the goal with stakeholders. 
• Begin the development of an action plan & metric for monitoring growth. 

Special Recognition

• McCook Public Schools was recognized by the McCook Cordials for being selected as the McCook Chamber of Commerce Honor Business for the 2nd Quarter of the year. 
• Members of the Chamber, McCook Cordials, Board of Education, Chamber members, and community members attended the presentation at McCook Jr. High. 
• Following the presentation, the superintendent spoke briefly about the bond issue. 
• A tour of the current Jr. High building was conducted for those in attendance who were interested.

Instructional Materials Purchase for 2025-2026

• The District will be reviewing career and technical education instructional materials during the school year. 
• Mr. Bednar will lead the review process, which generally takes 6 months.

6. Business Manager's report/comments

7. Board member comments

8. New Business

8.1. Accept with gratitude a donation from The Coppermill (Adam Siegfried) in the amount of $1,015 for the NORE group

8.2. Approve option enrollment resolution

8.3. Approve a resolution authorizing the Superintendent, or their designee, to sign all necessary state and federal documents, applications and related forms on behalf of the district. 

9. Positive Comments

10. Adjournment

11. Items for Review