June 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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I. Opening the Meeting
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II. Call to Order
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III. District Mission Statement
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STRIVE - COMMIT - SUCCEED - District Mission Statement
Schuyler Community Schools in partnership with parents, students, and the community is committed to educate students to become skilled, knowledgeable and responsible citizens in a global society - District Vision Statement Notice of this meeting was given in advance according to State Law 84-1411, by giving notice of the meeting to the public. Notice of this meeting was also given in advance to all members of the Board of Education |
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IV. Nebraska Open Meetings Law
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This meeting has been preceded by advance notice and is hereby declared to be in open session. A copy of the Open Meetings Act is posted in the front of the meeting room.
Nebraska Open Meetings Act: http://nitc.nebraska.gov/documents/statutes/NebraskaOpenMeetingsAct_current.pdf
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V. Publication of Meeting
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VI. Board Member Roll Call
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VII. Pledge of Allegiance
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VIII. Approval of Agenda
Recommended Motion(s):
Motion to approve agenda. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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IX. Consent Agenda
Recommended Motion(s):
Discuss, Consider and Take Action on the consent agenda. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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IX.A. Minutes of the May 12, 2025 meeting of the board
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IX.B. Financial Report
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IX.B.1. Approval of $13,000 for the activities fund to be used for officials, fees, and other related costs. The details of these expenditures will be presented to the board at the next board meeting.
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IX.B.2. Approval of $5,000 for the anticipated (monthly) May bills yet to be paid out of General Fund which were not received by the publication of the board packet due to the early meeting this month. The details of these expenditures will be presented to the board at the next board meeting.
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IX.C. Retirements:
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IX.C.1.
We would like to thank Ron Mundil for 45 years of service to the Schuyler Community Schools and wish him well in his retirement. |
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X. Public Comment
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XI. Discussion/Information Items
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XI.A. Computers
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XI.B. Scoreboard
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XI.C. Samantha Ladwig and Josh Rowan will present on updates to our safety plan including wearable fobs, emergency buttons, visitor sytem, and volunteer process.
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XII. Action Items
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XII.A. Scoreboard
Recommended Motion(s):
Make a motion to approve the scoreboard purchase as presented. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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XII.B. Computer Adoption
Recommended Motion(s):
Make a motion to approve the purchase of the apple computers for grades 6 - 12. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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XII.C. Grading Scale and Guidelines
Recommended Motion(s):
Make a motion to approve the grading scale and expectations as presented. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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XII.D.
Review and consider policy 502.03: Prekindergarten Programs (Preschool or Early Childhood)
Recommended Motion(s):
Make a motion to approve policy 502.03 regarding PreKindergarten Programs. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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XII.E. Fisher's School - considerations of closing the school at the end of the 2025-2026 school year.
Recommended Motion(s):
Make a motion to close Fisher's School at the conclusion of the 2025-2026 school year. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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XII.F. Superintendents Contract
Recommended Motion(s):
Make a motion to approve the superintendent's contract as presented. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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XIII. Information Items: Reports
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XIII.A. Building/District Administrators
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XIII.B. Superintendent
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XIII.B.1. Congratulations to Samantha Ladwig on receiving the Assistant Principal of the Year for Region III.
The online auction for the Richland building begins June 18th and ends June 24th at NebraskaLandCompany.com. We will be having our board retreat on June 16th at 5:30 at the Cobble Stone Inn. |
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XIII.C. Board Committee Reports
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This committee is responsible for reviewing curriculum recommendations, textbook selection, requisitions/inventory, and instructional programs.
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XIII.C.1. (Brian, Renee, Virginia) Monday, June 2nd @ 7:00 Board Policy/Handbooks/Support Programs (Paul, Renee, Rich) Wednesday, June 4th @ 7:00 Budget/Finance/Negotiations (Amanda, Paul, Rich) **Monday, June 9th @ 6:00 American Civics, Assessment and Instruction (Amanda, Renee, Rich) |
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XIII.D. Schuyler Community Schools Foundation Report
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XIV. Adjourn
Recommended Motion(s):
adjourn. This motion, made by Board Member #1 and seconded by Board Member #2, Passed.
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