March 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. OPENING PROCEDURES
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COPY OF OPEN MEETINGS ACT: The Board of Education makes available at least one current copy of the Open Meetings Act posted in the meeting room at a location accessible to members of the public. The Act is posted on the south wall of the meeting room. ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS: The Arlington Board of Education reserves the right to adjust the order of items on this agenda.
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1.1. Call Meeting to Order
Discussion:
Chase Kratochvil called the meeting to order at 7:00
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1.2. Roll Call
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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1.3. Pledge of Allegiance
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1.4. Approval of Regular Meeting Agenda
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Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2. WELCOME TO GUESTS AND PUBLIC FORUM
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC FORUM: Getting Started: When it is your turn to speak during the public forum portion of the agenda, please come forward, sign your name and address on the sign-in sheet and state your name to the Board of Education. Personnel or Student Topic: If you are planning to speak about a personnel or student matter involving an individual, please understand that our policies require that such concerns initially be directed to the administration for consideration. Board members will generally not respond to any questions you ask or comments you make about individual staff members or students. You are cautioned that slanderous comments are not protected just because they are made at a board meeting. General Rules: Please remember that this is a meeting of the Board of Education held in public for conducting the business of the Board of Education. Disruptions, offensive language, personal attacks and hostile conduct will not be tolerated. |
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3. CONSENT AGENDA
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Board discussed financials and reviewed the items on the consent agenda.
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3.1. Minutes of the Previous Board Meeting(s)
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3.2. Monthly Financial Reports
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3.3.
Resignations:
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4. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTION REPORTS
Discussion:
Mrs. Morgan Mruz, Mrs. Taylor Vondra and Ms Hayley McMartin were at the board meeting to present for 2nd grade.
Mr. Pfingsten discussed spanish with the board (no report this evening due to a new staff member covering as the long-term sub position for the remainder of the year) |
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5. REVIEW OF ANNUAL DISTRICT PLAN
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis reviewed the annual district plan and the board goal working document. She went over and highlighted the areas that were new to the document, making sure that the document was current and up to date on all strategies. The board was able to ask questions on any areas of interest. The board will dive deeper into these plans and documents at their annual board retreat in March to review and make sure that we are staying aligned.
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6. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS
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6.1. Dr. Morgan's Elementary Report
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6.2. Mr. Pfingsten's Secondary Report
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6.3. Mr. Shada's Activity Report
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7. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis reviewed the attachments on her report, including the community engagement report from DLR, which went into detail with the ideas and comments from the community engagement meeting. Dr. Lewis also discussed the legislative updates. The board is concerned the most about two bills that are at the school level are one that pertains to 3rd grade and mandatory retention. The second bill is LB219. This is the bill that would regulate tax authority caps, this would cause a handicap to the actual budget growth that the school would be able to attain each year, could cause issues with budgeting and salaries going forward.
Dr. Lewis also updated the board on our option enrollment applications. The last date to apply is March 15th, and denials and approvals will go out by March 31st. |
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7.1. Review of Community Engagement Report from NASB
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7.2. NASB and NRCSA Reports
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7.3. Legislative Updates
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7.4. Report on Option Enrollment
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7.5. Information Regarding Board of Education Self-Assessment Tool for Discussion
Discussion:
The board discussed whether or not the board would like to access this tool- they are planning to discuss this tool better and how to use it at the board retreat in March. The board felt like maybe there are things on this tool that the board maybe doesn't always receive information and is out our their hands, and the board doesn't feel like it aligns with what is the boards responsibility.
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8. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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8.1. Committee for Curriculum and American Civics
Discussion:
Met before the meeting tonight and there is an action item later on the meeting
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8.2. Negotiations Committee
Discussion:
Chase discussed the legislation and how there is some uncertainty to what will impact our school and budgets. They would like to get some more clarification on what it will look like moving forward and what the board will be able to offer for compensation.
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9. NEW BUSINESS
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9.1. Review Policy:
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9.2. Discuss and Consider 2026 Spring Legal Policy Updates on First Reading:
1040 - Annual Report 3540 - Bidding Construction Projects 5601 - Asthma, Anaphylaxis and Allergic Reaction Protocol 7050 - Bids and Contracts
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis reviewed the policy memo on the first reading on policy updates for spring. There are some new policies and updates that our board will have to adopt.
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9.3. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve Science Curriculum Purchase for Adoption in 2026-2027
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
The curriculum committee met tonight before the board meeting, and discussed this information on the science curriculum adoption. The committee gave the board some of the insights on the meeting on the cost of the curriculum and how it breaks down. The majority of the cost is the consumables and manipulatives of the kits on the elementary side, and mostly just renewals and some updated materials on the MS side. The high school has many of the materials for their curriculum and would like to renew the subscriptions and update any materials that need to be replaced. The cost on the high school side is mainly absorbed in the department budgets due to class sizes and changes of program and are ordered on a year to year basis.
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10. ADJOURNMENT
Discussion:
Mr. Kratochvil asked the seniors in attendance to introduce themselves and their future plans before the adjournment of the meeting.
Chase adjourned the meeting at 8:32 |