March 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Mr. Hoesing discussed the LB 1219 that passed through Committee and is now on the floor for discussion. This bill provides for a 2% hard cap on district spending growth year to year. He also noted that Mike, Derek, Katie, and Mr. Hoesing will attend the NRCSA Spring Conference 18-20th in Kearney. He noted on the Nemaha progression on the track/foundation. They are progressing on getting the track subcontractors down. They will have pre-meetings on March 18th. They have also begun work on the foundation for potential fundraising opportunities. 

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Discussion:  Mr. Anderson discussed the NECC Academic Contest being organized by Mrs. Avery. She is working on selecting students for testing in all areas. Mr. Anderson noted they will be working on scheduling in April. A meeting with Bloomfield will hopefully happen this month and give us some clarity on needs, where we can help and where we can get help in return. They will also go over the handbook to see if there are any changes.  March is our Art show month and our students' work will be displayed across Northeast Nebraska. Teacher evaluations are done for the year. We have great staff that work hard and care about our students. He noted on the PD/Student development and met with area schools to discuss concerns. He also noted kids 6–12th grades are being given a presentation on vaping. It will be a lot of great information for our students. 

Activities: Girls and boys basketball finished with great seasons, and they look forward to next year. Wrestling also ended, and the students did a great job with their season. Track is underway with 17 boys and 17 girls out this season, and they are excited to get going. Golf will meet soon and get their season started as well. Speech has had a successful season so far and just won Conference speech today. Districts is on 3/16 at Wayne High School.

Mrs Heimes report: In-school savings program will have sixth grade tellers attend Stellar Teller days in March with some students going to Lincoln and some going to Wayne.  The Rural 10 audit went really well and the evidence provided showed the staff's compliance. We will have a Title 1 audit this month. Mrs. Heimes will attend TIP meeting to ensure compliance is done correctly.  Read Across America went really well. We had a goal of 12,000 minutes, but our students read over 18,000 minutes.   It was a crazy fun week and all the students did really well. Lastly, she noted that the book vending machine students have earned 280 books in the 2025-2026 school year. 

Discussion:  Mr. Hoesing led a brief discussion on the classified staff salary schedule. The board decided to retain the certain schedule of classified staff raises for the 2026-27 school year.

Discussion:  Mr. Hoesing gave the board members attending the NRCSA Conference the agenda. 

Discussion:   Mr. Hoesing asked the board when they could meet for the board retreat to get strategic planning going. They will more than likely wait til the legislation session is over to see where everything is at in terms of budget/finance decisions made by the unicameral. Then they can set a date.