February 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board of Education Meeting
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1. GPS Board of Education Information
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The meeting agenda will be kept current and available for public inspection in the office of the Secretary of the Board of Education at the Central Office during regular working hours.
District Vision: Gering Public Schools provides a collaborative community, inspiring excellence and innovation in teaching and learning to empower student growth and leadership in school and life. District Mission: Gering Public Schools exists to equip today's learners with the skills necessary to be tomorrow's leaders. The Open Meetings Act requires and the intention of the Board is that agenda items be sufficiently descriptive to give the public reasonable notice of matters to be considered at the meeting. The Board of Education releases its agenda well in advance of most meetings and desires that all interested persons are fully informed. Any interested person who has a question or needs clarification about the sufficiency of a descriptive item should contact the Office of the Superintendent of Schools. If anyone in attendance is interested in addressing our Board, you are welcome to do so. We simply request that you complete the appropriate form and turn it in to us now, so that you may be recognized during the 'Patron Comment' section of our meeting. These forms are located by the entry doors of the meeting room. Agenda items are subject to reordering at the discretion of the board president. Board members may request specific agenda item(s) be moved to a different place on the agenda. Please attend the entire meeting to ensure you hear discussion on a particular agenda item. |
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2. Opening Procedures
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2.1. Call to Order
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The Board of Education reserves the right to enter into Executive Session for the protection of the public interest, or the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual, and if the individual has not requested a public meeting.
Discussion:
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by President Greg Trautman.
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2.2. Roll Call
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2.3. Pledge of Allegiance
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2.4. Open Meetings Act
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Pursuant to Section 84-1412 of the Nebraska Statutes, the public is hereby informed that a current copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act is posted in the Board meeting room on the north wall.
Notice of this meeting was published in the Star Herald on Thursday, Feb 6th, 2025. |
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3. Consent Agenda
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At this time, any Board member may request that any item in the consent agenda be removed from the consent agenda and be considered and voted on separately.
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3.1. Minutes from the previous month's board meeting
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3.2. Approval of Claims/Bills
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Fund Amount:
01 General $104,166.05 03 Employee $264.00 05 Activity $62,481.33 06 Nutrition $201,552.69 Fund Totals: $368,464.07 |
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3.3. Board Policy Adoption
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3.3.i. First Reading of Board Policies
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3.3.ii. Second Reading of Board Policies
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3.4. Personnel Items
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3.4.i. Certified Staff Contract(s)
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3.4.ii. Certified Staff Resignation(s)
Steve Land - Retirement
Art Patton - Lincoln Elementary, 2nd Grade Teacher Grace Wyatt - Lincoln Elementary, Kindergarten Teacher Jordan Roseborough - Director of IT |
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4. Celebration of Excellence
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4.1. Building Report - Gering Middle School
Discussion:
John Wiedeman and Jon Hutchinson presented to the board. They talked about team building, collaboration, student success and growth, and teacher/student connections at GMS.
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4.2. Audit Report - Stacy Rodriguez
Discussion:
Stacy Rodriguez presented to the board. She explained the details of our recent 23-24 school audit. We received an unmodified opinion, which means they found nothing outside of compliance.
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5. Reports & Discussions
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5.1. Board Committee Report: Curriculum & Personnel
Discussion:
John Maser presented to the board. He talked about how we have created a new platform to track behaviors for principals and counselors. This was paid for by a grant. Discussed the WNCC offerings that we take advantage of. We have taken over 203 classes, with a 99% pass rate. We have a couple PD days coming up. Test scores show that we are already hitting our goals.
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5.2. Board Committee Report: Business & Facilities
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Matt Kautz presented to the board. Negotiations are still going on. We have decreased our seats at Vaults. We passed our food audit. Security cameras have been updated at preschool (Northfield).
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5.3. Superintendent's Report
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January 30-I was at Geil Elementary celebrating 100 days of learning together. All KDG students were very busy with 100 CT tasks, counting, arranging and engaging in their 100 day milestone. Girls wrestling heading to state Winter Royalty Girls Basketball Western Conference Runner-up Boys Basketball 3rd in the Western Conference There is a lot of buzz in the district with community tours and community forums at our middle school. There is this card on my desk that says, "What have you witnessed that has strengthened your hope in humanity?" We have toured over 350 citizens through Gering Middle School and our Community Action Group has been on each and every tour. But it doesn’t stop there. We launched our community presentations this month, and when I look out at the crowd I see our Community Action group present with us and I can feel the care and support from this group that extends beyond the "work"--it’s a human experience of citizens coming together for the common good—our students and school community. Not only does it fill my cup and lens of hope, kindness and positive change—it reminds me that we have great leaders among us doing incredible work, sacrificing countless hours learning, engaging and advocating for Gering Public Schools. At a time when things can feel uncertain—know this. Gering community restores hope and faith in humanity, and I am humbly grateful. |
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6. Public Comments: 204.12
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7. Action Items
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7.1. Discuss, consider, and take action regarding the approval of the new Chromebook order in the amount of $159,750.00.
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8. Board Comments
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8.1. Tentative Upcoming Board Meeting/Event Dates
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Future Board MeetingsTenative Board Work Session: Tues, Feb. 25th, 2025 @ 12:00 p.m. (Central Office)Regular Meeting: Mon, March 10th, 2025 @ 6:00 p.m. (Freshmen Academy) Tentative Committee Meeting Dates:Personnel & Curriculum Committee: Tues, March 4th, 2025 @ 7:00 a.m. (Central Office)Policy Review Committee: Thurs, March 6th, 2025 @ 4:00 p.m. (Central Office) Finance & Facilities Committee: Thurs, March 6th, 2025 @ 4:30 p.m. (Central Office) Middle School Improvement Committee: Wed, April 2nd, 2025 @ 4:30 p.m. (Central Office) Upcoming Event Highlights:NASB - School Board President Retreat, Feb. 16th-17th |
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9. Adjourn
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The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
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