May 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Call to Order
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1.1. Roll Call
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1.2. Recognition of Open Meeting Law
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1.3. Pledge of Allegiance
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2. Reports, Communications & Public Participation
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2.1. Presentation from State eSports team - Dylan Rouse
Discussion:
Nate Preibe and Dylan Rouse spoke about the McCook High School State championship for the Nebraska ESports team.
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2.2. Central Kids Poster winners - Digital Citizenship - Tina Williams
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2.3. Board accepts public comments
Discussion:
Kyle Kunkee wanted to visit about putting the bond again before the voters. He does not support the bond in its current format. He stated he would rather spend 60 million to build a more complete project , than remodel so much of the old school.
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3. Approve the consent agenda, which includes the minutes and financials
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3.1. Approval of Expenditures/Payroll for April 2025
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4. Reports from Staff Members and Committees
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4.1. Committee on American Civics
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Committee on American Civics Hearing 5-12-2025 @ 5:30 p.m. McCook Jr. High Boardroom Agenda
For Next Month
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4.2. Programs Committee
Discussion:
Mr. Hays reported on the programs meeting. Topics included grading policy at MHS, expanded CTE programming, retaining graduation to Friday evening, and discussion of zero period hours.
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4.3. Administrator's written reports
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4.4. Superintendent's report
End of the School Year and Summer School Start Dates
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4.5. Business Manager Report
Discussion:
Monthly Business Manager Board of Education Report March 2025 for April 2025 Board Meeting Monthly Lunch #’s = 15,965 meals served Financial #’s = After 66% of fiscal year = General Fund YTD Revenue is 74% YTD Expense is 67% All Funds YTD Revenue is 63%, YTD Expenses is 72% Facilities - Updates Year End clean-up Upcoming Projects Central elementary Storage SH Hall by Gymnasium project SH Hallway drop ceiling/lighting Central Playground resurface Bond Project Timeline: must stay on schedule Present till June 1st = Pricing W design/Sampsons McCook on the move June 9th =call the bonds June 10th-August 10th = Provide information to the public, Tours July 21 = Ballots are sent in the mail July 23 = Ballots arrive to mailboxes Aug 7 = Last day to mail ballots Aug 12th = Last day for ballots to be dropped off. Federal/state Reports filed in April: Summer food Service application - Approved
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4.6. Board member comments
Discussion:
Mr. Hays reported that there are two different student handbooks before you and they will be discussed in June.
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5. New Business
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5.1. Accept resignations
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5.2. Approve contract for Allison Hislop - SH Science
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5.3. Approve contract for Tanner Unger - CTE (Career & Technical Education) Teacher
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5.4. Accept with gratitude, a donation from Optimist Club of McCook in the amount of $2,400 for the NORE group trip.
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5.5. Accept with gratitude a donation from the McCook Foundation in the amount of $3,000 for the NORE group trip.
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5.6. Accept with gratitude a gift from the McCook Education Foundation in the amount of $1,000.00 for the 4th Grade field trip to the Kearney Archway
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5.7. Approve Cooperative Agreement between Southwest and McCook Schools for Boys and Girls Swimming for 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school years
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5.8. Approve to pay Professional Engineering Services for new parking lot to W Design using special building fund
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6. Positive Comments
Discussion:
Mike Langan commented that graduation was a fantastic event. Also, he would like to congratulate the esports team and is very excited about the expanded CTE offerings.
Scott Barger commented on an outstanding graduation, and he is very excited about the CTE expansion and the new science hire. Charlie McPherson participated in the reality check, and he was very impressed and loved the experience for the students. Brad Hays talked about the amazing things that the FFA has been doing and how good the banquet was. Jeff Gross thanked the McCook community for all the scholarship dollars for our graduates. Grant Norgaard thanked all the mentors of McCook students and highlighted the teammates' mentoring program led by Marissa Hoins. |
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7. Adjournment
Discussion:
the meeting was adjourned at 7:25pm.
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8. Items for Review
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