March 9, 2026 at 7:30 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Open the Meeting
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1.A. Call to Order and Roll Call
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1.B. Recognize Open Meetings Act
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1.C. Status of Absent Board Members
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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1.D. Publication of Meeting
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1.E. Pledge of Allegiance
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2. Approval of Agenda
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3. Celebration of Excellence
Discussion:
The board heard a celebration of excellence for the Science Olympiad team which is gearing up for their first competition on March 17th. They will be entered in Helicopter, Hovercraft, Write it Do it, and Entomology. Also, track practice started on March 2nd with 21 High School athletes and 26 Jr. High athletes.
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4. Public Comment
Discussion:
No public comments were heard.
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5. Information Items: Administration and Board Committee Reports
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6. Consent Agenda
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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6.A. Minutes of previous meeting(s)
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6.B. General Fund and Lunch Fund Claims
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6.C. Special Building Fund Claims
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6.D. Bank Balances as of 2/28: General Fund: $988,735.88 -- Lunch Fund: $62,322.66,--Activity Fund: $91,462.26--Depreciation Fund:$6,587.55 --K125 Fund: $3,278.81--Building Fund: $304,045.60--HazMat Fund: $1,087.58--General Fund Special: $2,468.84
Bank Balances as of 3/9/2026: General Fund: $983,466.67 -- Lunch Fund: $62,178.76,--Activity Fund: $88,011.83--Depreciation Fund:$6,587.55 --K125 Fund: $3,278.81--Building Fund: $304,045.60--HazMat Fund: $1,087.58--General Fund Special: $2,445.29 |
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7. Discussion Items
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7.A. Presentation and discussion on Discovery Science series.
Discussion:
Mr. Potter met with the curriculum committee and discussed the need for new resources for the science curriculum. The cost of the Discovery Science series is $11,602 for K-12 books. This series is also online, which will be a very helpful tool for students and teachers. Mr. Potter did reach out to the company about ordering extra books if needed, and they told him that wouldn't be a problem.
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7.B. Presentation on the annual Multicultural report.
Discussion:
Mr. Kelley informed the board that our Rule 10 visit is coming up, and we are required to show that we are including multicultural education. The teachers have worked this in on their curriculum, so there should be no issues.
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7.C. Presentation and discussion on a change to the 26-27 school calendar.
Discussion:
After the 2026-2027 football schedule came out, Mr. Simmerman realized that there could be an issue with the Parent-Teacher Conference on September 10 and the Professional Development day on the 11th. To alleviate the dilemma, the administration would like approval to move conferences to the 17th with the Professional Development day on the 18th.
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7.D. Presentation and discussion of having ESU10 provide speech services for the 2026-2027 school year.
Discussion:
Mr. Kelley informed the board that Karol, our current Speech Therapist, is officially retiring. He has contacted GoPT about canceling our speech services through them because he would like to have all of our services coming from one source, if possible. Since ESU10 is able to provide this service, Mr. Kelley would like approval to contract them for the 2026-2027 school year.
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7.E. Discuss 2025-2026 State Aid Certification and Budgeting Factors
Discussion:
Mr. Kelley informed the board that we will have a decrease in our state aid of approximately $38,394. What's more concerning is LB1219 which, if passed, would limit our growth to only 2%. Our current staffing increase is at 2.5%, so this would cause some problems.
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7.F. Review policies 4002 to 4064.
Discussion:
Mr. Kelley presented the board with the 4000's policies. There should be no changes needed, but the board should review them before the April meeting.
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7.G. Presentation and discussion on revising graduation credits.
Discussion:
Mr. Potter discussed the career pathways program that was brought up at a previous meeting. Our credit requirements for graduation in that program are low. He would like to see our requirements increase to between 240–260 credit hours. Algebra 2 and Speech will now be required classes. The only other thing that will increase is our number of electives. Those will increase by 10 credit hours. Mr. Kelley stated that we will require Algebra 2 because kids taking the ACT need to take that class. He also added that the students have to complete one program of study. If all seniors complete the program, our classification will be at 100%.
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7.H. Presentation and discussion of classified staff pay increases.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8. Action Items
Discussion:
With no action taken, President Spilinek declared the board out of Executive Session at 8:06 pm.
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8.A. Presentation, discussion, and/or official action to approve the Discovery Science series purchase.
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8.B. Presentation, discussion, and/or official action to approve changes to the 2026-2027 school calendar.
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8.C. Presentation, discussion, and/or official action to approve adding Speech Therapy services to the ESU10 SPED service contract.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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8.D. Presentation, discussion, and/or official action to approve reopening negotiations with the Elba Education Association to approve the Memoradum of Agreement involving the addition of an incentive pay clause.
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8.E. Presentation, discussion, and/or official action to approve the Memorandum of Agreement involving the addition of an incentive pay clause.
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8.F. Presentation, discussion, and possible action to approve the reviewed and/or revised 3000 board policies as presented at the February meeting.
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8.G. Presentation, discussion, and/or official action to approve the changes to the graduation requirements as presented by Mr. Potter.
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9. Personnel
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9.A. Presentation, discussion, and/or official action to approve the contract for Amelia Retzlaff.
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9.B. Presentation, discussion, and/or official action to approve the contract for Cassidy Frey.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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9.C. Presentation, discussion, and/or official action to approve the contract for David Miller.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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9.D. Presentation, discussion, and/or official action to approve the contract for 6th grade teacher.
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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9.E. Presentation, discussion, and/or official action to approve classified staff pay increases.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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10. Public Comment
Discussion:
There were no public comments heard.
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11. Executive Session for the purpose of discussing administrative negotiations, as permitted by Nebraska Open Meetings Law.
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12. Adjourn Meeting
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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