SEPTEMBER REGULAR MEETING

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2025 6:00 PM

PLATTSMOUTH COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

ADMINISTRATION CENTER

 

1.  Call Meeting to Order - This regular meeting of the Plattsmouth Community Schools Board of Education is called to order on Monday, September 8, 2025,  at 6:00 PM in the Plattsmouth Community Schools Administration Center Boardroom at 1912 Old Hwy. 34, Plattsmouth, NE.

 

Harvey called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.

 

2.  Acknowledge Open Meetings Law posted on the wall in the boardroom.

 

3.  Publication of Meeting - Notice of the meeting was published in the September 5, 2025, edition of The Daily Record and posted in the display case outside the administration center, at the Plattsmouth location of the U.S. Postal Service, and on the district website at www.pcsd.org.

 

4.  Pledge of Allegiance

 

5.  Roll Call: Foster, Gradoville, Harvey, Miller Pearson, Muller, Shuey, Timm, Winters, Woracek

 

6.  Motion to excuse absences

 

All Board Members were present.

 

7.  Consent Agenda

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Miller Pearson and seconded by Muller. Motion passed 9-0.

 

7.1. Agenda

7.2. Minutes of the August Regular Meeting

7.3. Treasurer’s Report

7.4. Review of the Control Budget

7.5. Claim and transfer in the amount of: $938,841.45

Prepaids: $10,547.62

7.6. The administration recommends the hiring of Jillian Eggert as a high school physical education teacher.

 

8.  Public Forum: Reception of Delegates - For all meetings of the Board, individual speakers shall have up to 3 minutes to address the Board, and the Board shall hear up to 30 cumulative minutes of public comment. The Board may vote to modify these time limits when the Board deems appropriate. The President may implement other reasonable requirements for public comment consistent with the Open Meetings Act.

 

While the public forum is an opportunity for members of the public to speak during the meeting, there will not be back-and-forth discussions between members of the public and Board of Education members.

 

No one addressed the board.

 

9.  Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Report

 

Amanda Wright provided an update.

 

10.  Operations Committee Report

 

Winters provided an update regarding the recent committee meeting.

 

11.  Finance Committee Report

 

Timm provided an update regarding the recent committee meeting.

 

12.  Committee on American Civics Report

 

The committee did not meet this month.

 

13.  Negotiations Committee Report

 

The committee did not meet this month.

 

14.  Head Start Report

 

Miller Pearson provided an update regarding the recent committee meeting.

 

15.  Recess (approximately 5-10 minutes) at the discretion of the President

 

No recess was called.

 

16.  Celebrations of Excellence

 

16.1. HS Cross Country - At the Plattsmouth Invitational, our boys and girls teams both earned 4th place. Mallory Robbins earned 1st place in the girls race.

 

17.  Administration Reports

 

17.1. Superintendent’s Report

17.2. High School Principal’s Report

17.3. Middle School Principal’s Report

17.4. Elementary Principal’s Report

17.5. Early Childhood/Head Start Report

17.6. Special Education Report

17.7. Instructional Services Report

 

18.  Action Items

 

18.1. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the second reading of 1300 Fundraising Activities (Operations Committee).

 

Motion to table to next month. Motion by Gradoville and seconded by Winters. Motion passed 9-0.

 

18.2. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of 3132 Internal Controls.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Muller and seconded by Miller Pearson. Motion passed 9-0.

 

18.3. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 4114 Longevity Incentive (Finance Committee).

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Timm and seconded by Shuey. Motion passed 9-0.

 

18.4. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the first reading of Policy Series 7000 New Construction (Operations Committee).

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Winters and seconded by Foster. Motion passed 9-0.

 

18.5. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the sale/disposal requests.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Miller Pearson and seconded by Gradoville. Motion passed 9-0.

 

18.6. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Plattsmouth Community Schools and the ESU #3 School Mental Health (SMH) Program.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Foster and seconded by Shuey. Motion passed 9-0.

 

18.7. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the Head Start/Early Head Start One-Time Supplemental Funds Nutrition and Healthy Eating for Head Start Children and Families for 01/01/2026 to 12/31/2026.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Miller Pearson and seconded by Gradoville. Motion passed 9-0.

 

18.8. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a trip to the Mid-America Center for our boys basketball team, girls basketball team, and cheer and dance teams on Dec. 20, 2025.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Foster and seconded by Miller Pearson. Motion passed 9-0.

 

18.9. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a trip request for our HS Boys and Girls Wrestling Teams to Glenwood on Jan. 13, 2026.

 

Motion to approve along with 18.9.1. Motion by Winters and seconded by Shuey. Motion passed 9-0.

 

18.9.1.  Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a trip request for HS Boys and Girls Wrestling Teams to the Mid-America Center on Dec. 13, 2025.

 

See 18.9.

 

18.10. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an agreement with Claudia Pinto to provide interpreter and translator services for PCS in the 2025-2026 school year.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Shuey and seconded by Gradoville. Motion passed 9-0.

 

18.11. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a Purple Star Resolution for the Plattsmouth Community Schools.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Winters and seconded by Harvey. Motion passed 9-0.

 

19.  Announcements

 

19.1. Mon., Sept. 22, 2025 - 6:00 PM - Budget Hearing, Tax Request Hearing, and Special Meeting to approve the budget and tax request

 

19.2. Next regular meeting: 6:00 PM on Mon., Oct. 13, 2025

 

19.3. Nov. 19-21, 2025: Nebraska Association of School Boards (NASB) State Education Conference

 

20.  ADJOURNMENT

 

Motion to adjourn at 7:06 PM. This motion by Miller Pearson and seconded by Gradoville, Motion passed 9-0.

 

21.  *Closed Session: If, during the course of the meeting, discussion of any items on the agenda should be held in a closed meeting, the board will conduct a closed meeting in accordance with the Nebraska Open Meeting Act.

 

22.  *Sequence of Agenda: The sequence of the agenda topics is subject to change at the discretion of the board.

 

Chairperson

Superintendent

 

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