JUNE REGULAR

MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2026 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, June 8, 2026, 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 June 5, 2026, 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

 

Motion to excuse Max Muller, Jacqueline Miller Pearson, and Keri Gradoville. Motion by Winters, seconded by Shuey. Motion passed 6-0. Jacqueline Miller Pearson joined the meeting prior to the Committee Reports. Jacqueline Miller Pearson then left the meeting before the 17.8 vote.

 

7. Consent Agenda

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Winters, seconded by Foster. Motion passed 6-0.

 

7.1. Agenda

7.2. Minutes

7.2.1. Minutes of the May Regular Meeting

7.2.2. Minutes of the June 2, 2026 Committee on American Civics

7.3. Treasurer’s Report

7.4. Review of the Control Budget

7.5. Claim and transfer in the amount of: $365,376.34 Prepaids: $12,852.64

7.6. The administration recommends the hiring of Tim Cherek as our high school woods/construction program supervisor starting in the 2026-2027 school year.

 

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. Operations Committee Report

 

Winters provided an update regarding the recent committee meeting.

 

10. Finance Committee Report

 

Timm provided an update regarding the recent committee meeting.

 

11. Committee on American Civics Report

 

Shuey provided an update regarding the recent committee meeting.

 

12. Negotiations Committee Report

 

No report was provided.

 

13. Head Start Report

 

No report was provided.

 

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

 

President Harvey called a brief recess

 

15. Celebrations of Excellence

 

15.1. Congratulations to our students who earned Spring 2026 Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) and Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association (NCPA) Academic All-State Awards.

 

Baseball - Jack Laney, 

Brady Thomas

Boys Golf - Joshua VanBilliard, Titus Winger

Journalism - Haylie Briggs, Alden McKnight

Music - Natalya Reinarz-Muller, Elizabeth Sanchez

Boys Soccer - Micah Wehrbein

Girls Soccer - Amara Johnson, Samantha Ritchie

Boys Track & Field - 

Ethan Lasure, J.D. Meisinger

Girls Track & Field - 

Elaina Field, Finnley Henrichs

Unified Track & Field - 

Vida Loontjer, Dale Thornton

 

15.2. Congratulations to our retirees and employees who reached various service milestones at PCS.

 

5 Years: Jessica Drewes, Holly Joy, Katie Lorenzen, Sheri Metzler, Dolores Morales-Perez, and Emily Morlan

 

10 Years: Rebecca Ptacek and Jana Shuey

 

15 Years: Sherie Adkins, Christine DeSimone, Ernest DeSimone, and Stacey Hicks

 

20 Years: Diana Furcini, Dorla Kleigl, and Troy Niehus

 

25 Years: Nikole Campin, David Dukes, Kyle Graves, Brenda Jessen, and Leigh LaRosa

 

30 Years: Kelly Hadraba, Kelli Henry, and Michael Knust

 

40 Years: Pamela Osthus

 

Retirees: David Dukes (25 Years), Tracy Tegtmeier (27 Years), Christopher Wiseman (27 Years), Kelli Henry (30 Years), Deanna Hellbusch (31 Years), Marlene Warrick (37 Years), and Pam Osthus (40 Years at PCS and 46 total years of teaching)

 

15.3. Congratulations to our Air Force Junior ROTC Unit NE-951 for earning the Distinguished Unit Award with Merit. This is the highest category of unit award.

 

15.4. Congratulations to our PHS students who were accepted into Metro Community College Career Academy Programs.

  

Last Name First Name Program

Todd Jayson Automotive Technology

Frederick Nathan Business Transfer

Zielke Alex Business Transfer

McKinney Nathaniel Construction Technology

Ramos Nick Heating Air and Refrigeration

Ging Brenden Welding Technology

Nielsen Kyler Welding Technology

 

15.5. Congratulations to our students who represented PHS at the National Individual Event Tournament of Champions as noted below.

 

Max Joy - US Extemp & Original Oratory

Alden McKnight - Program Oral Interpretation, Duo Interpretation, & Expository

Titus Winger - Humorous Interpretation

Gracelynn McDonnell - US Extemp

Clair McKnight - Duo Interpretation

Ayana Ohira - Original Oratory

Ian Graves - Informative

 

Titus Winger placed in the top 60 speakers in the nation for Humorous Interpretation! Alden McKnight capped off his 4-year speech career with 20th in Expository and 66th in Program Oral Interpretation.

 

15.6. Congratulations to our PHS student-athletes who placed in the top ten for various events at the 2026 NSAA State Track and Field Championships. 

Boys: Nathan Frederick - 2nd place in high jump; Traceson Skalberg - 9th place in triple jump

Girls: Peyton Aughenbaugh - 3rd place in pole vault

 

15.7. Congratulations to our PHS Air Force JROTC instructors, Lt Col DeSimone and Chief Price for earning the distinction of Outstanding Instructors by the United States Air Force! Way to represent the United States of America and Blue Devil Nation!

 

16. Administration Reports

 

16.1. Superintendent’s Report

 

16.2. High School Principal’s Report

 

16.3. Middle School Principal’s Report

 

16.4. Elementary Principal’s Report

 

16.5. Early Childhood/Head Start Report

 

16.6. Special Education Report

 

16.7. Instructional Services Report

 

17. Action Items

 

17.1. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a request from Justin Edwards to graduate early in December 2026.

 

Motion to bypass 17.1 and add to July’s agenda since student was not in attendance. 

 

17.2. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 1110 Bulletin Boards.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Foster, seconded by Miller Pearson. Motion passed 7-0.

 

17.3. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 2110AR Superintendent Job Description.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Miller Pearson, seconded by Winters. Motion passed 7-0.

 

17.4. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of Policy Series 3000 Business Operations (Finance Committee).

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Timm, seconded by Foster. Motion passed 7-0.

 

17.4.1. 3130 Purchasing Policies

 

17.4.2. 3560 Records Management

 

17.5. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 5004 Full-Time and Part-Time Enrollment.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Winters, seconded by Miller Pearson. Motion passed 7-0.

 

17.6. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 5005 Student Residence Admission and Contracting for Educational Services.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Timm, seconded by Miller Pearson. Motion passed 7-0.

 

17.7. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 5006 Option Enrollment, Policy, Resolution, and Appendix

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Timm, seconded by Foster. Motion passed 7-0.

 

17.8. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 5008 Attendance and Excessive Absenteeism.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Shuey, seconded by Timm. Motion passed 7-0.

 

17.9. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 5101 Student Discipline.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Shuey, seconded by Timm. Motion passed 6-0.

 

17.10. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 5202 Graduation.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Foster, seconded by Shuey. Motion passed 6-0.

 

17.11. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 8130 Annual Organizational Meeting.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Shuey, seconded by Timm. Motion passed 6-0.

 

17.12. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the final reading of 8342 Designated Method of Giving Notice of Meetings.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Foster, seconded by Winters. Motion passed 6-0.

 

17.13. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the second reading of Policy Series 9000 By-laws of the Board (Committee on American Civics).

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Shuey, seconded by Winters. Motion passed 6-0.

 

17.14. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the Plattsmouth Harvest Festival (PHF) using Plattsmouth High School (auditorium, commons, and gallery) for the coronation and related activities on Sept. 9 and 10, 2026, including a fee waiver per option #2 in Policy 1100 and an insurance waiver from $5,000,000 to $1,000,000 General Liability Insurance.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Foster, seconded by Winters. Motion passed 6-0.

 

17.15. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve an athletic training services addendum between PCS and Witte Physical Therapy, PC for the period of Aug. 12, 2026 to Aug. 11, 2027.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Winters, seconded by Foster. Motion passed 6-0.

 

17.16. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the 2026-2027 PCS Budget Efficiency Plan.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Timm, seconded by Harvey. Motion passed 6-0.

 

17.17. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve the sale of 107 7th Generation iPads (2019) and 500 11-inch MacBook Air laptops (2013).

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Harvey, seconded by Shuey. Motion passed 6-0.

 

17.18. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a lease proposal for student laptops with Apple Financial, along with the buyback proposal with Second Life Mac.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Winters, seconded by Shuey. Motion passed 6-0.

 

17.19. Discuss, consider, and take all action to approve a proposal from Behn’s Flooring for sanding, repainting, and finishing the high school main gym floor at a cost of $35,800 and sanding and refinishing the high school auxiliary gym floor at a cost of $3,200.

 

Motion to approve. Motion by Shuey, seconded by Winters. Motion passed 6-0.

 

18. Announcements

 

18.1. Next meeting: 6:00 PM on Mon., July 13, 2026

 

19. ADJOURNMENT

 

Harvey adjourned the meeting at 7:50 pm.

 

20. *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.

 

21. *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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