BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SEWARD 410 SOUTH STREET SEWARD, NE 68434 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2025 5:30 PM Attendance Taken at 5:30 PM. Paul Duer: Absent Matt Hastings: Present Jill Hochstein: Present Ryne Seaman: Present Danielle Shipley: Present Shawn Svoboda: Present 1. Preliminary Procedures 1.1. Call meeting to order & announce Open Meetings Act is Posted 1.2. Public Notice as publicized per board policy The public notice was publicized in the Seward County Independent and posted at city hall, library and courthouse. The public notice was dated February 5, 2025. 1.3. Roll Call 1.3.1. Action to excuse board members if necessary Motion to excuse Paul Duer from tonights meeting Passed with a motion by Jill Hochstein and a second by Danielle Shipley. Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 1.4. Pledge of Allegiance 1.5. 1.5 Mission Seward Public Schools - a district rooted in excellence - in cooperation with family and community members is committed to the development of the whole student and affirms that all students will have the skills to become productive, resilient, and contributing members of their community. 1.6. Approval of Agenda Motion to approve the agenda as presented Passed with a motion by Matt Hastings and a second by Shawn Svoboda. Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 2. Public Forum: (The Board President reserves the right to place time limits on individuals and topics.) 2.1. Public Forum on Agenda Items: This is your opportunity to speak to items on the agenda. If you are not a part of the presentation of the agenda item you need to speak now. Thank you for your participation. There was none. 2.2. Public Forum on Any Topic: This is your opportunity to speak to any topic concerning the school district. Since it is not an agenda item the board cannot discuss or take action at this time on the matter. Future discussion can be requested as an agenda item. Thank you for your participation. There was none. 3. Discussion Items 3.1. Elementary Students Presentations Several third grade students presented their wax museum projects to the board. 3.2. JEO Architect Firm The board interviewed JEO Architect Firm for future projects. 3.3. Committee on American Civics This is the first of two American Civics Meetings. 3.3.1. Public Comment on American Civics Committee There was none. 4. Short Recess Motion to have a short recess for 10 minutes and reajourn at 7:15 p.m.. Passed with a motion by Danielle Shipley and a second by Jill Hochstein. Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 5. Reports 5.1. Administrator Reports Written reports were received from the administrators. 5.2. Student Board Report Esten Johnsen presented his report to the board. 5.3. Superintendent's Report Dr. Fields discussed the Literacy Project through NAEP which will start next fall. Jill Hochstein attended the NASB Legislative Session. CareerPathway.com- https://www.careerpathway.com is a way for students to figure out what they might like to do in the future. Dr. Fields discussed his communication goal for the future and what he would like to do. Homeland Security will be coming the end of February to do an observation of our district. School Board Visits will take place the week of March 3-7, 2025. 6. New Business 6.1. Legislative Update Dr. Fields updated the board on legislative issues. 7. Action Items 7.1. Teacher Resignation Motion to approve the resignation of Tyson Horn effective at the end of the 2024-2025 school year. Passed with a motion by Danielle Shipley and a second by Shawn Svoboda. Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 7.2. Architect Facility Study Motion to move forward with JEO firm to do the Seward Public Schools Facility Study. Passed with a motion by Shawn Svoboda and a second by Matt Hastings. Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 8. Future Agenda Items Facility Study Legislative issues 9. Consent Agenda 9.1. Approval of Minutes 9.2. Approval of Financial Reports 9.2.1. Treasurer 9.2.2. Budget 9.2.3. Activities 9.2.4. Athletic 9.3. Approval of Claims 9.3.1. General Fund - $1,680,712.98 9.3.2. Special Building Fund - $85,837.00 9.3.3. Unemployment Fund - $3.61 9.4. Out of State Travel 9.5. Approval of Consent Agenda Motion to approve the consent agenda as presented Passed with a motion by Danielle Shipley and a second by Jill Hochstein. Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 10. Adjournment Motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:01 PM with the next study session and regular board meeting scheduled for March 10, 2025 at 5:30 p.m. Passed with a motion by Matt Hastings and a second by Danielle Shipley. Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea Salaries for January 663,387.01; Jones Bank 83,597.36; Jones Bank 8,792.66; Tennessee Child Support 9.99; Jones Bank 177,260.48; Nebraska Child Support 1,166.00; ASPIRE 10,610.00; Jones Bank 21,275.90; Tennessee Child Support 9.99; NPERS 182,360.45; NE Dept. of Revenue 28,655.60; NIC Nebraska 122.50; Inspira Financial 5,004.46; Pitney Bowes 2,500.00; AGIRepair, Inc 999.50; Allen, Jennifer 7,299.33; Allo 172.00; Amazon Capital Services 2,966.39; Ameritas 1,134.72; Apace 2,836.51; Bishop Business 390.64; Blue Cross Blue Shield 248,397.44; Bryan Urgent Care Seward 132.00; Campbells Cleaning 16,875.00; Cengage Learning Inc 1,281.00; Cerny, Daniel 60.00; Choquette, Erin 259.00; City of Seward Utility Dept 32,653.83; Crouch's Farm & Hardware 190.48; Culligan 40.00; DAS 292.87; Dietze Music 130.00; Eakes 368.25; Elan Financial Services 619.55; Engineered Controls, Inc 160.15; Epp Foundation Repair 1,002.76; ESU 6 16,967.62; ESU 7 240.00; Farmers Coop 3,602.00; Friesen Chevrolet, Inc 935.90; Futureware 3,453.51; Go Physical Therapy 5,904.55; Hardwood Heaven 913.80; Hire Right 192.75; Inspira Financial 137.70; Interstate All Battery Center 252.00; JWPepper 534.53; Kidwell 1,832.00; Kiwanis Club of Seward 500.00; KSB School Law 140.50; Kully Supply 108.40; Langner Electric 2,760.00; Lee's Refrigeration 76.72; Luebbe, Del 60.00; Madison National Life 2,925.92; Matheson 577.41; McGraw Hill 271.34; Meehl, Jan 2,401.45; Menards 343.56; Midwest Automotive Inc 786.33; Miller, Patrick 47.49; My Central Supply 1,525.15; NCS Pearson 498.65; Nebraska Association of School Boards 345.00; Nebraska Safety Center 500.00; Nebraska State Fire Marshal Agency 240.00; One Source 189.00; O'Reilly's 277.34; Pac N Save 263.78; Paper Tiger 35.00; Pfeiffer, Angela 100.00; Ratkovec, Tina 108.80; Rising, Sarah 105.25; School Dist. Of Seward-HS Activity Fund 8,100.28; School Dist. Of Seward-MS Activity Fund 2,450.00; Seward Bowl 438.00; Seward County Independent 892.91; Seward Lumber 321.23; Sodexo 86,634.43; Uline 509.51; Unite Private Networks 1,468.70; UNUM 529.20; Uribe 2,579.00; US Bank 2,106.22; Verizon 208.36; Visa 832.69; Ward's Science 973.25; Waterlink 225.00; WHC NE LLC 2,549.40; Windstream 318.34; WoodRiver Energy 14,094.25; Zultys 2,314.94 Prepared by: Heidi Covert Secretary: Jill Hochstein SCI — February 19, 2025 ZNEZ
