BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SEWARD 410 SOUTH STREET SEWARD, NE 68434 MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2025 5:30 PM Attendance Taken at 5:31 PM. Paul Duer: Present Matt Hastings: Present Jill Hochstein: Present Ryne Seaman: Present Danielle Shipley: Present Shawn Svoboda: Present Attendance Update Taken at 6:45 PM. Matt Hastings: Absent 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 August 6, 2025 1.3. Roll Call 1.3.1. Action to excuse board members if necessary 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 Jill Hochstein and a second by Danielle Shipley. Paul Duer: Yea, 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. Stakeholder Feedback/JEO JEO and Dr. Fields discussed how the stakeholder meeting went last week and the planning/design concepts. 3.2. Summer Project Update The following summer projects have been completed - High School hot water heater, hood cleanings, High School dock concrete, Elementary outdoor freezer/cooler, Middle School gym compressor, painting at the Middle School, gym floors, High School well and sprinkler heads, goal post was put back up at the High School and lines painted in the parking lots. They are still working on one exhaust vent on the boiler at the High School and the area compressor and VFD in the commons area. The spider web at the Elementary has been taken down due to safety issues, and hopes for some sort of shade at some point from PTO. Concrete is complete except for the grinding of the moat and walking path from the middle school to the wellness center on the back side of the basketball court. We are still waiting for a ship date for the outdoor lights. The maintenance team cleaned out the ditch on our property to prevent issues from the rain and are working on weed management on the grounds, especially at the middle school. 3.3. Superintendent's Goals Dr. Fields reviewed his goals for the 2025-2026 school year and asked the board to provide feedback. 4. Reports 4.1. Administrator Reports Written reports were received from the administrators. 4.2. Superintendent's Report Dr. Fields thanked the board members that attended the kickoff breakfast this morning. The NASB Regional Meeting is August 26, 2025 and the Budget Meeting is scheduled for August 25, at 5:30 pm. Dr. Fields discussed the fall workshop and the community forum process for the bond issue. The Seward County Pink Postcard Hearing is September 22, at Harvest Hall. This coming school year we are adding Time Management System and a Sub Finder System. 5. Action Items 5.1. Second Reading of New and Revised Policies Motion to approve the second reading of the new and revised board policies. Passed with a motion by Shawn Svoboda and a second by Danielle Shipley. Paul Duer: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 5.2. Math Curriculum Motion to approve the Seward Public Schools math curriculum framework. Passed with a motion by Paul Duer and a second by Jill Hochstein. Paul Duer: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 5.3. AP World History Textbook Attached is the link to the open-source AP World History Textbook. https://assets.openstax.org/oscms-prodcms/media/documents/World_History_Volume_2-WEB_LdwoslB.pdf Motion to approve the AP World History textbook. Passed with a motion by Paul Duer and a second by Shawn Svoboda. Paul Duer: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 6. Future Agenda Items JEO 7. Consent Agenda 7.1. Approval of Minutes 7.2. Approval of Financial Reports 7.2.1. Treasurer 7.2.2. Budget 7.2.3. Activities 7.2.4. Athletic 7.3. Approval of Claims 7.3.1. General Fund - $1,598,010.27 7.3.2. Special Building Fund - $57,250.00 7.3.3. Depreciation Fund - $74,852.42 7.4. Approval of Consent Agenda Motion to approve the consent agenda as presented Passed with a motion by Jill Hochstein and a second by Paul Duer. Paul Duer: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 8. Adjournment Motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:54 PM with the next budget board meeting scheduled for Monday, August 25 at 5:30. Passed with a motion by Danielle Shipley and a second by Shawn Svoboda. Paul Duer: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea Salaries for July 616,239.45; Jones Bank 7,702.21; Tennessee Child Support 9.99; Tyler Technologies 480.00; Pitney Bowes 2,500.00; Jones Bank 1,078.82; Jones Bank 179,785.43; Nebraska Child Support 583.00; ASPIRE 10,610.00; Jones Bank 8,365.96; Tennessee Child Support 9.99; NPERS 136,311.17; NE Dept. of Revenue 28,154.22; Inspira Financial 10,335.59; 3D Molecular Designs 184.00; All Road Barricades, Inc 387.44; Allen, Jennifer 2,362.06; Allo 177.00; Amazon Capital Services 1,220.70; Ameritas 1,177.12; ASCD 119.00; Association for Middle Level Education 74.98; Barton Solvents, Inc 2,016.60; Bern's Body Shop Inc 510.00; Bishop Business 98.30; Blick Art Materials 1,745.60; Blue Cross Blue Shield 260,325.90; Boaz, Cyndi 174.00; Campbells Cleaning 15,968.32; CDWG 265.74; Central Valley Ag 24,653.50; City of Seward Utility Dept 33,605.09; Computer Hardware 1,513.00; Crouch's Farm & Hardware 403.75; Culligan 40.00; DAS 292.87; Data Center Warehouse 36,546.78; Eakes 886.25; Ehresman, Jadyn 856.25; Elan Financial Services 2,455.28; ESU 6 27,407.68; ESU Coordinating Council 2,601.00; Farmers Coop 1,610.00; Follett 423.58; Gimkit 1,000.00; Go Physical Therapy 2,188.85; Grainger 242.36; Hampton Inn-Kearney 2,938.95; Heartland Tires & Treads 4,050.20; Imagine Learning LLC 4,326.00; Inspira Financial 137.70; John Deere Financial 71.88; JourneyEd.com, Inc 1,500.00; Kozisek, Morgan 40.00; KSB School Law 72.00; Lampe's Clen Air Specialists 1,123.30; Langner, Katie 290.00; Learning Forward 190.00; Lee's Refrigeration 63,562.79; Madison National Life 2,967.02; Matheson 605.85; Meehl, Jan 769.50; Menards 29.40; MFAC, LLC 102.95; Middle Creek Printing 707.00; Midwest Alarm Services 1,511.01; Midwest Auto Parts 321.75; Midwest Turf & Irrigation 317.21; MOTE Technologies 98.00; Murman, Amanda 80.17; NACIA 40.00; Nebraska ASCD 40.00; Nebraska Council of School Admin 4,514.00; Nebraska Safety Center UNK 350.00; Noregon Systems, LLC 7,499.54; NSIAAA 450.00; Omnify 20.90; One Source 92.00; O'Reilly 208.09; Pac N Save 164.17; Paper Tiger 35.00; Piskorski, Pat 72.00; Quality Resource Group 2,638.69; Ratkovec, Tina 68.90; Reed Electric 2,111.92; Region 1 Principals 225.00; Safety-Kleen 412.10; Schaefer Concrete, LLC 22,333.00; Scholastic 577.12; Seward County Independent 1,349.25; Seward Lumber 281.47; Seward Wellness Center 1,140.00; Sherwin Williams 5,871.81; SiteOne Landscape Supply 748.16; Summit Fire Protection 3,458.55; Telecky, Marty 38.68; Time Management Systerm, Inc 61.66; Truck Center Companies 8,923.50; Uline 6,513.02; Unite Private Networks 3,597.43; University of Nebraska Lincoln 105.00; UNUM 543.60; Uribe 2,647.00; US Bank 1,209.99; Verizon 297.36; Visa 107.69; Waterlink 5,114.31; Windstream 318.10; Zultys 2,319.75 Prepared by:Jill Hochstein Heidi Covert Secretary SCI — August 20, 2025 ZNEZ
