BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULAR MEETING TEMPLATE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SEWARD 410 SOUTH STREET SEWARD, NE 68434 MONDAY, APRIL 14, 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 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 April 9, 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 Paul Duer and a second by Jill Hochstein. 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. Survey Results from Humanex Dr. Sutfin presented on the Humanex survey results and discussed what the next steps are. 3.2. Math Curriculum Update Matt Dominy, Deena Haberman, Mitch Carlson and Ross Briggs discussed their top pick of the new math curriculum. 3.3. Facility Study from JEO JEO discussed the facility study they did in March and what the schedule looks like moving forward. 4. Short Recess Motion to take a short recess and return at 7:05 p.m. Passed with a motion by Shawn Svoboda and a second by Danielle Shipley. Paul Duer: Yea, 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 along with four representatives from the Bluejay Leadership Team. 5.3. Superintendent's Report Dr. Fields updated the board on legislative issues and the Turf Project. The next turf project meeting is scheduled for April 23. The district is looking at Time Management System for payroll purposes. There are new Federal Grant requirements we are waiting to hear about. Dr. Fields thanked the crisis team for their work in all the buildings. Graduation is Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. • Board Quicks link - April 2025 e-update 6. New Business 6.1. Summer Projects Dr. Fields discussed some of our summer projects - Boiler System at the High School 2000 edition, New Hot Water for the High School 2000 edition, paint the Middle School halls, filler for the dock repair at the High School, Middle School light poles, well for the practice field west of the High School, Elementary freezer/cooler, quiet room at the Middle School, concrete work around all buildings, concrete moat at the High School and looking into a kitchen hood at the High School. 7. Action Items 7.1. Math Curriculum Bids Motion to accept quotes from Savvas for both elementary and middle school for $137,116.70 and at the high school quotes from Pearson College Algegra, BFW for AP Stats, Cengage Pre Calc, Calc and Trig. and McGraw Hill for Algebra, Geometry, and Alegebra II for $67,271.86 Passed with a motion by Matt Hastings and a second by Shawn Svoboda. Paul Duer: Yea, Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 7.2. IXL Contract Motion to enter into a contract with IXL as a support for student learning for $36,433.13. Passed with a motion by Shawn Svoboda and a second by Jill Hochstein. Paul Duer: Yea, Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 7.3. Bus Bids Motion to accept the bus bid of $138,460.00 from FreightLiner/Thomas. Passed with a motion by Jill Hochstein and a second by Matt Hastings. Paul Duer: Yea, Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 7.4. Teacher Resignation Motion to accept the resignation of Suzi Paseka at the end of the 2024-2025 school year. Passed with a motion by Danielle Shipley and a second by Shawn Svoboda. Paul Duer: Yea, Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 7.5. Teacher Contract Motion to offer a teaching contract to Nicole Stoye for the 2025-2026 school year. Passed with a motion by Shawn Svoboda and a second by Danielle Shipley. Paul Duer: Yea, Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 7.6. New Wells for practice fields Motion to approve the bid from Earnest Drilling for $33,246.56 for the west high school practice fields. Passed with a motion by Jill Hochstein and a second by Shawn Svoboda. Paul Duer: Yea, Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 8. Future Agenda Items Facility Study 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 - $1,701,257.26 9.3.2. Depreciation Fund - $51,800.00 9.4. Approval of Consent Agenda Motion to approve the consent agenda as presented Passed with a motion by Shawn Svoboda and a second by Matt Hastings. Paul Duer: Yea, Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 10. Adjournment Motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:21 PM with the next regular board meeting scheduled for Monday, May 12 at 5:30 PM Passed with a motion by Danielle Shipley and a second by Jill Hochstein. Paul Duer: Yea, Matt Hastings: Yea, Jill Hochstein: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea Salaries from March: 698,819.26; Jones Bank 22,067.14; Tennessee Child Support 9.99; Jones Bank 175,179.86; Nebraska Child Support 1,166.00; ASPIRE 10,610.00; Jones Bank 17,561.48; Tennessee Child Support 9.99; NPERS 186,895.19; NE Dept. of Revenue 29,483.55; Inspira Financial 9,024.68; AGiRepair, Inc 1,008.40; Ahern, J.F. 732.00; Allen, Jennifer 8,045.20; Allo 172.00; Amazon Capital Services 4,280.83; Ameritas 1,124.16; Apace 3,867.97; AR Solutions Inc 233.03; Awards Unlimited 10.43; Baker, Noelle 352.77; Bierhaus, Becky 80.95; Bishop Business 210.67; Blue Cross Blue Shield 250,637.91; Bryan Urgent Care Seward 396.00; Campbells Cleaning 16,875.00; Cast, Krystin 76.45; CDWG 3,061.61; City of Seward Utility Dept 30,992.11; Crouch's Farm & Hardware 61.94; Culligan 40.00; DAS 292.87; Des Moines Stamp 38.00; DWF 277.72; Elan Financial Services 1,888.03; Engineered Controls, Inc 14,230.00; ESU 6 39,135.87; ESU 7 396.00; ESU 10 90.00; Farmers Coop 26,394.63; Fleet US LLC 3,240.05; GFWC Quiz Bowl 100.00; Go Physical Therapy 7,309.07; Grainger 377.27; Hartmann Construction LLC 36.99; Hire Right 38.55; Horn, Tyson 62.00; Insect Lore 74.92; Inspira Financial 137.70; Instrumentalist Awards LLC 208.00; John Deere Financial 96.05; Jones School Supply 363.20; JWPepper 670.86; Krause, Katherine 1,080.00; KSB School Law 115.50; LunchTime Software LLC 2,785.00; Madison National Life 2,925.92; Matheson 2,296.59; Meehl, Jan 2,085.75; Meyer Automotive, Inc 407.43; Midwest Automotive Inc 928.67; NCECBVI 4,554.00; NCS Pearson 167.50; Nebraska Landscape Solutions 1,875.59; Nebraska State Fire Marshal Agency 576.00; Omnify 41.80; One Source 58.00; O'Reilly 371.84; Oriental Trading 162.95; Pac N Save 928.43; Paper Tiger 35.00; Pitney Bowes 265.58; PowerSchool 3,975.00; Rising, Sarah 47.50; Russell, Mary 130.80; Safety Kleen 396.96; Schumacher, Julie 800.00; Seward County Independent 200.64; Seward Lumber 15.37; Sodexo 74,769.28; Sweetwater 874.99; TCI 190.00; Truck Center Companies 2,322.97; Unite Private Networks 1,468.70; UNUM 529.20; Uribe 2,647.00; US Bank 2,240.25; Ventris Learning LLC 160.00; Verizon 208.36; Visa 247.78; Voss Lighting 225.00; Waterlink 225.00; WHC NE LLC 2,429.10; Windstream 318.35; Wolfer, Dan 23.53; WoodRiver Energy 14,290.52; Zultys 2,315.06 Prepared by: Heidi Covert Jill Hochstein Secretary SCI — April 23, 2025 ZNEZ
