001Everyone, I'd like to welcome you welcome you all to our uh uh meeting tonight. So, we'll open it up and we'll go ahead and call to order the meeting. We'll begin with the pledge of allegian our pledge of allegiance. Uh secretary, please lead us in the pledge. I pledge to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you very much. Would you please call the poll? Diana Kette here. Dan Chubb here. Brian Davis here. Jen Goldhan here. Ruth Murphy here. Mary Keer here. Chad Maury here. Matt Nelson here. Neil Tate here. Dr. Brad Sterner here. Dr. Shannon Myers here. Justin Pier here. And I'd like to welcome everyone to the meeting. Thank you all for coming
002out. Appreciate it. Thank you. Uh moving on to next agenda item hearing of SK uh schedule delegation for individuals. We have none. Next item is public comment. There's any public comment tonight. Um just remember five minutes. Looks like there's no public comment. We'll move on. Thank you. Uh next agenda item is approval minutes. We have none. Financial reports. None. Number nine, correspondence, none. 10, reports and related actions. This is a great agenda. Um, brings us to 11, old business, none. And then new business, why we're here tonight. So first item we have up um for discussion is uh under personnel it's letter A and it's recommending approval for an individual for software application specialist. Again this is the first voting item tonight. So we need a motion move forward. Motion to approve A1. Second. We
003have a first and a second. There's any further discussion on this motion? All right, there's no further discussion. This is a roll call vote. All those intents be recorded in favor of the motion unless I hear a abstained. All right, motion carries. Next under new business B. Uh teacher contract approval. Uh the administration is recommending approval for the teachers contract beginning July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2030. The board is the board approval is recommended. Motion. Motion to approve. Second. We have a first and a second. Is there any further discussion? Okay. For this one, we'll go ahead and call the role. Diana Can here. Yes. Dan Chop. Yes. Brian Davis. Yes, Jennifer Goldhan. Yes, Ruth Griffy. Yes, Mary Keer. Yes, Chad Mary. Yes, Matt Nelson. Abstain. Neil Tate. Yes. All right. And the vote
004came out to 78. Yes. One abstain. All right. With that, the motion carries. Congratulations. Yeah. Um, with that being said, um, I had a few remarks, uh, a few comments I wanted to say about everything that's been going on the last several months. Um, so I wrote them down. Uh, just bear with me because, uh, it's not long. It's just a few things I want to say and put out there. So, uh, I'd like to begin by giving a heartfelt thank you to the teachers union and their representatives throughout this entire process. Your professionalism and timelessness and dedication to constructive dialogue has been event has been evident every step of the way. Your approach each discussion with clarity, purpose, and deep commitment to our shared mission. And for that, we are truly grateful. To our
005teachers, thank you. Thank you for what you do every single day. You're on the front lines of education, shaping minds and inspiring curiosity and giving our children the tools they need to succeed, not just academically, but for life. At the heart of everything we do is one simple, powerful goal. That's providing the highest level of education possible for our children. That's why we're all here. And let's be honest, it's hard work. This board knows it and I know it. I'm deeply appreciative of the effort it takes day in and day out. The influence, the impact that you have on our children for 10 months, a year, potentially for 13 consecutive years cannot be overstated. You help shape who they are and who they'll become. That's incredible responsibility. You take it on with passion and purpose
006and heart. I also want to take an extended extend a sincere thank you to Berean Springs School District directors for their uh commitment tonight supporting this vote. We're speaking with one voice united in our commitment to the vital role of our community and trusts us with getting to this point has taken countless hours discussion, analysis, and collaboration. This didn't happen overnight and it didn't happen without effort. A special um thank you is owed to our appointed subcommittee which is Mrs. Goldhan, Mrs. Murphy, Mr. Tate, Dr. Sterner, Dr. Myers, Mr. Pier. Your professionalism, experience, and focus throughout this process was nothing short of exceptional. As your president, I had no doubt that you would represent our district with thoughtfulness and integrity. You absolutely did. I'm honored to work beside each one of you and thank you
007personally and sincerely. Um, lastly, let's build off a positive momentum we've created here tonight. Let's continue to work together, board members, teachers, administrators, community members to create the best learning environment we can for all children of our district. Thank you. Smith. All right. Is there anything else the board would like to say before we adjourn the meeting? Dr. Sterner, Dr. Lers, I would just like to take a second to thank um BSEA for this awesome opportunity to work with you. It was a great way to get to know each other to start with. Um as your new superintendent and starting out with negotiations, I want to specifically thank Dana and Shana. I think they did an exceptional job at representing the teachers of our district. um they were very open and very collaborative and I
008felt that over the last three months we not only got to know each other but we understood what the needs were and I also want to thank our school board. Um it was very clear from the very beginning in this process which has been different than previous years that the goal was to invest in our teachers that was very clear from every single member on this board. um and knowing that the appreciation that they have for you need to be demonstrated and I feel that that message has been clear to the sea um throughout this process. I'm excited to move forward. I'm excited to see what we can do as a school district together and I'm really excited that we are going to be able to work through this um for the next five years
009um which will be really great for us to grow together and continue to get to know each other. Um, our subcommittee, this was the first time that we did something like this through negotiations, and they also need to be commended for being open-minded, asking the right kind of questions to make sure that they truly understood this process, which at the end benefited all of us. Um, again, I just would like to thank the school board. I would like to thank BSEA. I'm excited that we're moving forward and I'm looking forward to the future. So, thank you very much. Thank you, Dr. Okay, there's nothing else from the board of administration. I just want to say real quick, um, it was a wonderful learning opportunity to listen to teachers voices, administration's voices, and you guys were
010great in everything that you did, guiding us, making the decisions, keep the teachers best interest in mind while being balancing the finances of the district, which Justin, you're just awesome at as far as I'm concerned. But I mean with the help with you know Dr. Sterner, Dr. Meyers and all the collaboration that that happened um I personally really appreciated being involved and the learning opportunity was greatly appreciated. So thank you. All right. Anybody else before we uh close up the meeting tonight? All right. There's no more comments from the board administration. We are adjourned. Thank you everyone for coming out.