001Mhm. >> Mhm. >> Good evening. Welcome to the Papillion-La Vista Community Schools Board of Education meeting for May 11th, 2026. Uh as a reminder, the Nebraska Open Meetings Law is posted at the entrance uh to the room. We'll start with our Section 1, called to order. Item A, please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you all. Roll call, please. This Ms. Butler. Here. Mr. Madler. Here. Mr. Lotus. Here. Ms. Wood. Here. Mr. Bailey. Here. Ms. Witt. >> Here. All present. Thank you. Moving on to section two, communications. Uh item A this evening is our recognitions. Dr. Rickly. Thank you very much, Mr. Lotus,
002members of the board. Uh happy Monday, everyone. And before I forget, I know it's a day late, but for all of our mothers who are in attendance with us this evening, happy Mother's Day. Hope you had a special day and were spoiled by the special people in your lives. So, for those of you that have attended board meetings in the past uh or perhaps watched them online, you'll know one of the things that we love to do is provide recognition for staff or programs, students in particular. So, we have uh three different groups that we're going to be recognizing this evening. Uh I'll get to that in just a little bit. But, the way we'll do this is um we'll do the announcement for each group. I'll pause. I'll meet you up front here. So,
003students, please join us uh for a quick photo op. And parents, please join us up here and take pictures. We love to have you up here and take pictures, too. And then uh the district pictures will be published on our our social media channels. So, we have three different groups. Uh two from state journalism. And then we will be thanking our student council reps who have so diligently provided updates to this Board of Education for the last school year. So, first off with recognitions, we have state journalism, a program that has brought great honor and pride to this school district from both high schools. If we could queue up the slides, I think we have Poudre School District High School up first. I didn't see Coach Joe roll in. Did I miss Rohrbach? Okay. So,
004did Joe, knowing how busy Coach Joe is, uh not surprised. Uh so, congratulations, Joe, if you're watching at home. We have three different students from Monarch who we are honoring this evening. We have McKenzie Frederick who is awarded state championships in two separate categories, took runner-up in three categories, and placed in a total of eight categories overall. And I did see McKenzie and her mom walk in. Outstanding work, McKenzie. >> [snorts] >> Also winning state titles were Ethan Whitney and Gavin West. Please come down and be recognized by your Board of Education. >> [applause] [applause] >> Well done, Monarchs. Uh Coach Joe's had them running like a well-oiled machine for a long time now. Super proud of your accomplishments. But we are not ending there, ladies and gentlemen. We also have a team from your
005Papillion-La Vista South. And I did see Coach Ann roll in. Did I Didn't I see Ann come Ann, thank you for being here. And please join us for the photo op. So from Papillion-La Vista South, we have Coach Ann Albrecht here that is joining us along with Brody Car- Excuse me, Brody Carter and Connor Sayne. Please come down and be recognized by your Board of Education. >> [applause] [applause] >> All right. One, two, three. Congratulations, Titans. >> [applause] >> Outstanding job, Titans. We are so very proud of you. Look forward to the great things you do moving forward. So, well done, Monarchs and Titans. The third group that we are recognizing this evening is something that we do annually, and that is our student council representatives. Not only are these representatives leaders in their respective
006school buildings, but they spend significant time during times of year when they don't always probably have time to devote to it, but they show up and they keep us in the loop anyway. I saw at least a couple of our four board members school board members that have joined us this evening. From our student council reps from Papillion-La Vista High School, we have Maggie Novak and Lexi Souza. Please come down and be recognized by your Board of Education. >> [applause] >> Well done, Monarchs. And I didn't recognize Assistant Superintendent Joel Bales for representing from the Monarch admin team. So, Did I Did I say Assistant Assistant Principal? I am clearly not on top of my game. I think I I think so. I I do have my bosses that heard that. It is recorded in
007the minutes, Joel, so hold me to that. And then from Papillion-La Vista South, we have Abby Bender and Maddie Larson. Please come down and be recognized by your Board of Education. >> [applause] >> Join us, please. Join us. All right, 1 2 3. Congratulations. >> [applause] >> Congratulations again, Monarchs and Titans. It is a huge investment for you to do the those reports every single month and we're deeply grateful and for all four of you, good luck next year and don't forget about us. And with that, Mr. Lotus, I'll conclude my superintendent comments for this evening. Thank you, Dr. Rickley. Moving on to item C under section two communications, our presentation for this evening, the leadership cohort. I think Is this a combination or is it just you, Dr. Siri? >> to tee it up
008to Katie. Perfect. Thank you all so much for coming. Congratulations. If you're not a senior, enjoy the last couple weeks. >> There you go. >> [laughter] >> Welcome, leadership cohort. Dr. Siri. >> Yes. Good evening. So, this is our final special presentation for the school year cuz we're in May and Katie filled this out for the leadership cohort. So, I'm going to let her do the official introduction, but I also want to remind you we'll send this back out in the summer to our principals and get a new list for you for next school year. So, with that, Katie. Yeah, so these are our five members of our leadership cohort who had just finished up and I'll tell you back in the fall when we first started talking or last summer about the presentations for
009this year. I already knew they were a really special group, this group of 17 that we had and they've just done a great job of opening themselves up to new experiences and making sure that they are learning all sorts of things about the district. So, I'm really excited for them to get to share a little bit more about it and they're going to start with introducing themselves and then delve into some of the pieces. So, welcome. Thanks for volunteering. Oh, and this also was a test to see how many hours of notice we would have to give Zach to see if he could wear the shirt and it turns out it's more than 1 hour. So, that that was on me, but he did make dinner for kids before heading this way. >> [laughter] >>
010All right, go ahead, Laura. I'm a facilitator here at Central Office. Sarah Parks, sixth grade teacher at Terre Heights. Rachel Stevens, music teacher at Fuqua Elementary. Kate Conrad, instructional coach at Trimble Park. All right, and we just wanted to start off by saying thank you again. We're going to have you pass those cuz I can't hear it all. Oh, perfect. Okay. So, we wanted to say thank you again for having us. We're really excited to get to present to you. Leadership Cohort is a really great opportunity. So, it's an 18-month program and it allows us to build and network with other leaders within the district. Some of us have classroom positions, some of us have leadership roles in the district and so all of us have a deep desire to learn about leadership and so
011it's really helped us stretch and grow as leaders. Leadership Cohort began as early as 1999 and several of the staff members, as Katie looked it up, are still in the district and in different leadership roles as well. It most recently restarted in about 2014 and recruiting starts 18 months after one session ends. So, in 2022, Dr. Settles did a refresh of the program and moved it to be an 18-month program so that we have a little bit more time to get in and really delve into our roles as leadership. So, it allows us to have different leadership opportunities, learning preparation, and just support so we can have high capacity leaders within the district as well. Um so, the selection process, I'm sure you're wondering how did you all get selected for this? So, we began
012applying in the fall of 2024, and 17 members were selected from all across the district. Some of us are elementary, some are secondary, some are at central office. Some already, like I said, serve leadership positions, and um we just wanted to continue to grow. So, to be able to get in, we had to show a desire for leadership. We had references, and um we had to show that we were working towards or had an advanced degree. The commitment was just a few times a month, and it was led by Dr. Settles and co-taught with Gretchen Kalkowski, the facilitator of professional learning. And we're going to each take an opportunity to share about some of the really important parts of leadership cohort with you, and we're starting off with Rachel. Thank you. Oh, too fast. Great.
013So, here we have our talks about our purpose. What the overarching purpose was that Laura touched on a bit. Um and then our overarching really goal, like that quote kind of says, is our goal is for an entire district to help um continue to build leaders, um um help support them and to bring them up to be leaders and principals within the building. Um I also want to touch on we had meetings almost monthly where we had the opportunity to um learn from guest speakers that were brought in to talk to us about different pieces um of the district leadership lens overall. And then we also um had a chance to talk about scenarios amongst the cohort where they were provided a scenario, we were told to kind of brainstorm, and then by the time
014we came back the next month, what were we going to talk about? How would we as um aspiring leaders, what would we do if the scenario were to be happening? How would we handle it as leaders in the building? We also had an opportunity to really build community and that was great when it came to networking, um, building and learning new people and getting a chance to learn and grow with them like Zach and having a chance as an elementary person to work with somebody in the secondary. We also, um, had a chance to do some other activities besides our meetings, um, and this was really focusing, um, on different avenues of leadership whether it was a shadowing experiences, um, an interview, a resume, um, really having a chance to work with new people, um,
015to get to know other aspects and to help us ourselves grow. A typical meeting started with an introduction. Sometimes we shared about a leadership icon and then we would have a guest speaker and a scenario. Um, it was really great to hone our communication skills by presenting in front of our cohort and then having a chance to work with, um, and network with other outside leaders, um, in those shadowing and interviewing experiences. Over 50 hours were committed, um, in person and we did have the opportunity to take this, um, for unit UNO leadership credit as well, which was a great opportunity. Some of our guest speakers that I'd like to highlight, um, Dr. Rickly started us off which was wonderful. So, thank you for coming to us, Dr. Rickly. And then our next one was
016focused with, um, curriculum instruction assessment with Dr. Siri. And one thing that I took away that I went back and looked at my notes was really that CIA fundamental. She tied that into everything. What you teach, how you teach, how you know the students are learning and really that continuous improvement process. One quote that I took away from that was the number one factor affecting student achievement is a guaranteed and viable curriculum. And that was loud and clear within her presentation to all of us. We then had a chance to, um, learn and grow from the human resources and student services, whether that was from Title nine and all those rules, um, to recruitment and retention and all the things they do behind the scenes that we don't have the opportunity to see from our
017current roles. Um, and then we had a new leaders panel and I think that we would agree that the new leaders' panel and the experienced leaders' leaders' panel was really valuable experience to hear from those who are living it every single day to come back and bring us, um, their thoughts and their feelings. So, we submitted some questions and some curiosities that we had, and then Dr. Settles and Gretchen then came together and highlighted some of those where we got to hear how they would handle a situation or how they help move a building forward. It was really impactful. Then we had, um, Mr. Brett Richards come and present about business services, and I highlighted lots of different, um, aspects, whether it was building and grounds, transportation, business and finances, and I cannot remember all
018the numbers you gave us, and there was a lot of numbers. Um, >> [laughter] >> but I definitely highlighted some of those things that you do that live within your office so that if I were to ever have a concern or need some support, I know I could reach out to you because you handle all of those items. Um, and then we had communications. Dr. Christopher Verriale came out and was a very engaging, um, presentation that we all, um, took away lots of different aspects of how he utilizes data was a big point on when it comes to social media, emails. He analyzes all of that to figure out the best path moving forward for our district, which I thought was really great. And like I said, our experienced leaders came out and then had
019the opportunity to talk to us about how they kind of moved forward within leadership lens and different areas, um, of growth that they had for themselves and where they saw themselves and what they currently love about their job. Um, and then the district incident management team was also really powerful, um, where it talked about like the four different stages and the things that they have in place, whether it's prevention, preparation, response, recovery. All of that was really impactful to know I can search here, I can get the information here, what lives with a building principal or with a leader versus what I need to reach out for. And then last but not least, we had our special education team come out and speak to us about all the different ways they, um, listen and learn
020from the legislature of how it can impact, um, all of our students here in PLCS, and then also, um, how best to really serve and support our students through that inclusion process. So it was very impactful for all these guest speakers to come out and truly what I want to highlight is the single biggest way to impact an organization is to focus on leadership development. There is almost no limit to the potential of an organization that recruits good people, raises them up as leaders and continually develops them. And that's truly what these guest speakers did for us and we are really grateful that they took time out of their evening to come and present for us. I want to turn it back over to Laura for the next part. So in addition to this year's
021cohort was that every member was tasked with creating a facilitate facilitating a personalized learning class. Our personalized learning program is something that really sets us apart in our district. Our educators really enjoy having that opportunity to take more personalized approach to their professional development. So each member used our own range of expertise to develop classes. These went from courses that were academic. There was classes on math and ELA and then some on student engagement, some on taking care of yourself as an educator. How can you engage students all the way up to technology courses. So opportunities for us to continue to step out and leadership and take that risk and kind of go and lead because as a leader we are all going to need to lead professional development at some point in our careers.
022So being able to shift our perspective and have to create the class and think how are we going to engage the adult learners? How can we make sure it's something that's really necessary and beneficial and not just ticking a box that we need to finish was something that was really impactful for us. And then there was a really sustainable momentum. As you'll see we had a wide range and ton of classes that we went through and I hope I don't over click and go to the next slide. So fingers crossed. Um but it went and um a lot of the people want to continue to take these classes and do them like over the summer or continue to teach them. See, I went too far. So, that was a really great opportunity to get to
023to do that and stretch as leaders in that way. And now we're going to move to Kate. Uh one of my um personal favorite experiences Uh-oh. You got to flip it this way. >> Oh my gosh, so many stickies. Great. One of my personal favorite experiences, we um we got to spend an entire day visiting the legislature. So, um thank you to Dr. Settles for arranging that for us. It was a really valuable experience. Um we started our morning at the capital and we got to hear directly, privately, um from Speaker Arch and Senator Hughes and Senator Conrad and Senator Holdcraft. And they all they each spoke to us individually um about just the legislative process and their their piece in it. And it was in the middle of this last legislative session and so
024there were several bills that were in the process. And so they got to speak to us about um about where those were and their perspective on them and that was really interesting. Um and then we were able to sort of make that connection to how we in our current seats um can advocate on on a legislative lens um for a positive experiences for our students. Um then after we heard from them, um we got to have a capital tour. And then we went over to the NCSA building and we met with Dr. Delaney, the executive director of NCSA. Um and we're grateful to NCSA for providing lots of opportunities for us. I know several of us have attended the Emerging Administrators Conference. Um that was really, really valuable both last year and this year. Several
025um members of cohort have taken advantage of that opportunity. Um then we also got to meet with our lobbyist, Tim Gay, and he talked about his role and um the different organizations that come together to advocate for or in opposition to bills um that will impact education. And it was interesting to hear from him as well. Um and then Taylor from Catalyst also came and he spent a large amount of time um, sitting with us and really getting into the weeds of how we can stay informed on legislation and what we can do from our seats um, to advocate both um, at the legislative level and within our current position. Um, then next up, will you click me? Uh-oh, that was is that one more? Community Closet? Never mind. That's right. We'll just I'll come
026back. Perfect. Okay. Um, so the next >> [laughter] >> That's all right. Um, so uh, the next thing that we each got to do was volunteer for one of our community closet events. And I mean think it as a leader in the district it's important for us to have a perspective of all the different ways that we meet the needs of our students and their families. And the community closet is such a powerful way that we meet the meet the needs of our community. And um, so we each got to volunteer and to just see what that the magnitude of that. I think it really embodies what PLCS is about is um, removing barriers for kids so that when they come to school they feel comfortable, they feel confident and they come to school ready
027to focus on what matters most and that's learning. And um, so that was a really powerful experience for each of us to get to be a part of as part of leadership cohort, too. Then I'll hand it off to Zach. All right. Here we go. Do I click here? Whoop. You got me in the order somehow there. All right. Oops. Okay. Uh, one session that we're going to highlight is um, the opportunity to work on resumes and interviews. So within this session um, there's always a learning target that starts our session. So this one was specific to building a positive or a a resume that's going to reflect a leadership role. And then also uh, creating those cover letters that are really going to pop when you're looking to send those out. Um, within that
028session we also had the opportunity to uh, get feedback on our resume. So we would hand them in from the panel, uh get some valuable feedback on ways that we can improve those resumes and cover letters. Um within that session, we also uh had the opportunity to work on mock interviews. So, the nine administrators on the board you see took the time out of their evenings to um help us with our mock interviews uh on one of our uh mock interview nights. So, actually there was multiple mock interview nights. So, uh we want to thank them for their dedication to the program and the cohort. Um it was a really great experience for us. It was very tailored to what individual needs. So, me as a secondary person, I was able to have mock interview
029uh with Mr. Spilker, Mr. Bales, and um Dr. Carson. So, it really focused on that secondary piece. So, it gave great feedback on or opportunity to go through an interview where you would be maybe going for a leadership position, but then also providing some feedback after the interview was over so that you can um improve for the next time. So. Thank you. Sorry, we had a a note a note struggle. I messed it up. >> [laughter] >> It's okay. That was not That was not All right. So, one of the um most impactful experiences that we had would have been those uh shadowing opportunities. Um I wanted you to see the wide variety of experiences that we got to have. So, that's what's going to be scrolling across the screen as I talk through them.
030So, Katie and Gretchen asked us what things we were hoping to see throughout the district. Um and multiple leaders stepped up to allow us the opportunity. Uh we thank them for the investment for the learners around the district. All 17 of us had the opportunity to shadow and each of us took two days um to do those opportunities. >> [snorts] >> Uh, and it was an incredible experience to be able to see what others are doing in their schools, um, and find ways to use what they're doing in their schools to bring back to our schools to make all of them, um, better. So, now we also have a broader network because of these days. Um, one class meeting we presented about our shadowing, and I'm just going to sum it up with a few
031of the things that you are seeing flipping through here. So, we saw a lot of strong systems, organizational leadership, support, proactive leadership, relationship-driven leaders, uh, decision-making, clear communication, flexibility, problem-solvers, and I'll pass it back to Zach. Right. I won't mess it up this time. Okay. All right, last one, our celebration, our graduation. So, we had the privilege of, uh, having Mr. Bailey and Dr. Rickley giving us some, uh, sharing some leadership words of wisdom as we, uh, had our celebrations. So, thank you for being there and and, uh, celebrating with us. It was a really fun time, so thank you for that. Um, it was a really a great opportunity to for us to celebrate like how far we've come from the beginning to where we where we ended. 18 months, um, of of work
032and commitment to the program, and we were able to really celebrate with each other, um, and have that. So, it really gave us that opportunity to be big-picture thinkers, and then think of the district as a whole. Okay? So, we this is a valuable experience, I think, for all of us in in that was a one of the big key takeaways, I think, that we all, um, really took from that. So, many people throughout the cohort have stepped into some type of leadership role. Um, actually five current members of the leadership cohort have gone into a an a leadership role. So, of the 17, five of them have gone into a leadership role. So, thank you for putting that together and and allowing that opportunity for us. Um, at the end of the cer- or
033at the end of the course or the graduation, we, uh, submitted a survey. So, did an end of the course survey and I'd like to say that I'll the results are in and >> [laughter] >> 100% of the um uh participants felt that the cohort better prepared them for a leadership role. And it also 100% found that the network networking experience was valuable to them and then also um they would recommend the leadership cohort to colleagues. Um so, there's a lot of value and you're seeing that there's a lot of value from members of the cohort. Um so, again, thank you for your time tonight in allowing us to present on this program um and highlight our experiences. So, we appreciate you and uh does anyone have any questions for us? I I kind of
034have uh just an observation question. So, a lot of times you'll walk by somebody's desk and say, "What does that person do? They just sit there all day long." Did you have any ah-has about what a leader does in the district? Um I'd love to answer that. Uh one of the best parts of the shadowing for me was getting to shadow Dr. Bell and he made sure to take us behind the scenes to see things that we wouldn't see. So, going into buildings and grounds and I've driven by that building so many times and I've never actually been inside it. So, it was really great seeing everything that happens to help make the district run so well and seeing all those other pieces that it's easy to get into. Um and then it's great to
035see his passion for the district as well to make sure that we understand the importance of every single person in the district that no matter what position you have, that you are just as important to make the district run well. So, yeah, it was really enlightening to look to see everything and I was like, "Oh my gosh, we have all of these things here that and it was fun like walking in like a building looks like a school when it's not a school cuz it's still built the same way, you know? So, it was really great. I just say, you know, applaud you for your willingness to continue to grow your leadership skills. And my one comment to you is that you're all leaders wherever you're at. And, you know, some of you might be
036moving to different leadership roles, but each of your buildings, whatever you're doing now, they certainly value as the leader that you are and your willingness to enhance your school your skills so that you continue to help your school grow. So, thank you for your efforts. Sorry. You Okay. I just wanted to say, you know, congratulations again. It was fantastic. Got kind of drug into that one on accident, but I was glad glad to be there and say a I you know, a quick few words, but I love the program. I love learning more about it with what you're telling me and it's, you know, I teach college students and one of the things that we do a lot with them are resumes, cover letters, and even mock interviews. And it's interesting that I love seeing
037that it continues. It doesn't stop when you get that first job. It's, you know, cuz you continue to hopefully like like you all did or are doing, continue to learn and grow and and, you know, and gain valuable experience every time you do something like that. So, fantastic job. Thank Yeah, I want to echo what Lisa said on appreciate you all signing up and dedicating time to this and helping out the district and hopefully learning new things along the way and in that which will help you in your career and yeah, even today, I mean, you you should see yourselves hopefully as leaders in the buildings if you're not in a, you know, a quote unquote leadership official leadership role today, but see yourself as leaders in those buildings. Um I was wondering, so this
038one ended. We have the applications are open for the next uh cohort academy? So, fall of 27. So, you we take 1 year off in between. Fall of '27, they'll open for the next one. Gotcha. And who is eligible? So, uh we did have a couple of different criteria on there, but primarily they have to want to um advance their skills in an area of leadership, not necessarily administration, uh be working toward or already hold an advanced degree. Um I'm trying to remember what the other There's a in the application, they have to check off if they have a certain number of things. I think we do have a minimum number of years of teaching was a part of that. Um They already have to hold an advanced degree or um be in an advanced
039degree program. Gotcha. And you know, everyone has like assumptions, kind of what Miss what was saying, everyone has assumptions on on uh maybe what leadership looks like, uh especially in education when you're in education. Um I don't know if a couple of you want to answer or if all five, great. Uh what was you know, like as you went through the process, what was the biggest surprise where you felt like I had no idea as leaders in education you were dealing with, you know, XYZ? Any of those surprises pop out? I can answer that. Um so, I think with our um guest speakers that came, I felt like listening to the new leaders panel, um knowing that they maybe had been a leadership position a couple of years, two or three years, and knowing that
040I could be that leader, um and having them answer some of our hard questions that we were asking of how do you help move a building forward? How do you help grow new leaders within your own building? What do you um what do you prioritize um as a leader to get the year started? What are some of your things? And to have them be able to answer them um and give some of that hindsight of what they're they are doing from their position, also helped me then transfer that over to my building. I know my administrator is also doing these things. How can I then help serve my building and my administrator through that role? So, I thought that was really impactful for me from hearing from them. I'll just say my questions are already
041answered by everyone, but congratulations and job well done. And don't forget school board's a leadership opportunity, too. So, you can put that on your goals down the road. >> [laughter] >> Go ahead. I I just wanted to say this was an amazing presentation. I don't remember the last time we gave the board an update on leadership cohort, but you did a terrific job of capturing the essence of what what we wanted to be and what I think it will be moving forward. Um I don't believe we had a leadership cohort at all prior to 2013 and Dr. Hyde was here at the time we talked a lot about recruitment and retention is important for classified staff, it's important for certified staff, and it's absolutely critical for our leadership positions. And when I've seen what Dr.
042Settles and her team have morphed it into the last few years, it's barely recognizable. It's just an entirely different program and it's an incredibly high-quality program. Um in some ways I think we're even a victim of our own success. When we have administrative positions open up and I talk to colleagues around the state, around the metro, it's like, "Well, we're not going to bother applying because everybody knows Papillion hires internally." And there's a lot of truth to that. I mean, we do of course we need outside candidates from time to time, but I think Dr. Settles and and everybody around the district does a remarkable job of identifying, cultivating, developing talent, and putting them in the right spots. And the minute we lose sight of that, uh we're in some trouble as an organization. We
043we absolutely have to grow our own or we're going to we're going to have some challenges. So, thank you for being part of the solution. Great update. Sarah, thank you for helping me wrangle Tara Heights on the uh graduation walks, by the way. That was uh leadership in action. So, there you go. And on that I want to say I'm especially impressed with Ms. Parks cuz not only did she do the Leadership Academy these last this last year and a half, but she also had both Madler boys in her classes these last this last year and a half. Yeah, back-to-back years, so that's extra Yeah, extra impressive. She's also graduating with her master's degree this year. Oh, well, congrats. Yeah, there you go. Nice. Thank you so much for that presentation. Don't feel that you
044need to stay and listen to the rest of the business of the board. If we all know what time of the year it is and you probably have many, many things to to wrap up, so no no offense if you sneak out, so uh moving on to item D under section two communications, uh our superintendent's report. Back to Dr. Rickman. Thank you very [clears throat] much, Mr. Lowes, members of the board. Uh for those that are with us either in person or watching live, thank you for joining us and for engaging with your Board of Education. Uh the last couple of weeks have been incredibly busy and productive. Um I'm not going to be able to hit everything, but just uh a few highlights. Uh I'll start with uh just a very broad statement by
045thanking our board members that took time out of their already busy work and personal lives to attend so many different things. Uh I'll quote a former board member who's no longer on the board who says, "This time of year, this is the payoff. This is why we do what we do." Um there is no remuneration for our school board members, but being able to see our sen- our seniors and our other students celebrate the end of the year and commencement is a pretty darn special thing. Speaking of commencement, just want to thank the board, congratulate our students, our families for getting uh their kids across the finish line. What a special day at Baxter Arena. Uh we graduated 485 Monarchs, 517 Titans, about 90 minutes for each ceremony. It's a classy venue. It's a terrific
046terrific place to hold the ceremony. Uh again, I know it's a huge investment of time for staff and families, but congratulations for our seniors and families. We are awfully proud of you. Last week was filled with senior send-offs and celebrations. And and again, want to thank the board for for making an effort to attend. Uh we had Health Systems Academy. We had Zoo Academy. We had YATP. We had Project Search. I'm sure there's at least two or three others that I'm forgetting. We had our senior walks, which are a really special thing. If you've never uh attended our senior walks where our seniors put on their cap and gown and go back to their home elementary school, walk the halls, uh high-five students on their way out the building. It's uh it's a tearjerker. It's
047it's a pretty special thing that I'm incredibly proud uh to to be part of. Uh YATP, too. Want to thank the board and community for their generous support in putting together that as a priority with our last bond. Uh typically, we hold the YATP graduation at Embassy Suites, which is where Project Search occurs. Uh this year, we held it at YATP. It was a little snug, uh but that's a good problem to have because we had an incredible outpouring of support for families and parents that attended. So, we'll see if we can stay there for the foreseeable future, that would be great. It's a gorgeous facility. I just think that we have so many families that are so deeply invested in our kids, we may run out of space there. Uh also want to highlight,
048and I bet we'll hear from some other board members on this, so I'll be brief on this, but also want to thank uh the board for participating in the recent NASB uh advocacy visit to Washington D.C. Uh Marcus, Suanne, and Lisa, uh again, they'll probably elaborate, but it's quickly arisen to probably the single most valuable professional development experience uh of the year. And there's lots of conferences in state and out that this board uh uh could choose to go to. This one for me, and I don't want to speak for the other board members, it feels like we're making a difference. Uh in addition to meeting with congressional staffers, policy makers, policy leaders, directly with congressmen, congresswomen, and US senators, uh we have the opportunity to go out up to Capitol Hill and and meet
049directly with people and talk about things that are important to us. So, again, uh more details follow on that, but a really powerful conference. Uh we had two uh things that aren't going to show up formally on our recognition because they're not sanctioned events, but they are things that deserve recognition in my view. Uh one, Justin Powell, the Papillion La Vista South student, uh won a state title in trap shooting. I don't know how long it'll be until NSAA sanctions trap shooting, but it's been going on for a number of years. We have a really competitive program. Justin, if you're watching, really proud of your efforts. Uh also, just found out this morning, Papillion South did back-to-back state titles in rugby. They were undefeated, 19 and 0. They capped off their season in Lincoln just
050last week. Again, really popular sport. It's increasing in terms of the number of participants. I wouldn't be surprised to see NSAA sanction that at some point as well, but again, Papillion South and Justin Powell, congratulations. Job well done. And I will conclude my superintendent's comments by reminding everyone out there get out and vote in the primary. One of the things that makes this such a great country is we get the option of selecting our leaders. Exercise your right to vote, and with that, I will conclude my superintendent's report. Thank you, Dr. Rickly. Board member reports. All right, I'm not going to go into a lot of details on the DC advocacy other than I do agree with Dr. Rickly that that is one of my where I feel I have the most influence and impact
051because it's meeting one-on-one, face-to-face with leaders in our country and we can really help to guide decisions that are made in the favor of education and and I think that's very important. Um I did attend the Papillion-La Vista trap shoot event in I was at the state event and got to see Justin receive his trophy as the highest overall shooter for the state this year and uh the team couldn't have been prouder. The PLVTT uh team is a combined Monarch and Titans and it's it's a wonderful uh group of folks, coaches and everyone. I attended Project Search and the YATP graduations. Those are probably two of my favorite events to attend every year. The kids, the parents, the speakers, they're all just amazing. Um the YATP student who makes paper and makes cookies sang a
052song for us and he was just fabulous. Nate? Nathan and he did a Phil Collins cover and it was pretty darn >> [laughter] >> That's It was pretty pretty cool. Uh I attended the Papillion High School Monarch Honors Night. I think there were over 260 students who received over $17 million in awards and scholarships, which is fabulous. Um and then of course attended the graduation ceremony yesterday for both Monarchs and Titans and the crowd was great, the students were great, the hats in the air were great. It was it was pretty fabulous. Want to go down the line? Um I too attended the graduations yesterday, so congratulations to all the recent grads. Um and then I was I've been going to tons of stuff at my kids' schools as well. Um but I actually had
053a liaison breakfast at the Early Childhood Center a couple weeks ago. Um and I think the majority of the time was actually them answering my questions because I wasn't familiar with all the services that they offer. So, I just want to thank them for hosting me and taking the time to answer my questions. It really was, yeah. Okay, I too attended the federal federal advocacy um conference in DC, and I just want to uh thank the board for um and the district for the opportunity to do that. Um I think, you know, for me to hear the priorities of the federal at the federal level, um and to talk to other people, and to really to reflect about how those are going to impact us locally, and um you know, to share with them how
054they will impact us locally, I think is powerful. Um I had a TeamMates board meeting on May 5th. That was our last board meeting of the year. Um we welcomed two new board members to that team, and then did some planning um initial planning for next year. And our first meeting will be August 11th. So, that's already on the agenda. Um I had a liaison lunch at Rumsey Station. Um it was Principal Ann Burmeister's first um liaison lunch as a new principal at Rumsey Station, and and she did a great job, and and uh set up a a really nice opportunity for us to visit with staff. Lot of celebrations. Um we've heard many schools talk about CKLA and HMH, and they're they spent some time talking about the rigor of that, and how it
055was stretching kids and in a positive way, that the rigor was not it was just just right rigor, I guess, because it was pushing kids, but not uh keeping, you know, having kids feel um over-pushed. And they talked about also with their special education kids, that they found it easily to adapt. Um they talked a lot how they've done goal setting in their building and that's had a big impact on student engagement as kids are excited as they they see the visible signs of how they're meeting their goals. Um, they shared how they're very collaborative in their approach. Um, and and just a lot of positives about the school. Their strong sense of community. They really appreciate how their PTO has been very intentional and in the activities and things they're choosing to support that
056they've been thinking about all kids and how this is going to impact all of the kids in their school. Um, they some of the concerns we talked about, even though they they are very feel that they've been supported in a lot of ways, they just wanted us to be mindful of special education resources and case load, of the preschool daily schedule, and we talked a little bit about Rumsey Station's enrollment and how they are a little bit smaller than they were a few years ago and what the implications of that are. Uh, but a very nice opportunity to meet with the staff of Rumsey Station. Um, I did attend the years of service and retirement that was held at Beardmore this year and I really appreciate the opportunity to move to that location. I felt
057that it was um, set up really to honor our staff and retirees in a really positive way. There was more room for families and those that would come to support. Um, but such a great event, um, as we see, we had a teacher there that was uh, had 45 years of service, um, and you know, uh, honored our 20 and 30 years and and so many people that have given so much of their life supporting the students and staff kids of our district and so that's a great event. Um, I also, uh, was able to attend, uh, Cooperation Best and, um, it was a first year again for Priscilla Peterson to take over that position and, uh, did a very nice job of recognizing I would say over 40 businesses were recognized that day. And
058one of the things that I thought was really exciting was that there were 12 new businesses that joined just this year and so that cooperation best continues to grow which is great. And then, you know, again again many culminating and celebrations you know, I have the time in my schedule to attend many of those things and represent the board and so I was able to go to the Health Academy to both of their graduate or their end of year events, Project Search, YATP, and of course our celebration yesterday and I guess at all of those the big themes that came through to me were the gratitude of the students for the staff and the people that had supported them throughout their time in in the programs, the relationships that they developed and with their peers
059and the many good memories that they had and just really the joy that they and confidence that they all you know, had as they think about moving forward in their next steps. So a lot of great things that I've had the opportunity to to attend in the last couple weeks. Also, this was my third year going to the on the federal advocacy trip and I appreciate the opportunity to sit in with the people that we talked to the congressional staffers. Um I you know, we had dinner with Congressman Bacon, Senator Fischer being an ex-school board member came and spoke to us at on Capitol Hill. I appreciate the opportunity to be in those conversations even though you know, while right now education priorities in the federal government can be what's the word frustrating at times
060to hear? to utilize. It was good to be in in conversations to at least provide our feedback and understand what specifically they want to work out work on and when. On the on the positive side, the one takeaway that I had in hearing on the priorities that I think we could benefit from is there's a lot of talk continues to be talk on workforce development. And I know I talked to Dr. Rickly about this during I think or right after the session, but there's bipartisan support for a lot of pre-apprenticeship programs and digging into what a pre-apprenticeship is. I think I think what we've built at both of our high schools and the money we've stuck into our high schools to provide these opportunities for our students could qualify us for like those pre-apprenticeship grants
061that they have out there. And I think it's worth district looking into and seeing if there's something maybe a tweak that needs to be done and how we structured or if we have to partner with a with an outside group as well to ensure that our students do have a path into an actual apprenticeship program. It could help us with some of the funding because we know the cost of running those programs has only been going up and the materials and and and finding the staff to to help us out as well. So, that could be an area of opportunity for us and and having the relationships with we talked to Congressman Bacon's staffer as well working with him if we have issues in some of those application processes. It's opportunity hopefully for us next
062year, but that was one of the positive takeaways at least along with around some of the frustrating conversations. Huh. All covered, right? Uh Uh I like many of the board members have been busy and and try to attend as many events as I as I could. Mine got primarily focused with a lot of athletic events over the last few weeks between district soccer going on and our boys Papio South boys team plays tomorrow at noon in the state tournament down at Morrison at Creighton University. And I believe I saw that the baseball schedule is supposed to come out for state baseball this weekend as well. So Papio South qualified for state in baseball as well. On Friday I attended the I guess conference track meet which includes the three Papillion for middle school the three
063Papillion middle schools Westside Council Bluffs middle schools and I'm I know I'm probably leaving out a couple of them but uh it was held over at Woodrow Wilson Middle School in Council Bluffs and and I'm not sure who exactly ran the event but it was the most efficient track meet I've ever been to. They can get out of control and get behind real fast and it was the opposite. It was hey my event doesn't start till noon and at 11:00 I'm getting a phone call saying it could be 15 minutes. So good rush but to those to those or organizational folks over Woodrow Wilson or if it was from their high school track programs kudos cuz that was an amazingly efficient event and so much fun that that we continue to put that on for
064those schools. Obviously graduation yesterday. It's it's always just such a a fun day a long day for for many of us but to see the nerves from the back room to then even potential nerves as they get to the stage but then then the excitement and the jubilation as they they they walk up the ramp and they they see the the end is in sight and the diplomas being ready to be put in their hands. It's it's always a an amazing day. I had the honor to hand a diploma to my nephew. So that was super exciting for for me and our our family and Yeah, I'm glad we allow the hats to fly again. It it's it Yesterday it just the the noise level, the excitement, the cheers from the parents and and families,
065you know, definitely kicked up a notch when when they saw the hats fly. So glad everybody was safe and hats all got returned, but it does it does add something to the celebration. With that, no other board reports for tonight. We'll move on to item E, committee reports, building, grounds, and finance. We met last week, continue to talk about middle school land options. Nothing to bring in front of the board yet. We also talked about the print shop sale, which is in relation to the foundation buying building right across the street needing the print shop. So we will be basically selling them the print shop building and so item will come up in a probably couple months, maybe July sometime this summer in front of the board. June? Okay. Yeah, so we'll see that in
066front of the board next month and then Mr. Richards is going to be doing a facilities improvement update from the 2023 bond later in the meeting, which we went over in the sub committee meeting. Thank you, Mr. Medler. Human Resources and Student Services. Yes, we met on May 5th and Dr. Settles will share with you some suggestions that have been made for improvements in the 4000s policy. So that'll be coming in bit later this evening. Uh Dr. Settles shared with us where we're at in the hiring process and right now we have almost 100% of our positions filled. Um still looking for a school psych, but have a plan in place for that position if needed. Uh we discussed uh student teacher pay for next year and student teacher pay will remain the same. Um
067at our district, they receive $3,000. Um one thing that our district does that other districts don't do is if a teacher is hired after student teaching as a first-year teacher, they do start on step two for in our um salary schedule. Uh substitute pay also will remain the same next year for um our substitute teachers. Um it was shared at the meeting we received information that the busing survey was sent out to parents. And then we also just um mentioned that in the 2027-28 school year, the district will be taking on the teammates coordinator position um along with another part-time position. That and our next meeting has not been scheduled at this time. Thank you, Ms. Wood. Curriculum and Americanism. Uh we have not met. Thank you, Mr. Bailey. That concludes section two, communications. Moving
068on to uh section three, action items. I item A, action by consent. I make a motion to approve the action by consent as listed. Second. I have a motion by Mr. Bailey and a second by Mr. Matler. Roll call, please. Mr. Matler. >> Yes. Mr. [clears throat] Belotes. Yes. Ms. Wood. Yes. Mr. Bailey. Yes. Ms. Witt. Yes. Ms. Beller. Yes. Motion carried. Thank you. Moving on to our final action item for this evening, item B, the 2026-27 ESU 3 driver education contract. Mr. Richards. Thank you, Mr. Lotus. Uh yeah, this is something we sometimes just stick in the consent agenda. It's fairly routine, but uh I think we did that last year, and it's a good time to kind of bring it out and let everybody know that there are opportunities for driver's education within
069our district. Um all the districts in ESU are eligible for that that sign this contract with ESU 3 each summer. Uh the price state did stay the same this year, um which is good news cuz I think a few years ago it jumped up quite a bit. Um and I know it's costly uh to do these types of services, so we appreciate that out of ESU 3. I know my daughter both my daughters went through this program when they were in high school, and um they do a good job with uh preparing our future drivers. So, if if uh we'd recommend that you go ahead and approve that for to give opportunities for our students to participate this year. Can I ask a question? Um where do the classes take place? Um that is a
070good question. Usually, it's up at Gretna, and I haven't uh followed up to see where they're holding it this year, but I'm guessing Gretna. Um I can find that out for you, though. Yes. Uh I'll make the motion to approve the 2026-27 driver's education contract with ESU 3 as presented. Second. It's a tie. I'll break it to the right. All right. Uh I have a motion by Mr. Madler. So much competition. Motion by Mr. Madler, second by Ms. Butler. Roll call, please. Mr. Lotus Yes. Ms. Wood Yes. Mr. Bailey Yes. Ms. Wood Yes. Ms. Butler Yes. Mr. Mather Yes. Motion carried. Thank you. Moving on to section four discussion information items for this evening. Item A, review policy 5000 students. Dr. Settles. Yeah. Thank you so much. I think Santa might be on the roof.
071Uh The it is the month of May, so the 5000s are opened up for review. We do hope to be able to bring those back to you on June 8th, although I will tell you that is pending. Um we're waiting for some of the updates from the recent legislative session that come from our attorneys for policy language. So, if we are not able to bring that back um on June 8th, it'll be either late June or that first meeting in July. Uh this is always one of those we're kind of in the waiting for, and we have not um had the date released yet for when those will be available. But, please let us know if there's anything that you notice in there that you would like reviewed, and we're going through those one by
072one as well. Thank you, Dr. Settles. Item B, the bond of 2023 facility improvements update. Mr. Richards. Thank you again. Um yeah, our buildings and grounds finance subcommittee pretty much lives with this as an agenda item each month, and um gives you some more details of what's going on in the district for those three board members. Uh the little more specific specificity, but to give the community and the rest of the board an update of kind of where we're at with the facility projects associated with the bond is important. Um so, if you remember back in May of 2023, uh the PLCS voters approved a one $129.9 million facility improvement through a bond election. Hickory Hill, Terra Hill, Terra Heights, Trumbull Park, Parkview Heights, Walnut Creek, Bell, Portal, Patriot were some of the schools included
073along with Livingston, Pavilion Middle with the extensive renovations and then the additions at the two high schools as well. New elementary school, there was a lot to this one. A new young adult transition program which was mentioned earlier in the meeting. And then improvements to baseball and softball fields. And then also we have some safety and security projects throughout the whole district as well. So, kind of give you an update here for completed projects. And there there are some minor things here and there that we're still tweaking with some of these areas that we find as we go. But Hickory Hill, Terra, Trumbull, Parkview, YTP, the two high school additions, baseball and softball and then our safety security film and fencing are all completed except for the schools that are in progress right now. So,
074after this summer all the fencing will be done for example in all the elementary schools. Cuz we have about four of them under projects right now. Security film done in all the other buildings as well except for those that are under construction. Some of them have it and some don't quite have it yet. But they will by the end of August. So, that'll be good news. In progress, we do have the new elementary school which is in essence completed at this point. We got a little lots of little touch-ups going on there. Um, but substantial completion will be done June 1st. We'll be moving you know some of the summer staff in there July 1 and getting ready for the start of the school year at Lincoln View. I think somebody asked in our committee
075if will we have a ribbon cutting. I think we'll organize one as we get closer to the school year so we can get parents involved along with the board for the opening of the new elementary school. So, great question there. La Vista Middle, Papillion Middle, they're both I remember at one point they had said Sampson thought it might be a three-summer project. We're well ahead of schedule. We're probably over two-thirds done with with Papillion Middle. So, excited with that. Bell and Portal are over halfway done. Walnut Creek started up this spring. It's going fast with Sampson doing that one as well. Patriot will be starting this summer. And that'll be completed by Boyd Jones in August of 2027. Non-bond project just to throw in cuz it's a major project is Foundation Field Track. So, we
076should we hope to have that done in August 1st and uh it just so you know it should be black track by the time we start with the football season and then we come back about 6 weeks and stripe it. So, that's where we hope to be when you first next see it in in an event setting. Still need to start. So, you know, all 12 of our schools that were in the bond renovation projects are all receiving the infrastructure for the new safety and security measures with technology, with door monitoring, access controls, intercoms, phones, all of those things that were part of the bond. They will all have those as part of the projects. And then this fall we will come back with a design team which will involve BCDM and Alvine Engineering and
077do the designs for the rest of the buildings in the district to get that technology package I call it for safety and security. And we'll try to do more than likely half of those next summer 27. And then pick up the other half in 28. We'll see what the design team kind of thinks there. If we can pick up a little bit more than that we will. Um but that there's a lot of to that too is you know as we've have found out throughout these 12 projects. Um we do have uh a website that uh Christopher and his team has created on on all the projects and it's really really good. Uh if you go on there there's some videos from the bond squad on the website. Um I think it's plcs.dor/bonds. [snorts] Okay.
078I want to say get that right. But if you get a chance as board members in community I'm sure you guys have already checked it out. Um the community can check that out as well to kind of keep up with how these projects are going. So appreciate his team's work and kind of with all the Ripley recaps and uh the Wednesday newsletters keeping the uh community informed of what's going on throughout the district. With that if you have any questions I'd be glad to answer those. On any of those projects. I know you guys hear about it a lot already so but it's good to bring it out in front of the community here. Yeah. I appreciate the update and walking us through that um and the remaining remaining projects. I with projects that we've
079um uh finished up and completed and the ones that are are currently ongoing. Um don't need specific numbers but roughly how are the the budgets going on them? Like how were our estimates back in when we estimated these in 2022 uh to to what we're actually uh paying now? How do we keep >> It's going really well. Um most projects I would say are coming under budget. Uh we have had a few that have gone a little bit over budget. Um but overall we're under budget for the projects that we've we've had going on which is great news. Um just to give you an idea we'll probably end up spending about $134 million on this bond. Um you know we're we're we spent about 99 already. That gives you an idea kind of where we're
080at expenditure-wise with the projects uh to get them completed. So we're well, you know, 3/4 of the way there. Yeah. And then we haven't talked about it in a while, but it was a big conversation when we went through with the or after the bond and when we started going through the the bidding process, how has the CMR CR CMR process been and is it continuing to see are you continuing to see benefits from that process compared to the other way? >> Absolutely. I think, you know, I know, you know, the district ran a new elementary project, the last one that was about five month or four months late for the school starting. That's a product of probably what the partnership was last time with just bidding them out. This one with the partners involved
081with everybody from BC DM to Alvin to you know, the Boyd Jones or Samson with those CMR projects. The new elementary is an example was Boyd Jones. You know, we have we we have week meetings every two weeks. It has just gone smooth, really smooth and it's ahead of schedule. That's what I kind of want to point out and I'm I think this one's trending towards under budget as well. Which we'll be able to share with the board once that that gets complete, but very I mean, we have great relationships with these folks and they really want the partnership to continue in the future. So, they're trying to do good and come in under budget. And and under schedule. So, it's been good. I appreciate it. Seeing no further questions or comments, thank you, Mr.
082Richards. Moving on to item C, our final item for section four discussion and information items is the review of the 4000 series on personnel. I know we have >> [clears throat] >> a few proposed changes. So, turn that over to Dr. Settled. Yep, thank you. Um, we have been reviewing these uh during the month of April and May and just have a few to discuss with you. So, on policy 4005, that would be a new policy that we would recommend for adoption. Uh we worked with KSB on this and adopted their language uh for internet searches regarding potential employees. Um, 4032 is a very slight military leave one. 4046 um does specifically combine two um both 4046 and 4116. So, it would eliminate 4116, which discusses tutors. So, that one also can fall under 4046.
083So, that would be our recommendation is to move that piece into 4046. 4104 um primarily addresses um educators and certificated staff as opposed to calling all of those teachers. And um lastly, one that would be a change for us um 4141 is resignation. So, previously we would typically have our intent to returns due you around March 15th, which is the earliest that you can by Nebraska state law ask someone to guarantee they are coming back for the next year. Um we would recommend so then previously we've had in our board language that people could still be let out by April 15th. That's been kind of confusing for staff going, but I thought I already signed on back in March and now I have until April and it's created some confusion. We also think just moving
084that date and eliminating that confusion is going to be helpful um as we uh you know, work to making sure that we're not uh waiting till too late and we're not the ones that are stuck out there uh with people resigning late, either. So, um it does also add suitable replacement language as sometimes there are situations that come up and we're able to fill their positions and allow people to um, get out of a contract after that March 15th date. So, those are the items um, and I would certainly entertain any questions. Otherwise, we'll come back to you um, at the June 8th meeting. Any questions on those? Yeah. Um, I appreciate you going over those. This The new policy uh, confuses me a little bit and so maybe it's further conversation with KSB. Uh,
085cuz the start of it is the members of the either admin team or hiring committee, but then everything on there is on the committee can do those things. So, I guess the question is uh, one is the commi- if someone if a member of the hiring committee is doing their own searches, they have the responsibility to then inform the committee on what they're doing or is there a person on the committee like that is head and they're the ones doing these searches? Uh, to me I it's it's a little confusing um, with the members and then the committee itself doing these. Yeah. What I would say is it probably protects that group. So, it certainly there's always going to be a lead on um, hiring and someone's going to be the one setting those up
086and selecting who those candidates are that come forward, but this would protect a small group that's taking part in the interview if they do wish to um, look further into a candidate. And I think that's um, probably a a practice that we just want to make sure that uh, we're protecting and that people are doing so in a way that would be appropriate not uh, you saw some of the pieces in there of things that you must not do. Yeah. Then how are the members going to be educated cuz I mean, you can have a lot of people on hiring committees or in the district or every building? How's that going to be? >> will need to be from their leaders who are the ones that are chairing that um hiring process. So, every January,
087we do have an annual training for our administrators on hiring practices and this is one of those pieces in there. Okay. So, to give you a specific example, Mr. Madler, if it's a teacher, for example, where uh the the final hiring decision is very likely going to be made by the administrator, the building principal, he or she would be almost certainly the one that would be uh spearheading the the different steps outlined in this proposed policy. If it's a district-level position, a director, an assistant superintendent, for example, it's either going to be myself or Dr. Settles that's leading that up. I think it's important to note two things. One, what this does is it it codifies what we're really already doing. Um this won't be anything necessarily novel or new, I would say, for a
088good many years. This has just been something we do when we uh hire, whether it's a teacher, classified staff, particularly an administrator in a high-profile position, we'll do a quick Google search. So, working with KSB gives us some guidelines, but it's it's really what we're already doing. I think the other thing that uh I think for our public to know um that this is very common practice in law enforcement and one of the things the board asked us to do approximately 6 months ago was work with other publicly funded agencies in high-stakes positions where we're routinely dealing with the public. Uh and this is one of the things that law enforcement routinely does, too, when they're screening candidates is using Google searches. So, I hope that answers your question. Yeah, I think that that makes
089sense and I and I appreciate us getting a policy in place to um give those on these committees uh you know, maybe more guardrails on what they they should and shouldn't be doing in regard to the searches. Uh the one question I'd probably have maybe go back to KSB is in is do we need to put in here on something if if an individual member of the hiring committee is doing these Google searches or whatever searches, looking at the profiles, what response There's nowhere in here do they have a responsibility to share with the actual committee anything that they are using or finding in the determination process? Uh and and I think that's maybe where I'm confused, where all of these are based on the committee doing it, but nothing on like the individual an
090individual member of that committee doing it. And maybe just some clarification from KSB on it. Yeah. All right, thanks. Any other questions, comments? If you think of some, obviously, uh please share those with Dr. Settles as we move forward to seeing this likely as an action item on the next agenda. Uh that concludes section four discussion and information items. Uh we do not have any public comment for items not on tonight's agenda. So, we will move on to section six future board calendar. Uh as was mentioned earlier in the meeting, May 14th, 2026, the Ideal Graduation at Monarchs at 6:00 p.m. May 22nd, 2026, the official last day of school. May 25th, 2026, the uh central office uh offices will be closed uh to celebrate Memorial Day. June 8th, 2026 is the next Board of
091Education meeting at 6:00 p.m. here at the central office. Seeing no further business before this board, I will adjourn the Papillion-La Vista Community Schools Board of Education meeting for May 11th, 2026 at 7:13 p.m. Thank you all.