May 17, 2022
Following each Board of Education meeting, the Office of District Communications recaps the board meeting in the Board Digest.
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Students Earn Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy |
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The Board of Education #OPSProud spotlight recognized students who received the Nebraska Seal of Biliteracy. Seventy students received this honor for 2022. To earn this honor, students have to take a foreign language for at least three years and pass a proficiency exam in English and another language. |
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Board of Education Consent Agenda |
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Consent agenda items are packaged into one agenda item. They are often routine and garner very little discussion.
The consent agenda items were:
- Staff Adjustments
- Acceptance of the Certificate of Substantial Completion for Buena Vista High School – 2018 Bond Program
- Acceptance of the Certificate of Substantial Completion for Westview High School – 2018 Bond Program
- Approval of Amendment No. 002 to the Agreement with MCL Construction – Morton Middle School Capital Improvements & Addition Project – 2018 Bond Program – (Add $758,412.55) Revised Total $11,008,412.55
- Approval to Award Bid No. 22-063 and Contract to Ray Martin Company of Omaha for Chiller Replacement at Skinner Magnet Elementary School, Spring of 2023 ($584,800.00)
- Approval to Award Bid No. 22-075 to Independent Roofing for Roof Replacements and Repairs at Central High School, Wilson Focus School, McMillan Middle School and Minne Lusa Elementary, Summer of 2022 and Summer of 2023 ($1,949,400.00)
- Approval to Award Proposal No. P001-22 to Savvas, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Bedford Freeman & Worth for Mathematics Textbooks and Resources and the Attached Contracts and Data Protection Agreements to be used in the District’s Middle Schools and High Schools Grades 6-12 for the 2022-2023 through 2028-2029 School Years ($7,476,805.44)
- Approval to Award Proposal No. P031-21 to Savvas for Mathematics Textbooks and Resources and the Attached Contract and Data Protection Agreements to be used in the District’s Kindergarten through Fifth Grade Classrooms and Spanish/English Dual Language Programs for the 2022-2023 through 2028-2029 School Years ($7,799,999.95)
- Approval to Award Proposal No. P037-21 to Carnegie Learning, Vista Higher Learning, and Wayside Publishing for World Languages Textbooks and Resources and the Attached Contracts and Data Protection Agreements to be used in the District’s Middle Schools and High Schools for the 2022-2023 through 2028-2029 School Years ($2,130,648.13)
- Approval of a Contract with Completely KIDS for Next Level Learning Direct Services Acceleration Camps from RFP 019-22 from July 6, 2022, through July 22, 2022 with Three Optional One-Year Extensions ($90,413.55)
- Approval of a Contract with LEGO Brand Retail, Inc. (Doing Business as LEGO Education US) for Enrichment Curriculum for Next Level Learning RFP 019-22 from May 15, 2022 through July 22, 2022 with Three Optional One-Year Extensions ($299,529.00)
- Approval of a Contract with National Inventors Hall of Fame, Inc. for Next Level Learning Enrichment Curriculum from RFP 019-22 beginning May 15, 2022 through July 22, 2022, with Three Optional One-Year Extensions ($1,799,175.00)
- Approval of Contract with Prime Secured formerly Prime Communication for Renewal of Genetec Security Network for Genetec Advantage from August 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025 ($298,020.41)
- Approval of a Contract and Data Protection Agreement with Woz U Education for Next Level Learning Enrichment Curriculum for Enrichment Materials from RFP 019-22 beginning May 15, 2022 through July 22, 2022, with Three Optional One-Year Extensions ($362,400.00)
- Approval to Extend Licensing and Professional Learning for Digital Literacy Platform to Lexia Learning Systems LLC from June 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022 ($158,875.00)
- Approval of Head Start Fiscal Year 2022 Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) and Quality Improvement Grant Application ($231,514.00)
- Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with Service Employees International Union Local 226 regarding Shift Differential for Third Shift
- Approval to Purchase Automated External Defibrillators (AED) Zoll Plus from Rescue One to Replace 77 Units that have reached their useful life throughout the District, Summer 2022 ($88,935.00)
- Approval to Purchase Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collections, English Language Arts Curriculum and the Attached Contracts and Data Protection Agreement for Buena Vista and Westview High Schools for the 2022-2023, 2023-2024 School Years and for Blue Stem Middle School for the 2023-2024 School Year ($492,058.89)
- Approval to Purchase Introduction to Health Science Technology Textbooks from Cengage Learning and Attached Contract for Buena Vista and Westview High Schools for Use Beginning with the 2022-2023 School Year ($33,496.69)
- Approval to Purchase Reading Intervention Teacher and Student Materials from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and Attached Contracts and Data Protection Agreement for Buena Vista and Westview High Schools for the 2022-2023, 2023-2024 School Years ($50,693.76)
- Approval to Purchase Science Textbooks and Student Materials from Savvas and Attached Contract and Data Protection Agreement for Buena Vista and Westview High Schools for the 2022-2023 School Year ($133,106.12)
- Approval to Purchase Social Studies Textbooks and Student Materials from McGraw Hill and Attached Contracts and Data Protection Agreement for Buena Vista and Westview High Schools for the 2022-2023 School Year ($93,824.00)
- Approval to Purchase Textbooks for Principles of Education from Savvas Learning Company for the Teaching as a Profession Pathway offered at Nine High Schools beginning in the 2022-2023 School Year ($40,440.22)
- Approval to Purchase Textbooks from Savvas for Metropolitan Community College Business Math and Metropolitan Community College Technical Math Courses and Attached Contract and Data Protection Agreement beginning with the 2022-2023 School Year ($80,994.00)
- Approval of Service Agreement with Jacobs Project Management Company for Work Outside of the 2018 Bond Projects (Not to Exceed $55,000)
- View the entire consent agenda.
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Board of Education Action Items |
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Update to Policies 5403, 5404, 5405, 5406, and 5407 |
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The Policy Committee recommended changes to the following policies. The policies will come before the Board for a second reading in the future.
Policy adjustments:
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Board of Education Information Items |
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Mark Sommer of Jacobs and Omaha Public Schools staff provided an update on the 2018 Phase 2 Bond. The bond continues to be on time and within budget. Due to our district's cost savings, an additional $10 million of work was added. All bond projects are scheduled to wrap up by Spring 2023, including Bluestem Middle School.
Contract Commitments = $398.5 million
Small and Emerging Businesses = $40.3 million
25 Projects
11 - Construction
4 - Closeout
10 - Complete
As part of the work to engage students in the bond work, there have been 6,775 student engagement experiences.
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Next Omaha Public Schools Board of Education Meeting
The next regularly scheduled Board Meeting is tentatively scheduled for June 6, 2022. It is tentatively scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Please be aware that meetings in June, July and August 2022 will begin at 6 p.m.
Board of Education Agenda
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