Aug. 19, 2025

Following each Board of Education meeting, District Communications provides a recap in the Board Digest.

Research Team Wins National Award for Innovative Use of Data

The #OPSProud Spotlight celebrated the Omaha Public Schools Research team for winning a 2025 Qualtrics XM Breakthrough Artist Award. The award recognized the team's innovative use of data to improve the educational environment for staff and students.

Consent Agenda Items

Consent agenda items are packaged into one agenda item. They are often routine and garner very little discussion.

Items included:

• Approval of Agreement with Collective for Youth for the 2025-2026 School Year with Automatic One-Year Renewals Unless Terminated
• Approval of Amendment to Vehicle Transportation Services for Title 1 Pre-Kindergarten and Homeless Students Contract with Collaborative Student Transportation, LLC per Bid No. 23-087 (Projected: $240,500.00)
• Approval to Award Proposal No. P006-25 to Stanbury Uniforms, LLC., for Band Uniforms at South High for the 2025-2026 School Year ($82,322.76)
• Approval of Contracts with Agencies for Special Education Services for the 2025-2026 School Year ($3,345,410.00)
• Approval of Contribution Agreement Contract with Metropolitan Community College Covering Collaborative Work Providing Dual Enrollment Credit Opportunities to Students and Instructional Support for Teachers and School Staff for the 2025-2026 School Year ($79,909.22)
• Approval of Delegate Request for One-Time Nutrition and Healthy Eating Supplemental Funds for Kitchen Equipment ($127,690.00)
• Approval to Exercise the First One-Year Option to Extend the Agreement with Waste Management of Nebraska, Inc. to Provide Waste Removal ($624,825.88)
• Approval of a One-Year Contract with MyStaff to Provide Temporary Staffing as Needed to Fill Essential Positions for the 2025-2026 School Year ($50,266.00)
• Approval of the Memorandum of Understanding with Service Employees International Union Local 226 Office Personnel Relating to Contracting Out Temporary Office Personnel Services
• Approval of Purchase Agreement and Data Protection Agreement with HMH Education Company to Purchase Read 180 Reading Intervention Curriculum to Support Secondary Special Education ($93,588.30)
• Approval to Purchase of Production Equipment from B&H Photo and Sweetwater to be used in the District’s Elementary and Middle Schools ($56,559.07)
• Approval of School Agreements with Walsworth Publishing Company, Inc. for Yearbook Contracts for the 2025-2026 School Year ($6,500.00)
• Approval of Proposed Staffing Adjustments

View the entire consent agenda.

School Financing Review Commission Update

Shavonna Holman, Ed.D., updated colleagues on the first meeting of the School Financing Review Commission. The Nebraska Legislature approved the creation of the commission last session. It is comprised of 18 members, including Holman as a representative of Omaha Public Schools. The commission’s responsibility is to study and provide advisory recommendations related to school funding in Nebraska. The first meeting focused largely on the commission’s organizational structure and goals. It appears the commission will meet monthly through 2025. The commission will meet again in September. Holman committed to updating the Board of Education following each meeting.

Accountability Committee Update

Holman also updated the Board of Education on the work of the Accountability Committee. At a recent meeting, members finalized the recommended goals and timeline for evaluating the Superintendent during the 2025-26 school year, which members considered as an action item later on the agenda.

Adoption of the Proposed Goal Indicators and Timeline for the Evaluation of the Superintendent

Following the Accountability Committee information item, the Board of Education approved the goal indicators and timeline for the Superintendent’s evaluation process in the 2025-26 school year. View the goals and timeline in detail.

Approval to Waive Policy 7000 to Procure Eight Collins Nine-Passenger Vans from Masters Transportation ($679,200.00)

Board members approved waiving Policy 7000 to purchase the identified vehicles.

Next Omaha Public Schools Board of Education Meeting

A Board meeting is scheduled for Sept. 8, 2025. It is tentatively scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m.

Board of Education Agenda

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