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PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION March 15, 2022 Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at 5 p.m. at the school. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the March 9 newspaper, to order at 5 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the board room. Members present: Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: Candice Hoke. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Thiele, to approve absence of board member Candice Hoke....
Summerland Board of Education members worked through a number of agenda items, Feb. 16, during the board’s monthly meeting. Superintedent Kyle Finke shared potential pricing to pump water from the retention pond, located on the northeast corner of school property. Water should drain from the pond, but it’s been slow to leech from the pond since it was built. Board president Ed Nordby said standing water, of any kind, is a liability. According to Finke, Bob Napier, who farms the land surrounding...
SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Feb. 16, 2022 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 16, at the school. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was published in the Feb. 9, 2022, papers, to order at 12:08 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the boardroom. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Possible motion on board member absence. All board members were present. Motion by Kerkman, seconded...
Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, at the school. President Ed Nordby opened the meeting, which was advertised in the Jan. 12, 2022, newspapers, to order at 7:02 p.m. Visitors were welcomed. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the boardroom. All board members were present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Motion by Hoke, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele,...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION December 14, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 14, at 12 p.m., at the school. President Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the Dec. 8, 2021 newspapers, to order at 12:06 p.m. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act, posted in the board room. Motion by Wagner, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the agenda. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman,...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION November 16, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, at 7 p.m. at the school. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the Nov. 10 newspapers, to order at 7 p.m. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager,...
While community members and students gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Friday, at Summerland School, it seemed only fitting that background music for the event was supplied by a combine spilling golden kernels of corn into a semi-trailer. The completion of the school is the culmination of a decades-long attempt to consolidate the three schools into one, including multiple feasibility studies, straw votes by community members and varying district alliances. For different reasons, the...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Oct. 13, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the school. President Nordby called the meeting, advertised in the Oct. 6 paper, to order at 6:30 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings At poster in the boardroom. Members present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Schwager, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby,...
PROCEEDINGS BUDGET HEARING SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Sept. 13, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a budget hearing, Monday, Sept. 13, at 6 p.m., in the school board room. President Nordby opened the budget hearing, which was published in the paper on Sept. 8, at 6 p.m. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele. Absent: Jeremy Wagner. Nebraska Open Meetings Act was pointed out and visitors were recognized. Public participation was heard. Discussion:...
PROCEEDINGS TAX REQUEST HEARING SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Sept. 13, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a budget hearing, Monday, Sept. 13, at 6:25 p.m., in the school board room. President Nordby opened the tax hearing, which was published in the paper on Sept. 8 at 6:25 p.m. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele. Absent: Jeremy Wagner. Nebraska Open Meetings Act was pointed out and visitors were recognized. Public participation was heard....
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Sept. 13, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Monday, Sept. 13, following the budget and tax request hearings, in the school board room. President Nordby opened the budget hearing, which was published in the paper on Sept. 8 at 6:28 p.m. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele. Absent: Jeremy Wagner. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the absence of Jeremy Wagner. Voting aye:...
The Summerland School District will operate on a $13,331,200 budget in 2021-22. Board members approved the proposed budget and tax levy request during Monday's regular board meeting, the first held at the new school facility. During the budget hearing, held prior to the regular meeting, Superintendent Kyle Finkle said land valuations remained steady, except in Holt County, which saw a 9.24% decrease. "The proposed budget is to decrease general asking from 65 cents and change to 55 cents and...
It was a day for the record books. After pushing back the official start date for the 2021-2022 school year, Summerland kindergarten through 12th-grade students reported to class Monday under one roof, 16 months after construction began, and nearly three and one-half months ahead of the original completion date, at the cornfield school located at the intersection of 513 Avenue and Summerland Road. School buses, shuttles and cars led a steady of procession, delivering students to the unloading...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION Aug. 17, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021, at the Orchard site. President Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the Aug. 11 newspapers, to order at 7 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act poster in the room. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Hoke, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting...
Summerland Board of Education approved a letter asking the state school board of education to “proceed with caution” on the second round of proposed health standards during the board’s July 12 meeting, in Ewing. A motion passed unanimously after minimal discussion. Board member Nate Schwager, who helped create the letter, said, “The hardest thing is they already rejected the first set of standards. You just don’t know what to expect with the second.” Board of education president Ed Nordby said...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION July 12, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Monday, July 12, 2021, at the Ewing site. President Nordby called the meeting , which was advertised in the July 7 newspaper, to order at 6:03 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the boardroom. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye:...
Superintendet Dale Martin presented board members with information about health education standards proposed by the state board of education. Martin said, “I guess in my mind, this is a draft form and keep that in mind. They took input on the draft and now going back to committees. They’ll rewrite those and maybe several rewrites.” The superintendent said the proposed standards drew public input about standards being “too graphic ... and some things that parents should take care of and not the school.” If the proposed standards are approved by...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION May 10, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Monday, May 10, 2021, at the Ewing site. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the May 5 newspaper, to order at 6 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meeting Act posted in the room. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: Steven Thiele. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Schwager, to approve the absence of Thiele. Voting aye:...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION March 16, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Tuesday, March 16, at the Summerland - Orchard site. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was published in the March 10, 2021, newspapers, to order at 6:03 p.m. Roll call was taken. Board members present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele and Jeremy Wagner. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby,...
PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION February 15, 2021 Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Monday, Feb. 15, at 12 p.m., at the Ewing site. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was published in the February 10, 2021, newspaper, to order at 12 p.m. The Nebraska Open Meetings Act was noted in the room by Nordby. Roll call. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. All board members were present. Possible motion on board member absence....
A motion to remove a mask mandate for Summerland students in preschool through third grade failed during Monday's board of education meeting. The vote ended in a 3-3 tie. A handful of parents and patrons addressed the policy during public participation, and again, when the board addressed the agenda item. District patron, Seth Anson, of Ewing, said currently, masks are only a recommendation from the local health department. "It should be the parents choice to take the masks off our kids," he...
PROCEEDINGS Summerland Public School Special Meeting Summerland Golf Course Clubhouse Summerland Board of Education held a special meeting, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at 5 p.m., at the Summerland Golf Course Clubhouse. President Ed Nordby called the meeting to order at 5:11 p.m. The Nebraska Open Meetings Act was posted in the room. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jermey Wagner. Possible motion on board member absence. All members were present. President Nordby recognized the...
PROCEEDINGS Summerland Public School Special Meeting Summerland Golf Course Clubhouse Summerland Board of Education held a special meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, at 5 p.m., at the Summerland Golf Course Clubhouse. President Ed Nordby called the meeting to order at 5:05 p.m. The Nebraska Open Meetings Act was posted in the room. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jermey Wagner. Possible motion on board member absence. All members were present. President Nordby recognized the...
PROCEEDINGS Summerland Public School Special Meeting Summerland Golf Course Clubhouse Summerland Board of Education held a special meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, at 5 p.m., at the Summerland Golf Course Clubhouse. President Ed Nordby called the meeting to order at 5 p.m. The Nebraska Open Meetings Act was posted in the room. Roll call was taken. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Jermey Wagner. Steve Thiele joined the meeting at 5:12 p.m. Possible motion on board member absence. All members were present....
PROCEEDINGS Summerland Public School Special Meeting Summerland Golf Course Clubhouse Summerland Board of Education held a special meeting, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2021, at 3 p.m., at the Summerland Golf Course Clubhouse. President Ed Nordby called the meeting to order at 3:03 p.m. The Nebraska Open Meetings Act was posted in the room. Roll call was taken. Present: Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jermey Wagner. Candice Hoke joined the meeting at 3:12 p.m. Possible motion on board member absence. All members were present....
