Millard Public Schools Packet Summary — 2026-07-06
Meeting: 2026-07-06 Board Meeting Agenda & Packet
Millard Public Schools is scheduled to consider a wide-ranging agenda covering student rules, Board governance policies, labor and employment matters, dual enrollment, legal representation, superintendent goals and contract terms, and personnel actions. The agenda also includes annual reports from Leadership & Learning and Educational Services.
Key Items on the Agenda
Superintendent Contract and 2026–27 Goals
The Board is scheduled to consider approval of a 2026–2029 superintendent contract. Packet materials identify a total contract cost of $1,415,422.92, including $461,758.13 for 2026–27 base pay, additional compensation and benefits and $953,664.79 in future base pay, additional compensation and benefits under the contract.
Separately, the Board is scheduled to consider the superintendent's 2026–27 goals. The proposed goals center on three broad areas:
- Strategic Plan implementation, including instructional practices, support for diverse learners, programs of choice, partnerships, communications, and alumni/community engagement.
- Curriculum and organizational improvement, including implementation of K–12 English language arts changes, evaluation of student and staff technology, implementation of new district network topology, recommendations on secondary student devices, and preparation for the next five-year strategic planning cycle beginning in August 2027.
- Facilities and budget planning, including implementation of the 2025 bond referendum, non-bond facility recommendations, completion and opening of the GreenState Millard Activity Center at the Keith Lutz Horizon High School campus, and evaluation of the existing levy override before the 2027–28 school year.
The packet calls for semester progress reports or goal reflections showing tangible progress toward the superintendent's strategic-plan objectives.
District Attorney Appointment
Following an evaluation of legal services in June 2026 that included law-firm interviews and scoring, the administration recommends that the Board appoint the Perry Law Firm as the District's attorney under Board Policy 9210. The packet states that Perry Law Firm received the highest score among the firms interviewed.
The Board also has a first reading of Policy 9210, Attorney, which authorizes the Board to appoint an attorney and allows the superintendent or designees to engage District counsel or other attorneys when appropriate.
Custodial, Grounds and Maintenance Labor Agreement
The Board is scheduled to consider a two-year negotiated agreement with Service Employees International Union Local 226 covering custodial, grounds and maintenance employees for 2026–27 and 2027–28.
The packet says the union approved the tentative agreement on June 20, 2026. The estimated total compensation-package increase averages 3.55% per year. Administration recommends approval and authorization for the superintendent or designee to execute the related documents.
The agenda includes approval of the 2026–2027 Secondary Partnerships Agreement between Metropolitan Community College and Millard Public Schools, continuing the district's concurrent-enrollment relationship.
Under the proposed agreement, eligible high school students can receive full MCC college credit for MCC courses taught in the high-school setting. Among the agreement's provisions:
- Concurrent-enrollment instructors must meet MCC faculty qualifications.
- MCC must approve course content, contact hours and syllabi.
- Students must be considered college-ready under criteria determined and recommended by the high school.
- Students must register as MCC students.
- Students will not be charged tuition or facilities fees for 2026–27, although they remain responsible for applicable course-specific fees.
- MCC credits appear on an MCC transcript, with transferability determined by the receiving institution.
Student Policy and Rule Changes
Several student-related rules are scheduled for approval in response to recent Nebraska legislation.
Enrollment Option Program — Rule 5100.3
The Board is scheduled to consider revisions to the district's Nonresident Students: Enrollment Option Program following passage of LB 653.
The rule addresses application deadlines, school and grade-level capacity, enrollment priorities, wait lists and procedures for newly available option-enrollment spaces. Among its provisions, siblings of option students enrolled in the district receive priority and, under specified circumstances, automatic acceptance. The rule also establishes processes for applications received after the regular March 15 deadline and for filling spaces that become available after June 1.
Attendance and Excessive Absenteeism — Rule 5200.1
Proposed updates to the district's attendance rule are tied to LB 937. The rule defines eight or more absences during a school year, or the hourly equivalent, as excessive absenteeism.
At eight absences, the rule provides for district services aimed at addressing attendance barriers and requires written notice to parents or guardians. Another notice is required at 15 absences. The proposed rule provides that after 20 or more unexcused absences, the attendance officer may file a report with the county attorney after required district interventions and family notification.
The rule also identifies circumstances that may qualify as excused absences, including illness, medical appointments, family events, religious observances, college visits, safety matters, military-service matters and limited personal or family vacations.
Student Discipline — Rule 5400.1
Updates to Rule 5400.1, Student Discipline, are also presented in connection with LB 653.
Among the provisions in the proposed rule, students in pre-kindergarten through second grade generally may not be suspended from school and instead are to receive in-school disciplinary measures. Exceptions are provided for specified circumstances involving a deadly weapon or violent behavior capable of causing physical harm.
The rule also sets procedures for short- and long-term suspensions, emergency exclusions, expulsions, mandatory reassignment, hearings and appeals. For short-term suspensions, the proposed language requires notice of the charges and evidence and calls for written information about school efforts and resources intended to address the behavior and maximize strategies for keeping the student in school.
Exempt and Nonpublic School Participation
Two rules are scheduled for approval following passage of LB 937:
- Rule 6675.1 — Exempt Schools: Requests for Programs, Services or Materials
- Rule 6680.1 — Nonpublic Schools: Requests for Programs, Services
The proposed rules address circumstances under which resident students attending exempt or nonpublic schools may participate in district programs and extracurricular activities.
Both rules include provisions allowing qualifying students to participate in interscholastic athletics and activities under specified enrollment and eligibility requirements. They also address special-education services, course enrollment requirements and district review of requests based on factors including program availability, space and eligibility.
Board Governance and Open Meetings
The packet contains an extensive group of Board policies and rules undergoing their periodic review cycle.
Open Meetings Procedures — Rule 8340.1
The Board is scheduled to consider revisions to Rule 8340.1, Meetings, intended to align district procedures with changes to the Nebraska Open Meetings Act enacted through LB 596.
The proposed rule provides for advance public notice of Board meetings through the district website and establishes procedures for agendas, media notification and emergency meetings. It states that, except for emergency items, an agenda may not be altered later than 24 hours before a meeting begins and that 48 hours' advance notice is considered sufficient.
For an emergency meeting without reasonable advance public notice, the nature of the emergency must be recorded in the minutes, formal action must be limited to the emergency, and complete minutes are to be available by the end of the next regular business day.
Board Vacancy Procedure — Rule 9100.1
The Board is scheduled to consider the rule governing how a Board vacancy would be filled.
The procedure calls for public notice and applications, including a résumé and a petition signed by at least 50 registered voters in the district. If more than five qualified candidates apply, the Board would narrow the field to five finalists, interview finalists at a Committee of the Whole meeting and select a new member by roll-call voting at a subsequent regular Board meeting.
First Readings
Two policies are presented for first reading rather than final approval:
- Policy 9210 — Attorney, addressing appointment and use of legal counsel.
- Policy 9370 — Minutes, detailing the information required in Board meeting minutes and public access to those records.
Policies and Rules Scheduled for Approval or Reaffirmation
The agenda also includes approval or reaffirmation of numerous governance provisions, including:
- Rule 8240.1 governing recognition and benefits for retiring Board members.
- Policies 8240 and 9000 concerning Board-member retirement and general Board bylaws.
- Policy 9100 concerning the creation and filling of Board vacancies.
- Policy 9112 and Rules 9112.1 and 9112.2 concerning Board committees and appointments.
- Policy 9220 defining duties of the independent auditor.
- Policy 9300 concerning the authority, duties and responsibilities of individual Board members.
- Policies 9310 and 9320 addressing meeting notification and construction of agendas.
- Policy 9330 concerning approval of administrative rules.
- Policy 9340 concerning a Board quorum.
- Policy 9360 concerning meeting conduct and parliamentary procedure.
- Policy 5480 concerning student search and seizure.
These items are largely identified in the packet as part of the district's seven-year policy-review cycle.
Personnel Actions
The Human Resources portion of the agenda recommends hiring two special-education teachers for the 2026–27 school year:
- Charlotte M. Parker — Special Education Resource teacher at Andersen Middle School.
- Turner A. Goa — Special Education teacher at Rockwell and Cottonwood Elementary Schools.
The packet also recommends rescinding a previously approved 0.5 FTE contract addendum for Anjela A. Stanek. The packet states that the addendum had been approved April 13, 2026, and that rescinding it would allow continued full-time employment for 2026–27.
Routine Financial Business
The routine-matters portion of the agenda includes approval of bills and receipt of the Treasurer's Report for placement on file. The packet's check register prepared for the July 6 meeting reports an overall total of $12,044,311.84.
Routine business also includes approval of the June 1, 2026 Board meeting minutes and a summary of the June 8, 2026 Board Committee of the Whole meeting.
The agenda schedules annual reports from:
- Leadership & Learning
- Educational Services
Packet materials supporting the Leadership & Learning work describe district systems for administrator development and evaluation, principal supervision, new-administrator induction, leadership development, staff professional learning and school site planning.
The materials also show a broad professional-development program covering curriculum and instruction, Universal Design for Learning, literacy and the Science of Reading, mathematics, student behavior and support systems, technology and artificial intelligence, staff safety, special education, leadership development and other operational areas.
What to Watch at the Meeting
Several agenda items could shape district operations beyond this single meeting:
- The 2026–2029 superintendent contract and 2026–27 superintendent goals establish employment terms and proposed priorities for district leadership.
- The proposed SEIU agreement covers two school years and carries an estimated average annual total-package increase of 3.55%.
- Changes to student attendance, discipline and enrollment rules respond to new state legislation and affect district procedures for students and families.
- The MCC agreement would continue concurrent enrollment for 2026–27 without tuition or facilities fees for participating students, although course-specific fees may apply.
- The proposed appointment of Perry Law Firm would establish the district's recommended legal representation following its 2026 review of legal services.
- The superintendent goals anticipate continued work on the 2025 bond referendum, the GreenState Millard Activity Center, district technology, K–12 ELA implementation and planning for the district's next five-year strategic-plan cycle.
Official public-body source: Millard Public Schools
Official Meeting Source URL: https://www.mpsomaha.org/sites/default/files/resource-items/2026-07-06%20Board%20Meeting%20Agenda%20%26%20Packet.pdf
Public body's meeting/document listing page: https://www.mpsomaha.org/board-education/board-agendas-packets
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