Waverly Public Schools Board of Education Packet Summary — August 26, 2026
The School District 145–Waverly Board of Education is scheduled to hold a special meeting at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 26, 2026, in the Central Office Board Room, 14511 Heywood Street, Waverly, Nebraska. The meeting notice identifies two purposes for the special session: consideration of the 2025–2026 fiscal year claims and work with the district's superintendent search firm.
Key Items on the Agenda
Final 2025–2026 Fiscal Year Claims and Depreciation Transfer
The board is scheduled to consider approval of the district's final 2025–2026 fiscal year claims and depreciation transfer. The packet includes a check register totaling $1,044,690.51 across two checking accounts, with no voids listed.
The largest item in the register is a $920,000.00 transfer to the School District 145 Depreciation Fund. Other listed expenditures include:
- $88,050.63 to Lincoln Electric System.
- $15,809.00 to Rutt's Mechanical Services Inc.
- $4,461.30 to Summit Fire Protection.
- $3,964.99 to Dietze Music House.
- $2,453.29 to National Art & School Supplies.
- $1,695.00 to Black Diamond Enterprises Inc.
- $1,642.21 to Hampton Inn Kearney.
- $1,550.00 to the Nebraska Council of School Administrators.
The agenda presents approval of the final fiscal-year claims and depreciation transfer as a recommended action. Although the packet's standard motion language includes the word “Passed,” it also uses placeholder board-member names; the packet does not document an August 26 vote as an already-completed action.
Superintendent Search Firm Discussion
The agenda includes a Superintendent Search Firm Discussion as a discussion item. The special-meeting notice states that one purpose of the meeting is “to work with the superintendent search firm.”
The packet does not identify the search firm, describe specific proposals, list candidates, provide contract terms, or specify an action the board is expected to take on the search. Based on the packet, this item is scheduled for discussion rather than presented as a defined action item.
Public Participation
The agenda includes Recognition of Visitors/Open Forum and attaches Board Policy 1200, “Public Input to the Board.” The policy says the board encourages public input on school issues while generally preferring that school-related concerns first proceed through established administrative channels.
Policy 1200 states that individual Open Forum presentations should be limited to three minutes, with a maximum of 30 minutes allotted for Open Forum. It also says matters raised through Open Forum are taken under advisement and are not acted upon at that time. The policy does not allow complaints about individuals during this forum and directs complaints concerning individual employees through the superintendent.
What to Watch at the Meeting
The special meeting has a narrowly focused agenda. The principal action item is the proposed approval of the final 2025–2026 fiscal year claims and depreciation transfer, including the $920,000 depreciation-fund transfer within a $1,044,690.51 check register.
The other substantive item is the superintendent search firm discussion. Because the packet provides no details about the firm or the specific questions before the board, the meeting itself may provide additional context about the district's superintendent-search process, but no particular decision or outcome is specified in the packet.
