Bancroft-Rosalie School receives Excellent classification by Nebraska Department of Education

Bancroft-Rosalie Community School was named an Excellent school, the highest classification possible, by the Nebraska Department of Education. Less than 20% of Nebraska Schools met the criteria to classified as Excellent. Bancroft-Rosalie Elementary was Excellent, The High School received a Great classification and the Middle School was classified as Good. An explanation of the rating system is listed below.

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School Board Meeting News

Bancroft-Rosalie School Board news

The Bancroft-Rosalie Board of Education met Monday, July 13, 2015 at 7:30 pm in Bancroft. Superintendent Cerny presented the June transportation report, NeSA results, the ReVision Grant, the Preschool Expansion Grant, and plans for 1:1 IPad minis in grades 3-6. Handbook changes for 2014-15 and athletic schedules were distributed.

Annual hearings were held to discuss the Student Fee Policy, the Parent Involvement Policy, the Bullying policy, and the Attendance Policy. All three were adopted without changes.

In new business, the board reviewed the school census and the list of bus drivers, van drivers, substitute teachers, and substitute paraprofessionals. The board named First Bank of Bancroft as the official bank for the general fund and First Community Bank for all other funds, named the Wisner News-Chronicle as the official newspaper, selected KSB School Law as legal council, and set hot lunch prices and class enrollment limits.

The board gave first approval to new policies on Return To Learn From Cancer, Fire Drills, and Bids and Contracts for Facilities. The amended policies on Minutes of Meeings, Anti-Discrimination for Employees and Students, Equal Opportunity Employment, Academic Content Standards, Special Education, Records Management and Disposal, and Construction Bidding were all given first approval.

Teacher contracts were approved for Lacey Sateren and Britanny Stanek. New paraprofessionals hired were Shawn Monroe, Samantha Logeman, and Heidi Hilsinger.

July School Board Agenda

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Bancroft-Rosalie Community School

Regular Board of Education Meeting Agenda

Monday, July 13, 2015 --- 7:30 p.m. in Bancroft

1.   Call to Order

2.   Roll Call

3.   Open Meetings Act

3.   Read and approve the minutes of the June 8, 2015 Regular Board Meeting.

4.   Treasurer’s Report

      A. Approve the Bills

      B. Financial Review

5.   Review Agenda

6.   Public Hearing

7.   Administrator’s Reports:

      A. Superintendent’s Report

      B. Principal’s Report

      C. Board Committee Reports

           1. Negotiations                                   2. Citizenship/Instruction/ Americanism

           3. Personnel                                        4. Buildings and Grounds.

           5. Transportation.                                6. Insurance.

           7. Reorganization

8.   Old Business:

      A.

9. New Business:

      A. Name official bank                             

           Name official newspaper

           Selection of legal council                   

           Set hot lunch prices

           Set class enrollment limits

     B.  Student Fees Policy:

           1. Review the amount of money collected from students pursuant to the                                                  student fee policy for 2014-15.

           2. Hold Public Hearing to receive input on the Student Fee Policy.

           3. Discuss, consider, and take action to adopt an amended Student Fees Policy,

               if determined appropriate.

     C. Parental Involvement Policy:

1. Hold Public Hearing to discuss, consider, and receive input on the Parental                             Involvement Policy. 

           2. Discuss, consider, and take action to adopt an amended Parental Involvement

               Policy, if determined appropriate.

     D. Bullying Policy:

          1. Review bullying policy.

          2. Discuss, consider, and take action to adopt an amended Bullying Policy, if

              determined appropriate.

     E. Attendance Policy:

          1. Review attendance policy.

          2. Discuss, consider, and take action to adopt an amended Attendance Policy, if

               determined appropriate.

     F. Review part-time and substitute staff

           - bus drivers, van drivers, substitute teachers, substitute paraprofessionals

     G. Annual Review of School Census

     H. First approval of new board policies

                        443.4              Return To Learn From Cancer

                        519                 Fire Drills

                        705.1              Facilities- Bids and Contracts

          First approval of amended board policies

                        158                 Minutes of meetings

                        308                 Anti-discrimination- Employees

                        322                 Equal Opportunity Employment

                        402                 Anti-discrimination- Students

                        527.2              Academic Content Standards

                        538                 Special Education Policies

                        708                 Records Management and Disposal

                        787.3              Construction Bidding

     I. Offer teaching contracts to Lacey Sateren and Britanny Stanek for Preschoo.

     J. Paraprofessional positions- Shawn Monroe, Samantha Logeman, and Heidi     Hilsinger.

10.  Executive Session

11.     Future Planning- Next scheduled meeting- Monday, August 10, 2015

12.     Adjournment.

B-R Elementary records outstanding NeSA scores

The Nebraska Department of Education released scores on Spring NeSA assessments Wednesday. Bancroft-Rosalie Elementary students results were great. The table below shows that 100% of B-R 3rd graders scored proficient in Math and 100% of 5th graders scored proficient in Reading.

Both 3rd and 4th grades scored 35% of the class exceeding the Math standard.

These results will help Bancroft-Rosalie Elementary School in our efforts to earn National Blue Ribbon status this Fall. The Blue Ribbon Schools will be announced in September.

Congratulations B-R Elementary students, staff, parents, and the communities for your efforts in helping every student to achieve.

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Nebraska film on poverty in education to debut August 5 in Bancroft

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“Standing Up to Poverty,” the film that addresses poverty in Nebraska schools, debuts 7:30 pm Wednesday, August 5 at the Bancroft-Rosalie School Media Center.

Produced by Nebraska Loves Public Schools (NElovesPS), the 30-minute film identifies some of the common challenges students living in poverty face and highlights some of the ways Nebraska schools are addressing the issue. The film reveals the impact limited basic resources have on students in our public schools it encourages viewers to do their part to generate awareness and support for public schools.

“Oftentimes, we’re judged on the numbers, the data, the percentages, the graphs,” Cara Riggs, former Omaha Public Schools principal said. “What’s left out of that is the human element … There’s a whole lot going on with them that they bring to us that we have to address in order to get to the academic achievement.”

With nearly two in five Nebraska children living in low-income households, the issue of poverty in education is an can be seen in counties across Greater Nebraska.

Immediately following the film, there will be a panel discussion focused on how the school and greater community work together to support its students in Bancroft and Rosalie. The panel will include Dr. Jon Cerny, Superintendent of Bancroft-Rosalie School and other B-R staff.

This film and its accompanying panel discussion are a special edition to the NElovesPS Film Screening Tour. The event is free and open to the public.

To learn more about the film, visit nelovesps.org/story/standing-up-to-poverty.

On Twitter, follow @NElovesPS. On Facebook, Facebook/NElovesPS.

About Nebraska Loves Public Schools

Since 2011, the Nebraska Loves Public Schools (NElovesPS) project has been documenting the stories happening in public schools across Nebraska. NElovesPS – a 2013 Webby Awards Official Honoree, PovertyCure Film Festival Official Selection and Film Streams 2013 Local Filmmaker honoree – produces a series of documentaries that explore a range of issues with the goal of raising awareness about Nebraska's public schools. NElovesPS is funded by the Sherwood Foundation. To learn more visit nelovesps.org, Facebook (facebook.com/nelovesps) or Twitter (@nelovesps).

Nebraska Loves Public Schools is dedicated to supporting public education one documentary film at a time.

For more information on this film stop and Nebraska Loves Public Schools, contact Ron Azoulay at ron@nelovesps.org. To schedule an interview with the production leads and participants in the film, contact Rebecca Stern at (916) 834-9409.