The Board of Education of the Lyons-Decatur School District No. 20 met in regular session on Monday, August 10, 2026, in the Media Center. Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by publishing notice in the Burt County Independent, designated method for giving notice. Meeting notices were also posted at the Superintendent's office and on the school website. Notice of the meeting was given in advance to all members and agenda was communicated in the notice to the board of this meeting. All proceedings hereinafter were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public. Present were Archer, Bacon, Brehmer, Christiansen, Miller, Myers, Petersen, Troutman, and Vlach. The open meeting laws are posted on the north wall of the Media Center. Posted Locations: Burt County Independent, lyonsdecaturschools.org, front door of the school Posted Date: 7/30/26 President Lisa Christiansen opened the meeting at 7:30 p.m. Superintendent Report: The NASB area meeting in Fremont will be held on Wednesday, September 23rd. Commissioner Maher has invited me to be a member of the statewide Superintendent Advisory Committee, which meets 4 times per year at various locations across the state. The Decatur Bus Stop location is moving to the northside of the Sears Center. Principal Report: Activities and events are happening throughout the district – please check the website and social media sites for the latest happenings. It was moved by James Vlach, seconded by Chad Brehmer, to approve the consent agenda. Roll Call. Archer: Aye, Bacon: Aye,Brehmer: Aye, Christiansen: Aye, Miller: Aye, Myers: Aye, Petersen: Aye, Troutman: Aye, Vlach: Aye. Aye: 9, Nay: 0 It was moved by Evan Myers, seconded by Corey Petersen, to suspend the regular meeting and open the student fees policy hearing at 7:40 P.M. Roll Call. Archer: Aye, Bacon: Aye, Brehmer: Aye, Christiansen: Aye, Miller: Absent, Myers: Aye, Petersen: Aye, Troutman: Aye, Vlach: Aye. Aye: 8, Nay: 0, Absent: 1 Discussion the Student Fees Policy. It was moved by Jolene Troutman, seconded by Evan Myers, to close the student fees policy hearing and re-open the regular board meeting at 7:42 P.M. Roll Call. Archer: Aye, Bacon: Aye, Brehmer: Aye, Christiansen: Aye, Miller: Absent, Myers: Aye, Petersen: Aye, Troutman: Aye, Vlach: Aye. Aye: 8, Nay: 0, Absent: 1 It was moved by Evan Myers, seconded by Chad Brehmer, to suspend the regular meeting and open the parental involvement policy hearing at 7:43 P.M. Roll Call. Archer: Aye, Bacon: Aye, Brehmer: Aye, Christiansen: Aye, Miller: Absent, Myers: Aye, Petersen: Aye, Troutman: Aye, Vlach: Aye. Aye: 8, Nay: 0, Absent: 1 Discussion on the Parental Involvement Policy. It was moved by Corey Petersen, seconded by Jolene Troutman, to close the parental involvement policy hearing and re-open the regular meeting at 7:45 P.M. Roll Call. Archer: Aye, Bacon: Aye, Brehmer: Aye, Christiansen: Aye, Miller: Aye, Myers: Aye, Petersen: Aye, Troutman: Aye, Vlach: Aye. Aye: 9, Nay: 0 It was moved by James Vlach, seconded by Evan Myers, to approve board policies: 5001 - Attendance and Excessive Absenteeism, 5018 - Parental Involvement Policy, 5045 - Student Fee Policy, 5052 - Wellness, 5054 - Bullying, 5057 - Title 1 Parental Involvement Policy, 6005 - Academic Credits and Graduation, as presented. Roll Call. Archer: Aye, Bacon: Aye, Brehmer: Aye, Christiansen: Aye, Miller: Aye, Myers: Aye, Petersen: Aye, Troutman: Aye, Vlach: Aye. Aye: 9, Nay: 0 The end-of-fiscal-year board meeting will be Monday, August 31st at 7:30 p.m. The next regular board meeting will be Monday, September 14th at 7:30 p.m. President Christiansen closed the meeting at 7:58 p.m. I the undersigned, secretary of the School District of Lyons-Decatur Northeast, in the County of Burt, in the State of Nebraska, hereby certify that all of the subjects included in the foregoing proceedings were contained in the agenda for the meeting, kept continually current and available for inspection at the office of the secretary, located in the main office of the school, Lyons Center, except those items of an emergency nature added at the meeting by motion and roll call vote, that such subjects were contained in said agenda for at least 24 hours prior to said meeting that said minutes of the Board of Education of the School District of Lyons-Decatur Northeast in the County of Burt, State of Nebraska were in written form and available for inspection by the public within 24 hours and prior to the next convened meeting of said body; that all news media requesting notification concerning meeting of said body were provided advance notification of the time and place of said meeting and subjects to be discussed at said meeting. Secretary, Board of Education ATTEST President, Board of Education Lyons-Decatur Northeast School GENERAL FUND A/C DEPT BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NE,"1,200.84" AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES,"3,667.44" APPEARA,926.83 "BEAUDETTE, LINDSEY ",825.81 BURT COUNTY INDEPENDENT,365.24 CITY OF LYONS,"4,500.70" CLASSIC CLEAN CARWASH,15.00 CLEARFLY,134.44 CNA AUTO SERVICES,"2,188.66" "DOHT, ELIZABETH ",81.20 EAKES OFFICE SOLUTIONS,"3,346.27" EBSCO ACCOUNTS RECEIVEABLE,468.71 EDUCATIONAL SERVICE UNIT #2,100.00 EDUCATIONAL SERVICE UNIT #6,100.00 ESU COORDINATING COUNCIL,"2,342.22" FASTWYRE,39.56 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OMAHA,506.99 GENERAL REIMBURSEMENT FUND,10.41 GOPHER,"1,514.61" GREAT MINDS PBC,"5,753.68" HOMETOWN LEASING,691.87 "JOURNEYED.COM, INC",500.00 "KB'S MINI MART, INC.","1,478.01" LAKESHORE LEARNING MATERIALS,411.84 LEXIA LEARNING SYSTEMS LLC,"1,426.00" LIFE TRACK SERVICES,310.50 MEDCO SUPPLY COMPANY,"2,877.12" MENARDS,61.14 MIDWEST ALARM SERVICES,549.96 MRG HAUFF LLC,904.50 NATIONAL ART & SCHOOL SUPPLIES INC.,130.40 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS,85.00 NEBRASKA.GOV,15.00 "NIPPON SANSO MATHESON, INC",685.45 OMNIFY BENEFITS,40.00 OPEN-UP RESOURCES,"1,170.00" PLUNKETT'S PEST CONTROL,87.44 PYRAMID SCHOOL PRODUCTS,267.39 QUILL CORPORATION,195.96 REALLY GOOD STUFF,164.73 "RIEF, DAVID ",53.48 SAVEMORE MARKET,10.19 SCHOOL MATE,783.75 "SCOREVISION, LLC","6,500.00" SCOTT'S HARDWARE,75.61 SOFTWARE UNLIMITED INC,"7,550.00" STEINY'S GENERAL STORE,"1,099.18" "TEACHING STRATEGIES, Inc.",636.75 "TIME MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC","2,229.00" "TOTTEN, MARIAH ",332.59 VERIZON WIRELESS,45.06 "WASHBURN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, ",162.00 LLC ZEARN,"3,500.00" Fund Total: $63,118.53 SPECIAL BUILDING FUND BODEN CONSTRUCTION,"38,950.00" LANE'S TREE SERVICE,"15,900.00" MENARDS,449.38 ROGUE FITNESS,675.67 TRANE U.S. INC,"6,641.05" Fund Total: $62,616.10 SCHOOL LUNCH FUND AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES,182.23 HILAND DAIRY FOODS COMPANY LLC,"1,507.30" HOLIDAY INN-KEARNEY,374.85 INNOVATIVE,564.47 PYRAMID SCHOOL PRODUCTS,"1,157.68" SAVEMORE MARKET,5.45 SYSCO FOOD SERVICES,"3,826.05" Fund Total: $7,618.03 ZNEZ BCI 8/20/26
