Elkhorn board approves multiple resignations and appointments, grants extended leave and enters closed session on personnel
March 09, 2026 | ELKHORN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, School Districts, Nebraska
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At its March 9 meeting the Elkhorn Public Schools Board of Education approved multiple personnel actions and then voted to enter Closed Session to discuss personnel matters.
The board approved resignations from 16 employees effective at the end of the 2025-26 contract year after a motion by N. Rogic-Greufe and a second by J. Shatel; the minutes list the departing employees by name. The board then approved appointments of multiple candidates for the 2026-27 school year (a full list of appointees appears in the minutes), approved two staff for the UNO CADRE Program and amended Sara Horner's contract from 0.5 FTE to 1.0 FTE. Those motions were recorded as passed by unanimous roll-call votes.
The board also approved an extended leave application from Brittany Ballou-Barton for the 2026-27 school year on a motion by J. Shatel seconded by M. Wortman; the vote was unanimous.
Later in the evening the board voted, on a motion by J. Shatel seconded by M. Wortman, to enter Closed Session "for the purposes of discussing personnel for the reason that it is clearly necessary for the protection of the public interest and for the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual." The vote was unanimous and the minutes record the board entering Closed Session at 7:24 PM. The minutes do not disclose the content of the closed-session discussion. The board adjourned at 8:16 PM; the next regular meeting is scheduled for April 13, 2026.
Why it matters: personnel approvals affect staffing, program coverage and the district's human-resources planning for the next school year. The closed session indicates the board took up sensitive personnel matters that the minutes do not summarize.
The board approved resignations from 16 employees effective at the end of the 2025-26 contract year after a motion by N. Rogic-Greufe and a second by J. Shatel; the minutes list the departing employees by name. The board then approved appointments of multiple candidates for the 2026-27 school year (a full list of appointees appears in the minutes), approved two staff for the UNO CADRE Program and amended Sara Horner's contract from 0.5 FTE to 1.0 FTE. Those motions were recorded as passed by unanimous roll-call votes.
The board also approved an extended leave application from Brittany Ballou-Barton for the 2026-27 school year on a motion by J. Shatel seconded by M. Wortman; the vote was unanimous.
Later in the evening the board voted, on a motion by J. Shatel seconded by M. Wortman, to enter Closed Session "for the purposes of discussing personnel for the reason that it is clearly necessary for the protection of the public interest and for the prevention of needless injury to the reputation of an individual." The vote was unanimous and the minutes record the board entering Closed Session at 7:24 PM. The minutes do not disclose the content of the closed-session discussion. The board adjourned at 8:16 PM; the next regular meeting is scheduled for April 13, 2026.
Why it matters: personnel approvals affect staffing, program coverage and the district's human-resources planning for the next school year. The closed session indicates the board took up sensitive personnel matters that the minutes do not summarize.
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