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Weeping Water School Board approves 2025–26 budget and property tax request
Summary
The Board of Education for School District #22 approved the 2025–26 budget and property tax levy unanimously among members present on Sept. 15, 2025; the meeting also approved proclamations, a policy review, and a girls wrestling cooperative with Syracuse Public Schools.
The Board of Education for School District No. 22, Cass County, Weeping Water, approved the district'025—udget and a related property tax request at a regular meeting on Sept. 15, 2025. The vote on both items was 6—or, 0 gainst, with board member Mark Rathe recorded absent.
Board President Adam DeMike called the meeting to order in the Weeping Water Public School conference room. Board member Haley Dehne moved to approve the 2025—udget as presented; Betty Harms seconded the motion, which passed 6—or, 0 gainst, 1 absent. On the related agenda item, Betty Harms moved to approve the 2025—ounty property tax request and tax levy for Weeping Water Public Schools; Haley Dehne seconded, and the motion carried by the same margin.
The board also approved a consent agenda covering prior meeting minutes, publication of the meeting notice in the Southeast Nebraska Voice, the financial report and payment of general-fund bills, and set the next regular meeting for Oct. 20, 2025. Other action items approved during the session included proclamations recognizing Athletic Coaches Day, School Lunch Week, School Principal Month and Bullying Prevention Month; a review (with no changes) of Board Policy 5004 (Enrollment Capacity); and a girls wrestling cooperative agreement with Syracuse Public Schools. Each of those measures passed on recorded motions with the same 6—or, 0 gainst, 1 absent outcome among members present.
Superintendent Adrian Allen and building principals were listed as present for administration reports; the minutes note that administrative and board reports were given but do not include substantive details in the record.
Votes at a glance Budget (2025 istrict budget) pproved; mover: Haley Dehne; seconder: Betty Harms; vote: 6—or, 0 gainst, 1 absent. Property tax request and levy (2025—or Weeping Water Public Schools) pproved; mover: Betty Harms; seconder: Haley Dehne; vote: 6—or, 0 gainst, 1 absent. Consent agenda (minutes, publication notice, financial report, bills, next meeting date) pproved; mover: Haley Dehne; seconder: Neil Huskey; vote: 6—or, 0 gainst, 1 absent. Proclamations (Athletic Coaches Day; School Lunch Week; School Principal Month; Bullying Prevention Month) pproved; mover: Haley Dehne; seconder: Brandon Nash; vote: 6—or, 0 gainst, 1 absent. Policy 5004 (Enrollment Capacity) review pproved for review with no changes; mover: Neil Huskey; seconder: Brandon Nash; vote: 6—or, 0 gainst, 1 absent. Girls wrestling cooperative with Syracuse Public Schools pproved; mover: Neil Huskey; seconder: Haley Dehne; vote: 6—or, 0 gainst, 1 absent.
The minutes record that the board acknowledged posting of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act (the state ct governing public meeting notices). The minutes do not specify dollar amounts for the budget or the tax levy rates; those figures were not provided in the meeting record. The board adjourned after administration and board reports; the board secretary (name not listed) signed the minutes.
