Highlights of the November 10 Lincoln Board of Education regular meeting

The Lincoln Board of Education held its regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 6:00 p.m. at the Lincoln Public Schools Steve Joel District Leadership Center, 5905 O Street. You can watch the full regular meeting video on YouTube.

Celebrations of success

Meredith Fickes - Mickle Middle School

Mickle Middle School Librarian Meredith Fickes was named the 2026 School Librarian of the Year by the Nebraska School Librarians Association. The award highlights an educator who demonstrates creativity and innovation in the profession through instructional opportunities and programming.

You can watch a highlight of the celebration for Fickes on YouTube.

First reading

Infor to cloud

The current Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is used to manage human resources processes like hiring, background checks, benefits administration, payroll, absence management, purchasing, asset management, and accounts payable and receivable. The current ERP system that LPS uses will no longer be supported by the vendor on January 2030.

An evaluation team worked with Infor consultants to determine that moving to the Infor CloudSuite was the best option in terms of system functionality, reliability, scalability and security. Intellias was chosen to assist the district as it transitions from its current on-premise ERP system to the Infor CloudSuite environment. The proposal presented to the Board will cover the software costs for five years along with the cost for migration to the new environment. It is recommended that the Board award $6,526,739 to Infor and $3,934,240 to Intellias Inc.

LPS Chief Technology Officer Kirk Langer presented to the Board a proposed project timeline to ensure the district was ready for the January 2030 cutoff.

The Board will hold a second reading and vote on the proposal at the next meeting.

Land Exchange - Bottler's Building

Staff recommends that the Board approve a property exchange agreement with the City of Lincoln. In this agreement, the city will take control of approximately 0.02 acre portion of the real estate owned by LPS located near 24th and J streets. This is where a trailhead is located on the Billy Wolff Trail. In exchange, LPS would acquire an approximately 0.35 acre portion of city property adjacent to the current Bottler’s Building that will be used as a parking area. The exchange of property cleans up and corrects a portion of the public walking trail by transferring that portion to the city while LPS gains access to additional parking space.

The Board will hold a second reading and vote on the exchange at the next meeting.

Land Sale - Lux Middle School Park Parcel

Staff recommends that the Board approve a property agreement with the City of Lincoln to sell approximately 0.399-acre portion of the real estate owned by LPS located near the intersection of South 79th Street and Ringneck Drive. The city desires to purchase this park parcel in order to develop a city-owned public park in the neighborhood.

The Board will hold a second reading and vote on the sale at the next meeting.

Land Acquisition - Winthrop Road Property

Staff recommends that the Board approve a property agreement with the City of Lincoln to purchase approximately 0.29 acres east of Sheridan Elementary School from the city. This piece of land is currently used by the school as an open green space, and will continue to be used for this purpose.

The Board will hold a second reading and vote on the purchase at the next meeting.

Land Sale - Wandering Creek Park Parcel

Staff recommends that the Board approve a property agreement with the City of Lincoln to sell approximately 2.0-acre portion of land to the city near the intersection of South 91st Street and South Street to be used as a neighborhood park. There is still enough land for LPS to build an elementary school on the site should LPS decide to construct a school on the property.

The Board will hold a second reading and vote on the sale at the next meeting.

Second reading

Newly annexed property to the City of Lincoln

The Board of Education assigns school attendance areas to property newly annexed to the City of Lincoln.

Staff propose assigning the newly annexed area near North 27th Street and Arbor Road for the 2026-27 school year to Kooser Elementary School, Schoo Middle School and North Star High School.

The Board held a second reading and voted to approve the proposed assignments.

Informational items and reports

Superintendent update

LPS Superintendent John Skretta opened his comments highlighting a partnership between the Lincoln Community Learning Centers and the Lincoln Community Foundation for the screening of the Robert Putnam documentary “Join or Die” on Monday night at Lincoln High School.

Skretta also encouraged the community to joining LPS as a partner through one of many opportunities to get involved. Those opportunities include volunteering in schools, serving on a Booster Club or Parent-Teacher Organization or becoming a TeamMates mentor.

During his report, Skretta also shared that he attended the annual Veterans Day Recognition Program at Lux Middle School facilitated by social studies teachers Carlos Ortega and Trey Ottley. There are several programs and activities across the district that will honor Veterans this week.