Omaha Public Schools is a school district in Nebraska that served 50,559 students during the 2012-2013 school year. This district was the largest by enrollment in the state of Nebraska.[1]
About the district
Omaha Public Schools is located in Douglas County, Neb.
Omaha Public Schools is located in eastern Nebraska in Douglas County. The county seat is Omaha. Douglas County was home to 543,244 residents in 2014, according to the United States Census Bureau.[2]
Demographics
Douglas County overperformed compared to Nebraska as a whole in terms of higher education achievement in 2013. The United States Census Bureau found that 36.4 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 28.5 percent of state residents. The median household income for Douglas County was $53,325, compared to $51,672 for the state. The percentage of people below poverty level for the county was 14.3 percent, while it was 12.8 percent for the state of Nebraska.[2]
| Racial Demographics, 2014[2]
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| Race
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Douglas County (%)
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Nebraska (%)
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| White |
81.3 |
89.4
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| Black or African American |
11.6 |
4.9
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| American Indian and Alaska Native |
1.2 |
1.4
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| Asian |
3.3 |
2.2
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander |
0.1 |
0.1
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| Two or more races |
2.5 |
2.0
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| Hispanic or Latino |
12.0 |
10.2
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| Party registration, Douglas County, 2014[3]
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Number of registered voters
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| Republican |
123,696
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| Democratic |
122,245
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| Libertarian |
1,799
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| Nonpartisan |
74,934
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| Total |
322,674
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Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Superintendent
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This information is updated as we become aware of changes. Please contact us with any updates.
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The superintendent of Omaha Public Schools is Dr. Cheryl Logan. Logan was hired by the school board in January 2018. Prior to her role as superintendent, Logan was the assistant superintendent at Philadelphia Public Schools. She also served as an elementary and high school principal and a foreign language instructor.[4]
Former superintendents
Mark Evans (2012-2017)
Before being hired as superintendent, Evans was the superintendent of Andover school district. He also previously worked for Wichita Public Schools.[5]
Evans announced in October 2016 that he would retire at the end of the school year.[6]
School board elections
The Omaha Board of Education consists of nine members elected by district to four-year terms. School board members are not compensated for their services.[7]
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This officeholder information was last updated on April 30, 2019. Please contact us with any updates.
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Election dates
- See also: Omaha Public Schools elections (2014), Omaha Public Schools elections (2016), and Omaha Public Schools elections (2018)
Members of the Omaha Board of Education are elected to four-year terms. Elections are held in November during even years. Five seats were on the ballot on November 8, 2016 and four seats were up for election on November 6, 2018.
Public participation in board meetings
The Omaha Board of Education maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:
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The Board of Education, as a representative body, recognizes the importance of the public’s viewpoint relative to the direction of the educational program in the Omaha Public Schools. The board also recognizes its function as a legislative body, as with other governmental units, requires an orderly procedure in fulfilling its policy making role. Therefore, in order to effectively communicate with the public, the following guidelines have been established to allow citizens to give expression to their suggestions, concerns, and grievances:
- a. All meetings of the Board of Education shall be open to the public
- b. The Board shall go into an executive session only upon a motion duly made, seconded, and passed by a majority of the members in open session convened. Such motion, second, and roll call shall be duly recorded in the minutes of such meeting together with the time of convening and adjourning the open session and the time of commencement and conclusion of the executive portion thereof. The rationale for going into such executive session shall be duly recorded into the minutes of the Board meeting per statutory requirements. All discussion had in executive session shall be maintained as confidential. Should any such confidential information be shared by any Board Member with any individual other than (a) an individual present in the Executive Session or (b) a Board Member who was not able to attend the executive session, such Board Member shall be subject to public sanction by the Board of Education.
- c. Citizens who desire to express individual/community suggestions, ideas, complaints, grievances, or any other matter to the Board of Education, should follow one of the following procedures:
- 1. Grievances: Grievances are complaints by persons under contract with the school district that a term or condition of said contract has been violated by the school district. Grievance procedures of the Board are outlined in Policy 3.31. Complaints from employees concerning terms and conditions of employment and/or actions by administration that are not grievances shall be governed by the Complaints procedures outlined in Policy 3.31.
- 2. Concerns: Concerns from citizens should be in writing whenever possible, and no anonymous correspondence may be considered officially by the Board of Education. Any person with a complaint may choose to address the Board of Education concerning their complaint at a regular meeting during the recognition of visitors.
- 3. Proposals to the Board Through Committees: Any citizen who wishes to present a suggestion, idea, or proposal to the Board of Education, in person or through written communication, shall submit a request to the director. The director shall direct the request to the appropriate standing committee to make the arrangements for placement on the committee agenda.
- 4. Speak to Agenda Item Committee: It is recommended that any citizen wishing to speak on a board agenda item do so at the appropriate committee meeting.
- a. Requests to be heard at a committee meeting should be submitted prior to the chairperson calling the meeting to order.
- 1. Citizens who wish to speak to an agenda item will be called upon when the item is discussed.
- 2. Citizens who arrive late may complete a Request to be Heard form and will be called upon at the time the agenda item is discussed, unless it has already been covered.
- 3. Citizens speaking to an agenda item at the time the item is to be considered, will be heard prior to the committee discussion and consideration. Upon request, citizens may speak to an agenda item following committee discussion, but prior to formal committee action.
- 4. Citizens who wish to speak to a non-agenda item will be called upon at the beginning of the meeting.
- b. The agenda of each committee meeting will normally be available in the office of the director five days prior to the meeting.
- c. Any correspondence from the citizens pertaining to an agenda item shall be referred to the appropriate committee.
- 5. Appearance at Regular Board Meetings
- a. Citizens who desire to appear before the board shall make their wishes known to the secretary prior to the President calling the meeting to order.
- b. The President, upon receipt of the requests, may refer matters of concern to the appropriate committee so these matters may receive further consideration.
- c. Citizens who wish to speak to an agenda item will be called upon when the item is discussed.
- d. Citizens who arrive late may complete a Request to be Heard form and will be called upon at the time the agenda item is discussed, unless it has already been covered. In the event the item has been acted upon, the person requesting to be heard may either withdraw the request or speak at the close of the meeting.
- e. Citizens speaking to an agenda item at the time the item is to be considered will be heard prior to the board discussion and consideration. Upon request, citizens may speak to an agenda item following board discussion, but prior to formal Board of Education action.[8]
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| —Omaha Public Schools website (2016)[9]
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Budget
From 1993 to 2013, the Omaha school district had an average of $418,180,238 in revenue and $401,052,095 in expenditures, according to the United States Census Bureau's survey of school system finances. The district had a yearly average of $176,620,667 in outstanding debt. The district retired $22,924,333 of its debt and issued $31,928,905 in new debt each year on average.[10]
Revenue
The table below separates the district's revenue into the three sources identified by the agency: local, state, and federal.
| Revenue by Source |
Fiscal
Year |
Local |
State |
Federal |
Revenue Total |
| Total |
% of Revenue |
Total |
% of Revenue |
Total |
% of Revenue |
| Click [show] on the right to display the revenue data for prior years. |
| 1993 | $138,775,000 | 57.65% | $82,529,000 | 34.28% | $19,421,000 | 8.07% | $240,725,000 |
| 1994 | $148,558,000 | 59.00% | $83,241,000 | 33.06% | $19,999,000 | 7.94% | $251,798,000 |
| 1995 | $164,249,000 | 59.43% | $91,626,000 | 33.16% | $20,477,000 | 7.41% | $276,352,000 |
| 1996 | $175,594,000 | 62.32% | $86,088,000 | 30.56% | $20,062,000 | 7.12% | $281,744,000 |
| 1997 | $169,484,000 | 58.16% | $97,141,000 | 33.33% | $24,794,000 | 8.51% | $291,419,000 |
| 1998 | $164,279,000 | 56.02% | $101,321,000 | 34.55% | $27,647,000 | 9.43% | $293,247,000 |
| 1999 | $156,861,000 | 49.83% | $127,545,000 | 40.52% | $30,388,000 | 9.65% | $314,794,000 |
| 2000 | $163,448,000 | 50.12% | $131,096,000 | 40.20% | $31,538,000 | 9.67% | $326,082,000 |
| 2001 | $181,992,000 | 53.13% | $124,854,000 | 36.45% | $35,715,000 | 10.43% | $342,561,000 |
| 2002 | $202,362,000 | 53.09% | $141,274,000 | 37.06% | $37,554,000 | 9.85% | $381,190,000 |
| 2003 | $210,884,000 | 52.01% | $145,393,000 | 35.86% | $49,185,000 | 12.13% | $405,462,000 |
| 2004 | $222,182,000 | 52.41% | $150,592,000 | 35.52% | $51,152,000 | 12.07% | $423,926,000 |
| 2005 | $230,415,000 | 50.80% | $157,583,000 | 34.74% | $65,551,000 | 14.45% | $453,549,000 |
| 2006 | $241,587,000 | 50.19% | $173,465,000 | 36.04% | $66,310,000 | 13.78% | $481,362,000 |
| 2007 | $235,030,000 | 47.35% | $182,796,000 | 36.83% | $78,550,000 | 15.82% | $496,376,000 |
| 2008 | $261,370,000 | 47.90% | $195,808,000 | 35.88% | $88,496,000 | 16.22% | $545,674,000 |
| 2009 | $259,082,000 | 47.06% | $216,843,000 | 39.39% | $74,603,000 | 13.55% | $550,528,000 |
| 2010 | $260,648,000 | 44.93% | $210,758,000 | 36.33% | $108,763,000 | 18.75% | $580,169,000 |
| 2011 | $300,721,000 | 48.50% | $188,449,000 | 30.39% | $130,856,000 | 21.10% | $620,026,000 |
| 2012 | $303,790,000 | 49.67% | $205,033,000 | 33.52% | $102,834,000 | 16.81% | $611,657,000 |
| 2013 | $303,494,000 | 49.50% | $212,407,000 | 34.64% | $97,243,000 | 15.86% | $613,144,000 |
| Avg. | $214,038,333 | 52.34% | $147,897,238 | 35.35% | $56,244,667 | 12.32% | $418,180,238 |
Expenditures
The table below separates the district's expenditures into five categories identified by the agency:
- Instruction: operation expenditures, state payments on behalf of the district for instruction and benefits, and retirement system transfers
- Support Services: support services, food services, and retirement system transfers for support service staff
- Capital Spending: capital outlay expenditures (i.e., construction, land or facilities purchases, and equipment purchases)
- Debt & Gov. Payments: payments to state and local governments and interest on school system debt
- Other: all other non-K-12 programs, except food services
| Expenditures by Category |
Fiscal
Year |
Instruction |
Support Services |
Capital Spending |
Debt & Gov. Payments |
Other |
Budget
Total |
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% of Budget |
Total |
% of Budget |
Total |
% of Budget |
Total |
% of Budget |
Total |
% of Budget |
| Click [show] on the right to display the expenditure data for prior years. |
| 1993 | $139,013,000 | 53.53% | $82,408,000 | 31.73% | $31,805,000 | 12.25% | $4,963,000 | 1.91% | $1,517,000 | 0.58% | $259,706,000 |
| 1994 | $144,081,000 | 55.28% | $85,416,000 | 32.77% | $23,270,000 | 8.93% | $5,551,000 | 2.13% | $2,302,000 | 0.88% | $260,620,000 |
| 1995 | $136,985,000 | 53.24% | $88,722,000 | 34.49% | $25,626,000 | 9.96% | $2,964,000 | 1.15% | $2,979,000 | 1.16% | $257,276,000 |
| 1996 | $139,367,000 | 52.42% | $92,507,000 | 34.80% | $27,712,000 | 10.42% | $2,932,000 | 1.10% | $3,344,000 | 1.26% | $265,862,000 |
| 1997 | $141,611,000 | 52.65% | $96,681,000 | 35.94% | $25,215,000 | 9.37% | $2,889,000 | 1.07% | $2,586,000 | 0.96% | $268,982,000 |
| 1998 | $145,343,000 | 51.77% | $104,632,000 | 37.27% | $25,642,000 | 9.13% | $2,836,000 | 1.01% | $2,299,000 | 0.82% | $280,752,000 |
| 1999 | $149,434,000 | 53.74% | $109,266,000 | 39.30% | $15,374,000 | 5.53% | $2,109,000 | 0.76% | $1,873,000 | 0.67% | $278,056,000 |
| 2000 | $159,375,000 | 53.61% | $113,438,000 | 38.16% | $18,510,000 | 6.23% | $3,938,000 | 1.32% | $2,043,000 | 0.69% | $297,304,000 |
| 2001 | $166,273,000 | 49.71% | $120,583,000 | 36.05% | $40,398,000 | 12.08% | $5,029,000 | 1.50% | $2,224,000 | 0.66% | $334,507,000 |
| 2002 | $181,556,000 | 46.01% | $133,173,000 | 33.75% | $68,068,000 | 17.25% | $9,377,000 | 2.38% | $2,450,000 | 0.62% | $394,624,000 |
| 2003 | $195,061,000 | 45.61% | $135,307,000 | 31.64% | $84,960,000 | 19.87% | $9,768,000 | 2.28% | $2,582,000 | 0.60% | $427,678,000 |
| 2004 | $202,903,000 | 45.58% | $141,394,000 | 31.76% | $85,939,000 | 19.31% | $11,217,000 | 2.52% | $3,699,000 | 0.83% | $445,152,000 |
| 2005 | $202,212,000 | 49.21% | $153,206,000 | 37.28% | $37,857,000 | 9.21% | $13,388,000 | 3.26% | $4,281,000 | 1.04% | $410,944,000 |
| 2006 | $217,602,000 | 48.67% | $167,239,000 | 37.41% | $43,869,000 | 9.81% | $13,292,000 | 2.97% | $5,070,000 | 1.13% | $447,072,000 |
| 2007 | $242,891,000 | 50.83% | $172,659,000 | 36.13% | $48,322,000 | 10.11% | $12,426,000 | 2.60% | $1,550,000 | 0.32% | $477,848,000 |
| 2008 | $264,224,000 | 55.68% | $171,257,000 | 36.09% | $25,194,000 | 5.31% | $12,104,000 | 2.55% | $1,798,000 | 0.38% | $474,577,000 |
| 2009 | $280,894,000 | 55.29% | $179,255,000 | 35.28% | $32,888,000 | 6.47% | $12,132,000 | 2.39% | $2,875,000 | 0.57% | $508,044,000
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| 2010 | $342,500,000 | 62.82% | $176,644,000 | 32.40% | $12,908,000 | 2.37% | $10,734,000 | 1.97% | $2,388,000 | 0.44% | $545,174,000 |
| 2011 | $346,350,000 | 61.65% | $181,673,000 | 32.34% | $19,755,000 | 3.52% | $12,043,000 | 2.14% | $1,967,000 | 0.35% | $561,788,000 |
| 2012 | $373,110,000 | 60.85% | $188,405,000 | 30.73% | $40,293,000 | 6.57% | $9,122,000 | 1.49% | $2,238,000 | 0.36% | $613,168,000 |
| 2013 | $383,773,000 | 62.61% | $191,447,000 | 31.23% | $25,090,000 | 4.09% | $10,340,000 | 1.69% | $2,310,000 | 0.38% | $612,960,000
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| Avg. | $216,883,714 | 53.37% | $137,395,810 | 34.60% | $36,128,333 | 9.42% | $8,054,952 | 1.91% | $2,589,286 | 0.70% | $401,052,095 |
Debt
The table below shows the amount of debt retired, issued, and outstanding in the district for each year.
| Debt |
Fiscal
Year |
Retired |
Issued |
Outstanding |
| Click [show] on the right to display the debt data for prior years. |
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| 1993 | $25,930,000 | $26,699,000 | $55,664,000 |
| 1994 | $30,153,000 | $31,768,000 | $57,279,000 |
| 1995 | $1,263,000 | $0 | $56,016,000 |
| 1996 | $1,331,000 | $0 | $54,685,000 |
| 1997 | $1,532,000 | $0 | $53,153,000 |
| 1998 | $1,747,000 | $0 | $51,406,000 |
| 1999 | $28,007,000 | $25,581,000 | $48,980,000 |
| 2000 | $2,226,000 | $53,225,000 | $99,979,000 |
| 2001 | $29,247,000 | $128,479,000 | $199,211,000 |
| 2002 | $4,542,000 | $0 | $194,669,000 |
| 2003 | $4,788,000 | $992,000 | $190,873,000 |
| 2004 | $74,142,000 | $168,268,000 | $284,999,000 |
| 2005 | $8,461,000 | $0 | $276,538,000 |
| 2006 | $9,643,000 | $0 | $266,895,000 |
| 2007 | $9,771,000 | $0 | $257,058,000 |
| 2008 | $10,156,000 | $0 | $252,143,000 |
| 2009 | $10,581,000 | $0 | $241,508,000 |
| 2010 | $96,726,000 | $127,320,000 | $272,156,000 |
| 2011 | $13,788,000 | $24,000,000 | $282,368,000 |
| 2012 | $102,267,000 | $84,175,000 | $264,282,000 |
| 2013 | $15,110,000 | $0 | $249,172,000 |
| Avg. | $22,924,333 | $31,928,905 | $176,620,667 |
Contact information
Omaha Public Schools
215 Cuming St.
Omaha, NE 68131
Phone: (402) 557-2001
See also
External links
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 17, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 United States Census Bureau, "Quickfacts:Douglas County, Nebraska," accessed February 19, 2016]
- ↑ Douglas County Election Commission, "Voter Registration Counts As of August 1, 2014," accessed September 5, 2014
- ↑ Omaha Public Schools, "Office of the Superintendent," accessed April 12, 2019
- ↑ WOWT News, "Mark Evans Named New OPS Superintendent," December 18, 2012
- ↑ Omaha World-Herald, "Omaha Public Schools superintendent says he will retire at end of school year," October 16, 2019
- ↑ Omaha Public Schools, "Online School Board Policies," accessed February 19, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Omaha Public Schools, "Online School Board Policies," accessed February 19, 2016
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Public School System Finances: Historical Data," accessed December 1, 2015
