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2022/07/18 Regular Board Meeting Agenda

Interstate 35 Community School District

Board of Directors Meeting

Monday, July 18, 2022

Regular Board Meeting 6:00 pm

High School Auditorium

 

 

The Interstate 35 Community School District exists to develop life-long learners and responsible, productive, successful citizens in an ever changing society.

 

 

Tentative Agenda

 

Regular BOARD MEETING

  1. Opening
    1. Call to Order--Welcome--Roll Call--Pledge of Allegiance
    2. Review of I-35 Mission Statement and District Priorities

Mission Statement

“The Interstate 35 Community School District exists to develop life-long learners and responsible, productive, successful citizens in an ever changing society”

 

District Priorities

  1.  Articulate and support a cohesive, student-centered PK-12 vision for continuous school improvement
  2. Engage in effective teaching and relevant learning for the 21st Century
  3. Operate with fiscal integrity, efficiency and effectiveness
  1. Discuss and/or Approve Agenda  (Action) 
  2. Open Forum 

“Residents, students, parents/guardians, and staff members of the district may address the Board about relevant topics.  Those who wish to speak must sign up at the beginning of the meeting.  Speaker’s participation is limited to 5 minutes per meeting.  We ask speakers to remember that Iowa law prohibits the Board from discussing specific employees or students or their performance.”

  1. Administrative Reports
    1. Mr. Bonte/Ms. Whitson
    2. Mrs. Woods
    3. Mr. Weber
  2. Superintendent Report
    1. Common Questions about Revenue Purpose Statement
    2. Registration available online (August 1)
  3. Discuss and/or Approve Consent Items  (Action) 
  1. Past Meeting Minutes
  2. Monthly Bills and Financial Statement
  3. Resignations and Contracts
    1. Betsy Sholvain resigns as special education associate.
    2. Chasity Jones hired as 3 year old preschool teacher, daycare opener, and daycare associate
    3. Karla Meis hired as special education associate.
    4. Holly Finley hired as special education associate.
    5. Laura Haines hired as high school teacher mentor.
    6. Kaitlyn Grant hired as middle school teacher mentor.
    7. Bev Murphy hired as elementary teacher mentor.
    8. Gigit Showers hired as special education teacher mentor.
    9. Heather Peacock hired as ELA content coach.
    10. Tahra Bedwell hired as science content coach.
    11. Maggie Llewellyn hired as social studies content coach.
    12. Amy Maiers hired as fine arts content coach.
    13. Prisilla Boswell hired as reading content coach.
    14. Brayton Weber increase contract for employment.
    15. Sheldon Thompson hired as assistant boys basketball coach.
    16. Michelle Wheeler hired as computer science and middle school teacher.
    17. Nona Eivins hired as half year kindergarten teacher.
    18. Band teacher interview Monday.
  4. Open Enrollment
  1. Items for Discussion
    1. Secondary Student Handbook (Action) Here is a summary of the significant changes to the secondary student handbook.
    2. Activities Handbook (Action) Here is a summary of the significant changes to the activities handbook
      1. Clear Communication avenue by head coaches to team members AND families
      2. Head coach evaluations of assistants is expected and part of head coach evaluation
      3. Head coaches are evaluated annually and have sit down meeting with AD following their respective seasons.
      4. Camp/Clinic expectation (sixty days notice to AD) and added the out of state travel information and expectation of the head coach to attend board meeting during approval process
      5. Overnight Hotel approvals must align with Ted/I for the new state/federal guidelines. If a hotel isn't on the list, we need to fill out appropriate paperwork. 
      6. Good Conduct Policy: Would like to add a High School Career Good Conduct Policy reset. This would allow a student athlete that gets one violation to be reset to zero should they go 12 months with no violations. Reasoning: A freshman makes a bad decision, gets a first offense and sits out his/her portion of the season. Two or three years later, with no issues between, does something again, they would start over at zero instead of being a second offense after such a long time. 
    3. Elementary Student Handbook (Action) Here is a summary of the significant changes to the elementary student handbook. 
    4. Daycare Parent Handbook (Action)  The revisions to the parent handbook entailed cleaning up expectations and discipline as well as eliminating any duplicated information.
    5. Certified Staff Handbook (Action)  Recommended changes reflect changes to personnel (Sheryl Young was listed as subcaller) page 62 and to update the transfer procedures (which we adopted at the Feb ‘21 board meeting) page 86.

 

  1. Closed Session: Student Discipline “To consider disciplinary action against a student as provided by Iowa Code Section 21.5(1)(e) and to review and discuss records which are required by state or federal law to be kept confidential as provided by Iowa Code Section 21.5(1)(a).”

 

Adjourn

Next Meeting:  August 22, 2022

 

Upcoming Dates

August 9, 2022    New Teachers Welcome

August 16, 2022    Welcome All Staff Back

August 18, 2022     Back to School Bash/Open House

August 23, 2022    First Day of School