2023/03/27 Regular Board Meeting Agenda

Interstate 35 Community School District

Board of Directors Meeting

Monday, March 27, 2023

Regular Board Meeting 6:00 pm

High School Media Center

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

Regular BOARD MEETING–Tentative Agenda

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

2. Discuss and/or Approve Agenda  (Action) 
3. Public Hearing on the HVAC System Project
   1. Introductory Remarks on HVAC Project:  The proposed HVAC project was published on March 15, 2023.
   2. Public Question and Answer
   3. Closing of Public Hearing
4. 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.”

5. Education in Action–Beyond I-35 
6. Student Report:  We welcome our new student representative Ross Baughman.
7. Administrative Reports 
   1. Ms. Whitson
   2. Mrs. Woods
   3. Mr. Weber
8. Superintendent Report
   1. Strategic Plan Update
9. Discuss and/or Approve Consent Items  (Action) 

1. Past Meeting Minutes
2. Monthly Bills and Financial Statement
3. Open Enrollment
4. Resignations, Reassignments and Contracts
   1. Tahra Bedwell reassigned to 4th grade.
   2. Alex Boyle reassigned to 3rd grade.
   3. Lexi Crozier reassigned to 2nd grade.
   4. Kelcie Daniels reassigned to 2nd grade.
   5. Hayli Douglas reassigned to 3rd grade.
   6. Ali Lyons reassigned to 1st grade.
   7. Heather Peacock reassigned to Special Education.
   8. Amy Roush reassigned to Title Reading Teacher.  
   9. Brooke Miller hired as HS Math teacher.
   10. Kelley Meinen hired as K-8 Music teacher.
   11. Pam Sereg hired as 7-8 ELA/Reading  (Pending K-8 English/Language Art Endorsement) 
   12. Nicole Nichols hired as an Associate.
   13. Brandon Chapman hired as High School Assistant Baseball coach.
   14. Gloria Brott resigns from FCS teaching position.
5. 2023-2024 AEA Purchasing Cooperative Purchasing Agreement.  I have also included a letter explaining the agreement as a refresher.

10. Items for Discussion
    1. Bonding Capacity Overview (For Information Only)  Matt Gillispie from Piper Sandler will be here to provide the board with an overview of our financial positions and options for upcoming projects.
    2. Long Range Facility Plan (Action)  This is the proposed recommendation to begin moving forward on our long range facilities work.  
       1. OPN Architect Services
       2. Preview possible timeline
    3. District Redistricting  (Action) We are working with Cornerstone Geospatial Consulting to redistrict our boundaries based on the 2020 Census.  The proposed new boundaries take into consideration population shifts within the director districts.  The district populations should be within 10% (119 people–the 2020 Census shows a variation of 122 people) of the other director districts. As a result, the recommended changes to the districts are minimal.     
    4. Standards Based Grading Update (For Information Only)  Members of the Standards Referenced Grading team will be here to give board members an update on the implementation, including resources in the classroom,  PD opportunities for teachers, education for parents.
    5. Early Retirement (Action)  We have three teachers opting to take early retirement this year. I recommend that we accept the early retirement applications for Brenda Erickson, Tim McKinney and Nancy Calvert.  We wish them well in their next journey.
    6. Public Safety Plan (For Information Only)  The Safety Plan will be made available to the public on the district website.  This initial review will allow for community input prior to adoption in April.
    7. Board Policy on Lunch Account first reading (Action)  In an effort to create consistency with our current practices, we are recommending the following rewrite of board policy 702.2.
    8. Bid for HVAC System (Action) Request the board to review/reject bid for HVAC System work.
    9. Audit FY ‘22 (Action) Request to accept and approve our FY ‘22 Audit. 
    10. Insurance Recommendation (Action) Request approval for Insurance Committee recommendation to move to a partial self-funded plan with an increase to the deductible and out of pocket maximums.  The prescription portion of our health plan would remain fully funded.   
11. Closed session pursuant to Iowa Code Section 21.5(1)(i)- To evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation and that individual requests a closed session and Iowa Code Section 21.5(1)(a)- To review or discuss records which are required or authorized by state or federal law to be kept confidential.
12. Return to open session: Possible consideration and action on non-renewal of probationary administrator contract.

Adjourn. Next Meeting: April 24, 2023