2026-4-13 Board Agenda

2026-4-13 Board Agenda

    South Tama County Community School District

Regular Board Meeting Agenda

April 13, 2026

 

The Board of Education of the South Tama County Community School District will hold a regular board meeting on April 13, 2026 at 5:00 pm at the Partnership Center, 215 W 9th Street, Tama, Ia 52339 or virtually at meet.google.com/cmp-hzbw-idu. 

 Public Hearing 

Certified Budget Hearing #2

 

Regular Session 

A. Call to Order

B. Opening Activities (Pledge of Allegiance & Mission Statement)

South Tama County Community School District is dedicated to inspire each student to grow and achieve their potential in order to positively impact the world around them.

C. Roll Call and Declaration of Quorum  

D. Approval of the Agenda

E. Public Forum

The next item on our agenda is Open Forum. This time is set aside for the Board to hear comments from the public per Board Policy 213 - Public Participation in Meetings.

On behalf of fellow board members, I invite any member of the audience to approach the Board with comments about items of interest or concern. Please begin by stating your name and contact information. Please limit your comments to three minutes so that we can keep the meeting moving in a timely manner. Comments from the public are not limited to items or topics on tonight’s agenda, but they are limited to matters within the Board’s authority. Please understand, however, the board members do not intend to make an immediate response. Iowa’s Sunshine Law prohibits us from having a discussion without the proper notice to all of the school district community that the issue would be discussed at tonight’s board meeting.  Also, please remember you are making comments in a public meeting. Should you make comments that the subject of the comments is considered to be inflammatory or libelous, you, as an individual, may be subject to legal action brought by the subject of your comments. 

Thank you for your support of our school district.

F. Consent Agenda (Policy 210.09 - Consent Agenda)

  1. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings/Work Session

  1. March 23, 2026 - Public Hearing, Regular, and Exempt Session

  2. March 25, 2026 - Work Session

      2. Bills 

      3. Contracts and Interagency Agreements

  1. EMS LINQ, LLC

  2. D & N Fence Co. Inc

      4. Early Graduation Request

  1. D.C-R (December 2026)

  2. M.C-S (December 2026)

G. Presentations

  1. District DCAP

H. Discussion

  1. Superintendent Update

  2. 5 Year PPEL/SAVE Plan

  3. Three Properties

  4. Old Middle School

    1. FFE Sale

    2. Property Sale

    3. Demolition 

I. Action Items

  1. Personnel 

  2. Special Education Caseload Matrix

  3. Pay App - ViPS

  4. Kay Champman, CPA PA - Invoice #22428

  5. Frontline Renewal

  6. Pan O Gold Bread Bid

  7. A&E Milk Bid

  8. Johnson Hardware Invoice #1037776-IN

  9. Jamf Renewal

  10. RTI - Erate

  11. Wit and Wisdom Training Quote

  12. Amplify Quote - ELA Training and Materials for Middle School

  13. 95 Percent Group Quote

  14. Athletic Fields Maintenance Quotes

    1. Milestone Outdoors

    2. Tender Lawn Care

  15. Overhead Doors 

    1. Modern Builders

    2. Simon Construction

  16. 2027 South Tama Certified Budget

  17. High School Course Proposal

J. Policy Review 

  1. First Readings

    1. 503.10 - School Safety Assessment Team

    2. 600 - Goals and Objectives of the Education Program

    3. 602.01 - Curriculum Development

    4. 602.02 - Curriculum Implementation 

    5. 602.03 - Curriculum Evaluation

    6. 602.04 - Pilot - Experimental - Innovative Projects

    7. 603.02 - Summer School Instruction

    8. 603.03 - Special Education

    9. 603.04 - Multicultural/Gender Fair Education

    10. 603.05 E1 - Health Education- Human Growth and Development Student Excuse Form

    11. 603.06 - Physical Education

    12. 603.07 - Career Education

    13. 603.09 - Academic Freedom

    14. 603.09 R1- Academic Freedom - Teaching Controversial Issues

    15. 603.10 - Global Education

    16. 603.11 - Citizenship

    17. 603.12 - Postsecondary Education Counseling

    18. 605.04 - Technology and Instructional Materials

    19. 713 R1 - Responsible Technology Use & Social Networking - Regulation

  2. Second Readings

    1. 102 - Equal Educational Opportunity 

    2. 102 E1 - Equal Educational Opportunity - Annual Notice of Nondiscrimination

    3. 102 E2 - Equal Educational Opportunity - Continuous Notice of Nondiscrimination 

    4. 102 E3 - Equal Educational Opportunity - Notice of Section 504 Student and Parental Rights

    5. 102 E4 - Equal Educational Opportunity - Discrimination Complaint Form

    6. 102 E5 - Equal Educational Opportunity - Witness Disclosure Form

    7. 102 E6 - Equal Educational Opportunity - Disposition Complaint Form

    8. 102 R1 - Equal Educational Opportunity - Grievance Procedure

    9. 104 - Anti-Bullying/Harassment Policy

    10. 208 - Board Committees

    11. 208 R1 - Board Committees - Regulation

    12. 211 - Open Meetings

    13. 501.03 - Compulsory Attendance

    14. 501.09 - Chronic Absenteeism and Truancy

    15. 503.09 - Student Use of Personal Electronic Devices

    16. 503.09 R1 - Student Use of Personal Electronic Devices - Regulation

    17. 710.01 E1 - School Nutrition Program - School Nutrition Program Notices of Nondiscrimination

    18. 710.01 E2 - School Nutrition Program - Child Nutrition Programs Civil Rights Complaint Form

    19. 710.01 R1 - School Nutrition - School Nutrition Program Civil Rights Complaints Procedure

K. Upcoming Events and Community Update

  1. Superintendent

  2. Board President and Board Members

L. Closed Session Iowa Code 21.5(1)(i).

To evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when a closed session is necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation, and that individual requests a closed session. 

M.Closed Session Iowa Code 21.5(1)(i).

To evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when a closed session is necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation, and that individual requests a closed session. 

N. Exempt Session Iowa Code 20.17(3)

Negotiating strategy meetings of public employers or employee negotiations, mediation and the deliberative process of arbitration.

O. Adjournment

 

Upcoming Meeting: April 27, 2026

All board meeting dates can be found here.

 

The South Tama County Community School District offers career and technical programs in the following service  areas:

1. Agricultural Sciences

2. Business

3. Industrial Technology

4. Family Consumer Science

All students are eligible to enroll in CTE classes. 

It is the policy of the South Tama County Community School District not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, creed, age (for employment), marital status (for programs), sexual orientation, gender identity and socioeconomic status (for programs) in its educational programs and its employment practices. 

There is a grievance procedure for processing complaints of discrimination. If you have questions or a grievance related to this policy please contact the district’s equity coordinator, Samantha Peska, Student Services Director, 1702 Harding Street, Tama, IA 52339 ph. 641-484-4811 or email: speska@s-tama.k12.ia.us.

 

Personnel

Hires:

Name

Position

Replacing

Lane

Years of Service

Pay Scale

Start Date

Mattison Pladsen

Middle School Paraeducator

New Position

0

0

$14.54

8/2026

Shayne Holtzman

Middle School Paraeducator

New Position

0

1

$14.72

4/14/2026

Susan Arifi

Elementary Level III Special Education

Haley Wilson

MA

20

$69,136.00

8/2026

 

Resignations:

Name

Position

Effective date

Stacy Moore

Middle School Concessions

End of the 2025-2026 school year

Ryan Cassady

9th Grade Football Coach

4/9/2026

Alexis Munoz

Elementary Kitchen Staff

4/17/2026

Brenon Chyma

7th Grade Football

4/10/2026

 

Official:

Name

School

Activity

Mark Hebdon

High School

Soccer

 

arobson@s-tama… Fri, 04/10/2026 - 15:32