2025-11-10 Board Agenda

South Tama County Community School District

Regular Board Meeting Agenda

November 10, 2025

 

The Board of Education of the South Tama County Community School District will hold a regular board meeting on November 10, 2025 at 5:00 pm at the High School Little Theater, 1715 Harding Street, Tama, Ia 52339 or virtually at meet.google.com/cmp-hzbw-idu. 

 

           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. 10/27/2025 Regular Session

      2. Bills

      3. Contracts and Interagency Agreements 

  1. Timberline Billing Service LLC

  2. Northwestern College Agreement

      4. Gifts, Grants & Bequests 

  1. Activity Boosters Donation of $629.93 for 2 heat presses 

  2. Activity Boosters Donation of $4,500.00 for HUDL

      5. Early Graduation Requests 

  1. K.J. (November 2025)

  2. C.G. (November 2025)

G. Presentations 

  1. Elementary Team ~ Responding to Data

H. Discussion

  1. Superintendent Update

I. Action Items 

  1. Personnel 

  2. AEA Director District Election Form

  3. Roadway Pay App #4

  4. Pay App 01 - Workspace

  5. Pay App 27

  6. Furniture Pay App 01 - Pigott

  7. Premier Office Equipment - Printer Lease 

  8. Fuel Barrel Quotes

  9. Application to the SBRC for the River Hills Consortium Admin Costs

J. Policy Review  

           First Reading

  1. 411.01 - Classified Employee Defined

  2. 411.02 - Classified Employee Qualifications, Recruitment, Selection

  3. 411.03 - Classified Employee Contracts

  4. 411.04 - Classified Employee Licensing/Certification

  5. 411.05 - Classified Employee Assignment

  6. 411.06 - Classified Employee Transfers

  7. 411.07 - Classified Employee Evaluations

  8. 411.08 - Classified Employee Probationary Status

  9. 412.01 - Classified Employee Compensation

  10. 412.02 - Classified Employee Wage and Overtime Compensation

  11. 413.03 - Classified Employee Group Insurance Benefits

  12. 412.04 - Classified Employee Tax Shelter Program

  13. 413.01 - Classified Employee Resignation

  14. 413.02 - Classified Employee Retirement

  15. 403.03 - Classified Employee Suspension

  16. 413.04 - Classified Employee Dismissal

  17. 413.05 - Classified Employee Reduction in Force

           Second Reading  

  1. 403.03 E1- Communicable Diseases - Hepatitis B Vaccine (nurse reviewed) (new)

K. Upcoming Events and Community Update

  1. Superintendent 

    1. Upcoming events

  2. Board President and Board Members 

 

Upcoming Meeting: November 10, 2025

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

Taylor Devig

District Mechanic

Steve Schuett

-

0

$24.00/hour

11/11/2025

 

Resignations:

Name

Position

Effective date

Matthew DeZwarte

High School Assistant Boys Basketball

11/05/2025

 

Transfer:

Name

Position

Start Date

-

-

-

 

Officials:

Name

School

Activity

-

-

-

 

Volunteers:

Name

School 

Activity

-

-

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