2023-12-04 Board Agenda

South Tama County Community School District

Board Meeting Agenda

December 4, 2023

 

The Board of Education of the South Tama County Community School District will hold a board meeting on December 4, 2023 at 5:00pm at the Partnership Center, 215 W 9th Street, Tama, Ia 52339 or virtually at Board Meeting meet.google.com/cmp-hzbw-idu. 

 

Retiring Board Regular Session Agenda

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call and Declaration of Quorum

3. Adoption of Agenda

4. Consent Agenda (Policy 204.80)

  1. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings/Work Sessions

    1. November 13, 2023 Special Meeting

    2. November 20, 2023

B. Bills 

C. Contracts and Interagency Agreements

  1.  Kay Chapman Agreement Engagement Letter

            D. Early Graduation Request

  1. A.B. (Jan. 2024)

5. Action Items

  1. Election Results

  2. BHIS Invoice

  3. Second Reading - Policy Review

  • 401.01: Equal Employment Opportunity (FKA 400.01)

  • 401.04: Employee Complaints (FKA 406.01)

  • 408.03: Licensed Employee Tutoring (FKA 402.03)

  • 409.01: Employee Vacation - Holidays (NEW)

  • 409.03: Employee Family and Medical Leave (FKA 405.07)

  • 409.03 E1: Employee Family and Medical Leave - Notice to Employees (FKA 405.07 E1)

  • 409.03 E2: Employee Family and Medical Leave - Request form (new)

  • 409.03 R1: Employee Family and Medical Leave - Regulation (FKA 405.07 R1)

  • 409.03 R2: Employee Family and Medical Leave - Definitions (405.07 R2)

  • 503.01: Student Conduct (FKA 502.01)

  • 503.01 R1: Student Conduct - Regulation (FKA 502.01 R1)

  • 503.02: Expulsion (FKA 502.01 R2)

  • 507.09: Wellness (FKA 701.03)

6. Board Appreciation

7. Adjournment of the retiring board

 

New Board Reorganizational Meeting Agenda

1. Call to Order

2. Adoption of Agenda

3. Election of President and Vice President and Oath of Office

4. President Assumes Chair of the Meeting

5. Bank Account Authorization

6.  Public Comment

 

The next item on our agenda is Open Forum. This time is set aside for the Board to hear comments from the public.

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 two 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.

7. Reports

  1. Boys State Cross Country

8. Action Items

  1. Personnel

  2. Wrestling Mat Quote

  3. Wrestling Mat Installation Quote

  4. School Pictures RFP Halverson Photography letter TFD Photography letter

  5. Vocational Ag Position

  6. Change Order 005

  7. Kay L Chapman, CPA PC Invoice

  8. Threshold for Approving Change Order Requests

  9. Consideration of next Board meeting date of 1/2/24 to 1/3/24

  10. First Reading - Policy Review

    • 204: Code of Ethics (FKA 200.01)

    • 303.05: Administrator Duties (new)

    • 305: Administrator Code of Ethics (new)

    • 401.02: Employee Conflict of Interest (FKA 402.09)

    • 404: Employee Conduct and Appearance (FKA 402.01)

    • 701.01: Depository Funds (new)

    • 704.02: Debt Management (new)

    • 704.03: Investments (new)

    • 704.05: Student Activities Fund (FKA 802.03)

    • 705.01: Purchasing - Bidding (new)

    • 705.04: Expenditures for a Public Purpose (FKA 804.07)

9. Discussion

  1. PPEL

  2. Certified Budget Calendar/Timeline

  3. ISJIT Investing Portfolio

  4. Valued Engineering Discussion with Larry DeVries, DeVries Electric

  5. Student Discipline Update 22-23 23-24

  6. Middle School Update

  7. Superintendent Update

10. Adjournment

 

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

1. Agricultural Sciences

2. Business

3. Food and Consumer Sciences

4. Industrial Technology

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, Curriculum Director, 1702 Harding Street, Tama, IA 52339 ph. 641-484-4811 or email: speska@s-tama.k12.ia.us.