2024-01-03 Board Agenda

South Tama County Community School District Board Meeting Agenda
January 3, 2024

The Board of Education of the South Tama County Community School District will hold a board meeting on January 3, 2024 at 5:00 pm at the Partnership Center, 215 W 9th Street, Tama, Ia 52339 or virtually at Board Meeting meet.google.com/cmp-hzbw-idu.

Regular Session - 5:00

1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call and Declaration of Quorum 3. Adoption of Agenda

4. Consent Agenda (Policy 204.80)
A. Approval of Minutes of Previous Meetings/Work Sessions

a. December 18,2023

b. December 21,2023

B. Bills

C. Contracts and Interagency Agreements 1. -

5. 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.

6. Reports
1. HeatherGouldCentralRiversAEA
2. Financials - Travis Squires (Piper Sandler)
3. SamPeska&semesterPHSGraduates
4. TeacherLeadershipandCompensationPresentation(TLC)

7. Action Items

  1. Personnel

  2. Letter of Advocacy to support the AEA

  3. Michelle Schroeder - Archery Club

  4. Ahlers & Cooney Invoice

  5. Change Order Request 020

  6. SBRC Application for At-Risk/Dropout Prevention

  7. Dorsey Invoice

  8. Early Retirement Applicants

  9. First Reading - Policy Review

    • ○  102 E1: Equal Educational Opportunity - Annual Notice of Nondiscrimination (revised)

    • ○  402.03: Abuse of Students by School District Employees (FKA 403.02)

  10. Second Reading - Policy Review

Part A. (These will need a third reading.)

  • ○  407.05: Licensed Employee Reduction in Force (new)

  • ○  413.05: Classified Employee Reduction in Force (new)

  • ○  501.03: Compulsory Attendance (FKA 501.01)

  • ○  503.08 R1: Discipline of Students Who Make Threats of Violence or Cause Incidents of Violence- Student Threats of Violence and Incidents of Violence (new)

  • ○  505.08: Parent and Family Engagement District-Wide Policy (Formerly Parental Involvement) (revised)

  • ○  705.04-R1: Expenditures for a Public Purpose - Use of Public Fund Regulation (new)

  • ○  707.05-R1: Internal Controls - Procedures (new)

    Part B. (Final reading)

  • ○  404-R1: Employee Conduct and Appearance - Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics Regulation (new)

  • ○  404-R2: Employee Conduct and Appearance - Code of Rights and Responsibilities Regulation (new)

  • ○  405.01: Licensed Employee Defined (new)

  • ○  405.02: Licensed Employee Qualifications, Recruitment, Selection

    (FKA 401.03)

  • ○  405.08: Licensed Employee Evaluation (new)

  • ○  505.08 R1: Parent and Family Engagement District-Wide Policy

    (Formerly Parental Involvement) - Building-Level Regulation

    (revised)

  • ○  704.07: Sale of Bonds (FKA 804.05)

  • ○  704.03: Investments (new) (Third Reading)

  • ○  705.01-R1: Purchasing - Bidding - Suspension and Debarment of

    Vendors and Contracts Procedure (new)

  • ○  707.04: Audit (FKA 804.04)

    8. Discussion

A.  Voted PPEL
Physical Plant & Equipment Levy State VPPEL MAP
State Property Tax
2024 PPEL Dates

B. Middle School Update
C. Better Boardsmanship Activity 

D. Superintendent Update

9. Adjournment

10. Closed Session pursuant 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.

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