2025-09-08 Board Agenda

South Tama County Community School District

Regular Board Meeting Agenda

September 8, 2025

 

The Board of Education of the South Tama County Community School District will hold a regular board meeting on September 8, 2025 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

2025-2026 Calendar

 

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

      2. Bills 

      3. Contracts and Interagency Agreements

      4. Gifts, Grants & Bequests

  • $987.74 donation from Music Boosters - ½ Band Adventureland Trip

  • $500.00 donation from James & Mary Roan - Band & Choir Department 

  • $4,100.00 donation from TWE for Towel Tappers

      5. Early Graduation Requests

  • R.X. (December 2025)

  • A.K. (December 2025)

G. Presentations

  1. Strategic Plan - Board Agenda Connections

  2. Salt Creek Wind

  3. Fall Activity Handbooks

H. Discussion

  1. Superintendent Update

I. Action Items

  1. Salt Creek Wind Follow Up

  2. Personnel 

  3. TRIO Overnight Trips Program Information

  4. Office Concepts Pay App 02 - Office Concepts

  5. Eastern Iowa Excavating Pay App 03 - Roadway

  6. Garling Pay App 24

  7. Garling Pay App 25

  8. High School Graphics Recommendation 

    1. Lashier Quote

    2. Sports Graphics Quote Example1 Example2

  9. 2025-2026 Calendar amendment (HS times) 

  10. Viking Automatic Sprinkler Invoice

J. Policy Review 

First Reading 

  1. 100 - Legal Status of the School District (review)

  2. 101 - Educational Philosophy of the School District (updated)

  3. 103 - Long Rand Needs Assessment (review)

  4. 103-R1 - Long Range Needs Assessment - Regulation (review) IASB Document

  5. 407.06 - Employee Early Retirement

  6. 505.08 R1- Parent and Family Engagement District-Wide Policy (formally Parental Involvement) - Building-Level Regulation (review)

  7. 506.01 Educational Records Access (Directory Information)

  8. 804.06 R1 - Use of Recording Devices on School Property - Use of District Owned Recording Devices Regulation (new)

  9. 506.02 - Student Directory Information (review)

  10. 506.02 R1- Student DirectoryInformation - Use of Directory Information (review)

  11. 506.04 - Student Library Circulation Records (review)

  12. (Rescind) 504.05 - Student Fundraising

K. Upcoming Events and Community Update

  1. Superintendent

  2. Board President and Board Members

L. Closed Session pursuant to 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. 

 

Upcoming Meeting: September 22, 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

Ruby Seniva

High School Kitchen Staff

Janet Rivers

0

0

$15.23/hour

9/9/2025

Issac Judge

Assistant Varsity Boys Wrestling

Levi Kaufman/Bailey Chyma

II

1

$3,200.00

11/2025

Leslie Martinez

Special Education Paraeducator

New position

0

0

$14.54/hour

9/29/2025

Charlie Shuckahosee

Assistant Varsity Boys Baketball

David Wiese

II

7

$3,500.00

11/2025

Justice Chavarria

Middle School Special Education Paraeducator

New Position

0

2

$14.92/hour

9/9/2025

 

Resignations:

Name

Position

Effective date

-

-

-

 

Transfer:

Name

Position

Start Date

-

-

-

 

Officials:

Name

School

Activity

-

-

-

 

Volunteers:

Name

School 

Activity

Mike Zmolek

Middle School

Football