2025-10-13 Board Agenda

South Tama County Community School District

Regular Board Meeting Agenda

October 13, 2025

 

The Board of Education of the South Tama County Community School District will hold a regular board meeting on October 13, 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

  1. Call to Order

  2. Roll Call and Declaration of Quorum

  3. Adoption of Agenda

  4. Public Hearing

    1. Sale of Old Middle School

  5. Adjournment

 

           Regular Session to follow public hearing

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. September 22, 2025 Regular and Closed Session

      2. Bills

      3. Contracts and Interagency Agreements

  1. Pre-ACT Testing at Reinig Center

  2. D & N Fence Quote

  3. Risk Pool Amendment

  4. Tanager Agreement

  5. AEL - Preventive Maintenance Agreement

      4. Gifts, Grants & Bequests

  1. $500.00 donation from Music Boosters for ½ of the 2025 Marching Band Color Guard Choreography

  2. $500.00 donation from James and Mary Roan for the Elementary School

  3. $682.03 donation from St. Patrick's Catholic Church for Elementary backpack program.

  4. $500.00 donation from Tama Livestock Auction for FFA.

      5. Early Graduation Requests

  1. L.T. (January 2027)

G. Presentations

  1. Student Achievement Data

H. Discussion

  1. Superintendent Update

    1. 25-26 School Suspension Updates

    2. News N Notes

    3. Construction

  2. Public Hearing Board Follow Up & Discussion

    1. Timeline

I. Action Items

  1. Personnel 

  2. Certified and Classified Handbook update (Early Retirement)

  3. Bus Repairs 13-2 - Recommendation

    1. School Bus Sales

    2. Big Rigger Builders

  4. EPS Learning Quote

  5. Imagine Learning Quote

  6. Navigate 360 Invoice

  7. 95% Quote

  8. High School Walk in Freezer Quotes

  9. Hudl Invoice

J. Policy Review 

           First Reading

  1. 104 - Anti-Bullying/Harassment Policy

  2. 104 E1 - Anti-Bullying/Harassment Policy - Complaint Form

  3. 104 E2 - Anti-Bullying/Harassment Policy - Witness Disclosure Form

  4. 104 E3 - Anti-Bullying/Harassment Policy - Disposition of Complaint Form

  5. 104 R1 - Anti-Bullying/Harassment Policy - Investigation Procedures

  6. 203 - Board of Directors’ Conflict of Interest

  7. 403.03 E1- Communicable Diseases - Hepatitis B Vaccine

  8. 403.03 R1 - Communicable Diseases - Employees - Regulation

  9. 405.03 - Licensed Employee Individual Contracts

  10. 405.04 - Licensed Employee Continuing Contracts 

  11. 405.05 - Licensed Employee Work Day

  12. 405.07 - Licensed Employee Transfers

  13. 405.09 - Licensed Employee Probationary Status

  14. 407.01- Licensed Employee Resignation

  15. 407.02 - Licensed Employee Contract Release

  16. 407.04 - Licensed Employee Suspension

  17. 409.02 - Employee Leaves of Absence

  18. 410.01 - Substitute Teachers

  19. 414 - Classified Employee Professional Purpose Leave

  20. 708 - Care, Maintenance, and Disposal of School District Records

           Second Reading

  1. (Rescind) 301.05 - Professional Liability Exposure - Superintendent

  2. 402.02 - Abuse of Students by School District Employee

  3. 402.03 - Child Abuse Reporting

  4. 506.01 E1 - Education Records Access - Request of Non-parent for Examination or Copies of Education Records

  5. 506.01 E2- Education Records Access - Authorization for Release of Education Records

  6. 506.01 E3 - Education Records Access - Request for Hearing on Correction of Education Records

  7. 506.01 E4 - Education Records Access - Request for Examination of Education Records

  8. 506.01 E5 - Education Records Access - Notification of Transfer of Education Records

  9. 506.01 E6 - Education Records Access - Letter to Parent Regarding Receipt of a Subpoena

  10. 506.01 E7 - Education Records Access - Juvenile Agency Information

  11. 506.01 E8 - Education Records Access - Annual Notice

  12. 506.01 R1 - Education Records Access - Regulation

Third Reading 

  1. 407.06 - Employee Early Retirement  DRAFT

K. Upcoming Events and Community Update

  1. Superintendent

  2. Board President and Board Members

 

Upcoming Meeting: October 27, 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

Amber Bolen

Head 7th Grade Girls Basketball Coach

Heather Wanatee

4

5

$2,300.00

10/2025

Leslie Keller

Head 8th Girls Track Coach

Ashley Raue

4

2

$2,200.00

3/2026

Blake Keller

Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach

David Reisner

2

4

$3,350.00

5/2026

Brooke Dollen

Basketball Cheerleading Coach

Madison Cole

3

2

$3,050.00

11/2025
Brittney Gillum High School Special Education Paraeducator Todd Anderson 0 0 $14.54/hour 10/20/2025

 

Resignations:

Name

Position

Effective date

-

-

-

 

Transfer:

Name

Position

Start Date

Carlie Herdlicka

Middle School Assistant Boys Soccer →High School Assistant Varsity Girls Soccer

3/2026

Laura Ridout 

Assistant Varsity Girls Basketball Coach → Interim Head Girls Basketball Coach 

11/2025

 

Officials:

Name

School

Activity

David Nitz

Middle School

Girls Basketball

Tom Kemper

Middle School

Girls Basketball

Eugene Ubben

Middle School

Girls Basketball

Ashley Castanon

Middle School

Girls Basketball

John Bartello

Middle School

Boys Wrestling

Patrick Kopsa

Middle School

Boys Wrestling

Curt Hilmer

Middle School

Boys Wrestling

Travis Smith

Middle School

Boys Wrestling

Bob Yilek

Middle School

Boys Wrestling

Eric Rees

Middle School

Boys Wrestling

Brandon Dufoe

Middle School

Boys Wrestling

Connor Timm

Middle School

Boys Wrestling

Tim Zaputil

High School 

Football

Matthew Vogeler

High School

Volleyball

Kennedy Thiessen

Middle School

Volleyball

 

Volunteers:

Name

School 

Activity

-

-

-