EMMETSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Regular Meeting 

Board of Education

July 17, 2024

 

The Board of Education of Emmetsburg Community School District met in a regular session on July 17, 2024 at 6:30 am  in the Central Office Board Room. 

 

Present: Val Morton, Bruce Nelson, Kathy Roethler, Bill Huberty, Lori Riley

and Morgan Grimm

Absent:   Kyle Caven

Also Present:  Cory Jenness and Alyssa Enderson

 

Val Morton, Board President called the meeting to order at 6:30am. 

 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Nelson to approve the agenda as presented.  Seconded by Grimm.  All voted affirmative. Motion carried. 

 

PUBLIC FORUM: No members from the community were present.

 

TEACHING & LEARNING

 

Administrative Reports: Cory Jenness presented the Activity Director report.

 

CONSENT ITEMS: Huberty motioned to approve the consent items including: June board minutes, Claims, and SBO Financial reports. Seconded by Nelson.  All voted affirmative. Motion carried.

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

Second Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed board policies 406.4-804.2  that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. Motion by Grimm to approve second reading. Seconded by Riley. All voted affirmative. Motion carried.

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

First Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed board policies 200.4, 501.3-708 that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. The second reading will be held at the regular August board meeting.

 

Milk & Bread Bids: Motion by Roethler to table the Milk and Bread bids to the regular August board meeting. Seconded by Grimm. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

Depositories: Motion by Nelson to approve the FY25 Bank Depositories resolution. Seconded by Huberty.  All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

Fund Flexibility Transfer Resolution: Motion by Riley to approve the FY25 Fund Flexibility Transfer resolution. Seconded by Nelson. Roll Call vote: ayes- Morton, Roethler, Nelson, Grimm, Huberty, and Riley; nays- none. Motion carried. 

 

Approval of Handbooks: Motion by Grimm to approve the FY25 Handbooks. Seconded by Roethler. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

Sharing Agreements: Motion by Nelson to approve the FY25 Staff Sharing Agreements as presented. Seconded by Riley. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.   

 

FY25 School Fees: Motion by Huberty to approve the School Fees for FY25. Seconded by Riley. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.   

 

EMC Insurance Renewal: Motion by Morton to approve the FY25 EMC insurance renewal. Seconded by Grimm. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

Bill Huberty exited the meeting at 6:55 am. 

 

Personnel: Motion by Roethler to approve the resignation of Madison Schoening- 5th grade Teacher and the new hires of: Eva Jefferson- Paraeducator, Mia Auten- Paraeducator, Ally Bruhn- 5th Grade Teacher. Seconded by Nelson. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. 

 

Open Enrollments: Motion by Grimm to approve the FY25 Open enrollments as presented. Seconded by Riley. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

ADDITIONAL ITEMS 

 

Next Board Meeting is August 21st  @ 6:30 AM. 

 

Talking Points- None

 

ADJOURNMENT:  Grimm motioned to adjourn the meeting at . Seconded by Riley. All voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

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Board President                                        Board Secretary

EMMETSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Special Meeting 

Board of Education

August 16, 2024

 

The Board of Education of Emmetsburg Community School District met in a special session on August 16, 2024 at 11:00 am  in the Central Office Board Room. 

 

Present: Val Morton, Morgan Grimm (via Google Hangouts), Kathy Roethler,

Bill Huberty, and Kyle Caven

Absent:   Bruce Nelson and Lori Riley

Also Present:  Cory Jenness and Alyssa Enderson

 

Val Morton, Board President called the meeting to order at 11:00 am. 

 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Caven to approve the agenda as presented.  Seconded by Grimm.  All voted affirmative. Motion carried. 

 

Personnel: Motion by Huberty to approve the resignations of Ashley Warren- paraeducator and Abbie Schany- JV Softball coach and the new hires of Colvin Jenness- MS Girls Assistant Track Coach, Anika Stearns- MS Cross County coach (Pending BOEE certification, David Dow- HS Math Teacher, Kelly Reese- Cook, Cassandra Ayers- Cook, Justin Burns- EXL Facilitator/Full Time Sub, Jennifer Frederick- Paraprofessional, Laura Hasbrouck- Paraprofessional, and Daniele Carrigan- Paraprofessional. Motion seconded by Caven. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

ADDITIONAL ITEMS 

 

Next Board Meeting is August 21st @ 6:30 AM. 

 

Talking Points- None

 

ADJOURNMENT:  Roethler motioned to adjourn the meeting at 11:01 am. Seconded by Caven. All voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

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Board President                                       Board Secretary

EMMETSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Regular Meeting 

Board of Education

August 21, 2024

 

The Board of Education of Emmetsburg Community School District met in a regular session on August 21, 2024 at 6:30 am  in the Central Office Board Room. 

 

Present: Val Morton, Morgan Grimm, Bruce Nelson, Kathy Roethler, Lori Riley, 

Bill Huberty, and Kyle Caven

Absent:  

Also Present:  Cory Jenness, Alyssa Enderson, Tracie Christensen, Tim Rodemeyer, and Student Board Member Ava Faulkner-Leth

 

Val Morton, Board President called the meeting to order at 6:30am. 

 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Nelson to approve the agenda as presented.  Seconded by Grimm.  All voted affirmative. Motion carried. 

 

PUBLIC FORUM: No members from the community were present.

 

TEACHING & LEARNING

 

APL Presentation: Jill Schany and Arik Kerr Presented the APL conference details and plans for the future APL program

 

Administrative Reports: Building Principals presented their monthly reports. Dan Hewitt presented the AD report. Student Board Member Ava Fulkner-Leth presented the Student Board Report. 

 

CONSENT ITEMS: Nelson motioned to approve the consent items including: July board minutes, Claims, SBO Financial reports, Donations, and Bids for Obsolete Equipment. Seconded by Grimm.  All voted affirmative. Motion carried.

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

Second Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed the annual Board policies that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. Motion by Huberty to approve second reading. Seconded by Riley. All voted affirmative. Motion carried.

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

First Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed board policies 106.1, 206.3-206.4, 401.6-402.3, 603.1-803.2 that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. The second reading will be held at the regular September board meeting.

 

Petition of Bond Issuance: Motion by Grimm to approve the Issuance of $29,750,000.00 in General Obligation School Bonds. Seconded by Caven.  All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

Bond Election Resolution: Motion by Roethler to approve the Bond Election Resolution. Seconded by Morton. Roll Call vote: ayes- Morton, Grimm, Nelson, Roethler, Riley, Huberty, and Caven.  nays- none. Motion carried. 

 

Milk & Bread Bids: Motion by Roethler to untable the Milk and Bread bids from the  regular July board meeting. Seconded by Nelson. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. Motion by Caven to approve the Milk and Bread bids as presented. Seconded by Nelson. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.  

 

Personnel: Motion by Huberty to approve the resignation of Cassie Hagedorn- Paraeducator and the new hire Colvin Jenness- JVR Boys Basketball Coach. Seconded by Grimm. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. 

 

ADDITIONAL ITEMS 

 

Next Board Meeting is September 18th @ 6:30 AM. 

 

Talking Points- None

 

ADJOURNMENT:  Huberty motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:56 am. Seconded by Riley. All voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

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Board President                                          Board Secretary

EMMETSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Regular Meeting 

Board of Education

September 18, 2024

 

The Board of Education of Emmetsburg Community School District met in a regular session on September 18, 2024 at 6:30 am  in the Central Office Board Room. 

 

Present: Val Morton, Morgan Grimm, Bruce Nelson, Kathy Roethler, Lori Riley, 

Bill Huberty, and Kyle Caven

Absent:  

Also Present:  Cory Jenness, Alyssa Enderson, Tracie Christensen, Tim Rodemeyer, and Student Board Member Ava Faulkner-Leth

 

Val Morton, Board President called the meeting to order at 6:30am. 

 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Grimm to approve the agenda as presented. Seconded by Huberty. All voted affirmative. Motion carried. 

 

PUBLIC FORUM: No members from the community were present.

 

TEACHING & LEARNING

 

FAST/Tutoring Data: Sara Straw presented the Board with Student FAST/Tutoring data. 

 

Bruce Nelson arrived at 6:33 am. 

 

Administrative Reports: Building Principals presented their monthly reports. Student Board Member Ava Fulkner-Leth presented the Student Board Report. 

 

CONSENT ITEMS: Huberty motioned to approve the consent items including: August board minutes, Claims, SBO Financial reports, and Donations. Seconded by Grimm.  All voted affirmative. Motion carried.

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

Second Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed the Board policies that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. Motion by Roethler to approve second reading. Seconded by Nelson. All voted affirmative. Motion carried.

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

First Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed board policies 403.1-403.6 that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. The second reading will be held at the regular October board meeting.

 

Release of Construction Documents: Motion by Nelson to release the Construction documents for Concession stand bids with the addition of a late penalty of $500 per day for completion after August 1st. Seconded by Grimm. Motion carried. 

 

Special Education Modified Supplemental Amount: Motion by Huberty to approve the Special Education Modified Supplemental amount in the amount of $257,695.94. Seconded by Riley. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

 

Personnel: Motion by Caven to approve the following volunteer coaches for the FY25 season- Mike Soenen- Baseball, Bruce Nelson- Football, Jarrod Joynt- Football, Briar Rowley- Football, Dave Walters- Basketball, Mark Saxton- Wrestling, Austin Flynn- Wrestling, Ryan Brennan- Wrestling, Matt Wirtz- Wrestling and Golf, Brandi Fehr-Opheim- Cheer, Julie Bird- Cheer, Sheila Kulow- Cheer, Sheryl Darling- Cheer, and Angie Strohman- Cheer. Seconded by Morton. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. 

 

Open Enrollment: Motion by Riley to deny the Open Enrollment request to Ruthven-Ayrshire due to timeliness of filing and approve the other requests as presented. Seconded by Grimm. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

ADDITIONAL ITEMS 

 

Next Board Meeting is October 16th @ 6:30 AM. 

 

Talking Points- None

 

ADJOURNMENT:  Huberty motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:30 am. Seconded by Riley. All voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

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Board President                                         Board Secretary

EMMETSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Regular Meeting 

Board of Education

October 2, 2024

 

The Board of Education of Emmetsburg Community School District met in a regular session on October 2, 2024 at 6:30 am  in the Central Office Board Room. 

 

Present: Val Morton, Morgan Grimm, Bruce Nelson, Kathy Roethler, Bill Huberty,

and Kyle Caven

Absent:   Lori Riley

Also Present:  Cory Jenness and Alyssa Enderson

 

Val Morton, Board President called the meeting to order at 6:30am. 

 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Grimm to approve the agenda as presented. Seconded by Huberty. All voted affirmative. Motion carried. 

 

TEACHING & LEARNING: Board Members discussed Finance Updates, Student Enrollment, Facilities 5 Year Plan, and Potential GO Bond.

 

Val Morton exited the meeting at 7:29 am.

 

ADDITIONAL ITEMS 

 

Next Board Meeting is October 16th @ 6:30 AM. 

 

ADJOURNMENT:  Nelson motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:01 am. Seconded by Grimm. All voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

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Board President                                       Board Secretary

EMMETSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Regular Meeting 

Board of Education

October 16, 2024

 

The Board of Education of Emmetsburg Community School District met in a regular session on October 16, 2024 at 6:30 am  in the Central Office Board Room. 

 

Present: Val Morton, Morgan Grimm, Bruce Nelson, Kathy Roethler, Lori Riley, 

Bill Huberty, and Kyle Caven

Absent:  

Also Present:  Cory Jenness, Tracie Christensen, Tyler Bjustrom, & Tim Rodemeyer

 

Val Morton, Board President called the meeting to order at 6:30am. 

 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Grimm to approve the agenda as presented. Seconded by Huberty. All voted affirmative. Motion carried. 

 

PUBLIC FORUM: No members from the community were present.

 

TEACHING & LEARNING

 

Administrative Reports: Building Principals presented their monthly reports. Student Board Member Ava Fulkner-Leth presented the Student Board Report. 

 

CONSENT ITEMS: Huberty motioned to approve the consent items including: September board minutes, Claims, SBO Financial reports, Donations, and Activity Journal Entries. Seconded by Riley.  All voted affirmative. Motion carried.

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

Second Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed the Board policies that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. Motion by Roethler to approve second reading. Seconded by Grimm. All voted affirmative. Motion carried.

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

First Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed board policies 403.6-405.4 that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. The second reading will be held at the regular November board meeting.

 

Debt Service Levy Resolution: Motion by Caven to approve the resolution to increase the debt service levy $200,000.00 for FY25 for an additional principal payment by May of 2025.  Seconded by Morton. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

Concession Stand Bids: Motion by Nelson to approve the lowest Concession Stand Construction bid to Buhrow Construction. Seconded by Grimm. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

LEP Allowable Costs: Motion by Huberty to approve the LEP Allowable costs for $1,093.65. Seconded by Nelson. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

Student Board Member: Motion by Grimm to approve the addition of Junior Student Board Member Danica Ringlaben. Seconded by Riley. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

 

Personnel: Motion by Roethler to approve the following resignations: Shaylee Horst- paraeducator, BJ Buhrow- Prom sponsor, Cassandra Ayers- Cook, and Kelly Reese- Cook; and the following new hires: Laura Hasbrouck- Prom Sponsor, Laura Gustafson- Model Teacher, and Melanie Taylor- Cook. Seconded by Riley. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. 

 

Open Enrollment: Motion by Huberty to approve the Open Enrollment Requests as presented. Seconded by Nelson. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

ADDITIONAL ITEMS 

 

Next Board Meeting is November 20th @ 6:30 AM. 

 

Talking Points- None

 

ADJOURNMENT:  Riley motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:22 am. Seconded by Huberty. All voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

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Board President                                         Board Secretary

EMMETSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Regular Meeting/Annual Organizational Meeting

Board of Education

November 20, 2024

 

The Board of Education of Emmetsburg Community School District met in a regular session on November 20, 2024 at 6:30 am  in the Central Office Board Room. 

 

Present: Val Morton, Morgan Grimm, Bruce Nelson, Kathy Roethler, Lori Riley, 

Bill Huberty, Kyle Caven, and Student Board Member Danica Ringlaben

Absent:  

Also Present:  Cory Jenness, Alyssa Enderson, Tracie Christensen, Tyler Bjustrom,

& Tim Rodemeyer

 

Val Morton, Board President called the meeting to order at 6:30am. 

 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Grimm to approve the agenda as presented. Seconded by Huberty. All voted affirmative. Motion carried. 

 

PUBLIC FORUM: No members from the community were present.

 

TEACHING & LEARNING

 

Administrative Reports: Building Principals presented their monthly reports. Superintendent Jenness presented the Activity Report. Student Board Member Danica Ringlaben presented the Student Board Report. 

 

CONSENT ITEMS:  Huberty motioned to approve the consent items including: October board minutes, Claims, SBO Financial reports, and Donations. Seconded by Riley.  All voted affirmative. Motion carried.

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

Second Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed Board policies 403.6-405.4 that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. Motion by Grimm to approve second reading. Seconded by Roethler. All voted affirmative. Motion carried.

 

ADJOURNMENT: Motion by Riley to adjourn the regular board meeting at 6:57 AM. Seconded by Caven. Motion carried. 

 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

 

Superintendent Jenness called the Organizational meeting to order at 6:58 AM.

 

APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Nelson to approve the agenda as presented. Seconded by Morton. All voted affirmative. Motion carried. 

 

Jenness called for nominations of Board President. Grimm nominated Val Morton. Nelson seconded. Caven moved to cease nominations. Second by Grimm.  All members voted in favor of Morton for President. Motion carried. The oath of office was administered to President Morton. 

 

Morton called for nominations of the Vice President. Grimm nominated Bruce Nelson. Roethler called for nominations to cease and Nelson seconded the motion. Motion carried. Nelson was appointed as the Vice-President on a 7-0 vote. The oath of office was administered to Vice President Nelson. 

 

Morton called for nominations of Board Treasurer. Morton nominated Alyssa Enderson. Seconded by Grimm. Riley called for nominations to cease and Roethler seconded the motion. All voted in favor. Motion carried. Enderson was given the oath of office.  

 

Time/Date/Place for Monthly Meetings:  The time and date of the regular monthly meeting was set for the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 am in the Central Office Board Room. Caven moved to set the meetings as noted and Nelson seconded. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.

 

Appointments/Committees: The committees and appointments were set as follows:

Negotiations/Finance-Roethler, Huberty, Caven

Facilities/Transportation-Grimm, Nelson, Morton

Education/Policy Development-Riley, Grimm, Huberty

School Improvement Advisory (SIAC)-Nelson, Roethler, Caven

Emmetsburg Education Foundation-Riley

IASB Delegate-Morton

Palo Alto County Supervisory-Nelson

 

Legal Counsel: Motion by Caven to approve Steve Avery as the district’s legal counsel for FY25. Seconded by Nelson. All voted in favor. Motion carried.

 

Local Publisher: Motion by Huberty to approve the Reporter Democrat as the district’s local publisher. Seconded by Roethler. All voted in favor. Motion carried.

 

Pledge of Allegiance: Motion by Nelson to add the Pledge of Allegiance to all Board meeting agendas. Seconded by Caven. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

First Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed board policies 405.5-406.6 that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. The second reading will be held at the regular December board meeting.

 

SIAC Meeting Recommendations: Superintendent Jenness presented the SIAC Meeting results with the Board of Education. Motion by Caven to approve the meeting recommendations with some additional research requested on Math scores and grading. Seconded by Nelson. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

Palo Alto Gaming Grant & Mini Grants:  Superintendent Jenness submitted an application for a Mini-Grant for the Palo Alto County Gaming and Development Corporation for the board’s approval.

 

The Mini Grant will be initiated by the School Nurse to implement additional Stop the Bleed kits to our District. Kathy Roethler made a motion to apply for a Mini Grant from PACGDC for Stop the Bleed kits not to exceed $5,000.00 Morgan Grimm seconded. Motion carried. Ayes- Roethler, Morton, Riley, Nelson, Grimm, Caven, and Huberty. Motion carried. 

 

Copier Contracts:  Motion by Caven to approve the 5 year copier contract with Gordon Flesch. Seconded by Riley. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

Early Graduation: Motion by Huberty to approve the list of Early Graduates for FY25 pending they meet all the requirements. Seconded by Grimm.  All voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

Personnel: Motion by Roethler to approve the resignations of: Missy Joersz- Server, Carol Ensley- Cook, Rossa Russo- Cook, and Justin VerMeer- HS Ag Teacher/FFA sponsor; and hires of Shelby Neet- Paraeducator, Ben Thomsen- 7th Boys Basketball, Dan Hewitt- MS Girls Wrestling. Seconded by Morton. Ayes- Morton, Nelson, Roethler, Caven, Grimm, and Huberty. Nays- Riley. Motion passed. 

ADDITIONAL ITEMS

 

Next Board Meeting is December 18, 2024  at 6:30 AM in the Central Office Board Room. 

 

Lori Riley left the meeting at 7:51 am.

 

Talking Points- discussion was held on key points from the board meeting agenda items.

 

ADJOURNMENT:  Huberty motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:58 am. Seconded by Caven. All voted in favor. Motion carried. 

 

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Board President                                      Board Secretary