09.18.2024 Regular Board Meeting Minutes

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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