05.21.2025 Regular Board Meeting Minutes
05.21.2025 Regular Board Meeting MinutesEMMETSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Regular Meeting
Board of Education
May 21, 2025
The Board of Education of Emmetsburg Community School District met in a regular session on May 21, 2025 at 6:30 am in the Central Office Board Room.
Present: Val Morton, Kathy Roethler, Bill Huberty, Morgan Grimm, Lori Riley, Bruce Nelson
and Kyle Caven (via Phone)
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 Nelson. All voted affirmative. Motion carried.
TEACHING & LEARNING
Standards Based Grading Report: Matt Townsley presented the results of the Standards Based Grading audit process and findings from his work.
Administrative Reports: Building Principals presented their monthly reports. Activity Director Dan Hewitt presented the monthly activity report. Danica Ringlaben presented the Student Board Report.
PUBLIC FORUM: No members from the community were present.
CONSENT ITEMS: Grimm motioned to approve the consent items including: April board minutes, Claims, SBO Financial reports, Donations, and Bids for Obsolete Equipment. Seconded by Huberty. All voted affirmative. Motion carried.
Val Morton left the meeting at 7:41 AM.
OLD BUSINESS
Second Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed Board policies that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. Motion by Riley to approve second reading. Seconded by Nelson. All voted affirmative. Motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
First Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed board policies that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. The second reading will be held at the regular June board meeting.
GO Bond/SAVE: Discussion was held on the current GO Bond/SAVE numbers.
Ticket Booth: Motion by Riley to untable the Ticket Booth item from the April Board Meeting. Seconded by Nelson. All members voted in favor. Motion carried. Motion by Grimm to approve the Ticket Booth bid from Dan Chapman for $48,416.00 with a contingency of completion date of August 1st with penalty of $500/day for each day after completion deadline. Seconded by Nelson. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.
Personnel: Motion by Riley to approve the new hires of: Kole Telford- HS Physical Education teacher, Justin VerMeer- FY26 Bus Driver, Cole Johnson- MS Girls Wrestling Coach, Joe Clark- Head Boys Basketball Coach, Gable Bonner- transfer to JV Football Coach from Freshman, Kari Menefee- transfer to Elementary Principal, Seconded by Huberty. All members voted in favor. Motion passed.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS
Next Board Meeting is June 18th @ 6:30 AM.
Board Work Session- June 4th at 5:00 PM.
Talking Points on Board Agenda Items- Discussion was held on Standards Based Grading and diving in deeper to the details from the audit. Discussion on the Facilities team- cost effective measures to save the district money.
ADJOURNMENT: Huberty motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:44 am. Seconded by Riley. All voted in favor. Motion carried.
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