EMMETSBURG COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Regular Meeting
Board of Education
March 27, 2025
The Board of Education of Emmetsburg Community School District met in a regular session on March 27, 2025 at 6:35 am in the Central Office Board Room.
Present: Val Morton, Morgan Grimm, Lori Riley, Kathy Roethler, Bill Huberty,
and Kyle Caven
Absent: Bruce Nelson
Also Present: Cory Jenness, Alyssa Enderson, Tracie Christensen, Tyler Bjustrom,
Tim Rodemeyer
Val Morton, Board President called the meeting to order at 6:35am.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Motion by Grimm to approve the agenda as presented. Seconded by Roethler. All voted affirmative. Motion carried.
TEACHING & LEARNING
District Career/Academic Plan: HS Guidance Counselor Mrs. Bonner presented the Board of Education with the District’s ICAP report.
Administrative Reports: Building Principals presented their monthly reports. Jenness reviewed the Activity Director monthly report. Superintendent Jenness reviewed the Student Monthly report.
PUBLIC FORUM: No members from the community were present.
CONSENT ITEMS: Huberty motioned to approve the consent items including: February board minutes, Claims, SBO Financial reports, Architectural Arts Change order, and Field Trip Requests. Seconded by Roethler. All voted affirmative. Motion carried.
OLD BUSINESS
Second Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed board policies 411-412 that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. Motion by Grimm to approve the second reading. Seconded by Caven. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
First Reading Board Policies: Jenness reviewed board policies 412-413 that were discussed at the Policy Development Committee meeting. The second reading will be held at the regular April board meeting.
Public Hearing for 2025-26 School Calendar: A Public Hearing was held regarding the 2025-26 Academic Calendar at 7:10 am in the District Board Room. Motion by Caven to open the public hearing. Seconded by Roethler. All voted affirmative. There were no comments received on the academic calendar. Motion by Caven to close the public hearing at 7:11 am. Seconded by Riley All voted affirmative. Motion carried.
Motion by Huberty to approve the FY26 Academic Calendar as presented. Seconded by Grimm. All voted affirmative. Motion carried.
LGRP Contract: Motion by Morton to approve the FY26 Contract with Iowa Local Government Risk Pool for Natural Gas. Seconded by Grimm. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.
Huntington National Bank Lease: Motion by Caven to approve the Huntington National Bank Lease agreement. Seconded by Grimm. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.
Gymnasium Video Boards: Motion by Morton to approve the Video Board purchases for the MS/HS gyms. Seconded by Huberty. Ayes- Morton, Grimm, Huberty, Nay- Riley, Caven, Roethler. Motion tied. Morton motions to table item to the next board meeting. Huberty seconded. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.
FY25 Calendar Change: Jenness presented options to gain student hours back into the FY25 calendar. Discussion was held on changing Board policy to reflect District minimums for hours. Motion by Huberty to add hours to May PD days. Motion dies. Motion by Grimm for Easter Monday. Caven seconded. Ayes- Grimm, Caven, Roetheler. Nays- Riley, Huberty, Morton. Motion tied. Motion by Riley to do nothing. Morton seconded. Ayes- Riley, Morton. Nays- Grimm, Huberty, Roethler, and Caven. Motion to table item by Caven. Riley seconded. Ayes- Grimm, Huberty, Caven, Roethler, and Riley. Nay- Morton.
High School Library Remodel: Motion by Grimm to approve the High School Library Remodel with Premier Education for $73,888.00. Seconded by Caven. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.
Western Iowa Tech MOU: Motion by Roethler to approve the MOU with Western Iowa Tech. Seconded by Riley. All members voted in favor. Motion carried.
Personnel: Motion by Caven to approve the following resignations: Cara Kreutner- Bus Driver, Rick Bisenius- Bus Driver, Kris Hackbart- Bus Driver, and Brandt Roskens- HS Vocal Teacher and the new hires of: Bayleigh Theesfeld- move to JV Softball coach and the volunteer coach of Matt Wirtz- Boys Golf. Seconded by Grimm. All members voted in favor. Motion passed.
Open Enrollment: Motion by Riley to approve the Open Enrollment requests as presented. Seconded by Roethler. All members voted in favor. Motion passed.
ADDITIONAL ITEMS
Next Board Meeting is April 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM.
Talking Points on Board Agenda Items- Discussion was held on communication.
ADJOURNMENT: Huberty motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:37 am. Seconded by Caven. All voted in favor. Motion carried.
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