Glenwood Community School District

Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors & Public Hearing 5:45 P.M.

Central Office Conference Room – 103 Central, 3rd Floor, Glenwood, IA 51534

Monday, February 14, 2022

1A - Call to Order - President Curt Becker called the regular meeting to order at 5:45 p.m.

Roll Call

Upon roll call the following Board of Education (BOE) members responded as being present:  President Curt Becker, Tim Becker, Elizabeth Richardson, Matt Portrey, and John Zak.

2A – Approval of Agenda as revised - Motion by Matt Portrey & Second by John Zak.  All voted “aye” Motion carried.

3A = Public Hearing                               - A Public Hearing regarding the 2022-2023 School Calendar was held.

4A - Spotlight on Education                 - Students honored as All State Musicians were recognized.

5A - Friends of Education                     - None

6 - Consideration of Action on Consent Items

Elizabeth Richardson made a motion to approve the consent agenda including items 6A through 6L. Matt Portrey seconded the motion. All voted “aye.  Motion carried.

6A - Approval of Minutes

Minutes were approved for the Regular BOE meeting on January 10, 2022, and the Special Meeting and Work Session on January 24, 2022.

6B – Approval of Board Policies

Second Reading Approvals:

6C – Approval of Board Policies

First Reading Approvals:

6D – New Hires - Contingent upon completion of pre-employment requirements and favorable background check

6E – Transfers

6F – Separation from District

6G – Open Enrollments

6H – Approval of Financial Reports

Approval of bills and financial reports as of January 31, 2022.

6I – Fundraiser Requests

6J – Out of State and Overnight Travel

6K – Grant Requests ISFLC Conference

6L – Curriculum

7 -Announcements and Communications

7A - Comments from Public – Christina Duran spoke to the BOE on behalf of parents in attendance concerning certain recent incidents that occurred at the Middle School.

7B = Comments from Board of Education – Curt Becker reported on the recent County Taxation Board meeting.

7C - Legislative Update – None

7D - Presentations - None

7E - COVID Update - Devin Embray provided an update on the most recent Covid 19 information.

8 - Reports

Building Administrators, Special Education, School Improvement, Activities Director, Kids Place, Technology, Food Service, Transportation/Building and Grounds & Print Shop reported on their respective buildings or areas of accountability.

9 - Old Business                - None

10 - New Business

A.  Approval of Revised 2022-2023 School Calendar

Elizabeth Richardson made a motion to approve the Revised 2022-2023 School Calendar. Jon Zak seconded the motion. Elizabeth Richardson, Matt Portrey, John Zak, and Curt Becker voted “aye”. Tim Becker voted “no”.  Motion carried 4 to 1.

B.  Approval of Cooperative Sponsorship of Girls Soccer with Fremont Mills CSD

John Zak made a motion to approve the Cooperative Sponsorship for Girls Soccer with Fremont Mills CSD. Matt Portrey seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. Motion carried.

C.  Approval of Partnership with Ecsell Sports

Elizabeth Richardson made a motion to approve the Partnership with Ecsell Sports, a web-based evaluation and anonymous survey platform that gathers data on the student athlete experience.  John Zak seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. Motion carried.

D.  Approval of Purchase Agreement with Solution Tree, Inc.

John Zak made a motion to approve the Purchase Agreement with Solution Tree, Inc. for all guiding coalition professional development for 2022-2023.  Matt Portrey seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. Motion carried.

E.  Approval of Business Associate Agreement

Matt Portrey made a motion to approve the Business
Associate Agreement with the Iowa Department of Education for sharing of Iowa Medicaid date.  Elizabeth Richardson seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. Motion carried.

F.  Approval of Proposal with Intellinetics, Inc.

Matt Portrey made a motion to approve the proposal with Intellinetics, Inc. for a paperless electronic workflow automation and eForms processing solution for employee onboarding. John Zak seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. Motion carried.

G.  Approval of Modified Supplement Amount for At–Risk / Dropout Funding

Matt Portrey made a motion to approve the Modified Supplemental Amount for At-Risk / Dropout Funding in the amount of $423,708.  The related At-Risk programming for 2022-2023 was approved at the January 10, 2022, Regular Board meeting   John Zak seconded the motion. All voted “aye”. Motion carried.

Adjournment

As there was no further business to come before the Board at this time, a motion was made by Elizabeth Richardson & seconded by John Zak to adjourn the regular meeting at 6:35 p.m. All voted “aye”.  Motion carried.

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Curt Becker, Board President                                                               Tim Reinert, Board Secretary / Treasurer