Board Agenda - 2025.07.14

NOTICE OF BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

TIME/DATE: Monday, July 14, 2025, 6:30 p.m. 

LOCATION: District Office, 145 South Clark Street, Forest City

Board of Education: Troy Thompson (President) Beth Clouse (Vice President), Cody Hennigar, David Reese, Kim Severson, Rick Wiley, Andrew Fedders 

Superintendent Darwin Lehmann, Board Secretary Sara Meinders 

AGENDA FOR THE MEETING

 

 

  1. Call to Order and Establish a Quorum
  2. Additions To and Approval of Agenda
  3. Administrative Reports (I)
    1. Board President Report and Comments
    2. Administrative Reports
    3. Secretary/Treasurer Report
    4. Superintendent’s Report
  4. Consent Agenda (D.R.)
    1. Approval of Minutes
    2. Open Enrollment
    3. Personnel
      1. Employee Contracts
      2. Employee Contract Adjustments for 2025-26
      3. Employee Resignations
      4. Employee Unpaid Leave Requests
      5. Donations
      6. Teacher Unpaid Leave Request
      7. Sick Leave Bank Request
      8. Early Graduation Request
    4. Approve Financial Statements
    5. Approve Bills
  5. Old Business
  6. New Business
    1. Board Policy Review (D.R.)
    2. Contract with Central Rivers AEA for Transfer of State Funding (D.R.)
    3. Investment of District Funds (D.R.)
    4. Sale of District School Bus (D.R.)
    5. Updated Sharing Agreement for Media Services with Garner-Hayfield-Ventura CSD (D.R.)
    6. Updated Sharing Agreement for Work Experience Coordinator with North Iowa CSD and Garner-Hayfield-Ventura CSD (D.R.)
    7. Elementary Handbook, Middle School Handbook, and High School Handbook (D.R.)
    8. Employee Handbook and Business Procedures 2025-26 (D.R.)
    9. Designated Legal Counsel (D.R.)
    10. Depository Limits (D.R.)
    11. MS/HS Site Improvement & Choir/Locker Room Project (D.R.)
    12. Official Publication Newspaper (D.R.)
  7. Suggestions for the August 11, 2025, Board Meeting
  8. Closed Session: The Forest City CSD Board of Education will go into closed session to discuss the purchase or sale of particular real estate according to Iowa Code 21.5(1)(j).
  9. Adjourn

(I)=Informational                        (D.R.)=Decision Required