Board Agenda - 2025.02.10

NOTICE OF BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING

TIME/DATE: Monday, February 10, 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

 

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE: The Forest City Community School Board of Education will hold a public hearing on the 2025-2026 school year calendar on Monday, February 10, 2025 at the District Office, 145 South Clark Street, Forest City, Iowa. The public hearing will start at 6:30 p.m. At the time and place set for the public hearing, interested individuals will be given the opportunity to express their views, both orally and in writing, on the proposed 2025-2026 school year calendar which has school starting on Monday, August 25, 2025, for a total of 180 student days.

  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
      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
    1. 2025 Legislative Priorities (I)
  6. New Business
    1. Board Policy Review (D.R.)
    2.  Operational Sharing Agreement for School Business Official (D.R)                     
    3. 2025-26 School Year Calendar (D.R)
    4. Worth County Development Authority (WCDA) Budget (D.R.)
    5. Marching Band Proposal (D.R.)
    6. Literacy Curriculum Purchase (D.R.)
    7. Approve Tentative Agreement with FCEA (D.R.)
    8. Strategic Planning Proposal  (D.R)
    9. Set Public Hearing Dates for the 2025-2026 Proposed Tax Rate, 2025-26 Budget, and 2024-25 Budget Amendment (D.R.)
  7. Suggestions for the March 3, 2025, Board Meeting

Adjourn

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