Minutes - 2020.10.12

ALGONA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

OCTOBER 12, 2020

 

The Board of Education of the Algona Community School District met in regular session on October 12, 2020 in the Ed & Betty Wilcox Performing Arts Center.  President Davis called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  Directors Bartelt, Davis, Limbaugh, Louwagie, Nugent, Owen and Vinci answered roll call.

 

Others Present: Superintendent Carter, Secretary Cooper, Principals Jared Cecil, James Rotert, Jill Schutjer and Brad Sudol.  A list of Community Members that were in attendance is on file in the School Board Secretary’s Office in Central Administration.

 

Approve Agenda:  Limbaugh moved to approve the agenda as posted, seconded by Owen.  Ayes 7, Nays 0, Carried.

 

Hearing of Delegations:  The following community members spoke to the board about the Mask Requirement:

  1. Shane Taffe

  2. Dr. Rachel Venteicher

  3. Sara Bormann

  4. Amanda Adams

 

Consent Items:  Nugent audited invoices and found everything to be in order.  Nugent moved to approve the consent items, seconded by Vinci.  Ayes 7, Nays 0, Carried.

 

Superintendent’s Report:

  1.  Superintendent Carter spoke about the mask protocol and the school board also spoke about the mask protocol.

  2. Certified Enrollment is down from last year but students entering into the district is up.

  3. Early Retirement Program (year 2) will be offered to those teachers who are eligible from October 29-January 18.

  4. Superintendent Carter gave an update on the work the Phase 2 Committee has discussed so far.

  5. The School Board Conference will be a virtual conference this year.  

 

Administrative Report: Brad Sudol spoke about the FAST Data that is given to students 3 times a year and the goal is to have at least 80% of students meeting benchmarks.

 

New Business:

  1.  Louwagie moved to approve the Superintendent Goals for the 2020-2021 school year, seconded by Limbaugh.  Ayes 7, Nays 0, Carried.

  2. Owen moved to set Progress Review Dates for Superintendent Goals as November, February and May, seconded by Nugent.  Ayes 7, Nays 0, Carried.

 

OCTOBER 12, 2020

 

  1. Vinci moved to approve the second reading of the 100 Series of the School Board Policies and the adoption of Board Policy 106, seconded by Lowagie.  Ayes 7, Nays 0, Carried.

  2. Bartelt moved to approve the open enrollment requests, seconded by Owen.  Ayes 7, Nays 0, Carried.

 

Personnel:

  1.  Owen moved to approve the new contracts of Lila Durant-Cook Assistant and Derrick Hagedorn-Food Service Assistant, seconded by Vinci.  Ayes 7, Nays 0, Carried.

  2. Louwagie moved to approve the resignations of Stacy Moser-Cook Assistant and Terri Johnson-Cook, seconded by Owen.  Ayes 7, Nays 0, Carried.

 

No further business.  Owen moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:15 p.m., seconded by Vinci.  Ayes 7, Nays 0, Carried.