Minutes - 2024-05.06

Minutes

May 6, 2024 Board Meeting

Carroll CSD

6:30 PM, Adams Elementary Board Room

 

CALL MEETING TO ORDER - ROLL CALL – Board President Kristen Lundstrom called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm.  Board members present: Jim Friel, Duane Horsley, Jill Johnston, Kristen Lundstrom, and Stacy McCaulley.

 

APPROVE AGENDA – Moved by Horsley/McCaulley to approve the agenda with unanimous approval.

 

DONATION – Moved by Horsley/Johnston to accept the donation of lunch from a food truck at CMS one day during teacher appreciation week donated by Jordan Jansen’s Edward Jones office with unanimous approval by roll call vote.

 

PERSONNEL REPORT

RESIGNATIONS:

  1. Nicole Martin wishes to resign from her 7th grade science teaching position as well as her MS volleyball coaching and MS wrestling coaching positions effective at the end of the 23-24 school year. Nicole has worked for CCSD for 3 years.
  2. Kaitlynn Kaufmann wishes to resign from her prom sponsor position.
  3. Kristi Shanks wishes to resign from her prom sponsor position.
  4. Samantha Vonnahme wishes to resign from her girls' golf coaching position.
  5. Erin Roberts wishes to resign from her Teacher Associate position in TigerZone effective May 22, 2024. Erin has worked at CCSD for one year.
  6. Jordan Janssen wishes to resign from her bus driving position effective April 29, 2024. Jordan has worked for CCSD for 4 years.
  7. Jeff Cullen wishes to resign from his Transportation Director position effective April 30, 2024 (an update to the previous resignation date of 6/30/24)
  8. Janet Olerich wishes to resign from her food service position effective April 30, 2024. Janet will continue to work as a contracted bus driver and will be picking up additional driving duties.
  9. Marissa Alexander wishes to resign from her Teacher Associate position effective April 30, 2024. Marissa has worked for CCSD for 2 years.
  10. Micah Henderson wishes to resign from his Teacher Associate position effective at the end of the 2023-2024 school year. Micah has worked for CCSD for 2 years.
  11. Caleb Henderson wishes to resign from his Teacher Associate position effective at the end of the 2023-2024 school year. Caleb has worked at CCSD for 1 year.
  12. Hunter Harmening wishes to resign from his Juvenile Court Liaison position at the end of his 2023-2024 contract. Hunter has worked for CCSD for 8 years.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

  1. Amy Collison is recommending Abigail Koster for a 4th grade instructor position. Abigail is a graduate of University of Northern Iowa with a BA+15 in Education. She has been teaching at Sioux City CSD since 2021. She has a total of seven years of teaching experience. If approved Abigail would receive $49,250 plus a $2,000 signing bonus. Approval is recommended contingent upon receipt of a clear background check.
  2. Amy Collison is recommending Hannah Bush for a 4th grade instructor position.  Hannah is a graduate of Northwest Missouri State University with a BA in Education.  She has been working at New Opportunities as Head Start Sub. If approved Hannah would receive $47,500 plus a $2,000 signing bonus.
  3. Sue Ruch and Amy Collison are recommending Emma Schmitz for an Elementary Art Instructor position. Emma is a graduate of Morningside College with a BA in Art Education. She has been teaching at West Bend-Mallard CSD since 2021. If approved Emma would receive $47,500 plus a $2,000 signing bonus. Approval is recommended contingent upon receipt of a clear background check.
  4. Scot Aden is recommending Holly Kirchhoff for the 5-8 Band/Vocal music position at CMS. Ms. Kirchhoff will graduate from Iowa State University in May. She did her student teaching at Gilbert High School and Roland Story Middle School. If approved she would be paid $47,500 plus a $2,000 signing bonus. She will teach 5-6 Vocal Music ($389), Gr. 5-6 Instrumental Music ($389), and 1/2 of Summer Band Lessons ($1,945). Approval is recommended contingent upon receipt of a valid Iowa teaching license.
  5. Jennifer Dentlinger is recommending Bryan Holt for a student/supply shuttle contract for 2024-2025 for 1.5 hours per day. If approved he would make the designated wage for student/shuttle driving. During the 2023-2024 school year this amount is $14.73 per hour.
  6. Randy Bissen is recommending Rylee Ludwig for the Head Varsity Volleyball Position. Rylee is a CHS alumni and has one year of paid experience as she was our JV volleyball coach last year. She was a first team unanimous all-conference player her junior and senior year in high school when her teams won the conference and finished second under Head Coach Kelli Schulz. She was also all-state honorable mention her senior year. We are excited to have Rylee lead our volleyball program.

VOLUNTEER

  1. Randy Bissen is recommending Brock Jones for a volunteer position with the varsity softball team. He was a volunteer last year with the softball program as well.
  2. Randy Bissen is recommending Lonnie Miller as a volunteer with our varsity volleyball team. He will be an asset to new coach Rylee Ludwig and will work well with our other coaches in the program.

CONTRACT MODIFICATION:

  1. Tasha Hinner's hourly rate of pay should be $25.40. This was on the personnel report correctly when she was approved for an RN position but incorrect on her contract. Tasha requests reverting back to 25 hours/week for the 2024-2025 school year. Approval of modifications is recommended.

Moved by Friel/Horsley to approve the personnel recommendations with unanimous approval by roll call vote.

 

WORK SESSION – The board discussed and reviewed district paid benefits for administrative staff.

 

CONSIDER APPROVAL OF NON-BARGAINING STAFF WAGE INCREASES AND SCHEDULE C ADJSUSTMENTS FOR 2024-2025 – Moved by Johnston/McCaulley to approve the wages of non-bargaining staff for 24-25 as presented.  The motion passed 4-1 on a roll call vote with Lundstrom, McCaulley, Horsley, and Johnston in favor and Friel opposed.   Moved by Johnston/Friel to approve the starting and sub pay for non-bargaining staff for 24-25 with unanimous approval by roll call vote.  Moved by Johnston/Horsley to approve the Schedule C adjustments as presented with unanimous approval by roll call vote.

 

CLOSED SESSION – Moved by Horsley/McCaulley to go into closed session at 7:19pm under Iowa Code 21.5.1.i “To evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual's reputation and that individual requests a closed session.  This session will also be closed to comply with the confidentiality of personnel records requirements.”

 

RETURN TO OPEN SESSION – The Board returned to open session at 8:32pm

 

At 8:33 pm, it was moved by Horsley/McCaulley to adjourn with unanimous approval.

 

                                                                        Respectfully Submitted,

                                                                        /s/ Nicole L McCarville, Board Secretary