Minutes - 2023.11.20

Minutes

November 20, 2023 Board Meeting

Carroll CSD

5:30 PM Adams Elementary

 

 

PUBLIC FORUM – CJ Niles addressed the board.

           

CALL MEETING TO ORDER - ROLL CALL – Board President Cindy Johnson called the meeting to order at 5:33pm.  Board members present: Cindy Johnson, Kristen Lundstrom, Onica Ulveling and Duane Horsley; absent – Karen Friedlein

 

APPROVE AGENDA – Moved by Ulveling/Horsley to approve the agenda with unanimous approval by roll call vote.

 

CONSENT AGENDA – The consent agenda consisting of minutes, bills, 1st and 2nd readings of board policies, administrator reports, agreements and fundraisers was motioned for approval by Horsley/Ulveling with unanimous approval by roll call vote.

                  Minutes – October 16, 2023

Bills – General ($267,507.49), Management ($4,207.00), PPEL ($148,374.34), Nutrition ($68,818.57), SAVE ($28,075.51), Activity ($36,314.23), UMB Debt Service Fund Payments ($283,997.40 and $37,875.00)

2nd Reading of Policies – 520, 521, 536, 536R1, 536.1, 537, 537R1, 537E1, 539, 539.1, 539R1, 539E1, 539E2, 539E3, 542, 543, 547, 548

Policies to Delete – 577

Moved by Ulveling/Horsley to approve the consent agenda with unanimous approval by roll call vote.

                 

DONATIONS – The CHS Alumni Association would like to donate $100 to the band department. Moved by Ulveling/Horsley to accept the donation.  Motion carried on unanimous roll call vote.

 

PERSONNEL REPORT           

RESIGNATIONS

  1. Zoe Meyers wishes to resign from her Teacher Associate position in TigerZone effective November 6th.
  2. Sharon Beyer wishes to resign from the noon bus driving route. She will continue to drive morning and afternoon.
  3. Sammy Geist wishes to resign from her teacher associate position at Fairview. Sammy has worked for CCSD for one and a half years.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

  1. Randy Bissen is recommending Wayne Lu for the 7th grade boys' basketball position pending his coaching authorization license gets renewed. He has 0 years of paid experience. If approved he would receive $1,845.
  2. Kourtney Abbotts would like to recommend Kaylie Bricker for the Science/PLTW teacher position at CHS. Kaylie has her substitute authorization and is enrolled at Morningside University and will graduate in December 2023 with a BA in Education with. Base Salary = $38,000; TSS = 6,545 Total = $44,545. This salary will be prorated due to Kaylie working less than a full year. Also a signing bonus of $2,000, with $1,000 being received in March 2024, and another $1,000 received in September 2024. Approval is recommended contingent upon receipt of a valid Iowa teaching license. If approved Kaylie would begin teaching on December 1st.
  3. Sue Ruch would like to recommend Kaitlyn Shaw for the Special Education teacher, Strategist I position at Fairview. Kaitlyn has a BA from California Baptist University and is attending William Penn University and will graduate in December 2023 with a BA in Education with Strat I endorsement. Base Salary = $38,000; TSS = 6,545 Total = $44,545. This salary will be prorated due to Kaitlyn working less than a full year. Also a signing bonus of $2,000, with $1,000 being received in March 2024, and another $1,000 received in September 2024. Approval is recommended contingent upon receipt of a valid Iowa teaching license. If approved her start date would be January 10th.
  4. Jeff Dvorak would like to recommend Joe Salvatore to fill the Assistant Custodian position at Carroll Middle School that was vacated when Terry Wright transferred to the High School Assistant Custodian position. If approved Joe would be paid $14.00/hour and will work 40 hours/week, M-F, with the opportunity to work OT, at a rate of time and a half per hour. He would also receive a $2,000 signing bonus. Joe has been subbing and working as a substitute outside custodian for several months.
  5. Randy Bissen would like to recommend Bill Polking for the Head Large Group Speech Sponsor position. He resigned from this position last year but has agreed to take over the position again to mentor Maggie Hannasch in hopes of her transitioning into the head sponsor next year. If approved Bill would be paid $4,271.
  6. Randy Bissen would like to recommend Maggie Hannasch for the assistant large group and individual positions. She has 8 years of paid experience being the speech sponsor at East Sac County for the previous 8 years. She will work well with Bill Polking. If approved Maggie would be paid $1,560 for Assistant Large Group and $1,404 for Assistant Individual Speech.

CONTRACT MODIFICATION

  1. Dawn Prefontaine was approved for a bus driving position in October 2023. The personnel handout should have listed a $2,000 signing bonus plus $500 for completion of successful completion of 17 hours of required bus driver training.
  2. Patrick Henderson was approved for a bus driving position in August 2023. The personnel handout should have listed a $2,000 signing bonus.

Moved by Horsley/Ulveling to approve the personnel recommendations. Unanimous approval by roll call vote.

 

ACTION ITEMS

  1. Retirement Incentive – the board discussed whether to offer a retirement incentive for the end of FY24 but did not take action.

 

Board Member Karen Friedlein joined the meeting at 5:55p.m.

 

REVIEW ELECTION RESULTS – Board Secretary Nicole McCarville reviewed the election results that had been canvassed by the Carroll County Board of Supervisors, noting that the Instructional Support Levy public measure passed, the Revenue Purpose Statement public measure passed, and the 3 elected board members were Jim Friel, Jill Johnston, and Stacy McCaulley.

 

Superintendent Berlau and administrators present thanked outgoing board member Karen Friedlein, Cindy Johnson and Onica Ulveling for their dedicated service to Carroll CSD as board members.

 

At 5:59pm, it was moved to adjourn by Friedlein/Ulveling, unanimous approval.