Board Minutes - 2022.05.16

FAIRFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, FAIRFIELD, IOWA
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Monday, May 16, 2022
Regular Board Meeting Agenda @ Fairfield ACT Building, 6:30 p.m.

 

Regular Board Meeting Minutes

  1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 6:35 p.m. by Board President Christi Welsh. Board Members present were: Christi Welsh, Mark Porter, Margo VonStrohuber (via zoom), Kelly Scott, Tai Ward, Tim Bower, and John McKerley.                                                              
    1. Perfection and Approval of the Agenda. Tim Bower moved to approve the agenda as presented. Tai Ward seconded. Motion carried; all ayes (7).     
    2. Approval of Consent Agenda Tim Bower moved to approve the consent agenda as presented.  Tai Ward seconded. Motion carried; Kelly Scott abstained, all votes were ayes (6).
  2. Student Representative- Taryn Roemen, Frances Miller, Elliott Ward, Ireland Cranston, Nicole Hunger. Middle School Leader in Me Community day.
  3.   Old Business
    1. Board Committee Update Reports- Curriculum, Policy, Technology, Education Foundation.
  4. Public Participation- Time was limited to three minutes due to the number of participants. Speakers discussed transgender rights.                                                       
  5. New Business                                                                       
    1. Approve the 2022-2023 Curriculum cycle. Kelly Scott moved to approve the 2022-2023 Curriculum cycle. Mark Porter seconded. Motion carried; all ayes (6).     
    2. Approve the TLC Contract for the 2022-2023 school year with Tena Edlin as the mentoring coach. Tai Ward moved to approve the TLC contract for the 2022-23 school year as the Mentoring Coach for Tena Edin. She will receive a stipend of $12,811.00 (+FICA/IPERS $15,000.00). Kelly Scott seconded. Motion carried; all ayes (6).                            
    3. Approve the TLC contracts for the 2022-2023 school year. Tim Bower moved to approve the TLC Contracts for the 2022-23 school year as full release Instructional Coaches. They will receive a stipend of $2,811 (+FICA/IPERS $15,000.00). The TLC Instructional coaches are as follows: Lani Boyd, Deirdre Bachar, Christina Freeman, Scott Munford and Tina Breen. Tai Ward seconded. Motion carried; all ayes (6).            
    4. Approve the TLC Lab Teachers for the 2022-2023 school year.  Tai Ward moved to approve the TLC Lab Teachers for the 2022-23 school year. They will receive a stipend of $3,600.00 (+451.52 FICA/IPERS). They are as follows; Literacy Lab Teachers-Washington Elementary-Jennifer Christensen, Pence Elementary-Hillary Juran, Middle School-Kristen McCready. Math Lab Teacher; Pence Elementary-Rebecca Thompson, Middle School-Jill Thomas. Social Emotional Behavior Mental Health Lab Teacher; Pence Elementary-DeeDee Lehigh, Hannah Baker. Middle School-Molly Mosinski. Lab Teachers; Middle School- Shawn Klehm. High School; Kala Miller, Fred Hucke and Michelle Higgins. Mark Porter seconded. Motion carried; all ayes (6).                                         
    5. Approve the 2022-2023 Fairfield Middle School Student Handbook. Mark Porter moved to approve the 2022-2023 Fairfield Middle School Student Handbook. Tim Bower seconded. Motion carried; all ayes (6).                          
    6. Approve the Social Worker services shared personnel agreement with Great Prairie AEA for the 2022-2023 school year. Kelly Scott moved to approve the Social Worker services shared personnel agreement with Great Prairie AEA for the 2022-2023 school year for $15,500.00 paid from the general funds. Tai Ward seconded. Motion carried; all ayes (6).  
    7. Approve the cooperative agreement for Boys’ Swimming for school year 2022-23. Mark Porter moved to approve the cooperative agreement with Ottumwa, for the Boys’ Swimming. It renews the agreement that was in place school year 2021-2022. Kelly Scott seconded. Motion carried; all ayes (6).           
    8. Approve the cooperative agreement for Boys’ Golf for school year 2022-23. Kelly Scott moved to approve cooperative agreement with Maharishi High School for Boys’ Golf for school year 2022-23. It renews the agreement that was in place school year 2021-2022. Mark Porter seconded. Motion carried; all ayes (6).               
    9. Approve the cooperative agreements for Boys’ Soccer for school year 2022-23. Kelly Scott moved to approve the cooperative agreements for Boys’ Soccer with Cardinal High School and Maharishi High School for school year 2022-23. It renews the agreement that was in place school year 2021-2022. Tim Bower seconded. Motion carried; all ayes (6).     
    10. Approve the cooperative agreement for Girls’ Track for school year 2022-23. Kelly Scott moved to approve the cooperative agreement for Girls’ Track with Maharishi High School for school year 2022-23. It renews the agreement that was in place school year 2021-2022. Mark Porter seconded. Motion carried; all ayes (6).                           
    11. Approve the agreement with CMBA Architects to design the concession stands, in the amount of $20,000.00 to be paid from the PPEL funds. (A) The original recommendation was amended to ‘design two concession stands for an amount of $25,000.00’ at the board table.  The board chose to table the motion.
    12. Approve the purchase of 1-CAT GP25 5000 lb. forklift. Tai Ward moved to approve the purchase of 1-CAT GP25 5000 lb. forklift for an amount of $9,250.00. Kelly Scott seconded. Motion carried; all ayes (6).                                                  
  6. President
      1.   Highlights
      2.   Board Appreciation   
  7. Adjourn Tai Ward moved to adjourn at 8:25 p.m. Kelly Scott seconded. Motion carried; all ayes (6).

 

 

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  Robin Leonard, Board Secretary                                    Christi Welsh, Board President