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Votes at a glance: Ames school board approves gifts, financial reports and budget requests; literacy pilot passes 4–1

6439475 · September 23, 2025
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Summary

The Ames Community School District board approved multiple routine and fiscal items Sept. 22, including gifts, financial reporting, requests to the School Budget Review Committee for modified allowable growth and a $621,073.27 request for English‑learner excess costs. The literacy pilot procurement passed 4–1.

At its Sept. 22 meeting the Ames Community School District Board of Directors recorded the following formal actions and votes.

• Gifts to the district — Approved, 5–0. Motion: “I move the board approve the gifts as presented.” (Moved by DeWard; seconded by Beerbohm.) The board accepted multiple monetary and in‑kind gifts, including a $10,000 cash donation from Mary B. Stratton and a $5,000 donation from Farm Credit Services for the Ames High Agriculture Department.

• Consent agenda — Approved, 5–0. Motion: Standard…

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