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Clear Creek Amana board approves consultants, handbooks, agreements and selects legislative priorities
Summary
At its regular meeting the Clear Creek Amana Community School District board approved a series of contracts, consultant agreements, handbooks and legislative priorities and appointed a board secretary-treasurer. Several facilities payments and policy revisions were also approved; one discipline policy was tabled for further work.
The Clear Creek Amana Community School District Board of Education approved multiple contracts, consultant agreements and student handbooks and adopted legislative priorities during its meeting. The board also appointed Laurie Robertson as board secretary‑treasurer and took first reading on a new school safety assessment team policy.
The board approved a mix of one‑year consultant agreements with Grant Wood Area Education Agency (Grant Wood AEA) — including English‑language‑learner and early‑learning consultants and school improvement consultants — and approved a pilot mental‑health referral service (Care Solace) in partnership with Grant Wood AEA. The board accepted a $14,189.66 donation from the CCA Booster Club for dumbbell equipment and approved multiple handbooks for 2025–26 (elementary, middle, high school, preschool, athlete parent, coach/sponsor). The board also approved a Verizon Horizon (2025) subscription (Horizon 3 Node 0) intended to maintain district technology security.
In facilities and capital work, the board approved an amendment to the professional services agreement for the middle school and high school additions (change in scope) and approved pay application No. 13 for the Baseball/Softball Complex Phase 1 to Knutson Construction in the amount of $165,748.73. Board members discussed outstanding punch‑list items and withheld clarity about certain holdbacks and reimbursements tied to irrigation and reseeding work; they instructed staff to obtain details before issuing final payment.
The board approved a permanent enrollment partnership master agreement with Kirkwood Regional Center, a Workplace Learning Connection memorandum of understanding, and several other interagency and service agreements. It voted to submit the district legislative priorities for 2026, agreeing to emphasize literacy, teacher workforce quality, and expanded program opportunities as recommended by district leadership.
On policy, the board gave first reading approval to a School Safety Assessment Team policy and approved a slate of policy revisions (including anti‑bullying/harassment, open meetings, abuse of students by school district employees, compulsory attendance, chronic absenteeism/truancy, student use of personal electronic devices and regulations, graduation requirements, student health and immunization certificates, basic instruction program, health education, and an artificial intelligence policy). The board chose to table Policy 50308 (discipline matrix) and its accompanying regulation to permit principals additional time to revise the document.
Most motions were approved by voice vote with the board chair calling for “Aye” and asking for opposed votes; no roll‑call tallies by name were recorded in the meeting transcript.
Votes at a glance (agenda item → outcome / key detail): - Appoint board secretary‑treasurer: Laurie Robertson — approved (oath administered). - Select 2026 legislative priorities (submit priorities as discussed): approved. - Approve Care Solace agreement (pilot with Grant Wood AEA): approved (noted as free this year; potential future cost approx. $2 per student if continued). - Approve amendment to professional services agreement for MS/HS additions (change in scope, fee increase): approved. - Approve pay application No. 13 to Knutson Construction, Baseball/Softball Complex Phase 1 — $165,748.73: approved; board asked staff to verify outstanding punch‑list and reimbursement items before mailing final payment. - Approve master agreement with Kirkwood Regional Center (permanent enrollment partnership): approved. - Approve Workplace Learning Connection MOU (2025–26): approved. - Approve ELL consultant agreement with Grant Wood AEA: approved (funding source discussion: comes from state aid flows; 90/10 split noted in transcript). - Approve early‑learning consultant agreement with Grant Wood AEA: approved. - Approve school improvement consultant agreement with Grant Wood AEA: approved. - Approve purchase of 2025 Verizon Horizon subscription (Horizon 3 Node 0): approved. - Approve 2025–26 handbooks (elementary, middle, high school, preschool, athlete parent, coach/sponsor): all approved; small operational clarifications were requested (example: how senior citizen passes are issued). - Accept donation: CCA Booster Club — $14,189.66 for dumbbell equipment: accepted. - First reading: Board policy 50310 School Safety Assessment Team: approved for first reading. - Approve board policy revisions/reviews (list of policies as read aloud): approved; Policy 50308 (discipline matrix) and accompanying regulation tabled. - Approve consent items (as listed on consent agenda): approved.
Why it matters: These actions authorize the district to move ahead with construction payments, bring multiple consultant services into the district for the coming school year, and lock in student‑facing handbooks; they also set the district’s legislative priorities and keep material policy changes (the discipline matrix) under further revision before final approval.
What’s next: The board asked staff to bring clarifying documentation on facilities holdbacks and reimbursements before mailing contractor payments and to circulate updated timelines for policy changes and handbook updates ahead of the August board meeting.
