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Votes at a glance: DCG board approves calendar, bond redemption, contracts and other routine business
Summary
At the regular Dallas Center‑Grimes school board meeting trustees approved the 2025‑26 district calendar, authorized redemption of 2019 general obligation bonds, approved multiple contracts and personnel actions, and accepted the 2023‑24 fiscal audit.
The Dallas Center‑Grimes Community School District board took a series of formal actions during its regular meeting. Highlights below summarize motions that were moved, seconded and approved during the session.
Votes at a glance
- District calendar (2025‑26): The board approved the 2025‑26 district calendar after discussion about splitting teacher work days between K‑6 and grades 7‑12. Trustees discussed concerns about childcare and chronic absenteeism associated with split workdays; the motion carried.
- Resolution authorizing redemption of General Obligation School Bonds, Series 2019: The board approved a resolution to authorize the redemption of the Series 2019 bonds and a third amendment to the escrow agent agreement related to the district surplus levy for FY2026; motions carried.
- Optional kindergarten name change: Trustees voted to rename "optional kindergarten" to "transitional kindergarten." Motion carried.
- Personnel and contracts: The board approved the contract for the director of student services (Allison Finley) at an initial salary and administrative benefits package; trustees also approved a series of employment and administrative consent items, early graduations for two students, and other routine personnel actions.
- Facilities and HVAC work: The board approved an engineering study with Baker Group to examine the HVAC system serving the administration building and separately approved a Baker Group preventative maintenance agreement to cover preventive maintenance at a set of district facilities (annual cost presented at the meeting). Motions carried.
- Procurement and surplus sales: Trustees accepted bids and awarded the sale of surplus technology lots to a named bidder (Secured Tech Solutions) and approved other routine procurement and disposition items.
- Fiscal audit and financial reports: The board accepted the FY2023‑24 fiscal audit by Bergen KDV (unmodified/unqualified opinion) and received monthly financial statements; the audit included certain accounting adjustments and findings the interim business manager described to the board.
- Policies and consent agenda: The board approved multiple policy updates as presented (IASB recommendations and routine administrative updates) and approved the consent agenda items.
Outcome and next steps: All motions listed above were approved during the meeting; where discussion occurred, trustees and administrators noted follow‑up tasks such as convening the reconsideration committee, scheduling facilities assessments, and distributing the audit report to board members for further review. The board set its next regular meeting for Monday, Feb. 24, 2025.
