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Board approves consent items, bus cameras, CTSo pay and multiple personnel and policy measures
Summary
The board approved a consent agenda, bus-camera hardware and training, CTSo compensation (10 extended days), handbook updates, purchasing language required for a federal grant, lane changes, annual policy reviews, open-enrollment requests, fundraising approvals, an early-retirement acceptance (5–2), several personnel contracts and adjourned.
The Pocahontas Area Community School District board took a series of routine and substantive votes during its meeting. Highlights:
- Consent agenda: The board approved minutes, invoices and financial reports after a brief request that staff provide a high-level breakdown of approximately $109,000 listed as 'miscellaneous' income.
- Bus cameras: The board approved hardware for two new buses, annual subscription fees and staff training to maintain cameras without voiding warranties (motion carried unanimously).
- CTSo compensation: The board approved 10 extended contract days for listed Career and Technical Student Organization advisors, with an annual year-end report to the board (motion carried unanimously).
- Student handbooks: Board approved updates to elementary and high school handbooks to incorporate the newly adopted chronic-absenteeism/truancy policy.
- Purchasing/procurement policy (75.1 R2): Board approved updated language required to apply for a federal grant (administration referenced approximately $150,000 in potential grant funding).
- Lane changes and personnel actions: Lane/degree changes for Keenan Lewis and Tiffany Clawson were approved; the board accepted the resignation of bus driver Margaret Robbie Couer with appreciation for seven years of service and approved multiple staff contracts and TLC appointments.
- Open enrollment and fundraising: The board approved three open-enrollment requests (six students) and approved two fundraising proposals and teacher wish lists (with direction to publish wish-list locations and seek prior approvals going forward).
- Early retirement: The board accepted an administrative voluntary early-retirement application for Mr. Cran after discussion; the motion carried 5–2.
- Other approvals: The board approved a 28E sharing agreement with New Fonda for the Regional Learning Center and admitted an exchange student from Italy. A motion to go into and out of closed session under Iowa Code 21.5(1)(j) was recorded earlier in the meeting.
Most votes were recorded as unanimous; the early-retirement acceptance recorded a 5–2 outcome. Several items carried procedural directions (publish wish-list locations; provide a miscellaneous income breakdown) for follow-up.
