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Chariton Comm School District board approves 2026–27 budget guarantee, several agreements and travel
Summary
At its Feb. 9 meeting the Chariton Comm School District board approved a 2026–27 Budget Guarantee Resolution and several personnel and contract measures, voted to invite the City and Johnson Foundation to a joint work session, and entered a closed session on emergency operations planning.
The Chariton Comm School District board unanimously approved a Budget Guarantee Resolution for the 2026–27 school year during its Feb. 9 regular meeting.
The action was taken as part of a string of motions in the board’s action-item segment. The agenda shows the Budget Guarantee Resolution passed on a 5-0 vote. Afterward the board approved a motion to invite the City and the Johnson Foundation to a joint work session to take place by May 1, 2026; that motion passed 4-0 with board member Jarid Howell recorded as abstaining due to a conflict of interest.
Other votes recorded in the meeting minutes include approval of an out-of-state teacher conference in Chicago, not to exceed $2,500, and a two-year agreement with personnel-services provider Energage; both motions are recorded as carrying 5-0. A motion was made and seconded to approve a tentative District Plan with Great Prairie AEA for the 2026–2027 school year, not to exceed $250,000; the transcript records the motion and second but does not record the board’s vote on that specific motion.
The consent agenda, approved earlier in the meeting on a 5-0 vote, included approval of minutes (Jan. 12 regular and Jan. 30 work-session), resignations/terminations (including Will Swarthout as ninth-grade baseball coach and two nutrition-service assistants), and personnel actions and contracts that list hires and assignments: Riley Mackey and Macey McConahay as kindergarten teachers for 2026–2027 and Jesse Dotts as high-school assistant softball coach for the 2025–2026 season.
The board entered closed session under Iowa Code 280.30 to discuss High Quality Emergency Operations Planning; the public record in the transcript includes only the entry into and return from closed session. The meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
Votes at a glance Budget Guarantee Resolution (2026–27): motion carried 5-0 Invite City and Johnson Foundation to joint work session by May 1, 2026: motion carried 4-0 (Howell abstained due to conflict of interest) Out‑of‑state teacher conference (Chicago), not to exceed $2,500: motion carried 5-0 Energage two‑year agreement: motion carried 5-0 Tentative District Plan with Great Prairie AEA (not to exceed $250,000): motion and second recorded; vote not specified in transcript
