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Corning and Villisca boards enter closed session under Iowa code, set screening interviews for April 14
Summary
The Corning Community School District and Villisca boards entered a closed session on April 9, 2026, under Iowa Code §21.5(1)(i) to evaluate the professional competency of an individual at that person’s request. The boards agreed to hold screening interviews on April 14 at 6 p.m. in Corning.
The Boards of Education of the Corning Community School District and Villisca entered a closed session on April 9, 2026, citing Iowa Code Section 21.5(1)(i) to evaluate the professional competency of an individual at that individual’s request. The meeting began at 5:33 p.m. and returned to open session at 6:40 p.m.
President Staci Venteicher called the special joint meeting to order at 5:33 p.m. Directors Adam Boswell, Stephanie Hodapp, Trent Roberts and Venteicher answered roll call for Corning; Villisca board members Taylor Gray, Richard Mullen, Jason Poston, Leland Shipley and Tom Williams were also present. Board Secretaries Lyddon and Forsythe and Paul Tedesco (EDWise) attended.
Director Stephanie Hodapp moved to approve the agenda; Director Trent Roberts seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. Director Adam Boswell then moved, and Director Trent Roberts seconded, to enter closed session under Iowa Code Section 21.5(1)(i) "to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance, or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation and that individual requests a closed session." By roll call vote Adam Boswell, Stephanie Hodapp, Trent Roberts and Staci Venteicher voted yes; no board members voted no. The boards entered closed session at 5:34 p.m.
A participant identified in the record as Ryan Shuey joined the meeting by phone conference at 6:11 p.m. The board returned to open session at 6:40 p.m. and, by consensus, agreed to conduct candidate screening interviews on April 14, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in Corning. Director Trent Roberts moved to adjourn; Director Stephanie Hodapp seconded, and the meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m.
The public record filed with these minutes identifies the motion texts, the roll-call vote on the closed-session motion, and the scheduled interview date and time. The boards did not discuss or disclose the substance of the closed session in the open minutes.
