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Riceville board approves staff contracts, handbooks and $3,000 HUDL purchase; hears construction and daycare updates
Summary
At its June 16, 2025 meeting the Riceville Community School District board approved multiple personnel contracts, adopted student, staff and preschool handbooks, authorized a $3,000 HUDL package payment and received updates on kitchen and daycare construction and district professional development plans.
The Board of Education of the Riceville Community School District met in the Board Room on June 16, 2025. Board President Karl Fox called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. and the board approved the agenda and routine minutes before addressing personnel, policy and facilities items.
During the meeting the board approved multiple personnel contracts, including hiring a custodian (Dalton Bowen) and a list of teacher mentors and PBIS staff. The contracts motion was made by Eastman and seconded by McCarthy; the transcript records a roll-call in which McCarthy and Eastman voted Aye. The board also accepted the resignation of Brittany Boderman from the cheer coach position following a motion recorded as made by Hale and seconded by Eastman; a roll-call vote recorded McCarthy, Eastman and Fox voting Aye.
Principal Heather Suckow provided a short administrative report highlighting ISASP testing plans, upcoming robotics trainings, the district's participation in the Impact Conference and the Preschool Handbook. Superintendent Barb Schwamman updated the board on construction matters, rural schools topics and noted district professional development is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025.
The board approved the second reading of policies 408.1–414 and tabled the first reading of policies 501.1–503.7E2. The board voted to contribute $3,000 to the district's HUDL package, approved a storm protection agreement, and authorized a middle school "Bubbler" fundraiser. McCarthy and Eastman moved and seconded a series of handbook approvals: Student/Parent, Staff and Preschool handbooks were each approved by recorded 3–0 votes. The board also approved a Nelson Media agreement.
Board members noted updates on the district's daycare program, where officials said the program is breaking even, that a Solutions Fund is in use, and that playground planning meetings have begun. The board received an update on kitchen and daycare construction; the transcript records that updates were given but provides no detailed construction schedule or cost figures.
The board scheduled its next regular meeting for Monday, July 21, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. and adjourned at 7:32 p.m.
Note on transcript inconsistencies: several recorded vote tallies in the transcript (for example, a "5 Ayes" entry on agenda approval) conflict with the attendance listing (three members present). The article reports the votes and the attendance as they appear in the meeting record and flags that the transcript contains inconsistent tallies.
