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Board approves partnerships with Junior Achievement and Healthy Kids and signs off on personnel, finance items
Summary
The board approved purchase‑service agreements with Junior Achievement and a vendor called Healthy Kids (no cost to district), accepted retirements and resignations, approved tutoring and supplemental contracts, and accepted financial reports including a final bond payment made in November.
At a regular meeting, the Waterloo Local Board of Education approved two purchase‑service agreements — one with Junior Achievement and one with a private provider named Healthy Kids — as well as multiple personnel and finance actions.
Superintendent (speaker 1) said both agreements carry no direct cost to the district: Junior Achievement will provide in‑school curriculum and programming for students, and Healthy Kids will offer before‑and‑after‑school care using district space while parents pay the vendor directly. The superintendent said Healthy Kids’ hours could run early morning through about 5–6 p.m., but he cautioned that the vendor’s exact schedules were vendor‑driven and not finalized.
The board approved several personnel items by roll call: acceptance of the retirement of Beth Moon effective May 30 after 17 years of service (the meeting record shows one abstention), acceptance of the resignation of Jasmine Watts (cafeteria assistant/part‑time mechanic), and approval of a set of limited and substitute contracts. The board also approved hiring Wendy Nipper for after‑school tutoring at $30 per hour for the October–March remediation window required for students who did not pass the third‑grade test. In addition, the board approved a volunteer supplemental contract for John Herczyk to serve as an assistant coach.
On finances, the business presenter (speaker 5) reviewed November figures: all‑fund receipts for the month were about $1,300,000; year‑to‑date the general/emergency fund showed a surplus of roughly $600,000, while an all‑fund figure reflected a small deficit of a little more than $800,000. The presenter noted the district made a final bond payment in November and said the district is working with county and state auditors to move roughly $60,000 from an old fund into the capital improvement fund once procedural steps are complete.
Separately, the board approved an appropriation modification and a transfer to allow donated participation funds to be used for students who need fee assistance. The trustees also approved a property‑damage release to settle claims from Vasco’s insurance after roofing work damaged a power line; the initial estimate of about $63,000 rose to roughly $75,000 and administration recommended signing the release after review with legal and auditors.
All motions reported in this account passed by roll call as recorded in the meeting minutes; individual roll‑call vote tallies were recorded in the district minutes available from the board office.
