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The board honored Anna Brooks, named a 2026 Iowa STEM Teacher Award North Central Region winner, and RJ Voss, recognized with recent state and national coaching awards for girls golf.
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Boarders approved a resolution to redeem part of the 2021 general obligation bond and set public hearings on the 2026–27 levy and certified budget while staff warned that uncertain supplemental state aid and enrollment shifts will affect staffing and services.
Iowa / School Districts / Ames Comm School District
Speakers from Public Schools Strong told the board to oppose diverting public funds to private schools and urged the district to share local impact data on ESA/voucher proposals; speakers also urged residents to contact legislators and requested the board reconsider not endorsing a local resolution.
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During the Ames Community School District public forum, speakers blamed declining enrollment and falling state funding for local cuts and urged the district to support a resolution calling for a minimum 5% increase in state per-pupil funding and reinstatement of an ESA income cap to phase out taxpayer-funded ESAs within five years.
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The Ames Community School District board approved the consent agenda and several policies by unanimous vote and announced its next regular meeting for Feb. 23 at 5:30 p.m.; the board then ended the Zoom broadcast and moved into a work session.
Iowa / School Districts / Ames Comm School District
Superintendent Mister Davis reported on the district’s dropout-prevention budget, facilities work near 13th and Northwestern, and staffing trends including multiple early retirements and lower enrollment heading into next year.
Iowa / School Districts / Ames Comm School District
Two community members urged the Ames Comm School District to continue Foods 1 and 2 courses and proposed monthly op-eds to inform the public about how vouchers affect local programming and funding.
Iowa / School Districts / Ames Comm School District
The Ames Comm School District board unanimously approved requests to the School Budget Review Committee for additional allowable growth, accepted several donations and authorized a $2.39 million dropout-prevention budget; trustees also heard reports on facilities and staffing.
Iowa / School Districts / Ames Comm School District
The Ames Community Schools board adopted a resolution to expend funds from its flexibility account and approved a slate of routine motions — appointments, gifts and course proposals — during an organizational meeting and transition from retiring to newly elected board members.
Iowa / School Districts / Ames Comm School District
Superintendent reported certified October 15 enrollment fell by 91 students year over year; district staff warned kindergarten cohorts are smaller. Facilities updates included track and bleacher work, demolition of two northwestern campus buildings and continuing planning for Ames Middle School interior updates.