Red Oak Community School District
Meeting of the Board of Directors
Meeting Location: Red Oak Inman Primary Media Center
Red Oak Inman Primary Campus
August 12, 2019
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Red Oak Community School District was called to order by President Mark Johnson at 7:00 p.m. at the Red Oak Inman Primary Cafeteria.
Present
Directors: Roger Carlson, Bryce Johnson, Mark Johnson, Kathy Walker, Bret Blackman arrived at 7:17 p.m. due to travel from work
Superintendent Tom Messinger, Business Manager Deb Drey
Approval of Agenda
Motion by Director Bryce Johnson, second by Director Walker to approve the agenda with the order of agenda items at the discretion of the meeting chair. Motion carried unanimously.
Consent Agenda
Motions by Director Carlson, second by Director Walker to approve the consent agenda including minutes from July 22, 2019 and July 25, 2019, and monthly business reports. Motion carried unanimously.
Open Enrollment Requests
Motion by Director Walker, second by Director Bryce Johnson to approve the Open Enrollment request for Kindergartener Bentley Sheppard from East Mills Community School District to Red Oak Community School District for the 2019-2020 school year. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Director Carlson, second by Director Walker to deny the Open Enrollment request for 4th Grader Riley VanHoose to Clayton Ridge-Iowa Virtual Academy for the 2019-2020 school year due to being outside the deadline. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Director Bryce Johnson, second by Director Walker to approve the Open Enrollment request for 7th Grader Benjamin Smith from Red Oak Community School District to Clayton Ridge-Iowa Virtual Academy for the 2019-2020 school year due to a move. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Director Walker, second by Director Bryce Johnson to approve the Open Enrollment request for 5th Grader Tanner Grammar from Villisca Community School District to Red Oak Community School District for the 2019-2020 school year due to a move. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Director Carlson, second by Director Walker to approve the Open Enrollment request for 5th Grader Gage Graham from Villisca Community School District to Red Oak Community School District for the 2019-2020 school year due to a move. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Director Bryce Johnson, second by Director Walker to approve the Open Enrollment request for 11th Grader Kaden Grammar from Villisca Community School District to Red Oak Community School District for the 2019-2020 school year due to a move. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Director Walker, second by Director Carlson to approve the Open Enrollment request for 12th Grader Hunter Graham from Villisca Community School District to Red Oak Community School District for the 2019-2020 school year due to a move. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Director Bryce Johnson, second by Director Walker to approve the Open Enrollment request for 6th Grader Geno DeMasi from East Mills Community School District to Red Oak Community School District for the 2019-2020 school year due to a move. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Director Carlson, second by Director Bryce Johnson to approve the Open Enrollment request for 4th Grader Lucy DeMasi from East Mills Community School District to Red Oak Community School District for the 2019-2020 school year due to a move. Motion carried unanimously.
2019-2020 Student Handbooks
Motion by Director Carlson, second by Director Bryce Johnson to approve the 2019-2020 Elementary and Secondary Student Handbooks with the addition of the Board Policy 503.3 definition of expulsion, vaping added to the offense matrix, and expulsion added as a penalty on the appropriate offenses. Motion carried unanimously.
2019-2020 Good Conduct Policy
Motion by Director Walker, second by Director Bryce Johnson to approve the 2019-2020 Good Conduct Policy as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
Board Policy 506.5 & 506.5R1
Motion by Director Bryce Johnson, second by Director Walker to approve the second reading of Board Policy 506.5 and 506.5R1. Motion carried unanimously.
Tennis Court Resurfacing
Motion by Director Blackman, second by Director Walker to accept the bid from Midwest Tennis and Track in the amount of $37,850.00 for resurfacing the tennis courts. Motion carried unanimously.
Boyd Jones Contract Amendment
Motion by Director Carlson, second by Director Walker to approve an amendment with Boyd Jones Construction Company to add work for Washington Intermediate/Red Oak Early Childhood Center pending approval by the District’s legal counsel. Motion carried unanimously.
Football/Track Public Address System
Motion by Director Blackman, second by Director Walker to accept the bid of Bonsall TV Inc in the amount of $34,244.73 for the public address system at Russ Benda Field. Motion carried unanimously.
Substitute Rates
Motion by Director Carlson, second by Director Walker to approve substitute rates of pay as follows: Teacher Substitute Rates will remain the same, $120.00 per day and $153.00 after 10 days in same position for Long Term; Substitute Bus Driver Route $14.00 per hour; Substitute Bus Driver Activity Route $12.00 per hour; Substitute Para Professionals $9.00 per hour; and Substitute Secretary $9.71 per hour. Motion carried unanimously.
2019-2020 SAM Agreement
Motion by Director Bryce Johnson, second by Director Blackman to renew the SAM Agreement for the 2019-2020 school year. Motion carried unanimously.
Fire Sprinkler Inspection Agreement
Motion by Director Blackman, second by Director Walker to accept the bid from Ahern Fire in the amount of $1,685.00 to provide inspections of the fire sprinkler systems at the Junior/Senior High School and Inman Elementary for the 2019-2020 school year. Motion carried unanimously.
Edify and Write to Learn Assessments
Motion by Director Walker, second by Director Carlson to approve the purchase of Edify and Write to Learn Assessments for the 2019-2020 school year. Motion carried unanimously.
ROECC Playground Concrete
Motion by Director Walker, second by Director Blackman to accept the bid from Viner Construction in the amount of $37,557.00 for concrete work at the Red Oak Early Childhood Center. Motion carried unanimously.
Personnel Considerations
Motion by Director Bryce Johnson, second by Director Walker to hire Kennedy Candor as a Junior High Volleyball Coach for the 2019-2020 school year. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Director Walker, second by Director Blackman to accept the resignation of Rylie Rohrer as Para Professional and Junior High Girls Basketball Coach effective July 19, 2019. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Director Walker, second by Director Blackman to accept the resignation of Kevin Herrick as Computer Hardware Technician effective August 30, 2019. Motion carried unanimously.
Adjournment
Motion by Director Bryce Johnson, second by Director Walker to adjourn the meeting at 9:00 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.
Next Board of Directors Meeting Monday, August 26, 2019 – 7:00 p.m.
Red Oak Inman Primary Media Center
Red Oak CSD Inman Primary Campus
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Mark Johnson, President Deb Drey, Board Secretary
