(Elk Horn, Iowa) – The Exira-Elk Horn/Kimballton Board of Education met Tuesday evening. The Board held its Annual Meeting prior to their regular meeting. Business Manager/Board Secretary Mallory Meyer reports the Exira-EHK School Board accepted the Abstract of Election before adjourning their Annual Meeting and calling to Order their Organizational Meeting. During that portion of the meeting, the Oath of Office was administered to Jodee Dixson, Matt Jorgensen and Marie Nelson. The Oath of Office will be given to Terri Harris at a later date, due to illness.

Mallory Meyer reports the new board nominated Kevin Petersen for Board President. Petersen then administered the rest of the meeting, which included the nomination of Tamie Fahn as Vice-President. They established their regular, monthly meetings as being on the third Tuesday of the month at 6-p.m., with the exception of the December and January meetings, which will start at 5-p.m.

In other business, the Exira-EHK School Board designated Ahlers and Cooney as the District’s Legal Counsel. They established banking institutions and limits, approved SIAC (School Advisory Committee) members, and a request for A Modified Supplemental Amount for Open Enrollment-Out ($135,211.92). The Board approved a Letter of Understanding with the Atlantic Community School District, with regard to the Achievement Center, in Atlantic, and a Superintendent Sharing Agreement with the Audubon CSD (Pending contract approval). Other action included the approval of Early Graduation Requests, a Modified Graduation Request, a Construction Management Contract with Boyd-Jones, and an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with William Penn University, for the Teacher/Paraeducator Registered Apprenticeship Program.

Snow removal bids were approved as presented, along with the First Reading of certain polices pertaining to: Equal Employment Opportunity; Student Conduct; Student Suspension; Expulsion, and, the Reconsideration of Instructional and Library Materials Regulation. The Exira-EHK School Board approved the following employment contracts:

1. Nikki Bricker – Associate
2. Kevin Brown – Head Boys Track
3. Paige Halbur – Assistant Girls Basketball
4. Diana Hill-Borger – Associate
5. Nolan Himmelberg – Assistant Boys Basketball
6. Trent Megchelsen – JH Boys Basketball
7. Cassidy Nerland – Assistant Girls Track
8. Doug Newton – JH Boys Track
9. Tom Petersen – Head Girls Basketball, Boys Golf
10. Derek Reischauer – JH Girls Basketball
11. Megan Wilkerson – JH Girls Track

The Board’s next meeting takes place in the Conference Room at the Exira-EHK High School in Elk Horn, on Dec. 19th, at 5-p.m.