(Guthrie Center, Iowa) – Members of the Adair-Casey and Guthrie Center Community School District Board of Education will hold a joint session beginning at 7-p.m. Wednesday in Guthrie Center, in the AC/GC High School Media Center. On the agenda for both Board are contract recommendations.

In the Guthrie Center School District, the recommendations include: William Shull – Physical Education/Health Teacher/Junior High Weightlifting Coach; Kena Baier – 1st Grade Teacher;  Emma Bireline – Junior High English Teacher. and Rebecca Diemer – Junior High Cross Country Coach. The Adair-Casey Board will act on Contract Recommendations for:  Summer School Staff – Elementary, and Coaching Recommendations.

Both Board will review/discuss Spring 2024 Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) data, the final property tax rate and liability/workman’s compensation insurance renewal for 2024-25, an interfund loan between the general fund and school nutrition fund (for the GC District), and 2024-25 employee handbooks.

The Boards will also consider for joint approval, 2024-25 Operational Sharing Agreements, teacher 28E sharing agreements, milk and bread bids, Board memberships, TLC contracts and employee handbooks, along with fitness center memberships.

Action items for the Adair-Casey Board includes: Approval of a transfer from the student activity fund for elementary and junior high yearbooks; the purchase of equipment for the kitchen; purchase of  student and staff computers; disposal of obsolete equipment; a compact utility tractor trade, and the fourth pay application for the junior high bleacher project.

The GC Board will consider for approval: The purchase of a pressure washer, and beginning a high school dance team. The joint school Boards will adjourn to enter a joint closed session for superintendent evaluation. Once that’s completed, the will return to an open session for approval of the 2024-25 superintendent contract.