(Griswold, Iowa) – The Griswold School Board will meet 5:30-p.m. Monday, July 18th, in the High School Conference Room. During their regular, monthly meeting, the Board will act on several matters during the “New Business” portion of their agenda. Here’s their agenda for the meeting (Final agenda will be posted in the Central Office no less than 24 hours before the meeting)….

• Call Meeting to Order
• Reading of Mission Statement: The mission of the Griswold Community School District, in partnership with our families and communities, is to provide leadership for positive change to ensure the best learning opportunities for everyone in a safe and caring environment.
• Approval of Agenda (D.R.)
• Public Input
• Superintendent’s Report:
  • Thank You Card(s) (I)
  • The Month in Review – Administration (I)
  • Board Learning Opportunities (I)
    • IASB Convention
    • Discuss Board Self-Evaluation
• Consent Agenda (D.R.):
  • Approval of Minutes
  • Approval of Financial Statements
  • Approval of Bills
• Personnel
• Gifts, Memorials, Bequests

Old Business:

6. Board Policies – Second Reading (D.R.) – 200.3, 401.7, 407.2, 504.1, 504.2, 504.4, 504.6, 504.7, 710.1E1, 710.1E2, 710.1R1, 802.4

New Business

• Approval Of Girl’s Wrestling Sharing Agreement (D.R.)
• Consider Approval Of Return-To-Learn Plan Review (D.R.)
• Appointment Of Business Manager / Treasurer (D.R.)
• Appointment Of Board Secretary (D.R.)
• Appointment Of District Attorney (D.R.)
• Approval Of Bakery Bids (D.R.)
• Approval Of Trash Removal Bids (D.R.)
• Approval Of Dairy Bids (D.R.)
• Approval Of Snow Removal Bids (D.R.)
• Approval Of Warewash Bids (D.R.)
• Appointment Of Affirmative Action Coordinator (D.R.)
• Board Policies – First Reading (I) – 402.2, 501.14, 501.15, 504.5, 504.5R1, 505.1, 505.2, 505.3, 505.4, 505.5, 505.6, 505.7, 505.8, 505.8R1, 507.2, 507.2E1, 607.2, 704.6, 804.5, 804.7, 804.7R1, 901
• Annual Review Of Policies 711.3 and 711.5 (I)

• Adjourn

(D.R.) = Decision Required; (I.) = Informational

(Des Moines, Iowa) – Police in Des Moines, Saturday, released the identity of an 11-year-old girl who drowned in the Raccoon River, Wednesday evening. The body of Diamond Mathis was recovered at around 12:20-p.m., Friday in the river, north of 5600 block of Park Avenue.

Police and water rescue personnel responded at around 6-p.m. Wednesday to the scene of the incident, where the girl suddenly went under the water after she gott off the inflatable raft she was on with two other children. On Thursday morning, police said the girl was presumed to have drowned.

The search was suspended Thursday evening. Authorities have previously stated that swimming in the river is dangerous, adding that even divers were having a difficult time in the water’s current.

(Audubon, Iowa) -The Audubon School Board is expected to meet in a regular monthly session, 7-p.m. Monday (July 18), in the High School Board Room. Here’s what’s on their agenda:

7:00 Board Work Session – Policy Review – 200.3, 710.1, 802.4

1.0 Call to Order

2.0 Approve Agenda

3.0 Approve Consent Agenda

3.01 Minutes:

• 3.01.1 June 20th Regular Meeting
• 3.01.2 June 29th Fiscal Meeting
• 3.01.3 July 7th Special Meeting

3.02 Warrants and Financial Reports

4.0 Public Comments – Please contact the Supt. or Board President (Board Policy #213)

5.0 Action Items:

• 5.01 Approve Ahlers Cooney as Board and District Legal Counsel
• 5.02 Approve Courtney Walter and Kelsey Wiese as Equity Coordinators
• 5.03 Approve Cass Muzney as Asbestos Manager
• 5.04 Approve Level I and II Investigators: Level 1 – Eric Trager, Quentin Stanerson, Sam Graeve, Jill Hermansen; Level 2 – Coby Gust
• 5.05 Name Banking Depositories and Limits:
• Depositories – Audubon State Bank, Landmands Bank, Iowa School Joint Investment Trust (ISJIT).
• Limits – $3,500,000 Total – Maximum Withdrawal/Transfers of $325,000
• 5.06 Approve Two-Year Ash Tree Removal Plan
• 5.07 Approve Milk Bid Renewal
• 5.08 Approve Elevator Electric Quote
• 5.09 Approve South Gym Bleacher Quote
• 5.10 Approve Policy Revisions – 200.3, 710.1, 802.4
• 5.11 Personnel

6.0 Communication & Updates:

• 6.01 Superintendent Report
• 6.02 Principal’s Reports

7.0 Possible Closed Session – Board Policy 212. Iowa Code 21.5:  “To discuss strategy with legal counsel in matters presently in litigation, or where litigation is imminent, if disclosure would be likely to prejudice or disadvantage the board.”

8.0 Possible Board Action on Litigation

9.0 Adjournment

Next Regular Meeting: Monday, August 15, 2022; “Our Mission is to provide a quality education in a positive, equitable & respectful environment that encourages & prepares all students to become life-long learners & responsible members of a rapidly changing society.”

(Red Oak, Iowa) – The Board of Supervisors in Montgomery County will hold a Special Meeting at 1:30-p.m. on Monday, July 18th. On their agenda is an interview for the Montgomery County Auditor/Commissioner of Elections position that was made vacant by the resignation in June, of Auditor Stephanie Burke, who resigned at end of last month to accept the school business official/board secretary’s position with the Stanton School District.

It’s expected the interview will be in a closed session after the agenda is approved. Once the Board resume’s in an open session, they will discuss the Auditor’s position and take possible action on making an appointment, or the Board may choose to wait until the November General Election.  If a person is appointed, they must run in November to fill the remainder of Burke’s term, which expires with the 2024 general elections.

Some have suggested Montgomery County Treasurer Jackie Porter and the auditor’s office’s staff handling duties on an interim basis until the November election. Monday’s Montgomery County Board of Supervisor’s meeting takes place in the Supervisor’s Meeting Room, at the Courthouse in Red Oak.