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Exira-EHK School Board meeting agenda for Tuesday, April 16, 2024

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April 14th, 2024 by Ric Hanson


April 16, 2024 Public Hearing & Regular Board Meeting | 04/16/2024 – 05:30 PM

Exira-EHK Conference Room, Elk Horn

I. Call to Order – Public Hearing
II. Approve Agenda
III. Welcome Visitors
IV. Public Hearing – Presentation of the 2024-2025 Proposed Budget
A. Comments from the Public
V. Adjournment of Public Hearing
VI. Call to Order – Regular Meeting
VII. Approve Agenda
VIII. Recognition and Communication
IX. Consent Agenda
A. Minutes – March 19, 2024 Public Hearing & Regular Meeting, March 26, 2024 Special Board Meeting, March 26, 2024 Public Hearing
B. Financial Reports
C. Accounts Payable – Board Bills
X. Administrative Reports
XI. Discussion Items
A. District Career & Academic Plan (DACP)
XII. Action Items
A. Resolution Authorizing the Redemption of General Obligation School Bonds, Series 2018, Dated May 1, 2018, Approving a Second Amendment to Escrow Agent Agreement, and Levying a Tax for Fiscal Year 2025 for the Redemption of General Obligation School Bonds, Series 2018, Dated May 1, 2018
B. Resolution Appointing Paying Agent, Note Registrar and Transfer Agent, Approving the Paying Agent, Note Registrar and Transfer Agent Agreement, and Authorizing the Execution of the Same
C. Approval of form of Tax Exemption Certificate
D. Resolution for the Issuance of the Notes
E. 2024-2025 Proposed Budget
F. Tentative Agreement with Exira-EHK Education Association
G. 2024-2025 Non-Certified Staff Raises
H. 2024-2025 Principal Raises
I. Set Date & Time for 2023-2024 Budget Amendment Public Hearing
I.

May 21, 2024 – 6:00 pm
J. Approve 2024 Graduates pending meeting Graduation Requirements
K. Appoint Board Secretary/Treasurer effective May 1, 2024
L. Policy Adoption – First Reading
i. 704.06R(1) – Fundraising Within the District – Regulation
M. Policy Review – First Reading
i. 405.02 – Licensed Employee Qualifications, Recruitment, Selection
ii. 411.02 – Classified Employee Qualifications, Recruitment, Selection
iii. 504.05 – Student Fund Raising – RESCIND
iv. 504.05R(1) – Student Fund Raising – Regulation – RESCIND
v. 507.08R(1) – Special Health Services – Regulation
vi. 704.01 – Local-State-Federal-Miscellaneous Revenue
vii. 704.06 – Fundraising Within the District
viii. 706.01 – Payroll Periods
ix. 706.02 – Payroll Deductions
x. 706.03 – Reduction in Employee Pay (Title Change Only)
xi. 706.03R(1) – Reduction in Employee Pay – Regulation (Title Change Only)
xii. 707.01 – Presentation and Publication of Financial Reports and Information
xiii. 707.02 – Treasurer’s Annual Report – RESCIND
xiv. 707.03 – Publication of Financial Reports – RESCIND
xv. 707.04 – Audit
xvi. 707.06 – Audit Committee
N. Personnel Resignations, Hires, & Transfers
i. Resignations
1. Cory Bartz – Grades 6-8 Math Teacher
2. Doug Newton – JH Boys Track Coach
ii. Hires
1. Drew Buckholdt – Assistant Baseball
2. Randy Kelly – Head Baseball
3. Andrea Schwery – Head Softball
XIII. Adjournment

 

High School Boys golf results from Saturday April 13th

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CAM Tournament

  1. 1st Place — CAM 329
  2. 2. East Mills 343
  3. 3. Riverside 349
  4. 4. Fremont-Mills 354
  5. 5. Bedford 375
  6. 6. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 378
  7. Hamburg NTS

1st place golfer – Chase Jahde, CAM (73)

 

IKM-Manning Tournament 

  1. Boyer Valley (376)
  2. IKM-Manning (401)
  3. Underwood (414)

1st place golfer – Danny Stein, Underwood, (83)

 

High School Girls Tennis results from Saturday April 13th

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Atlantic Tournament

1st place – Clarinda (21 points)

1. Riley Nothwehr, No. 1 singles

1. Emma Stogdill, No. 2 singles

2. Taylin Walter/Ellie Cole, No. 1 doubles

3. Hannah Higgins/Ellison Lovett, No. 2 doubles

 

2. Lewis Central (19 points

1. Lexi Opheim/Mallory Kjeldgaard, No. 1 doubles

1. Liv Allely/Addisyn McNeal, No. 2 doubles

3. McKenzie Morris, No. 1 singles

4. Reese Meaike, No. 2 singles

 

3.  Atlantic (17 points)

2. Lily Willrich, No. 2 singles

2. Malynn Ferrell/Paytn Harter, No. 2 doubles

3. Jade Harter/Jacobi Harter, No. 1 doubles

4. Quincy Sorenson, No. 1 singles

 

4.Harlan (14 points)

2. Erica Rust, No. 1 singles

3. Scarlett McGuinness, No. 2 singles

4. Chloe Swenson/Ava Wohlenhaus, No. 2 doubles

6. Anastacia Kay/Claire Schmitz, No. 1 doubles

 

5. Audubon (9 points)

4. Grace Zaiger/Briley Belnap, No. 1 doubles

5. Ava Slater, No. 1 singles

5. Rachael Rynearson/Sammy Warnaca, No. 2 doubles

6. Gery Anderson, No. 2 singles

 

6. Abraham Lincoln (5 points)

 

High School Soccer Boys & Girls results from Saturday April 13th

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Girls

@ ADM Tournament

North Scott 3, Glenwood 0 

Van Meter 2, Glenwood 1

Bishop Heelan 2, ADM 1

Bishop Heelan 4, Bondurant-Farrar 1

 

Border Battle (@ Council Bluffs) 

Thomas Jefferson 3 South Sioux City 1 

Waukee 2 Abraham Lincoln 0

St. Albert 7 Omaha Northwest 0 

Denver 2 St. Albert 0

 

Boys 

Atlantic Tournament

Underwood 10 Atlantic 0

Logan-Magnolia 3 Red Oak 1

Atlantic 7 Red Oak 0

Atlantic, Goals: Hadin Thompson (2), Kyler Edie (2), Taye Jordan, Trahyger Carey, Brandon Wagner

Championship – Underwood 16 Logan-Magnolia 0

 

Earlham Tournament

Gilbert 1 Bishop Heelan Catholic 0

Bishop Heelan Catholic 10 Oskaloosa 0

 

Border Battle (@ Council Bluffs)

South Sioux City 3 Treynor 0

Skutt Catholic 7 Treynor 0

Omaha South 1 Abraham Lincoln 0, 2 OT in Penalty Kick Shootout

Abraham Lincoln 7 Omaha Northwest 0

Omaha Northwest 3 Thomas Jefferson 2

 

Lewis Central Tournament

Lewis Central 1 Ankeny Centennial 0

Lewis Central 4 LeMars 1

Skutt Catholic 9 LeMars 0

High School Girls & Boys Track results from Saturday April 13th

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GIRLS (@ SIOUX CITY RELAY)

Harlan

Lindsey Sonderman, 3000 meter run, 10:24.11

 

 

BOYS  (@ SIOUX CITY RELAYS)

Atlantic

Tye Houser, 100 meter dash, 11.29

 

Glenwood

4×200 meter relay: Jackson Mullins, Trey Darden, Keaton German, Payton Longmeyer, 1:31.57

4×100 meter relay: Mullins, German, Darden, Longmeyer 43.59

 

Bishop Heelan 

Carson McInerney, discus 164-05.00

 

Sergeant Bluff-Luton

Alex Wilson, shot put 53-05.00

 

Hansen in 3rd, Iowa in 5th at Hawkeye Invitational

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa men’s golf team concluded the first two rounds of play in the Hawkeye Invitational on Saturday at Finkbine Golf Course. The Hawkeyes are in fifth place at 3-under par (283/282). Wisconsin leads the field at 10-under par.

Sophomore Hogan Hansen is in third place at 5-under par. Hansen fired a bogey free 68 (-3) in the first round and followed it up with a 69 (-2) in the second round. Hansen is two shots off second place and five shots back form the leader, Cameron Huss of Wisconsin.

Freshman Noah Kent is in a tie for 17th place at one-under par after shooting even par (71) in the first round of the tournament before carding a 70 (-1) in the second round. Kent had a stretch of three consecutive birdies on the back nine.

Junior Ian Meyer sits at one-over par in a tie for 31st. Freshman Max Tjoa, competing individually, is tied for fourth place at 4-under par. Tjoa carded back-to-back 69s.

HAWKEYE SCORECARD

5th/16th Team 283 282 -3 565
3 Hogan Hansen 68 69   -5 137
T17 Noah Kent 71 70   -1 141
T31 Ian Meyer 71 72   +1 143
T53 Mac McClear 73 73   +4 146
T73 Callum Macfie 79 71   +8 152
T4 *Max Tjoa 69 69   -4 138
T73 *Cale Leonard 75 75   +8 150
T79 *Josh Lundmark 70 81   +9 151
T82 *Felipe Pedraza 77 75   +10 152

*Competing Individually 

 

HAWKEYE NOTABLES

  • Iowa’s par four average of 4.12 (+13) is tied for second in the tournament.
  • The Hawkeyes have 38 birdies, the second most in the field.
  • Hansen’s par four average of 3.91 (-2) is tied for third of all golfers.

 

UP NEXT

The final round of the Hawkeye Invitational tees off on Sunday morning at 8:15 a.m. (CT) at Finkbine Golf Course.

Hawkeyes Drop Saturday Double Header

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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Iowa softball team dropped a doubleheader against Michigan on Saturday afternoon. The Hawkeyes lost a hard-fought game one, 8-6, before falling in eight innings, 9-8, in game two.

The Hawkeyes held leads late in both games, but the Wolverines completed the comeback both times to secure the series victory.

Freshman Soo-Jin Berry went 3-for-5 with four RBIs and picked up her first career home run in the doubleheader. Six different Hawkeyes had multi hit days as the Iowa offense dished out 12 runs in two games.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Game 1

Iowa started strong with five straight hits in the top of the first. Berry knocked in the first run of the game on a ground rule double. Senior Sammy Diaz followed suit with a single that brought in two more. Junior Devyn Greer extended Iowa’s lead to four with a single to left center.

Sophomore Jalen Adams (9-8) got the start in game one. In the opening frame she kept the Wolverines in check allowing just one hit. Both teams were held in check by the pitchers in the second and third. Iowa pushed another run across in the fourth as Junior Rylie Moss singled through the left side to score Brylee Klosterman.

Michigan got on the board in the bottom of the fourth on a solo home run to make it, 5-1. The Wolverines did damage in the fifth scoring seven runs on five hits and two Hawkeye errors to take the lead, 8-5.

Iowa rallied in the seventh as Berry knocked in another run to cut the Michigan lead to two. The Hawkeyes’ rally was cut short at the Wolverines turned a double play to end the game.

The Hawkeyes finished the game with six runs on 12 hits and had four errors.

Game 2

The Hawkeyes started game two strong as Berry sent a two-run home run over the centerfield wall. Michigan answered back with an RBI double in the home half of the inning to cut the lead in half.

 

The Hawkeyes loaded the bases with one out in the top of the second. Freshman Jena Young singled to left scoring two to extend the Iowa lead, 4-1. Klosterman singled to right in the top of the third to push a run across for the third straight inning to make it, 5-1.

 

After giving up the run in the first Greer kept the Wolverine bats at bay, working around base runners but keeping them off the board.

 

The Hawkeyes added insurance runs in the top of the fifth on balls put in play by seniors Grace Banes, Klosterman and Adams to extend the Iowa lead, 8-1.

 

The Wolverines went on to score in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings to tie the game at eight and send it into extra innings. Michigan walked it off in the bottom of the eighth with a solo shot to centerfield.

 

Iowa used five different pitchers in the game. Greer and redshirt junior Maren Judisch were the only pitchers to throw at least one complete inning.

 

Iowa finished the game with eight runs on nine hits and had three errors. Michigan scored nine runs on nine hits and had one error.

 

NOTABLES

  • Young extended her on base streak to 18 games.
  • The Hawkeyes fall to 0-3 on the season in extra-inning games.
  • All of Iowa’s home runs (4) this season have been hit by freshmen.

Hawkeyes Close Out Day 1 of Buckeye Invitational

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The University of Iowa women’s golf team fired a 612 (317-295) to conclude the first two rounds of play at the Therese Hession Buckeye Invitational.on Saturday at the Scarlet Course at the Ohio State University Golf Club.

The Hawkeyes are in 12th place.

Sophomore Riley Lewis paced the team, shooting an eight-over par 152 (79-73). The Illinois native shaved six strokes off her play from rounds one to two, carding three birdies to finish in a tie for 32nd place.

Junior Paula Miranda and sophomore Kaitlyn Hanna are both tied for 41st with a 10-over par 154.

Ohio State leads the field, firing a two-under par 574. The Buckeyes’ Caley McGinty is atop the individual leaderboard with a five-under par 139.

IOWA LEADERBOARD

T32. Riley Lewis 79-73=152

T41. Paula Miranda 81-73=154

T41. Kaitlyn Hanna 79-75=154

T50. Madison Dabagia 78-77=155

T56. Ximena Benites 82-74=156

T61. Shannyn Vogler 82-76=158

12. Iowa 317-295= 612

UP NEXT

The final round of the Buckeye Invitational will begin Sunday with a 7:30 a.m. (CT) shotgun start.

Hawkeyes Even Series with Buckeyes

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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The University of Iowa baseball team defeated Ohio State, 3-2, on Saturday afternoon at Nick Swisher Field at Bill Davis Stadium.

A quality start from Marcus Morgan lifted the Hawkeyes to victory in a low scoring pitcher’s duel. The Iowa City, Iowa, native threw six innings allowing just one run on three hits while striking out six.

“Our guys battled hard today,” said head coach Rick Heller. “Proud of the bounce back. Marcus Morgan gave us a great start. It was exactly what we needed.”

Iowa put two runs on the board in the third. After loading the bases Raider Tello reached on catcher’s interference, and Davis Cop hit a sacrifice fly. Ohio State responded with a solo home run in the bottom half.

Iowa added a run the seventh on an RBI fielder’s choice by Andy Nelson, and Ohio State again responded with a solo home run in the bottom half.

Iowa turned to Ben DeTaeye with one out and a runner on second in the eighth, a pair of flyouts ended the threat.

A walk, an error and a sacrifice bunt put the winning run on second base with just one out in the bottom of the ninth. DeTaeye worked through it getting a lineout and a popout to earn the save.

DeTaeye finished the game throwing 1 2/3 innings and did not allow a hit en route to his second save of the season. Anthony Watts threw 1 1/3 innings of relief for Iowa allowing just one run on two hits with two strikeouts.

“The ninth didn’t go the way you draw it up, but we got it done,” said Heller. “We had some luck go our way today when Linsey lined out to second. We will take it, for sure. Our guys battled hard.”

Gable Mitchell had a big game for the Hawkeyes going 3-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored. Tello and Cop were joined by Andy Nelson as Hawkeyes with an RBI in the contest.

“It was just enough by our offense,” said Heller. “Gabe Mitchell had a great day and we executed better than we have been lately.”

The Hawkeyes were 3-of-3 with runners on third with less than two outs and hit .400 (8-20) in advancement opportunities.

Iowa and Ohio state will close out the three-game series with the rubber match tomorrow beginning at 11 a.m. (CT).

Marin’s Walk-Off Secures Top-Five Series Win

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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State (16-21, 5-9 Big 12) secured its highest-ranked series win in program history on Saturday afternoon, walking off the fifth-ranked Oklahoma State Cowgirls (34-8, 12-5 Big 12) at the Cyclone Sports Complex and handing OSU its first series loss of the year, 5-2.

Camille Marin’s first home run of the season couldn’t have come at a better time, as the senior torched a three-run shot over the left field fence to walk off the Cowgirls in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The Cyclones earned their first ranked series win since taking two-of-three against Baylor last season – a series in which Marin also had a three-run, go-ahead home run in a victory.

Milaysia Ochoa was the story of the game prior to the seventh, as the senior belted a leadoff homer over the center field wall to start the game as part of her two-hit day. Ochoa also had an outstanding grab in center during the game. Angelina Allen, Carli Spelhaug and Marin each had a hit today, as they were the only four Cyclones to notch hits. Allen earned a hit for the 11th consecutive game, setting a new personal best.

Karlie Charles and Jaiden Ralston (3-5) had solid days in the circle for the Cyclones, as ISU has now allowed just seven hits and two runs through two games against a top-five team. Charles got the start, going for three innings and not allowing a hit before Ralston entered in the fourth. Ralston gave up two hits and two runs in the fifth, but locked it down the rest of the way, earning her third win of the season.

OSU’s Jilyen Poullard had a great game, making a handful of impressive stops at third base and notching a two-RBI double in the fifth to put the Cowgirls on the board. Oklahoma State pitcher Ivy Rosenberry (10-3) pitched 6.1 innings, allowing five runs on five hits while surrendering three free passes (one walk and two HBP).

How it Happened

Like Friday, it was a low-scoring pitcher’s duel to start the contest. OSU started the game going three up, three down before the Cyclones came to the plate.

 

In the bottom of the first, Ochoa led the game off with a three-pitch homer that she belted over the center field wall to put Iowa State on top. Rosenberry was able to strike out a pair of Cyclones to get out of the inning.

The teams would combine for just two hits over the next three innings, as neither side was able to get much going at the plate, thanks to the pitching dominance.

That changed in the fifth, when Oklahoma State finally broke through and was able to take a 2-1 lead. A pair of walks were driven in by Poullard who doubled into right center to give the Cowgirls their first advantage of the series.

Though they were held scoreless in the fifth, Iowa State responded in the sixth, tying the game up. Ochoa led the frame off with a double and Allen singled to put runners on the corners. Alesia Ranches then grounded into a double-play but Ochoa was able to score to tie the game at two apiece.

Ralston worked around a walk in the top of the seventh, getting the Cowgirls to ground out, pop out and fly out to give the Cyclone bats one last chance before extras.

Spelhaug started the bottom of the seventh getting hit by a pitch on the first ball of the inning to give the Cyclones the winning run on base. After fouling off the first pitch she saw, Ashley Minor was also hit by a pitch to put a pair on for the Cyclones, moving Spelhaug into scoring position. Runner position didn’t matter though, as Marin stepped into the box and crushed a 1-1 pitch into left, walking off the Cowgirls and giving ISU the series win

On Deck

Iowa State will look for a series sweep tomorrow afternoon, as it returns to the Cyclone Sports Complex for game number three against the fifth-ranked Cowgirls. ISU and OSU are set to play on Sunday at noon and the game will be broadcast live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

 

As a reminder, admission to the Cyclone Sports Complex is free.