BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NORTH LINN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Regular Meeting 6:00 PM
(Immediately following the public hearing for Proposed Property Tax Levy)
North Linn District Office
3033 Lynx Drive
Troy Mills, IA
Monday, March 24, 2025
100: Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum
President, Jeffrey Boss, called the regular meeting to order at 6:09PM. Present were Directors J Benesh, Krogmann, Michael and Price, Superintendent Breitfelder, Secondary Principal Stoll, Elementary Principal Schott, Director of School Improvement Graven and Secretary Peyton. Directors R Benesch and Hoover were absent. Katie Hatch was in the audience.
200: Adoption of the Agenda
It was moved by Krogmann, seconded by J Benesh to adopt the agenda as presented with walk in item 615. Motion carried 5-0.
300: Consent Agenda
Secretary Peyton presented the February Financial Reports. And discussed the FY24 final audit report. It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Michael to approve the following consent items; Minutes of the February board meeting, bills, Secretary’s financial reports, Activity Fund report and Food Service report. Motion carried 5-0.
400: Audience Communications
There was no communication from the audience.
500: Informational Reports, Discussions, and Presentations
501: Superintendent Report
Superintendent Breitfelder discussed items from the Activities Director report including adding a strength and conditioning coach and a girls wrestling team for the 25-26 school year. She also shared plans for a meeting with the custodial staff to put together a list of items to be completed this spring & summer as well as the schedule for replacing buses and other vehicles. She also discussed the minimal impact on the district in regard to the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion changes happening nationwide as we do not have any DEI committees within our school system. She also shared that we have no information yet on the impact to our State Department of Education with the recent dismantling of the US Department of Education.
502: Elementary Report
Elementary Principal, Brendan Schott, gave an update on preschool enrollment – we currently have 34 students enrolled in 4 year old preschool, 20 of those have also enrolled in the after school care. He also discussed the scoreboards that can be seen in the elementary hallways to show progress in each grade band’s Wildly Important Goal (WIG) and shared that they celebrated classroom WIGs, discussed bus safety and gave out monthly awards at the March Leader in Me assembly. He talked about the new structure for conferences with students leading their conference this spring and his plans to attend CPI instructor training this week at Grant Wood so that he will be able to train staff going forward which will greatly improve our onboarding of staff mid year.
503: Secondary Report
Middle School/High School Principal, Kaitlyn Stoll, shared updated on the progress being made for the 25-26 student class schedules, financial aid and earning college credit speakers planned for each night of conferences and the information that went out to students regarding the new math scheduling. She also discussed the mock interviews for the sophomore class that was organized by Kirkwood, there was very positive feedback from students about the event. She also shared plans for adding a work based learning coordinator for 25-26 and plans to hire a secondary English teacher.
504: School Improvement Report
School Improvement Director, Kimberly Graven, shared data from the recent FAST testing and the work that data teams are doing to review the information and implement interventions as needed. ISASP testing is scheduled for April 3, 4, and 7th, and the district newsletter was mailed to families last week. She shared the status of the desk audit and the work now being done on individualized reading plans and the plans being made for Professional Development for staff for the 25-26 school year.
600: New Business
601: Receive Public Hearing for the Revised 2024-2025 School Calendar
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Krogmann to open the public hearing for the 2024-2025 calendar at 6:42 PM. Superintendent Breitfelder discussed the addition of two student days to the 24-25 calendar due to closing school for state basketball. This would make May 23rd a full day of school and add a full day of school on May 27th and a 12:15pm early dismissal on May 28th. No comments were received. It was moved by Krogmann, seconded by J Benesh to close the public hearing at 6:52PM.
602: Receive Revised 2024-2025 School Calendar
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Krogmann to approve the changes to the 2024-2025 school calendar as presented. Motion carried 5-0.
603: Receive Public Hearing for the revised 2025-2026 School Calendar
It was moved by Michael, seconded by J Benesh to open the public hearing to discuss the revised proposed school calendar for the 2025-2026 school year at 6:52PM. Superintendent Breitfelder discussed the updates to the 25-26 calendar, identifying make up days in the order they would be used in an effort not to add days to the end of the school year, and adding 1 additional new teacher orientation day, and moving parent teacher conferences to Wednesday/Thursday to lessen the impact on preschool and change the full day PD in October to an early out day. There were no comments received. It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Michael to close the public hearing at 6:59PM.
604: Receive Revised 2025-2026 School Calendar
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Price to approve the changes to the 2025-2026 school calendar as presented. Motion carried 5-0
605: Receive Sharing Agreement for Food Service Director
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Krogmann to approve the sharing agreement with Monticello CSD for Food Service Director for the 2025-26 School Year. Motion carried 5-0.
606: Receive AEA Purchasing Agreement for 2025-2026
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Michael to approve the AEA Purchasing Agreement for 2025-2026 for Food bids, small wares and wash wares. Motion carried 5-0.
607: Receive FFA Overnight Travel Request for State Convention
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Krogmann to approve the overnight travel request from FFA to travel to Ames April 14-16 for the State Convention. Motion carried 5-0.
608: Receive Cooperative Agreements for Student Teachers
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Price to approve the Cooperative Agreements for Student Teachers from Morningside University and Coe College for the 2025-2026 school year. Motion carried 5-0.
609: Receive Fundraiser Request from Lynx Archery Club
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Krogmann to approve the fundraiser request from Lynx Archery Club to sell temporary tattoos to students for the “tattoo my teacher” fundraiser. Motion carried 5-0.
610: Receive Final Independent Auditors Report for FY24
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Krogmann to approve North Linn’s fiscal year 2024 independent audit of our basic financial statements and supplementary information by Terpstra, Hoke & Associates. Motion carried 5-0.
611: Receive Consortium Agreement for Mentoring and Induction
It was moved by Krogmann, seconded by J Benesh to approve the Consortium Agreement for Mentor and Induction coaching from Grant Wood AEA for the 2025-2026 school year. Motion carried 5-0.
612: Open Enrollment Requests
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Krogmann to approve the 6 open enrollment requests into the district and 4 open enrollment requests out of the district as presented. Motion carried 5-0.
613: Receive Bus Bids from School Bus Sales
Secretary Peyton presented the 3 bus bids received, two in stock units and one that can be ordered with a 12-18 month delivery. She discussed the plans to discontinue the current bus model after the 2027 year which will create some issues for our rural district and the amount of gravel roads that we travel. She shared the PPEL & SAVE budgets for the next 5 years that include the purchase of 3 buses across FY25 and FY26. It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Krogmann to approve the purchase of 2 in stock school buses from School Bus Sales and order a new 2027 model from School Bus Sales as presented. Motion carried 5-0.
614: Receive Quote for Vape Detectors from Communication Innovators
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Krogmann to approve the purchase of vape detectors from Communication Innovators as presented. Motion carried 5-0.
615: Receive Agreement for Professional Learning with Marzano Resources
It was moved by Krogmann, seconded by J Benesh to approve the Agreement for Professional Learning with our Lighthouse Teams from Marzano Resources to prepare for the 2025-2026 school year in the amount of $8100. Motion carried 5-0.
700: Personnel
It was moved by Price, seconded by Krogmann to approve the hire of Juan Trinidad for HS Spanish and accept resignations from Julie Andersen, Food Service Associate and Liz Davis, Special Education Associate as presented. Motion carried 5-0.
800: Board Communications and Calendar
801: Board Communications
802: Board Calendar
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Date |
Time |
Event |
Location |
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4/16/25 |
6:00 PM |
Regular Board Meeting |
District Office |
900: Adjournment
The time being 7:32 PM it was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Price to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 5-0.
Upon Adjournment, the Board of Directors met in Exempt session to consider district negotiation strategies as provided in Iowa Code 20.17(3).
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Kerry Peyton, Board Secretary Jeffrey Boss, Board President
