BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NORTH LINN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Regular Meeting 6:00 PM
North Linn District Office
3033 Lynx Drive
Troy Mills, IA
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
100: Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum
President, Jeffrey Boss, called the regular meeting to order at 6:00 PM. Present were Directors, R Benesch, Hoover, Krogmann, Michael & Price, Superintendent Glenn, Secondary Principal Stoll, Elementary Principal Schott, Director of School Improvement Graven and Secretary Peyton. Director J Benesh was absent. Allison Snyder and Nathan Holub were in the audience.
200: Adoption of the Agenda
It was moved by R Benesch, seconded by Price to adopt the agenda as presented. Motion carried 6-0.
300: Consent Agenda
Secretary Peyton presented the financial reports and gave a short update from the audit. It was moved by Krogmann, seconded by Price to approve the following consent items; Minutes of the July board meeting, bills, Secretary’s financial reports, Activity Fund report and Food Service report. Motion carried 6-0.
400: Audience Communications
There was no communication from the audience.
500: Informational Reports, Discussions, and Presentations
501: Superintendent Report
Superintendent Glenn shared a recent story that was covered by the Linn News where North Linn’s FFA Chapter had donated 369 lbs. of ground pork to HACAP. Since 2020, the FFA chapter has donated over 7500 eggs, 1500 lbs. of ground port and 1000 lbs of ground beef to HACAP.
502: Elementary Report
Elementary Administrator, Brendan Schott discussed the schedules and staff assignments that had recently been completed, shared that the wrap around space is finished and staff are looking forward to the in-service speaker on Thursday and that the elementary staff openings have all been filled. He discussed the CPI training he will be providing to new staff on Thursday and shared that the new staff onboarding was well received and the PD Schedule has been finalized and will be rolled out to staff.
503: Secondary Report
Middle School/High School Administrator, Kaitlyn Stoll, shared that we had a student attend the RYLA leadership conference sponsored by the Marion Rotary and they have brought back leadership ideas for the district, we will be offering ACT testing at the school this year for our students, and there is a new newsletter being sent home to families from the high school counselor. She also shared that Zander Fossum completed his welding apprenticeship logging 2263.75 hours and discussed plans for back to school night on the 21st and the silver cord program that will continue this year. She commended staff for the staff led Leader in Me training and shared with the board how valuable it was.
504: School Improvement Report -
School Improvement Director, Kimberly Graven, shared updates from the SIAC meeting, discussed new policy changes and ideas for the upcoming newsletter that will be sent out to the community.
600: New Business
601: Open Enrollment Requests
It was moved by R Benesch, seconded by Price to approve three open enrollment requests into the district and deny one open enrollment request out of the district because they did not show good cause. Motion carried 6-0.
602: First Reading of Policy Recommendations - Exhibit 602.1
Superintendent Glenn discussed the changes to policy 501.09 that needed to be made to match new legislation, 405.02 changing IowaWORKS to Teach Iowa and renumbering policy 503.09 to 714 to place it in the student policies to align with IASB recommendations. It was moved by R Benesch, seconded by Price to waive the second reading and approve policy updates as presented at this meeting. Motion carried 6-0.
603: Receive Engagement Letter from Terpstra Hoke & Associates
It was moved by Price, seconded by Hoover to approve the Engagement Letter for Audit Services from Terpstra, Hoke & Associates for the year ending June 30, 2025. Motion carried 6-0.
605: Receive Fundraiser Requests
It was moved by Hoover, seconded by R Benesch to approve the fundraiser requests from AD Brian Wheatley for online web stores for each activity and Kylee Winn for Homecoming TShirts, Vending Machine for HS Lighthouse and the Coffee Cafe for FCCLA. Motion carried 6-0.
606: Receive PepsiCo Contract
It was moved by Hoover, seconded by R Benesch to approve contract with PepsiCo for beverage sales in the district through 2029. Motion carried 6-0.
607: Receive Goals from SIAC Committee for 25-26 School Year
It was moved by Hoover, seconded by Michael to approve the goals of the SIAC Committee for the 2025-26 school year as presented. Motion carried 6-0.
608: Adopt Resolution Approving Interfund Loan
It was moved by R Benesch, seconded by Hoover to adopt the Resolution Approving an interfund loan from the General Fund to the Nutrition fund in the amount of $4,000 with an interest rate of 3.75% repayable before 10/1/2026. Motion carried 6-0.
700: Personnel
It was moved by Hoover, seconded by Krogmann to approve the following new hires: Amber Swanson, food service; Alaina Hansen, Special Education Associate; Amber Pflughaupt, Special Education Associate; Trevor Boge, Asst. HS Volleyball Coach; Meredith Miller, Head Large Group & Individual Speech Coach; Noel Snitkey, Asst Large Group & Individual Speech Coach; Tate Collum, Volunteer HS Football Coach. Motion carried 6-0.
800: Board Communications and Calendar
802: Board Calendar
The next board meeting will be held on September 17th at 6:00 in the District Office
900: Adjournment
The time being 7:07PM it was moved by R Benesch, seconded by Michael to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 6-0.
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Kerry Peyton, Board Secretary Jeffrey Boss, Board President
