Meeting: Board Meeting
Date: July 13, 2026
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Camanche Admin Center
Key Items on the Agenda
The Camanche Community School District Board agenda includes financial and contractual approvals, personnel and open-enrollment matters, policy updates, district reports, and several discussion items. The packet lists no public hearings for this meeting.
Insurance and FY27 Financing
The board is scheduled to consider approval of an insurance policy and the intent to finance its total cost for FY27. The packet agenda does not state the policy cost or provide additional financing terms.
Special Education Funding Agreement
The board is scheduled to consider a contract between Mississippi Bend AEA and Camanche Community School District that would transfer 90% of State Special Education funding. The packet does not provide additional terms or a dollar amount for the proposed transfer.
Driver Education Contract
The agenda calls for consideration of a driver education contract with Mississippi Bend AEA covering Summer 2027 and the 2027–28 school year. The proposed cost is $425 per student.
SB Lighting Architectural Agreement
The board is scheduled to consider an agreement with Bray Architects for the SB Lighting project at a cost of $24,500.
Technology Re-set Grant Application
The board is scheduled to consider a Fall 2026 CCDA Technology Re-set grant application with a total project cost of $67,185. The district's proposed share is $16,796 of the total project amount.
Other Proposed Actions
Additional action items include approval of Activity Fund Procedures and Fit for Duty Testing with Rock Valley Physical Therapy. The agenda does not state a cost or additional terms for the fit-for-duty testing item.
Consent Agenda
The agenda schedules a consent agenda that includes:
- Minutes
- Secretary/Treasurer Report
- Hot Lunch Report
- Activity Account Report
- Journal Entry Report
- Payment of Bills
- Personnel matters involving classified staff, certified staff, and coach/sponsor positions
- Open enrollment
Personnel
The personnel attachment identifies six proposed personnel actions for the 2026–27 school year:
- Hiring Saydee Smith as Elementary School Counselor.
- Hiring Thomas Ottens as Assistant Junior High Football Coach.
- Resignation of Bill Goble as Elementary Teacher, effective for the 2026–27 school year.
- Hiring Brenda MacPhee as Elementary Special Education Associate.
- Hiring Dalton Weber as Head Bowling Coach.
- Hiring Sara Theisen as K–6 Art Teacher.
These items appear under the consent agenda and should be treated as proposed personnel actions rather than completed hiring or resignation approvals.
Open Enrollment
The consent agenda includes action on a request for Axel Miller, a Clinton resident entering Grade K, to attend the Camanche School District beginning with the 2026–27 school year.
Discussion Items
SBRC Corrective Action Updates
The agenda includes SBRC Corrective Action Updates as a discussion item. The packet text does not provide further detail about the corrective actions or the updates expected to be presented.
Wellness Policy and Elementary Recess Time
The board is expected to discuss the district's Wellness Policy and elementary recess time. A related policy item later in the agenda calls for a first/second reading and proposed approval of a Wellness Regulation and Exhibit.
ESPSS 2026–27 School Year
The agenda includes discussion of ESPSS for the 2026–27 school year. The packet text does not further describe the proposal or the issues expected to be reviewed.
Policy and Governance Items
The agenda contains two substantial groups of Iowa Association of School Boards suggested policy updates, along with the wellness regulation and exhibit.
Policies Scheduled for Second Reading and Action
The board is scheduled for a second reading and proposed approval of IASB-suggested updates covering:
- 203 — Board of Directors' Conflict of Interest
- 206.03 — Secretary or Secretary-Treasurer (I, II)
- 701.02 — Transfer of Funds
- 701.03 — Financial Records
- 701.05 — Fiscal Management
- 704.02 — Debt Management
- 704.03 — Investments
- 705.01 — Purchasing — Bidding
- 705.01-R(1) — Purchasing — Bidding — Suspension and Debarment of Vendors and Contractors Procedure Regulation
- 705.01-R(2) — Purchasing — Bidding — Using Federal Funds in Procurement Contracts Regulation
- 705.04 — Expenditures for a Public Purpose
- 705.05 — Federal Awards Compliance — New Policy
- 706.04 — Time and Effort Reporting — New Policy
- 707.01 — Presentation and Publication of Financial Information
- 708 — Care, Maintenance and Disposal of School District Records
- 712 — Technology and Data Security
The agenda also schedules a first/second reading and action to approve a Wellness Regulation and Exhibit.
Policies Scheduled for First Reading
A separate group of IASB-suggested policy updates is scheduled for first reading. Topics include board elections and meeting notices, employment and leave, open enrollment, student expression and conduct, special education, medication, instructional programs, technology, counseling, records, and responsible technology use.
Notable changes identified directly in the agenda include:
- NEW 503.11 — Disruptive Behavior
- NEW 503.11 R1 — Disruptive Behavior Regulation
- NEW 503.11 R2 — Disruptive Behavior: Students with IEP Regulation
- 603.04 — Multicultural Gender Fair Education — Rescinded
- 603.10 — Global Education — Rescinded
- NEW 604.03 R1 — Program for Gifted and Talented Regulation
- NEW 605.04 E1 — Technology and Instructional Materials Exhibit
Because these items are listed for first reading, the packet does not present them as final board approvals at this meeting.
Reports and Presentations
The presentation portion of the agenda includes:
- Trent Fitzpatrick
- Ben Miller — Technology
- Superintendent Report
- Business Director Report
- Elementary Principal, Middle School Principal, High School Principal, and Student Board Member reports
- Treasurer Annual Report
- Superintendent's Annual Report
The packet agenda identifies these presentations and reports but does not provide substantive details about their contents.
Public Participation and Hearings
A Public Forum is scheduled near the beginning of the meeting. The agenda states that there are no public hearings at this time.
What to Watch at the Meeting
Several agenda items could result in board action, including the FY27 insurance and financing proposal, special education funding agreement, driver education contract, fit-for-duty testing, architectural agreement, technology grant application, consent-agenda matters, and policies reaching the action stage.
The policy agenda is particularly extensive, with one group scheduled for second reading and action and another group beginning the review process through first readings. The board is also expected to discuss SBRC corrective-action updates, wellness policy and elementary recess time, and ESPSS for the 2026–27 school year.
