Meeting Title: Board Meeting
Packet meeting agenda: Regular Board Meeting
Scheduled: August 10, 2026, at 6:30 PM
Location: Camanche Admin Center
Key Items on the Agenda
The Camanche Community School District Board is scheduled to consider a consent agenda, receive administrative and staff reports, discuss three district topics, act on four proposals or agreements, and conduct a second reading of a substantial group of policy updates.
Fall 2026 Choir Robes Grant Application
The agenda includes proposed approval of a Fall 2026 CCDA Choir Robes grant application with a total project cost of $6,700.80.
- The district's proposed contribution is $1,675.20.
- The district share would come from the Fine Arts Booster Account.
- The item is listed for board action rather than as an already-approved expenditure.
Career Academy Cooperative Agreement
The board is scheduled to consider approval of the First Amendment of the Career Academy Cooperative 28E Agreement.
The packet identifies the amendment as an action item but does not provide additional terms or describe the changes contained in the amendment.
Two separate agreements are scheduled for board consideration concerning participation in public-school extracurricular interscholastic athletics:
- An agreement with ARC Christian Academy.
- An agreement with Unity Christian School.
The packet identifies both as action items but does not provide further terms or financial details.
Discussion Items
SBRC Corrective Action Updates
The agenda includes SBRC Corrective Action Updates as a discussion item. The packet does not provide additional detail about the corrective actions or the specific updates expected to be reviewed.
2026–27 Snow Days Plan
The board is expected to discuss the district's Snow Days Plan for the 2026–27 school year. The agenda identifies the topic but does not provide the proposed plan's details.
Rural School Advocates of Iowa Legislative Survey
The board is scheduled to discuss input for the Rural School Advocates of Iowa Legislative Issues Survey. The packet does not specify which legislative issues or potential responses will be considered.
Consent Agenda
The agenda calls for approval of a consent agenda containing routine financial, operational, personnel, and enrollment matters, including:
- Minutes.
- Secretary/Treasurer Report.
- Hot Lunch Report.
- Activity Account Report.
- Journal Entry Report.
- Payment of Bills.
- Personnel involving classified staff, certified staff, and coach/sponsor positions.
- Open-enrollment requests.
Personnel Items
The personnel attachment identifies proposed hires, leave, and resignations for board consideration:
- Hiring Bill Goble as a regular school bus driver, effective for the 2026–27 school year.
- Hiring McKinzie Bark as an elementary school teacher, effective for the 2026–27 school year.
- Consideration of Mary Hiher's FMLA request to start the 2026–27 school year.
- Resignation of Cianna Newman as Head JV Softball Coach.
- Resignation of Nolan Baker as Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach.
- Resignation of Kenny Main as Crossing Guard.
- Resignation of Brooke Keil as Part Time Middle School Special Ed Associate.
- Resignation of Leanna Asmussen as District Cook.
- Resignation of Deanna Driscoll as District Cook.
- Hiring Elyse Logan as Part Time Middle School Special Ed Associate.
- Resignation of Macy Mulholland as 7th Grade Girls Basketball Coach.
Open Enrollment
Three requests are included for action involving students seeking to attend Camanche Community School District beginning with the 2026–27 school year:
- Blaire Higbee, a Davenport resident entering Grade 1.
- Anna Manning, a Clinton resident entering Grade 12.
- Grayson Annen, a Clinton resident entering kindergarten.
These are presented as requests awaiting action, not as completed enrollment decisions.
Policy and Governance Items
Second Reading of IASB Policy Updates
The board is scheduled for a second reading and action to approve IASB-suggested policy updates. The agenda identifies numerous policies, regulations, and exhibits covering board governance, employment, students, instruction, technology, medication, and public records.
Among the listed changes are:
- 201 — Board of Directors Elections
- 210.05 — Meeting Notice
- 401.01 — Equal Employment Opportunity
- 409.02 — Employee Leaves of Absence
- 501.15 — Open Enrollment Transfers — Procedures as a Receiving District
- 502.03 — Student Expression and Student Publications
- 503.01 — Student Conduct
- NEW 503.11 — Disruptive Behavior
- NEW 503.11 R1 — Disruptive Behavior Regulation
- NEW 503.11 R2 — Disruptive Behavior: Students with IEP Regulation
- 504.06 — Student Activity Program
- 507.02 — Administration of Medication to Students
- 507.02 E1 — Authorization — Asthma, Airway Constricting, or Respiratory Distress Medication Self-Administration Consent Form
- 507.02 E3 — Parental Authorization and Release Form for Independent Self Carry and Administration of Prescribed Medication
- 603.01 — Basic Instruction Program
- 603.03 — Special Education
- 603.04 — Multicultural Gender Fair Education — RESCINDED
- 603.06 — Physical Education
- 603.10 — Global Education — RESCINDED
- 604.01 — Private Instruction
- 604.03 — Program for Gifted and Talented
- NEW 604.03 R1 — Program for Gifted and Talented Regulation
- 604.05 — Religious Based Exclusion from a School Program
- 605.04 — Technology and Instructional Materials
- NEW 605.04 E1 — Technology and Instructional Materials Exhibit
- 607.01 — Student Guidance and Counseling Program
- 713 — Responsible Technology Use and Social Networking
- 804.05 — Stock Prescription Medication Supply
- 804.05 E1 — Stock Prescription Medication Supply — Parental Authorization and Release Form for the Administration of a Voluntary School Supply of Stock Medication for Life Threatening Incidents
- 901 — Public Examination of Records
The agenda specifically marks policies 603.04 and 603.10 as rescinded and identifies several disruptive-behavior, gifted-and-talented, and technology provisions as new. The packet does not provide enough detail to characterize the substantive revisions to the remaining policies.
Reports and Presentations
The agenda provides time for several presentations and reports:
- Lori Christopherson, Food Service Director.
- Superintendent Report.
- Business Director Report.
- Reports from the Elementary Principal, Middle School Principal, High School Principal, and Student Board Member.
The packet lists these presentations but does not provide substantive report 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
Items with specific proposed board action include the $6,700.80 choir robes grant project, the Career Academy Cooperative 28E Agreement amendment, two extracurricular participation agreements, and the second reading of the IASB policy updates.
The agenda also places several matters in discussion rather than action: SBRC corrective action updates, the 2026–27 snow days plan, and input for the Rural School Advocates of Iowa Legislative Issues Survey. Personnel and open-enrollment requests are included within the consent agenda.
