Board Meeting — July 13, 2026
The Forest City Community School District Board of Education is scheduled to meet at 6:30 p.m. at the District Office, 145 South Clark Street in Forest City. The agenda includes administrative reports, a consent agenda, annual organizational and financial designations, several agreements and plans, policy review, and other items requiring board decisions.
Key Items on the Agenda
Consent Agenda
The board is scheduled to consider a consent agenda covering routine operational, personnel, student, and financial matters, including:
- Approval of minutes.
- Open enrollment.
- Personnel matters.
- Employee contracts and contract adjustments.
- Employee resignations.
- Employee unpaid leave requests and a leave-of-absence request.
- Donations.
- A teacher unpaid leave request.
- A sick leave bank request.
- An early graduation request.
- Financial statements and bills.
The agenda designates the consent agenda as requiring a decision.
Board Policy Review
A board policy review is scheduled as a decision-required item. The packet text does not identify the individual policies under review or describe proposed changes, so no specific policy revisions can be determined from the available materials.
Central Rivers AEA Funding Agreement
The board is scheduled to consider a Central Rivers AEA Contract for Transfer of State Funding. The agenda identifies the contract as requiring a decision but does not provide an amount, contract terms, or additional explanation.
Construction and Facilities Support
A Contract Service Vendor — Construction & Facilities Support Job Description is scheduled for board consideration. The packet identifies this as a decision-required item but does not provide the proposed job description, vendor terms, cost, or scope of services.
Governance and Annual Designations
Several decision-required items concern the district's recurring governance and administrative arrangements.
The board is scheduled to consider:
- Annual designation of the public notice location for meeting notices.
- Depository limits.
- Designated legal counsel.
- The district's official publication newspaper.
The packet does not identify the proposed selections, institutions, limits, or other terms associated with these items.
Agreements and District Programs
The board is scheduled to consider a Sharing Agreement for Media Services with Garner-Hayfield-Ventura CSD. The packet identifies the agreement as requiring a decision but does not provide financial terms, staffing details, duration, or other conditions.
8th Grade Eligibility for High School Sports
The agenda includes a decision-required item concerning 8th Grade Eligibility for High School Sports. The packet does not specify the proposed eligibility rules or explain what change, if any, is being considered.
Talented and Gifted Programming
The board is scheduled to consider the Talented and Gifted Identification and Programming Handbook. The agenda identifies the handbook as a decision-required item but does not include details about its identification criteria, programming provisions, or proposed revisions.
English Learner Services
The agenda includes consideration of the district's K-12 Lau (EL) Plan for Serving English Learners (EL) Handbook. This is listed as a decision-required item; the available packet text does not provide the plan's specific provisions or describe proposed changes.
Financial and Administrative Items
Interfund Loan
The board is scheduled to consider a Resolution Approving Interfund Loan from General Fund to Management Fund. The agenda identifies the resolution as requiring a decision, but the packet text does not state the proposed loan amount, repayment terms, or purpose.
Special Minor's Restricted License Applications
The board is scheduled to consider a Revision to Signature Authorization for Special Minor's Restricted License (School/Work Permit) Applications. The packet does not describe the proposed authorization change or identify the positions that would receive or lose signing authority.
Administrative Reports
The meeting agenda includes informational reporting from district leadership, including:
- Board President report and comments.
- Administrative reports.
- Secretary/Treasurer report.
- Superintendent report.
The packet text does not provide the contents of these reports.
What to Watch at the Meeting
The agenda contains a comparatively broad set of decision-required items, but the available packet provides titles rather than supporting documentation for many of them. Items where the board's consideration may provide additional detail include the Central Rivers AEA funding contract, construction and facilities support position, media services sharing agreement, 8th-grade athletic eligibility, Talented and Gifted handbook, English Learner plan, interfund loan resolution, and revised signature authorization.
The agenda also provides an opportunity for suggestions for the August 10, 2026 Board Meeting before adjournment.
Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials from the official Forest City Community School District source.
