Meeting Overview
Meeting Date: August 17, 2026
Meeting Time: 5:00 PM
Location: Board Room, Harlan Community Elementary School, 2103 Durant Street, Harlan, IA 51537
The packet materials are for the Harlan Community School District Regular Board Meeting scheduled for August 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM. The meeting materials were provided through the district’s Simbli meeting page.
The packet includes supporting materials related to personnel items, board reports, and district purchasing information. The downloaded packet materials include four documents: a personnel report, a scanned board document, August 2026 board reports, and an August 2026 P-CARD report.
Personnel Updates
Resignations
The personnel report lists the following resignations:
- Tonya Wilwerding — High School Cook — Effective Immediately
- Colene Watkins — Elementary Para — Effective Immediately
- Matt Schmitz — High School Assistant Boys Soccer Coach — Effective Immediately
- Brian Gubbels — Director of Finance — June 30, 2026
New Hires
The packet lists the following new hires:
- Brittney Marshall — Cook — $15.00 per hour
- Chelsey Buman — Assistant Middle School Volleyball — $2,117.76
- Dillon Hamilton — Assistant High School Football — $4,412.00
- Michael Gruber — Middle School Assistant Wrestling — $2,117.76
- Donna Sonjksen — High School Para — $15.50 per hour
- Ashley Savich — Middle School Para — $15.50 per hour
- Jolene Mengel — Elementary Para — $15.00 per hour
- Susan Berndt — Assistant High School Boys Track — $4,412.00
Position Changes
The personnel materials also list these staff movements:
- Kyleigh Kumm — moved from Assistant Middle School Volleyball to Head Middle School Volleyball — $3,000.16
- Lynn Kimmen — moved from Administrative Assistant Primary to District Office — No Change
- Amy Jones — moved from Elementary Para to High School Cook — No Change
Vacancies Listed
The packet identifies the following vacancies:
- 9th Grade Girls Basketball Coach
- Paras
- High School Assistant Boys Soccer Coach
Board Bills
The August 2026 Board Reports document contains bills for board approval dated August 17, 2026.
Examples of listed operating fund expenditures include:
- Access Systems Leasing — Copier Lease — $8,470.28
- AHSTW Community School District — SPED Billing — $14,540.37
- Amplify Education, Inc. — Curriculum — $15,356.79
- CDW Government Inc. — Technology Supplies — $4,508.46
- Central Iowa Distributing Inc. — Maintenance Supplies — $4,460.00
- Clayton Ridge School District — Open Enrollment Tuition — $27,835.71
Additional operating fund items listed include:
- Green Hills AEA — AEA Flow Through — $44,911.10
- Grizzly Industrial, Inc. — Equipment — $25,271.63
- Harlan Municipal Utilities — Utilities — $130,648.38
- Iowa Department of Human Services — Medicaid State Share — $21,997.59
- Kansas City Audio-Visual — Equipment — $44,285.80
The board reports also list additional funds and categories, including student activity, management, construction project, capital funds, debt service, school nutrition, and private-purpose trust funds.
The packet lists several construction and facility-related expenditures.
Construction Project Fund
- Badding Construction Company — Construction Costs — $2,297.00
- Carroll Control Systems Inc. — Construction Costs — $54,930.00
- REW Services Corporation — Asbestos Abatement — $17,266.85
Capital Funds Project
- Riverside Technologies, Inc. — Purchased Services — $9,801.00
Physical Plant & Equipment
Listed items include:
- Baxter Lumber and Hardware — Purchased Services — $37,925.00
- Bob Brown Chevrolet, Inc. — Purchased Vehicles — $68,274.00
- Congregational Church of Christ — Land Purchase Agreement — $50,000.00
P-CARD Report Highlights
The August 2026 P-CARD Statement is listed as a district statement for board approval dated August 17, 2026.
Examples of listed P-CARD transactions include:
- Adobe — Subscription Fees — $21.19
- Amazon — Supplies — $3,910.64
- Bandmasters — Membership Fees — $75.00
- Best Western — FFA Travel — $291.40
- Chat GPT — Subscription — $226.03
- The Flippen Group — Registration — $2,400.00
- U.S. Postal Service — Postage — $2,237.07
The report lists a total of $13,784.87.
Key Takeaways from Packet Materials
The meeting packet contains personnel updates, including resignations, new hires, staff movements, and listed vacancies.
The financial reports include operating expenses, student activity expenditures, facility-related costs, and other fund activity.
The packet includes a P-CARD statement documenting listed district purchasing activity for board review.
This summary reflects only information contained in the provided packet materials. The packet excerpts reviewed do not provide meeting discussion, motions, votes, or final board decisions.
