Meeting: 08/17/2026 - 06:00 PM Regular Board Meeting Board Regular Meeting
Scheduled time: 6:00 PM
Location: Library
The Lone Tree Community School District Board is scheduled to consider the results of the August 4 special election, seat new board members and elect board officers. The agenda also includes a proposed $6.9 million bond referendum, a sports medicine contract, facility updates, financial reports, multiple second readings of board policies, and a personnel termination item.
Key Items on the Agenda
Special Election Results and Board Reorganization
The agenda calls for the board to accept the results of the August 4, 2026 special election. The official abstract reports 766 votes cast in the school board director contest and declares Alex Lorack and Vida Wollrab elected to fill vacancies.
After the election results are addressed, the agenda provides for the new board members to take their oaths of office. The reorganized board is then scheduled to elect a board president and vice president, with an oath of office following each election.
$6.9 Million Bond Referendum
One of the meeting's most consequential items is a proposed November 3, 2026 bond election. The agenda calls for the board to receive the bond petition, consider its certification, and consider a resolution ordering an election on up to $6,900,000 in General Obligation School Bonds.
The proposed ballot measure would authorize borrowing to remodel, repair and improve the school building for energy efficiency, including:
- HVAC improvements
- Mechanical improvements
- Electrical improvements
- Site improvements
The draft resolution states that the petition must be signed by eligible district electors numbering at least 25% of those voting at the last election of school officials. The packet's resolution template leaves the actual voter and signature counts blank for completion.
If the resolution is adopted, the proposed public measure would go before district voters on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Johnson County is identified as the controlling county for the election.
Bond Planning and Potential Rebate
The superintendent's report says district officials met by Zoom with Eide Bailly regarding a rebate connected with the upcoming bond work. The report estimates that the district could receive a rebate of $2 million to $2.5 million, with funds received after the fiscal year in which the work is completed.
Separately, an old-business item calls for an update on progress toward the bond project, including an updated timeline for Construction Manager at Risk (CMaR) and schematic design.
Facilities and Capital Projects
2027 Roof Replacement
The agenda includes an update on the district's 2002 roof, supported by a Shive-Hattery proposal for a 2027 roof replacement project.
The proposal describes design, bidding and construction-phase services for replacement of one roof section, including adjacent flashings and connections to three existing roof sections. Work would include preparation of construction documents, competitive bidding assistance, construction observation, progress meetings, change-order and payment-request review, and project closeout.
Shive-Hattery's estimated professional-services fee is $22,000. The proposal also calls for roof membrane and flashing samples to be tested for asbestos during design; asbestos abatement design or monitoring would be additional services if required.
Sports Medicine Contract
The board is scheduled to consider a 2026–27 sports medicine agreement with JET Physical Therapy, P.C.
Under the proposed agreement, a physical therapist or licensed athletic trainer would provide services at district facilities, including injury evaluation, prevention, immediate care, management and rehabilitation. The agreement provides for:
- Practice coverage one day per week during the school year.
- Coverage of home varsity volleyball, varsity basketball, wrestling and track events, along with junior-high wrestling and track events when staffing allows.
- A district reimbursement rate of $40 per hour.
- Mileage reimbursement of $0.50 per mile between Washington and Lone Tree.
- No charge to athletes or their families for covered services provided at district facilities.
The proposed contract would run from August 1, 2026 through July 31, 2027.
Financial Items
July Financial Report
The July 2026 financial control sheet reports a combined balance of approximately $3.894 million across the listed district funds after including investments.
For July, the report shows:
- Receipts: $673,030.47
- Expenditures: $178,320.31
- Combined ending bank balance: $2,286,179.16
- Investments: $1,607,835.46
- Combined balance including investments: $3,894,014.62
The student activity fund report shows a July ending balance of $258,721.72.
Bills and Major Expenditures
Payment of bills is included on the consent agenda. The August invoice report shows a $476,774.11 report total, consisting of a $287,044.72 end-of-fiscal-year batch and a $189,729.39 August board-bills batch.
Notable listed expenditures include:
- $99,000 to Shive-Hattery for HVAC upgrade services.
- $84,756.17 to West Branch Community School District for a sharing agreement.
- $44,265 to BlueAlly Technology Solutions for student technology.
- $37,500 to Shive-Hattery for HVAC upgrade services.
- $28,650 for floor abatement.
- $24,778.25 to Grant Wood AEA for special-education flow-through.
- $15,000 for building improvement services.
- $13,500 for annual athletic streaming services.
A separate prepaid-bills report lists $226,611 in insurance premiums through the Management Fund.
Consent Agenda
The consent agenda includes several routine governance and administrative matters:
- Previous meeting minutes, including the July 8 regular meeting and July 22 special meeting.
- Payment of bills.
- Open-enrollment requests.
- Personnel hires, resignations and transfers.
- Gifts, grants and requests.
The packet lists one application to open enroll into the district for the 2026–27 school year, for a kindergarten student. No outgoing applications are identified in the agenda text provided.
Personnel items include proposed hires for coaching, paraprofessional, food service, nursing and class-sponsor positions, along with resignations from the varsity assistant baseball coach and wrestling cheer coach positions.
The gifts and grants materials reference donations connected with the Carey Stanley Scholarship, student admission fees and FFA shirts.
Policy and Governance Items
The board's 2026–27 policy-review schedule covers the 700, 800 and 900 series in five groups. The August meeting includes multiple groups of policies presented for second reading.
Financial and Operational Policies
The board is scheduled for a second reading of policies in the 700–707.05 range, including:
- Policy 702 — Cash in School Buildings
- Policy 703.01 — Budget Planning
- Policy 704.01 — Local-State-Federal-Miscellaneous Revenue
- Policy 705.02 — Credit and Procurement Cards
- Policy 707.05 — Internal Controls
A separate Vol. 34 #4 update includes proposed revisions to policies governing transfer of funds, financial records, fiscal management, debt, investments, purchasing and bidding, public-purpose expenditures, financial reporting, and technology and data security.
The Iowa Association of School Boards material describes the broader update as a comprehensive review of financial policies, with particular attention to federal funding requirements and financial best practices.
Technology, Student Conduct and Other Legislative Updates
The Vol. 34 #5 policy package is also scheduled for second reading. The packet says the changes follow the 2026 Iowa legislative session and address issues including:
- Open-meeting notice requirements.
- Technology use in classrooms.
- Students with disruptive behavior.
- Gifted and talented screening, identification and programming.
The agenda lists proposed revisions affecting board elections and meeting notices, student conduct, medication administration, instructional programs, special education, physical education, private instruction, talented and gifted programming, technology and instructional materials, counseling, responsible technology use, stock prescription medication and public examination of district records.
Administrative Reports and School-Year Preparation
The principal's August report outlines preparations for the new school year, including leadership and mentor-teacher assignments, instructional coaching, new-teacher orientation and professional learning.
The superintendent's report emphasizes three district priorities: climate and culture, school finance, and learning. Staff pre-service activities are intended to prepare employees for the school year, while the District Leadership Team is expected to continue meeting throughout the year using the Danielson framework as a guide for staff learning.
The report also notes Back to School Night on Thursday, August 20 at 5:00 PM.
The agenda includes a public-comment period governed by Board Policy 213. Comments are generally limited to agenda topics, with speakers normally allotted five minutes, including a one-minute warning at four minutes.
The policy provides for a total public-participation period of 30 minutes, although the board president may modify the time limits when appropriate. The policy states that public comment is intended for community input and that the board will not discuss or take action on matters during the public-comment period.
Personnel Termination
Near the end of the agenda, the board is scheduled to consider termination of a health paraprofessional. The packet text does not provide further substantive details about the proposed personnel action.
What to Watch at the Meeting
- Bond referendum: Whether the board certifies the petition and adopts the resolution that would place the proposed $6.9 million bond issue before voters on November 3.
- Facilities planning: Updates on the HVAC/bond timeline, CMaR process, schematic design and the separate 2027 roof replacement project.
- Board transition: Acceptance of the August 4 special-election results, installation of two newly elected members and election of board president and vice president.
- Sports medicine: Whether the board approves the proposed JET Physical Therapy agreement at $40 per hour plus mileage.
- Policy changes: The second readings encompass a substantial set of financial, technology, student, governance and records policies.
- District finances: The board will receive July financial reports and consider bills that include significant insurance, HVAC, technology, facilities and interdistrict expenditures.
The official public-body source for this packet is the Lone Tree Community School District meeting materials provided through Simbli.
Official Meeting Source URL: https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=36031864&MID=31115
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Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials.
