Moulton-Udell Comm School District Packet Summary — 2026-08-24
Meeting: 08/24/2026 - 06:00 PM Board of Directors Regular Meeting Board Meeting
Scheduled time: 6:00 PM
Location: Moulton-Udell High School, High School IHCC Room, 305 E. 8th Street, Moulton, Iowa 52572
The Moulton-Udell Comm School District Board of Directors is scheduled to consider financial reports and bills, personnel assignments, legislative priorities, a 2026–2027 milk bid, new door locks, changes to the district's student activity policy, and related handbook changes.
Key Items on the Agenda
Student Activity Policy and Eighth-Grade Athletics
The board is scheduled to review Policy 504.06, Student Activity Program, as a first reading. A separate action item asks the board to approve the policy and waive the second reading.
The draft policy would expressly allow an eighth-grade student, with parent or guardian permission, to participate in interscholastic athletic contests or competitions at the high school level. Under the proposed language:
- An eighth-grade student participating at the high school level could not also participate on an eighth-grade team in the same sport during the same season.
- Students could not compete in both programs during the same sport season.
- Eighth-grade students participating in high school athletics would have to meet the annual athletic physical examination requirements that apply to other student athletes.
- The superintendent, working with the athletic director, would develop administrative regulations and procedures for implementing the policy.
The packet identifies the policy as “DRAFT - First Reading.” It lists an original adoption date of January 25, 2005, and a last revised and reviewed date of July 27, 2026.
7–12 Student Handbook Changes
The agenda also calls for approval of changes to the 7–12 Student Handbook. The packet's summary states that eighth-grade participation has been added to the handbook, aligning this agenda item with the proposed student activity policy change.
Personnel Recommendations
The board is scheduled to consider the following personnel recommendations:
- Katie Harris — Mentor, $1,250.00
- Shane Brown — Junior high football van driver
- Heather Schramm and Mike McKay — Senior sponsors
- Ann Johnston and Kaitlyn Asher — Junior sponsors
The packet presents these as recommended actions rather than completed appointments.
Major Financial Items
August Bills
The consent agenda includes the district's August 2026 summary list of bills. The report lists an August 2026 total of $153,470.46 before several separately identified additions.
Fund totals in the report are:
- General Fund (Fund 10): $26,198.27
- Activity Fund (Fund 21): $2,209.63
- Management Fund (Fund 22): $93,048.25
- PPEL/SAVE (Funds 33/36): $20,779.27
- Nutrition Fund (Fund 61): $11,235.04
The largest listed fund expense is the Management Fund's $93,027.00 2026–2027 policy premium to EMC. Other notable expenditures include $8,650.00 for roof repair, $5,417.96 for Edgenuity credit recovery, $2,418.86 for a firewall subscription, and $2,418.43 for a grant-funded kitchen range.
The report separately lists additions including $5,215.50 for north wall, trim and gutter work; $1,175.58 for a whiteboard; and $544.58 for student magazines, along with nutrition-fund adjustments.
July Financial Report
The consent agenda also includes the district's FY27 July Financial Report. The report lists $466,102.84 in General Fund revenue for July 2026.
Among the revenue amounts identified in the report are:
- $328,814.00 in State Foundation Aid
- $79,650.00 in Teacher Salary Supplement funding
- $19,748.00 in TLC funding
- $10,144.00 in Preschool State Aid
- $10,996.00 in AEA flow-through funding
- $5,818.00 in other local revenue
The financial report is presented for consideration as part of the consent agenda.
2026–2027 Milk Bid
The board is scheduled to consider approval of an Anderson Erickson Dairy milk bid for the 2026–2027 school year.
The bid lists July 2026 base pricing of:
- $0.3848 per half-pint skim milk carton
- $0.4468 per half-pint skim chocolate milk carton
- $0.34 per 4-ounce 100% orange juice carton
The quoted prices are subject to an escalator clause tied to changes in milk-market pricing and supplier costs. Anderson Erickson states that it furnishes and maintains necessary milk coolers; districts using their own coolers may deduct $0.0100 per half-pint.
New Door Locks
The board is scheduled to consider approval of new door locks for several areas, including the band room, gym, storage hallway, athletic room, science area, guidance office, technology area, and office area.
The supporting estimate, dated August 19, 2026, lists a $692.00 total for a “10G05 Lock, Rekey, Install.” The agenda identifies multiple locations for the proposed lock work, but the packet does not clearly establish from the estimate alone how that single quoted amount applies across all listed doors.
Policy / Governance Items
RSAI Legislative Priorities
The board is scheduled to discuss and approve RSAI legislative priorities. Supporting material is an RSAI Legislative Issues Survey intended to gather member input for the upcoming legislative session.
Issues presented for prioritization include:
- Adequate school resources, including per-pupil funding, categorical funding, transportation equity, and supplementary weighting
- Staff shortages and licensure flexibility
- Quality preschool
- Local school board authority
- Public-school funding and accountability
- Resources addressing poverty, mental health, and other increasing student needs
- Whole-grade sharing and reorganization incentives
- Operational-sharing incentives
- Formula equity
- Property-tax reform
- Rural access to Area Education Agency services and supports
The RSAI material says priorities and a platform developed by its Legislative Committee are scheduled for discussion, approval, and prioritization at the RSAI Annual Meeting on October 8, 2026, in Des Moines.
IASB Delegate
The agenda includes an action item to approve an IASB delegate. The packet does not provide a proposed delegate's name or additional explanatory material for this item.
Fall Officials and Pay
The board is also scheduled to consider fall officials and official pay. The agenda references supporting material for 2026 volleyball officials, but the extracted packet text does not provide enough detail to summarize specific proposed officials or compensation amounts.
Consent Agenda and Other Business
The consent agenda includes the minutes of the previous regular meeting, financial reports, and the August summary list of bills.
The packet specifically notes a correction needed to the July 27, 2026 regular meeting minutes: votes concerning the increase in activity passes were recorded incorrectly, and the minutes need to be amended to show that Mark Mendick voted no. This is a correction to the record of a prior meeting, not a new vote documented for the August 24 meeting.
The agenda also includes:
- Visitor communications
- A thank-you card received from Girl Scouts of America
- Board-member communications
- Administrative reports
- The superintendent's board report
- Announcements
What to Watch at the Meeting
The proposed changes involving eighth-grade athletics appear in two connected agenda items: Policy 504.06 and the 7–12 Student Handbook. The board is being asked not only to consider the policy but also to approve it while waiving a second reading, making the proposed participation rules a significant governance item on the agenda.
Financially, the board will receive the July report and August bills through the consent agenda while separately considering the 2026–2027 milk bid and new door locks. The RSAI legislative-priorities item also gives the board an opportunity to establish which state-level education issues it wants emphasized in future advocacy.
The district lists its next regular meeting for September 28, 2026, at 6:00 PM.
