Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District Packet Summary — 2026-07-10
Meeting: 07/10/2026 - 08:00 AM July 2026 Regular Board Meeting Board Meeting
Scheduled location: Nashua-Plainfield JH/HS Commons
The Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District Board is scheduled to consider its July consent agenda, an administrative policy update, and a 2026–27 joint education agreement with Hawkeye Community College. The agenda also includes informational reviews concerning eighth-grade participation in high school athletics and an existing shared English Language Learner teacher agreement with Charles City Community School District.
Key Items on the Agenda
Consent Agenda
The board is scheduled to consider a consent agenda that includes previous meeting minutes, monthly financial reports, monthly bills, resignations, and a personnel recommendation.
- Previous minutes: The packet identifies the June 9, 2026 regular board meeting minutes for consideration.
- Financial reports: May financial and cash-flow reports are included.
- Monthly bills: The board vendor report lists a $655,567.75 grand total. The detailed check register separately reports totals across multiple district checking accounts and funds.
- Resignations: The packet lists resignations from Abby Fliehler as K–12 Art Teacher and Head Cross Country Coach and Joel Winters as Assistant Varsity Boys Basketball Coach.
- Personnel recommendation: Paige Malven is recommended as Annual Advisor.
The supporting resignation letters state that Fliehler's teaching resignation is effective at the end of her 2025–26 teaching contract, her Head Cross Country Coach resignation is effective June 30, 2026, and Winters' Assistant Varsity Boys Basketball Coach resignation is effective immediately.
Policy 106 Administrative Update
The board is scheduled to review and consider approving an update to Policy 106: Title IX — Discrimination and Harassment Based on Sex Prohibited. The agenda describes the change as updating names and removing past administrators.
The packet characterizes this as an administrative policy update rather than a broader reconsideration of the policy's underlying subject matter.
Eighth-Grade Participation in High School Athletics
The agenda includes an information-only review of HF2591 guidance concerning eighth-grade eligibility for high school interscholastic athletics.
The preliminary FAQ included in the packet explains that eighth graders may participate in high school athletic contests or competitions when the local school board adopts a policy allowing participation. Several implementation choices remain local decisions, including:
- Which sports permit eighth-grade participation.
- The level at which eighth graders may participate.
- Whether to impose academic requirements.
- Whether to limit the number of participating eighth graders.
- Whether to permit participation in some sports but not others.
An eighth grader participating in a high school sport may not also participate in the same sport for an eighth-grade team during that sports season. Participation during eighth grade does not reduce the student's eight consecutive semesters of eligibility after entering ninth grade.
The guidance also states that adoption of a local policy would permit participation but would not guarantee an eighth grader team membership, playing time, or placement at a particular competition level.
Shared English Language Learner Teacher Agreement
The board is scheduled for an information-only review of a Chapter 28E agreement between Nashua-Plainfield and Charles City Community School District for a shared English Language Learner teacher. The agenda describes it as a continued agreement involving ELL teacher Jennifer Mohs.
The supporting agreement provides Nashua-Plainfield with 5.85% FTE, described as one hour per week, of the Charles City-employed ELL teacher. Nashua-Plainfield agrees to pay 5.85% of the teacher's total cost, make semiannual payments, and provide necessary substitutes for absences.
The document included in the packet identifies its original purpose as providing ELL services during the 2024–25 school year and states that its term began August 26, 2024 and continues until either party gives 14 days' notice. Because the July agenda labels this item information-only and describes it as a continued agreement, the packet does not present a new approval action for this meeting.
The board is scheduled to review and consider approving an updated Joint Education Service Agreement with Hawkeye Community College for the 2026–27 academic year.
The agreement is intended to give eligible Nashua-Plainfield students opportunities to earn college credit through courses offered in collaboration with Hawkeye. The district would identify eligible students, provide administrative and counseling support, supply required instructional resources, ensure qualified instructors meet applicable requirements, assist with registration, and support transportation to course sites.
The proposed billing structure provides that:
- For courses taught by a qualified district instructor or employee, the district would pay 25% of Hawkeye's current tuition, without fees, per student.
- For courses taught by a Hawkeye instructor, the district would generally pay 80% of Hawkeye's current tuition, without fees.
- The district would pay no tuition or fees for students enrolled in the Summer College Credit Program.
Students successfully completing courses would receive Hawkeye college credit and have a Hawkeye transcript. Students would not be charged by either Hawkeye or the district for credit awarded through the agreement, although the agreement does not guarantee that another postsecondary institution will accept those credits.
The proposed agreement runs from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 and includes an extensive list of approved summer, fall, and spring courses.
Major Financial Items
May Financial Report
The packet's May 2026 financial report shows $8.41 million in budgeted General Fund revenue and $8.16 million in budgeted General Fund expenditures.
Through May:
- General Fund year-to-date revenue was approximately $7.51 million, or 89.31% of budget.
- General Fund year-to-date expenditures were approximately $6.28 million, or 76.92% of budget.
- The reported General Fund ending balance was approximately $2.81 million.
- Property services expenditures were at 104.82% of their budgeted amount.
- Equipment expenditures were reported at 337.98% of their budgeted amount.
Other reported May ending balances included approximately $394,476 in the Management Fund, $434,927 in the Nutrition Fund, $952,225 in SAVE, and $861,085 in PPEL.
Monthly Bills
The board vendor report accompanying the consent agenda totals $655,567.75. Larger vendor totals listed in that report include:
- Tripoli Community School — $148,005.87, categorized as entry fee/educational services. The detailed register includes $133,423.90 for 2025–26 superintendent sharing and $10,000 for a shared special education director, along with other educational-service charges.
- Iowa Local Government Risk Pool Commission — $68,950.98 for insurance.
- Charles City Community School District — $59,011.34, categorized as entry fee/educational services. The detailed register includes open-enrollment tuition and $3,432.14 for the shared ELL teacher.
- Apple Financial Services — $58,599.15 for a computer lease payment identified in the detailed register as Lease Purchase Agreement 2 of 3.
- Central Rivers Area Education Agency — $49,218.15 for educational services.
- Business Solver — $35,242.32 for insurance.
- Clarksville Community School — $29,102.15 for open enrollment.
- NP Activity Fund — $20,000 transfer.
- Storm Protection Fund — $18,681 for the wind/hail deductible risk pool.
- SU Insurance Company — $16,177.75 for equipment breakdown insurance.
The detailed register also includes instructional and operational purchases such as textbooks, curriculum materials, software renewals, building maintenance, transportation repairs, insurance, technology services, and athletic expenses.
Superintendent Report
The superintendent's agenda report includes an update on the superintendent's entry plan and other district matters.
- Seven one-on-one meetings had been completed as part of efforts to gain perspective and build relationships.
- The leadership team met July 1 and reviewed an onboarding leadership and communication document, with additional meetings planned.
- District office staff are meeting regularly as part of team-building and transition work.
- Wording in the district's technology agreement was adjusted regarding cumulative years beginning in seventh grade and ending in twelfth grade.
- A July 20 meeting with representatives from the Iowa Association of School Boards is planned for a one-on-one review of Nashua-Plainfield's financial health.
- The report also lists a baseball/softball fund update.
Public Participation and Regular Reports
The agenda provides an opportunity for communications and visitors. Public remarks are generally limited to three minutes, and the agenda states that matters requiring action may be placed on a future agenda when necessary.
The district's usual Spotlight in Education and principal reports are not scheduled for July. The packet notes that Spotlight in Education traditionally takes June and July off and that there are no principal reports during those months.
What to Watch at the Meeting
Several agenda items could shape district operations or future decisions:
- Eighth-grade athletics: The HF2591 review is informational at this meeting, but the state guidance makes participation dependent on local policy. Future board consideration would therefore be necessary for Nashua-Plainfield to establish its own participation rules.
- Hawkeye agreement: Approval would establish the district's 2026–27 framework for eligible students to participate in college-credit coursework through Hawkeye Community College.
- Policy administration: Policy 106 is scheduled for consideration after administrative names were updated and former administrators removed.
- Financial position: The superintendent's report identifies a July 20 IASB review of the district's financial health, while the packet's May financial statements provide the board with current fund and budget information.
- Next regular meeting: The agenda asks the board to set its monthly meeting date and notes that August 12 is the second Wednesday of August.
The official public-body source for this packet is the Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District meeting record hosted through Simbli.
Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials.
