Meeting: Board of Education Regular Meeting
Date: August 10, 2026
Regular Meeting: 7:00 p.m., Commons Area
Goal Setting Session: 5:30 p.m., Commons Area
The Newell-Fonda Community School District Board of Directors is scheduled for a goal-setting session with the School Improvement Advisory Committee (SIAC) before its regular board meeting. The regular meeting agenda includes annual goals, agreements and handbooks, a security software upgrade, personnel and governance designations, and routine financial and administrative business.
Goal Setting Session with SIAC
Before the regular meeting, the School Board and SIAC Committee are scheduled to hold a 5:30 p.m. goal-setting session. The agenda centers on district educational priorities and measures of student progress.
Topics scheduled for review include:
- Major educational needs.
- Student learning goals and desired levels of student performance.
- Progress toward student learning goals and performance targets.
- Harassment and bullying prevention goals, programs, training, and other initiatives.
- The District Career and Academic Plan (DCAP).
- Long-range and annual improvement goals in reading, mathematics, and science.
The packet also lists the district's 2025–2026 goals, which emphasize life skills and career experiences; literacy, mathematics, and science; social and emotional growth; and meaningful connections within the school community.
Key Items on the Regular Meeting Agenda
2026–27 District Goals
The board is scheduled to consider adoption of its 2026–27 goals as an action item. This follows the earlier goal-setting session with SIAC, although the packet text does not provide the proposed final wording of the 2026–27 goals.
Agreements and Programs
Several agreements are included on the agenda for board consideration:
- Regional Alternative Learning Center Agreement
- HSAP Agreement
- 28E Agreement with Fort Dodge, listed on the consent agenda
The packet identifies these agreements by name but does not provide their financial terms or other substantive provisions.
Handbooks
The action agenda includes several handbook items:
- Parent Handbook — Daycare
- Student Handbooks — High School and Elementary/Middle School
- Employee Handbook Approval — Certified, Classified, and Daycare
The packet does not specify the proposed changes to these handbooks.
Security Software Upgrade
A security software upgrade is listed as an action item. The packet does not identify the software, proposed vendor, cost, or scope of the upgrade.
Consent Agenda
The board is scheduled to consider a consent agenda containing routine financial, personnel, governance, policy, and administrative matters. Listed items include:
- Approval of minutes
- Summary list of bills
- Financial report
- Open enrollment
- Personnel
- Equity Coordinator appointment
- Level I & II Child Abuse Investigators
- Title IX Coordinator
- Board policies
- FFA fundraisers
- 28E Agreement with Fort Dodge
Because these items appear in a pre-meeting agenda, their inclusion should not be interpreted as approval or other completed board action.
Communications and Public Participation
The communications portion of the meeting includes 2026–27 new certified employees. The agenda also provides for a Public Forum.
A separate presentations section is listed, but the packet text does not identify specific presentation topics.
The board is scheduled to receive informational reports following its action items. These include:
- PK–8 Principal's Report
- Newell-Fonda High School Principal's Report
- Superintendent's Report
The agenda lists Board Sharing — none.
What to Watch at the Meeting
The August 10 agenda combines district planning with several operational decisions. Key items to watch include the board's consideration of 2026–27 goals, the Regional Alternative Learning Center and HSAP agreements, multiple student and employee handbooks, and the proposed security software upgrade.
The earlier SIAC session may also provide context for the district's next set of goals, particularly around student achievement, career and academic planning, bullying prevention, and long-range improvement in reading, mathematics, and science.
The agenda identifies the next regular board meeting as Monday, September 14, 2026, at 7:00 p.m.
The official public-body source used for this packet is the meeting document provided by Newell-Fonda Community School District.
Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials.
