The Newton Community School District board of education will have a variety of items to consider or act upon at Monday’s regular meeting, but none of the much-anticipated topics featured at recent meetings.
The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. in the Emerson Hough conference room.
One of the few action items on the agenda is to consider an agreement between the district and the Newton YMCA for hourly pool rental fees. This agreement would cover the fiscal school year that runs from July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017.
The board is also set to hear a timeline update about the administration building.
Newton High School Principal Bill Peters will present a campus discipline report.
The board will then tackle the readings of the 200 series board policies from the Iowa Association of School Boards primer.
A budget committee meeting was scheduled to meet Thursday night, and a public budget work session will be held soon on a date to be determined.
Several other meetings will take place in the weeks ahead in the Emerson Hough conference room.
The Berg Complex Bond Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
A public board work session with Heartland AEA regarding student assessment data is set for 6 p.m. on Feb. 15. The School Improvement Advisory Committee will meet at 5 p.m. on Feb. 17.
The district will be represented at the annual Greater Newton Chamber of Commerce meeting, set for Jan. 28.
The 2016 Iowa Association of School Boards “Day on the Hill” is set for Feb. 8. An “Action Advocacy Workshop” is set for Feb. 11 in Waukee.
The board’s next regular meeting is Feb. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Emerson Hough.
Contact Jason W. Brooks at 641-792-3121 ext. 6532 or jbrooks@newtondailynews.com