March 19, 2024

Policy readings, committee reports slated for NCSD

Board to consider hosting April 5 workshop

The Newton Community School District Board of Education will have a few items on Monday’s regular meeting agenda that were bumped from the Jan. 25 meeting.

Also, some of the topics that were addressed on Jan. 25 are slated to be on the agenda again.

Monday’s meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. in the Emerson Hough conference room.

One of the few action items on the agenda involves readings of proposed updates to the 200 series of board policies.

Another is to approve construction documents for remodeling the interior of the Emerson Hough building. The building will have kindergarten and grades 1 through 4 next year, and will receive some upgrades as well as some modifications to student-use space this summer.

The board is also set to hear a timeline update about the administration building and development of an APEX curriculum. APEX is a program that matches students with career-specific employers for work experience, offered by Waukee Schools that was recently toured by Newton-area officials to potentially be a model for similar arrangements in Newton.

Newton High School Principal Bill Peters, Berg Middle School Principal Lisa Sharp and Thomas Jefferson Elementary Principal Tom Bartello will make presentations about professional development sessions.

The Berg Complex Bond Committee and the district’s budget committee will both report to the board about their recent meetings.

The board is set to consider hosting an Iowa Association of School Boards Spring Regional Workshop April 5.

The 2016 IASB “Day on the Hill” is set for Monday during the day, so administrators and/or school board members might have informal reports Monday evening on interactions with state government leaders and others at the state capitol.

Several other meetings will take place in the weeks ahead in the Emerson Hough conference room.

An “Action Advocacy Workshop” is set for Feb. 11 in Waukee.

A public board work session with Heartland AEA regarding student assessment data is set for 6 p.m. Feb. 15. The School Improvement Advisory Committee will meet at 5 p.m. Feb. 17.

The board’s next regular meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 22 at Emerson Hough.

Contact Jason W. Brooks at 641-792-3121 ext. 6532 or jbrooks@newtondailynews.com