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Baxter Community School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened at this meeting

Baxter school board takes no motion on personal electronic devices policy 2:44

  • The board discussed a proposed board policy on personal electronic devices, and no motion was made on it. 2:44
  • A district staff member presented secondary handbook updates, including changes to grading and reassessments, and a speaker said there was no need to take a motion to approve them. 16:52
  • The board approved State Savings Bank and another 28E agreement. 56:16
Item by item (9)
  1. Opening, agenda and consent items 0:09
    • The June meeting was called to order, and a motion was made to approve the agenda. 0:09
    • A speaker said finances were tracking well and that a final report on how the year ended would follow. 1:14
    • The consent items were approved. ~2:33
  2. Personal electronic devices policy 2:44
    • One speaker said the safety aspect of phones was a concern and that a rule that cannot be enforced properly did not feel right. 6:30
    • Another speaker said office referrals for cell phones shared in March totaled 6 and asked about the disconnect with reports of constant enforcement. 8:38
    • A district staff member said staff needed to do a better job documenting that it is a large-scale issue. 14:07
    • No motion was made on the policy. 15:56
  3. Secondary handbook updates 16:52
    • A district staff member said all 8th graders would start with pre-algebra unless test scores show otherwise, and some students would take a course called Foundations of English. 17:27
    • The staff member said backpacks would not be allowed in classrooms, reassessments would be limited to one attempt and incompletes would convert to F after 2 weeks. 21:55
    • The staff member said summative assessments would be a max of 70% of the grade and formative work a max of 30%, with no extra credit and traditional letter grades. 31:00
  4. Depository bank 55:57
    • A district staff member recommended State Savings Bank continue to handle district funds up to a maximum of $5 million for the next fiscal year. 56:01
    • The board approved State Savings Bank. 56:22
  5. Special education director sharing agreement 56:22
    • A district staff member said the agreement would share a special education director with GMG at 0.2 or 20% for each school, and the district would receive 2 FTEs of operational sharing. 56:30
    • The agreement was approved. ~57:40
  6. Level 1 and Level 2 investigators 57:40
    • A district staff member said the Jasper County Sheriff's Office would be the Level 2 investigator and the district nurse the Level 1 investigator for the 26⁠-⁠27 school year. 57:53
    • A speaker asked about a possible typo in the student handbook listing for Level 1, and a speaker said the SRO was being taken off, with the Sheriff's Office listed. 58:03
  7. Open enrollment and facilities update 1:00:35
    • A district staff member reported one 6th grader open enrolling to Maxwell. 1:00:35
    • A district staff member said the weight room flooring was done, the roof replacement would take place the first week of July and a quote would be sought to recoat a classroom roof. 1:01:02
  8. Personnel resignations and contracts 1:03:17
    • The volunteer baseball coach was approved. 1:04:30
  9. Superintendent report and adjournment 1:04:42
    • The superintendent said a statewide meeting reviewed 32 pieces of legislation passed that affect education and more guidance was expected at the beginning of July. 1:04:43
    • The superintendent said ISAS results were delayed and preliminary open enrollment numbers were expected to be up. 1:04:43
    • The superintendent said the property tax reform bill sets a limit of 35% of prior year's expenditures and the district was at 17. 1:04:43

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Video: posted by the district as “6/17/26 BCSD School Board Meeting”