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Linn-Mar Community School District board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened

What happened at this meeting

Linn-Mar board approves policy second reading that raises gym rental fee 26:05

  • During the finance and audit committee report, a speaker said bus stop arm violations had grown from 36 around September 18th to more than 60. 16:14
  • The Linn-Mar board approved the second reading of policy recommendations, which included a facilities use fee schedule that raises one gym rental rate from $5 an hour to $10 an hour. 26:05
  • The board also approved a first reading of policy recommendations, open enrollment requests and the consent agenda. 37:14

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Item by item (13)
  1. Call to order and agenda 3:40
    • The meeting was called to order at 5 PM and a quorum roll call was taken. 3:40
    • A motion was made to adopt the agenda as presented. 4:10
  2. Student podcast recognition 4:18
    • A district staff member recognized students who received honors in the NPR Student Podcast Challenge national competition. 4:18
    • The staff member said the students submitted their podcasts as part of the TAG curriculum during their 8th grade year at Excelsior Middle School. 4:38
  3. Audience communication 10:57
    • No one signed up to speak during audience communication. 10:57
  4. Board visit and committee reports 10:57
    • During the board visit report, a speaker thanked Lindgrove Elementary for hosting the visit and described a conversation with staff about challenges and joys. 10:57
    • Evan Langston said the policy committee reviewed the policies on the agenda and some policies that had been on the back burner. 12:36
    • Midhat Mansoor said the chamber recognized Linn-Mar students as partners for the Venture Academics program. 15:09
  5. Finance and audit committee report 15:23
    • A speaker said the committee discussed the Excelsior HVAC project and that bus stop arm violations had grown from 36 around September 18th to more than 60. 15:34
    • One board member said ticketed drivers still go before a judge and that much of the issue has to do with education. 17:46
    • A speaker said the committee also went through board bills and discussed playground financing. 21:02
  6. City council report 21:10
    • Laura Thomas said a review of city council minutes found nothing pertinent to share with the board. 21:30
  7. Superintendent's report 21:37
    • The superintendent thanked teachers, staff, parents and board members for taking part in parent-teacher conferences. 21:44
    • The superintendent said the marching band took first place at Valley Fest and the robotics team took first place at the Clash in the Corn competition. 23:18
  8. Second reading of policy recommendations 25:37
    • A speaker said the facilities use fee review found performance hall rates comparable and proposed raising one gym rate from $5 an hour to $10 an hour. 26:21
    • The speaker said the gym fee would be increased in steps to avoid pricing out current renters and that rental fees go into the general fund. 30:07
    • A speaker said lifeguard fees were changed to match a recent raise in lifeguard pay. 32:17
    • The motions on the policy recommendations as presented carried. 33:39
  9. First reading of policy recommendations 33:20
    • One board member asked whether separate policies were needed for positions that have been combined and pointed out wording problems in Policy 703.1 and 803.4. 34:17
    • A speaker said keeping the policies separate means they would not need revision if the positions were ever separated again. 35:13
    • The superintendent said the religious expression policy is a new mandated policy that must be uploaded to the state by December 15th. 36:39
    • The motion on the first reading of the policies presented carried. 37:14
  10. Open enrollment requests 37:14
    • Midhat Mansoor moved to approve the open enrollment requests as presented. 37:36
    • The motion to approve the open enrollment request as presented carried. 37:36
  11. Consent agenda 37:53
    • A motion was made to approve the consent agenda as presented. 37:53
    • The board president announced that the consent agenda passed. 38:56
  12. Board calendar 38:56
    • The board president listed a Finance Audit Committee meeting on November 5th at 8:30 in the morning and the board annual meeting on November 9th at 5:00 PM. 38:56
    • A facilities meeting was added for October 29th at 9:00 AM. 39:49
  13. Adjournment 40:04
    • The board president said a 10-minute recess would be followed by a work session. 40:13
    • The board president announced that the motion to adjourn carried. 40:39

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Video: posted by the district as “Linn-Mar School Board Meeting - 5pm - October 26th, 2026”