September 23, 2019
The work session meeting of the Board of Education of the Centerville Community School District was held September 23, 2019 at 6:30 P.M. in the board room of the Administration Office, 634 North Main, Centerville.

Call to order and roll call
President Marty Braster called the public meeting to order at 6:30 pm.  Roll call to determine quorum was taken as follows:
     Present: Marty Braster, Mike Thomas, Travis Yeomans, Bob Thomas, Angela Ocker, Brooke    
                   Johnson
     Absent: Larry Heffron
Also present were Superintendent Tom Rubel and Chief Financial Officer Lisa Swarts.  

Welcome Visitors
Mr. Braster welcomed visitors.

Approve Agenda
It was moved by Travis Yeomans and seconded by Brooke Johnson to approve the agenda as stated.  Motion carried unanimously.  

Old Business
There was no old business.

New Business

Work Session 

Overview of Centerville’s Future Ready Blueprint
Mr. Rubel gave a presentation of Centerville’s Future Ready Blueprint draft document.  This document contains the District’s mission, vision, core values, and strategic priorities.  The document has been presented to several different groups for review.  The goal is for the document to be finalized and approved and then reviewed every year. 

Administration Reports

Rhonda Raskie
Mrs. Raskie spoke about the ISASP system which shows how public schools have performed on certain measures.  She also presented information about Iowa’s new MTSS data system, Panorama Student Success.

Matt Johnson
High School Principal Johnson’s report included information on the Student Success Center, Illustrative Mathematics professional development, Office Referrals/positives versus negatives, and Indian Hills Community College programs.

Karen Swanson
Middle School Principal Swanson’s report included information on the Start Hello Week which is an idea from the Sandy Hook Promise organization.  She reported that the middle school is a targeted/needs improvement school and spoke about what the district is doing to improve that.  She also spoke about the group of staff that have been welcoming students every morning and what a success it has been. 

Terri Schofield
Lakeview Principal Schofield’s report included positive information on student attendance, professional development, and teacher goals.  She also spoke about improvement with office referrals and recognized the district’s resource officer.  

Julie Caraccio
Preschool and Central Principal Julie Caraccio’s report included summarized data on attendance and testing.  She also spoke about professional development and valuable meetings attended on Mental Health.

Consideration of Potential Early Retirement Plan
The board reviewed the 2018-19 early retirement policy.  The administration believes this would be a good idea for the current fiscal year.  There will be numbers on the management fund provided before the board makes a decision at a future board meeting.

Update of Master Facility Plan
Mr. Rubel has had numerous meetings with the architect, finance committee, and facilities committee.  There will be something more concrete for a future meeting for the board to approve once all aspects of the plan have been finalized. 

Bob Thomas left the meeting at 8:38 pm and returned at 8:40 pm.

November 5th Election and candidates
There are four seats and five candidates running for the November 5th election.  Marty Braster thanked current board members for their service and also thanked the candidates who decided to run again.

IASB Convention
The Convention will be held November 20-21.  All board members are welcome to attend.

Centerville School Board Organizational Meeting
The organizational meeting will be November 11, 2019.

Sharing of Facilities
Indian Hills Community College is considering both a women’s and men’s wrestling program.  There might be a need to use the district’s facilities.  The board can discuss in the future.

Travis Yeomans left the meeting at 8:42 pm and returned at 8:43 pm. 

Reports
Tom Rubel spoke about how some districts are moving to electronic board meetings.  The district can consider this at another time if anyone is interested. Pancake Day and Homecoming are both coming up.  The next board meeting will be October 14th with a finance meeting before that.  

Marty Braster reported that there was no petition for the Instructional Support Levy presented.  The board appreciates that the public listened to the board’s decision on the levy and decided not to go forward. 

Adjourn
It was moved by Bob Thomas and seconded by Brooke Johnson to adjourn the meeting at 8:51 pm.  Motion carried unanimously.