November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. OPENING PROCEDURES
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COPY OF OPEN MEETINGS ACT: The Board of Education makes available at least one current copy of the Open Meetings Act posted in the meeting room at a location accessible to members of the public. The Act is posted on the south wall of the meeting room. ORDER OF AGENDA ITEMS: The Arlington Board of Education reserves the right to adjust the order of items on this agenda.
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1.1. Call Meeting to Order
Discussion:
Chase Kratochvil called the meeting to order at 7:00pm
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1.2. Roll Call
Discussion:
Jason Arp: Present, Cassie Flesner: Present, Chase Kratochvil: Present, Brian Laaker: Present, Steve Slykhuis: Present, Shanon Willmott: Present.
Jacque Morgan Elementary Principal, Dawn Lewis, Superintendent, and recording Secretary Jennifer Arp were also present. Aaron Pfingsten and James Shada were unavailable due to hosting a JH Girls Wrestling meet this evening. Mr. Shada was present for a short time to present the scoreboard information and his Secondary Report. |
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1.3. Pledge of Allegiance
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1.4. Approval of Regular Meeting Agenda
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Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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2. WELCOME TO GUESTS AND PUBLIC FORUM
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC FORUM: Getting Started: When it is your turn to speak during the public forum portion of the agenda, please come forward, sign your name and address on the sign-in sheet and state your name to the Board of Education. Personnel or Student Topic: If you are planning to speak about a personnel or student matter involving an individual, please understand that our policies require that such concerns initially be directed to the administration for consideration. Board members will generally not respond to any questions you ask or comments you make about individual staff members or students. You are cautioned that slanderous comments are not protected just because they are made at a board meeting. General Rules: Please remember that this is a meeting of the Board of Education held in public for conducting the business of the Board of Education. Disruptions, offensive language, personal attacks and hostile conduct will not be tolerated.
Discussion:
Lisa Flesner was present at tonight's board meeting and addressed concerns about the financials. She stated concerns about the funds in activity accounts and about the scoreboards- and the funding that is going towards the scoreboards. Mr. Kratochvil addressed Mrs Flesner's concerns and said he would respond at a later date with some answers.
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3. CONSENT AGENDA
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No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.1. Minutes of the Previous Board Meeting(s)
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3.2. Monthly Financial Reports
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3.3.
Resignations: Hires: Reassignments: |
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4. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTION REPORTS
Discussion:
Helen Regier, Jeff Hallstrom, and Kyle Buckingham were all present at tonight's meeting to present the Social Studies and history curriculum and classes for the board. They are the
teachers of the Middle School and High School classes. |
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5. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS
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5.1. Scoreboard Sponsor Update
Discussion:
Mr. Shada provided the board with an updated list of sponsors. He updated the board with a new sponsor that will be an anchor sponsor. The board asked a few questions about how active we are looking for sponsors and if we will still continue to seek or approach potential sponsors. They wanted to be assured that sponsors would still continue to be looking for sponsors even though spots are filled or full.
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5.2. Mr. Pfingsten's Secondary Report
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5.3. Dr. Morgan's Elementary Report
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5.4. Mr. Shada's Activity Report
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6. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
Discussion:
Dr, Lewis updated the board with Legislative updates, AFR/Audit, and the state education conference. The third and final DLR focus group will meet and go over more of the planning process, discussing renovations and possible updates to the facility for the future.
Dr. Lewis also wanted to provide the board with some information with regard to an upcoming trip/meeting that she would have to be present at that would pull her away from the Board meeting in June 2026. She would like the board to begin thinking about what that board meeting might look like. State Board of education conference Nov 20-21 — those board members registered will discuss plans and travel for that meeting. |
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6.1. Legislative Preview
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6.2. Discussion of June 2026 Regular board meeting:
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6.3. ESU 3 Annual Report
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6.4. AFR/Audit Update
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6.5. NRCSA and NASB Reports
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6.6. Update on DLR Process
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6.7. State Education Conference Nov 20-21
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7. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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7.1. Negotiations Committee
Discussion:
Negotiations committee met with the AEA for an initial meeting on Oct 28th- the second meeting will need to be rescheduled due to some conflicts with members. A new date will be set soon.
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8. NEW BUSINESS
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8.1. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve Baseball Field Improvement For Legion Baseball to be Reimbursed
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Legion coaches made the improvements, and have the funds for the bill. They desire to run the expense through the activity fund at school, and reimburse us for the amount to save the tax money for further improvements at the baseball field.
Dr. Lewis provided the board with the updates of the expenses, she explained to the board the reasons why they are asking to utilize the school for this project. |
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8.2. Review Policies 5416-5601:
Discussion:
The board reviewed the attached policies as annual review required by the state.
The board had the opportunity to ask questions if nessecary, but no new updates to any policies or changes are being presented this evening. |
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8.3. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Approve Budgeted Transfer to Activities Fund for Athletics Account to Balance End of Fiscal Year 2024-2025 for the Amount of $33,348.48
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Mr. Kratochvil presented information to the board on the state of the funds for the activity account. Mr. Kratochvil spoke about the fact that our school, along with many other school districts, that the activity fund, is always at a loss due to the nature of the funding. Costs keep going up, and we do not ask our students to pay any fees to participate in any activities to make up for differences in the costs.
The transfer is to make up the negative that the account acquired throughout the year and will zero out the negative balance, making it easier to track the expenses and revenues for the year starting with a $0 balance. This is just a better way to show the balance and has always been budgeted in the general budget each year, and a better way to get more eyes on it and easier to see the funding and how it flows each year. |
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9. ADJOURNMENT
Discussion:
Chase Kratochvil adjourned the meeting at 8:26 pm.
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