District Mission: The Sioux City Community School District exists to educate students to believe in their talents and skills, achieve academic excellence, and succeed in reaching their potential.
Facilitator: Dr. Paul Gausman
Secretary: Patty Pageler
The Board Finance & Facilities Committee (BF&F) met on Tuesday, July 8, 2019 in the Educational
Service Center Board Room. Copies of the Agenda and the following Executive Summaries were
available:
- · International Baccalaureate Fees
- Memorandum of Understanding between the Sioux City Community School District and Western Iowa Tech Community College
- Preschool Rental Agreements
- Preschool Initiative Agreements
Committee Members Present: Dr. Paul Gausman, Brian Fahrendholz, Patty Pageler, Patty
Blankenship, Ron Colling, Dr. Mike McTaggart and Jeremy Saint
Committee Members Absent: None
Guests / Visitors: Dr. Kim Buryanek and Jim Vanderloo
Call to Order: Dr. Paul Gausman called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m.
International Baccalaureate Fees: Dr. Kim Buryanek
- Seven schools entered the candidacy phase for the international baccalaureate program.
- The cost of the candidacy and consultation services for each school for the 2019-2020 school year is $9,500.
- The funding source is Title IV.
- The committee approved payment of the invoices from International Baccalaureate.
Memorandum of Understanding between the Sioux City Community School District and Western Iowa Tech Community College: Jim Vanderloo
- The District and Western Iowa Tech Community College have worked cooperatively to design and provide Career Academy programming in the graphic design pathway.
- This agreement would provide the District with a WITCC certified staff member for the graphic design pathway.
- The District will pay WITCC the actual cost of the certified staff member.
- This item will be included on the agenda of the July 15, 2019 board meeting.
Preschool Rental Agreements: Dr. Brian Burnight (presented by Dr. Kim Buryanek)
- To update the annual rental agreements with the District’s preschool initiative community partners that utilize District classroom space.
- Community Action Agency – Unity Elementary – 1 room
- Community Action Agency – Loess Hills Elementary – 1 room
- Crittenton Center – Liberty Elementary – 2 rooms
- BB’s Preschool – Leeds Elementary – 1 room
- The rent amounts slightly increased.
- This item will be included on the agenda of the July 15, 2019 board meeting
Preschool Initiative Agreements: Dr. Brian Burnight (presented by Dr. Kim Buryanek)
- As part of the District’s preschool initiative program the District partners with thirteen community agencies to provide quality preschool.
- The annual agreements outline the terms of belonging to and receiving funds from the District’s preschool initiative program.
- A memorandum of understanding is attached to the Community Action Agency’s agreement as required by the Head Start program.
- This item will be included on the agenda of the July 15, 2019 board meeting.
Other Items:
- Dr. Gausman informed the committee that the State’s Title I allocation for FY20 will be reduced.
- The District’s Title I allocation will be decreased by approximately $300,000.
- The administration is working on developing a plan to address the significant decrease in funding.
- The urban superintendents will work with the Iowa Department of Education and the Governor’s office to address this issue.
The next meeting of the Board Finance & Facilities Committee will be Tuesday, August 6, 2019 at
3:00 p.m. in the ESC Board Room.