(Audubon, IA) – The Audubon School District’s Board of Education held their regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening. Superintendent Trevor Miller, in his recap of their short session, said because there was short notice, the Board will host a public hearing and approval of district calendar, when they convene their meeting in March. Miller said also, their March Board Meeting will be on March 23rd, so they can have their 1st Public Hearing on Budget/Tax rate.

Superintendent Miller said the Board approved the following Action Items:

A) Policy Primer 34 #2 Second Reading. Miller says he went through each of these last month and explained the blanks.
B) Policy Review: This is part of the 5-year cycle. Trevor Miller said there are not any changes to these documents, and they only have to do a single reading since review.
C) Storm Protection Fund FY27. That’s that deductible protection, if they District should have storm or damage instead of 1%. The number listed is the max they can charge, but it could be less.
D) ICAN Scholarship Grant Agreement: Miller said “This will allow us to utilize grant funds to help Counselors with providing student support.”
E) The Audubon School Board approved an update to the Handbook: The update includes an addition that Jill, the School Nurse, would like to add after talking with other nurses, about getting signatures, emergencies etc.

F) Personnel:

1) Hires
a) Taylor Hackbarth – English
b) Nichole Olsen – Elementary Principal

2) Resignations:
a) Tracy Mulford – Kitchen

Personnel were approved as presented by the board