Members of the CAM School District’s Board of Education met Monday evening and approved a resignations and contracts as their first order of business. Superintendent Paul Croghan said the Board approved the following resignations:

Heather Scar – Middle School Language Arts Teacher
Rachel Hill – North Elementary 3rd Grade Teacher
Para Educators Sarah Bartlett & Andy Kinzie resigned.

The Board also approved contracts for Marcus Dougherty as the Asst. Baseball Coach and Tianna Kinzie as a Paraeducator. In other business, the CAM School Board received an opening proposal from the CAM Education Association (CAMEA), with regard to contract negotiations. Superintendent Croghan said the proposal is just one step in the negotiating process.

Croghan said also, the Board approved the renewal of a five-year contract with Iowa Connections Academy, a homeschool alternative offering full-time virtual schooling to students anywhere in Iowa, grades K–12. The agreement maintains a 3.25-percent oversight, with a minimum administrative fee coming to the District in the amount of $125,000 per year, which is $25,000 more than last year.

He said the technology is proving itself to be successful.

In other business, the CAM School Board discussed the FY 2020-21 School Calendar and Budget. Mr. Croghan says proposals will be brought forward in March, and a Public Hearing for April. Their budget needs to be submitted to the County Auditor by no later than April 15th. Croghan said he spoke with the Board about the Early Retirement and Resignation Policies.

With regard to potential upgrades to District’s facilities, Croghan said there were 72 people in attendance at the first meeting held Sunday, and another 85 Monday night. He said they’ve been pleased with the turnout, which were live streamed via CAM Digital Media and KJAN.

The information gleaned from the meetings, the forms handed out to those in attendance, and input from the information posted online, will be used to help determine what improvements the public would like to see by order of priority.