January 12, 2026 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 Kratochvill called the meeting to order at 7:10pm
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1.2. Roll Call
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Present at meeting: Jason Arp, Cassie Flesner, Chase Kratochvil, Brian Laaker, Steve Slykhuis. Shanon Willmott was approved for her absence due to illness, and was present via zoom.
Also Present were Principals Aaron Pfingsten, Jacque Morgan, Athletic Director James Shada, Superintendent Dawn Lewis and recording secretary Jennifer Arp |
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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. |
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3. ANNUAL BUSINESS
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3.1. Administer Oath of Office to all Board Members
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis administered the oath of office to all board members.
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3.2. Election of Officers
Discussion:
Nominations for the following officers:
President : Chase Kratochvill nominated by Jason Arp and Steve Slykhuis Motion of nominations cease by Steve Slykhuis and 2nd by Jason Arp all in favor with Kratochvill abstained with conflict Vice President: Cassie FLesner nominated by Jason Arp and 2nd by Brian Laaker Motion to vote for Mrs. Flesner as vice president by Arp and Laaker All in favor with Flesner Abstained Treasurer: Jason Arp and Brian Laaker both nominated. Board members voted by paper ballot Laaker won by vote of 3- 2 |
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3.3. Appointment of Board Committees
Discussion:
Committees will stay as is.
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3.4. Appoint KSB and PGH&G Law Firms as Official Legal Counsel to Board and Superintendent
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.5. Appoint RVR Bank as Official Depository for All District Funds
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.6. Distribute Conflict of Interest Forms for Board Members
Discussion:
Forms have been distributed to all board members in the upcoming days- Dr. Lewis will update the forms and get to board members this week.
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3.7. Approve Washington Co. Enterprise as Official Newspaper of the Board of Education
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.8. Appoint Superintendent as District Non-Discrimination Compliance Coordinator
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.9. Appoint Supt as Secretary and Business Manager as Recording Secretary to the Board of Education
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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4. CONSENT AGENDA
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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4.1. Minutes of the Previous Board Meeting(s)
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4.2. Monthly Financial Reports
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4.3.
Resignations: Megan Porras, HS English Language Arts Hires: Reassignments: |
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5. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTION REPORTS
Discussion:
Dawn Klein, Michaela Curran, and Shawna Tierney were present from the Math Department. Tamara Loberg and Chaleigh Mattson were present from the Kindergarten Department and Anna Hornung was present for Preschool Department.
All departments presented to the board and were available to answer questions from the board. |
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6. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS
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6.1. Curriculum Director Report
Discussion:
Tashia Wolf was at the board meeting to go over the Cirriculum Director report.
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6.2. Dr. Morgan's Elementary Report
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6.3. Mr. Pfingsten's Secondary Report
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6.4. Mr. Shada's Activity Report
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7. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
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7.1. Enrollment Report
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7.2. NASB and NRCSA Reports
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7.3. NASB Board Self-Evaluation Process Discussion
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7.4. APS 2024-2025 District Annual Report
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7.5. Legislative Issues Conference Jan 26 in Lincoln
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8. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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8.1. Facilities Workshop
Discussion:
The board met in a workshop on Monday, Jan 12th with DLR representatives to discuss the vision and focus for the future planning for our facility. The board will share some of the long term vision with the community at the January Community Engagement Meeting on the 28th along with DLR.
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8.2. Negotiations Committee
Discussion:
Negotations met and have an action item on tonight's board meeting.
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9. NEW BUSINESS
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9.1. Discussion of Community Engagement Meeting
Discussion:
The board discussed what was needed to be discussed at the community engagement meeting. NASB advised the board on selecting three main questions or areas of questions to have as the discussion for the meeting. The board took a look at the sample questions and made suggestions to help them narrow down the focus of the meeting to get appropriate feedback from the community.
The board selected a handful of questions and discussed how to run the meeting. They wanted to give the community a bank of questions instead of just having the community try and give open comments so that everyone can get the most out of the meeting. |
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9.2. Review and Discuss Policies 6000-6200:
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9.3. Discuss and Consider Updated Policies on Second Reading:
3131- Procurement 3132- Internal Controls
Rationale:
Federal spending threshholds requiring special approval/procedures updated
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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9.4. Discuss, Consider, and Take Necessary Action to Approve 2026-2027 Master Agreement with Certificated Teaching Staff
Rationale:
Items agreed upon represent a 4.04% Total Package Increase
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
The board discussed the negotiation procedures and how they met with the AEA to come to agreement on the master agreement for the certified staff.
Mr. Kratochvil went over the negotiations and how the committee used the array of other schools and how they look at the information to make decisions based on Arlington for our district and our staff. |
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10. ADJOURNMENT
Discussion:
:Chase Kratochvil adjourned the meeting at 9:28pm
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