TODAY'S TOP POST: East Sac County School Board to discuss uniforms in October

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

- School uniforms
- Discussion about school calendar.
- Adjournment.

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DNR makes suggestions for unexpected confrontations with Iowa's mountain lions

"DES MOINES – An image captured on a trail camera in Clinton County during the past week has been confirmed as a mountain lion by wildlife biologists from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources..."

Read the full story at iowadnr.gov

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September 27, 2011 Live Sac County Supervisors Meeting Feed

The show starts at 10AM


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September 19, 2011 Lake View City Council Meeting

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East Sac County School Board to discuss uniforms in October

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

- School uniforms
- Discussion about school calendar.
- Adjournment.

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East Sac County School Board approves several new hires

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

Brenda Kunneke/Cook-$8.50hr,
Tonya Blum/Associate-$8.5hr,
Dave Woltman/Custodian-$8.75hr,
Dylan Bruns/Custodian-$8.75hr

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East Sac County School Board executes first reading of and reviews proposed Board Policy changes

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa



New Policies

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Lake View, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

Lake View, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

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East Sac County School Board Creates facility planning and usage committee

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

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East Sac County School Board approves FFA trip to Saskatchewan Canada

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

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East Sac County School Board approves bank authorization approval resolution

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa


Naming of the bank.

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East Sac County School Board approves a comprehensive school improvement plan

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

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Early, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

Early, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

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Fairfield, Iowa Woman Fined for Disorderly Conduct

Fair Field, Iowa Woman Fined for Disorderly Conduct

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Discussion about Safe Routes to School program in Sac City and Wall Lake

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

- Looking at area within two miles of school
- Crossing lights.
- Sidewalks.
- Crossing areas.
- Each community has over $200K worth of qualifying projects.
- School board passes resolution of support for this project.


Safe Route to School Endorsment

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September 19, 2011 organizational meeting of the East Sac County School Board

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

- Swearing in of school board members.
- Election of president.
-- Chuck Brotherton
- Election of vice president.
-- Brent Wilhelm.
- Swearing in of President and vice president.
- John Kraft appointed board secretary/treasurer.
- Official depositories named.
-- All financial institutions named.
-- Max limit of 4 million in any institution.
- Appointment of legal council.
-- Ahlers and Cooney of Des Moines, Iowa.
- Regular board meeting date and time affirmed for third Monday of month at 6:00PM.
- Official Newspapers set
-- Lake View Resort, Sac Sun, Odebolt Chronicle.
- Level I investigator set as councilors and principals.
- Level II investigators set as the city police departments and Sheriff’s Department.
- Free and reduced lunch steering officer set
- Brent Wilhelm and Marty Huser appointed as Kid’s World Board of Directors school reps.
- Brent Wilhelm appointed Sac Community Center board of director school rep.



- Marty Huser appointed to delegate assembly of Iowa Association of School Boards.

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Auburn, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

Auburn, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

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East Sac County School Board approves senior citizen activity passes

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

- 65 years or older.
- Resident of East Sac County.
- 55 to 65 50% off.
- Not valid for state sponsored events or away events.
- Non transferable.
- Available the day you turn 65.
- Adjournment.

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East Sac County School board approves switching from propane to natural gas

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

There is an estimated 50% savings that will pay back the cost of conversion within 1 year.

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East Sac County students approved for travel to Belize

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

This trip is not paid for by the school, but does involve ESC students. This video is a presentation by Mrs. Tigges arguing FOR board approval for a trip to Belize.



Belize Itinerary

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Education spotlight: Summer School

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

- Mary Ann Peters - Review of reading fluency scores.
- Judy Miller – review of reading skills.
- Discussion about course recovery at the middle school.
- Discussion about reading at the middle school.
- Discussion about preliminary BRI data at the middle school.
- Discussion about math intervention at the middle school.

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Review of the September 19, 2011 ESC Elementary School Principal’s report

September 19, 2011
Lake View, Iowa

- Discussion about Comparative Data.
-- NSI = Needs substantial improvement.
-- NI = Needs Improvement.

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Lytton, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

Lytton, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

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East Sac County School Board reviews the School In Need of Assistance process

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

According to Superintendent Fiene, the School In Need of Assistance (SINA) process will be reviewed at every school board meeting moving forward. It takes a minimum of 2 years to get off the SINA list.



Continued discussion of SINA


SINA Document

Schools struggle to meet benchmarks

"The target percentage of students who meet federal benchmarks on standardized tests is on a steeply rising trajectory, and many school districts in Iowa, including Ames, are struggling to keep up..."

Read the full Ames Tribune article entitled School struggle to meet benchmarks

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East Sac School Board reviews the September 13 votes

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

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Review of the September 19, 2011 ESC Middle School Principal’s report

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

- Crisis plan discussion.

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Nemaha, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

Nemaha, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

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Odebolt, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

Odebolt, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

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September 28, 2011 issue of the Tri County Special

September 28, 2011 issue of the Tri County Special

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September 19, 2011 East ac County Superintendent’s report

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa


- FCS room is complete.
- Dean Raine
- Enrollment is higher this year based on the exact same date as last year.
-- This is not the certified enrollment.
- ESC was recognized for not having a player or coach rejected for poor sportsmanship last year.
- ESC won the sportsmanship award for Softball last summer.
- ESC won the all sports award for last summer.
- 2012-2013 calendar will begin to be put together starting next week.
- ISB Convention update.

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September 19, 2011 East Sac County School Board call to order

September 19, 2011 – Lake View, Iowa

1. Call to order.
2. Review of ESC mission statement.
3. Approval of agenda.
4. Discussion of consent items
- Minutes.
- Discussion about the annual audit.
-- Both reports are filed.
-- Last audit to be filed by Sac and WLVA schools.
- Extensive explanations about bills to be paid including additional bills that were added today.
5. Approval of bill to Albright Oil.
6. Approval of bills to Wall Lake Oil.
7. Approval of minutes and remaining bills on account.

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Court Finds for Plaintiff in Hospital Bill Dispute

Court Finds for Plaintiff in Hospital Bill Dispute

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Sac City, Iowa City 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

Sac City, Iowa City 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

Read more stories about the 2011 Sac City Election...
How high will Sac City's Taxes Get?
Who is running for Sac City Council
Sac City Council Affidavits of Candidacy

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Schaller, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

Schaller, Iowa 2011 City Election Affidavits of Candidacy

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Sac County Young Professionals Cy-Hawk Challenge rescheduled for October 9, 2011

Cyhawk Poster

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