To watch the full board meeting discussion of the below items, please click the “watch recording” link next to each item. The links will take you to the start of each of the below agenda items/topics from the board meeting recording.
Principal Eric Goslinga Presented the Homelessness Report to School Board (watch recording) – Principal Eric Goslinga presented the 2022-23 Homelessness Report to the MCSD school board. According to Goslinga’s report, more than 140 students were identified as meeting the McKinney-Vento criteria in the 2022-23 school year. See more information from the report by clicking here.
School Board Introduced to 2023-24 District Mentoring and Induction Handbook (watch recording) – Director of Instruction Shauna Smith and Curriculum and Professional Development Leader of Mentoring/Specialist Julie Thede presented the new District Mentoring and Induction Handbook. This item will be voted on at the next board meeting. To view the handbook, click here.
Adult Meal Prices Have Increased for 2023-24 (watch recording) – Director of Nutrition Lynn Large recommended a price increase of adult meals to $4.84, the minimum set by the USDA. The adult meal price is determined using the free student reimbursement, the performance based reimbursement and the USDA Food Meal Rate. The school board approved 6-0. Click here for more information.
Recognitions (watch recording)
- Seal of Biliteracy & English Proficiency: Marshalltown High School had 56 members of the Class of 2023 earn the Seal of Biliteracy, a record count for the district. To earn it, a student during high school must achieve proficiency on a state English assessment and establish proficiency in another world language assessment. In addition, 163 K-12 English Learner students who have reached English proficiency and have exited the program. These students were recognized at the Celebration of English Proficiency, a new event that will be held annually, on May 31. English Learner and Migrant Program Coordinator Rachel Inks and students will speak about the program and experience this past school year.
Regular School Board Meetings Approved for 2023-24 School Year – Click here to download the meeting date schedule.
Personnel Items
For a list of personnel items approved on Monday, click here.
Policies (watch recording) – click here to read the first reading policies and here to see what policies had initial review.
The next Marshalltown School Board meeting is set for 5 p.m. on Monday, July 10, 2023 at the District Administration Office, 1002 S. 3rd Ave. The meeting will be available to watch via live stream through the “MCSD Presentation” Youtube channel.
The Board Report 