October 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 Kratochvil called the meeting to order at 7:00
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1.2. Roll Call
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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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.
Discussion:
No one from the public was present at the meeting.
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3. CONSENT AGENDA
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3.1. Minutes of the Previous Board Meeting(s)
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3.2. Monthly Financial Reports
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3.3.
Resignations: Hires: Reassignments: |
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4. CURRICULUM/INSTRUCTION REPORTS
Discussion:
Jordan Jenkins, Amanda Dennis, Jennifer Christensen and Leslie Gubbels were present at tonight's meeting to speak to the board about their reports for Special Education and Interventions, and Title 1
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5. REVIEW OF ANNUAL DISTRICT PLAN
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis went over the review of the Annual District plan goals- she spoke to the main goals at this time. Those items included Objectives and Strategies in the following categories: Budget, Community Engagement, Facilities, Student Engagement, Behavioral and Mental health. She highlighted the new additions or updates in these main objectives.
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6. PRINCIPALS’ REPORTS
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6.1. Mr. Pfingsten's Secondary Report
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6.2. Dr. Morgan's Elementary Report
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6.3. Mr. Shada's Activity Report
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7. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis shared the NASB and NRCSA Reports. She also updated the enrollment report and spoke to the importance of the October snapshot for state funding. Funding for option student is based on the enrollment on October 1st, so those numbers are important. Dr. Lewis also spoke to the board about the timeline for the superintendent's evaluation, going over the time frame, and that the finalized evaluation and summary will be to the board president by November 30th.
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7.1. NASB and NRCSA Reports
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7.2. Updated Enrollment October 1 Snapshot
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7.3. Supt Evaluation Timeline Review:
Fri. Oct. 30th – Thur. Nov. 5th: Superintendent completes the self-evaluation Mon. Nov. 9th: NASB sends board self-evaluation results Mon. Nov. 9th – Wed. Nov. 18th: Board members complete their evaluations Final Report & Executive Summary will be emailed to the board president by Mon. Nov. 30th |
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7.4. Registration for State Education Conference
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8. COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVE REPORTS
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8.1. Committee for American Civics
Discussion:
American Civics met tonight before the board meeting. They went over the standards, and how the state board of education didn't adopt the new standards, for Social studies. They discussed that our staff was divided on the curriculum for adoption for this year and are continuing to work on choosing one that they would like to do for the pilot program. They are working on the cost and curriculum available trying to decide what is the best route for our school. They hope to have a pilot picked here soon.
The Veterans day program will be on November 11, 2026, at 9:00. This will include the scout and flag-folding demonstration and Patriot's pen reading and the voice of democracy speeches . The committee discussed how we are making sure that the students are taking part and meeting the requirements of the civic duties. |
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8.2. Buildings and Grounds Committee
Discussion:
Buildings and grounds held a meeting to get ready for the Town Hall meeting, which was Wednesday, October 7th. Dr. Lewis presented the information to roughly 8 community members present for the meeting. Total of 22 people were present at the meeting, including staff members and business individuals from Boyd Jones. The committee was pleased with how the meeting went, and the feedback they received. The next meeting will be the open house event. It will be on Wed Oct 20th. Community members will be able to come to the school and see the areas being discussed for improvement and be able to ask any questions on the project.
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8.3. Negotiations Committee
Discussion:
Negotiations need to set a first initial date for a meeting, looking at the end of October. Dr. Lewis will email the committee members to come up with a date the works, a meeting needs to be held prior to November.
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9. NEW BUSINESS
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9.1. Review Policies 8000 Internal Board Policies:
Discussion:
The board reviewed the attached policies, there were a couple of updates, and no questions were asked by the board members. Nothing that is attached has been updated or modified since the last time the board reviewed them.
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9.2. Review of Updated Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)
Discussion:
Dr. Lewis went to an ALICAP meeting this summer and was informed that we needed to modify and update our EOP plan as needed since the last review. Dr. Lewis went through and updated any information and staff members' names that had changed for our Emergency Operations Plan. Arlington is compliant and just a few things needed updated, and the updated EOP plan is attached.
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9.3. Discuss, Consider and Take Necessary Action to Adopt Resolution for Option Capacities for 2027-2028
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Projections are based on current 2026-2027 enrollment and capacities are based on board policy. Dr. Lewis discussed a big change in the option student enrollment for next year pertaining to siblings of option students and how our district will move forward with option applications and how we will have to look at the whole family instead of option applications individually by student due to capacity limits at any level, including Special Education.
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10. ADJOURNMENT
Discussion:
Chase Kratochvil adjourned the meeting at 8:20 pm
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