The School District of Iola-Scandinavia Board of Education will hold its annual special reorganizational meeting followed by a regular session Monday evening, May 11, at the Elementary School, 450 Division Street in Iola.
The reorganizational meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in Room #6. Board members will elect a president, vice president, clerk, and treasurer, assign committee chairs for finance, building and grounds, transportation, personnel, curriculum, policy and legislation, and negotiations, and appoint representatives to CESA 5, FVTC, and the WASB convention. They will also designate financial depositories, an official newspaper, a district medical advisor, and set future meeting dates.
Immediately afterward, the regular board meeting will take up district business. Agenda items include approval of the April 13 minutes and consent items covering checks, treasurer’s reports, and fundraisers. District presentations are scheduled on food service, middle/high school programs, and the music department. Administrators will deliver reports, including those from the student representative, principals, and business manager. Board members will receive updates from WASB and CESA 5 meetings and discuss referendum developments.
In committee reports, the personnel and nominations committee is expected to address recent resignations from Elementary Principal Molly DuPont, MS/HS Choir Director Zach Shulfer, and a first-grade teacher, along with hiring recommendations, 2026-27 staff salary proposals, handbooks, certified staff contracts, and other personnel agreements. The finance committee will provide budget updates for the current and upcoming years, review insurance renewals, and print services. Other committees will report on building and grounds, transportation, curriculum, and policy revisions.
New business includes a draft referendum community survey. The board plans to adjourn to executive session to discuss the elementary principal position and student discipline matters before possible action in open session.
Public participation is listed on the agenda after the meeting agenda is approved, with speakers required to register in advance using a public input card.
