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T-R PHOTO BY TREVOR BABCOCK Marshalltown JBS General Manager Todd Carl presents information about the “Better Futures” program to the Marshalltown Community School District Board.
Marshalltown’s biggest employer is providing free college and trade school opportunities for their employees, including dependents of employees.
Members of Marshalltown Community School Board heard from JBS Marshalltown General Manager Todd Carl at Monday night’s board meeting about the “Better Futures Program,” in which JBS USA will give employees and their dependents the opportunity to pursue associates degrees and trade certificates tuition free, paid for by JBS.
Carl said one intention of the “Better Futures” program is to grow and sustain JBS’s workforce.
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Director of Technology Amy Harmsen asks members of the Marshalltown School Board to approve the purchase of new technology to be installed in the board room allowing the capability for remote participants at board meetings.
New technology will be installed to upgrade Marshalltown Community School District’s board room allowing for remote participation at meetings and more.
The Marshalltown Community School Board voted unanimously Monday night to approve a $38,517.54 purchase of new audio and visual equipment to be installed in the board room as soon as possible.
Director of Technology Amy Harmsen said technological capabilities in the school board room make communicating with remote participants difficult, while other board members noted complications of including remote participants.
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Marshalltown Community School District board member Sean Heitmann and Superintendent Dr. Theron Schutte discuss the motion to pass a resolution of Marshalltown’s intent to create a new conference and depart the Central Iowa Metropolitan League (CIML) in the 2022-23 academic and athletic year. The motion was passed 5-0 Monday evening.
The Marshalltown Bobcats are one step closer to entering a new era in their high school athletics history.
At the Monday Marshalltown Community School Board meeting, Superintendent Theron Schutte resolved to break off into a separate conference. The action would separate the district from the Central Iowa Metropolitan League (CIML) for the 2022-23 school and athletic year. The resolution passed unanimously.
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Marshalltown Community School Board Secretary Paulette Newbold presents the school’s certified budget for the 2022 fiscal year.
The Marshalltown Community School Board published an estimated budget for the 2022 fiscal year at the Monday meeting, established a property tax rate and moved to use an income surtax.
The instructional support program, a program allowing school districts to increase programming by 10 percent of regular costs, is funded entirely through property taxes. The program is allowed to be funded entirely through property taxes or by a combination of property taxes and income surtaxes which would lower the potential property tax rate.
Due to declining enrollment, Marshalltown Community School Board approved a budget adjustment resolution for the 2022 fiscal year levying property taxes to acco