Wildcat Families: Please check out our school website for more information on the agenda, timeline, and reasons why Columbus School Administration is gathering data to present to the school board for consideration of a 4-Day week for the 2024-2025 school year.
The NHS students helped unload the food pantry truck on 1/24/24. This is a project that NHS will participate in each month. This month the following students participated Damian Vergara, Kimmy Gonzalez, Brynna Schwab, Tim Hills-Carrier, Mason Heck and Cael Howell.
Reminder tonight's JH Girls Wrestling meet has been moved to Wapello High School starting at 4:30 pm.
Dear Wildcat Families: The purpose of this announcement is to inform you that Columbus CSD must schedule weather make-up days in order to remain compliant with Iowa Code §279.10(1), which requires districts in Iowa to have a minimum of 1,080 hours of instruction during the school year. Because of several recent weather delays and cancellations, Columbus CSD must add two additional days to our school calendar, which include:
--Monday, February 19 (weather make-up day)
--Friday, May 24 (weather make-up day)
The District recognizes this change will impact parents/guardians, staff, students, and community members, so please plan accordingly. If more delays and cancellations occur this semester, a further determination will be made for how to make up those hours up and this determination will be communicated to all in a timely fashion.
Columbus CSD will have a 2 hour delay on Tuesday, January 23, due to road conditions. Buses will continue to run on hard surfaces only. Breakfast will not be served due to the delay.
Columbus CSD will run buses on hard surface only through the end of the week, Friday, January 26th.
The Junior high boys' basketball game on 1/22/2024 has been canceled.
The Junior High girls wrestling meet at Wapello on 1/22/24 has be canceled.
They will have practice on right after school.
Columbus CSD will have a 2 hour delay on Monday, January 22, due to road conditions. Buses will run on hard surfaces only. Breakfast will not be served due to the delay.
Columbus CSD will run buses on hard surface routes only for tomorrow Monday, January 22.
Reminder: Columbus CSD will release students at the Monday through Thursday release time today, NOT at 2 P.M. School breakfast will not be served. Buses will run on hard surfaces only.
Notice of Public Meeting
Columbus Community School District
You are hereby notified that the Board of Education will meet
January 22, 2024
@ 5:30 PM
Columbus Administration Building • 1208 Colton Street • Columbus Junction, IA 52738
This meeting will be open to the public.
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of the Agenda – Action
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Reading of the Columbus CSD Mission and Vision Statements
This is the time for public comment. Should you wish to address the board about an agenda item, this is the time to do so. If you choose to
address the board tonight, we ask that you keep your comments under 3 minutes. If you have an item to discuss, that is not agenda related,
please follow board policy and contact the board secretary to have your topic placed on next month’s agenda.
5. Citizen’s Comments – Information
6. Presentations Parliamentary Procedure Presentation – Lori Beenen
7. Approvals – Action
a. Financial Report
b. Minutes
c. Bills
8. Administrative Reports – Information
9. Board Reports – Information
10. Unfinished Business
a. None
11. New Business
a. Personnel – Action
b. Fundraisers – Action
c. Consider Modified Supplemental Amount for At-risk/Dropout - Action
d. Consider approval out of state travel and use of school vehicles - Action
e. Consider approval of Louisa County Fair Partnership Agreement – Action
f. Consider approval of flooring quote for Roundy office – Action
g. New Business Discussion Items - Information
1. PPEL Information Packets
2. Review of FY22 Audit
12. Adjournment – action.
Citizens wishing to address the board on an unlisted agenda item must notify the board secretary no later than four calendar days prior to the
board meeting. The person making the request must state the person’s name, address, and purpose of the presentation; action desired by the
board and give any other pertinent background information. The Board President may not choose to recognize a person to speak who is not a
resident of the Columbus Community School District. Citizens wishing to present oral or written petitions to the board may do so at the time they
are given to speak. However, the board will only receive the petitions and/or listen to the citizens. The board will take no action directly
following the presentation, but rather listen with a concerned attitude. The Board President has the discretion to limit the amount of time set
aside for public participation. If the pressures of business or other circumstances dictate, the Board President may decide to set aside this
practice until another meeting. (Board Policy 213)
UPDATE: Columbus CSD will run on a 2 hour delay on Friday, January 19 due to windchill temperatures. There will not be a 2 P.M. dismissal. We will release students at the Monday through Thursday release time. Buses will run on hard surfaces only.
Jr High Boys Basketball has been cancelled for tonight, January 18th also. All teams may have practice after school.
Junior High Girls Wrestling has been cancelled for today, January 18th. High school Girls and boys Basketball is also cancelled for today, January 18th. High School Boys Wrestling has been cancelled for today, January 18th.
Columbus CSD will run on a 2 hr delay on Friday, January 19 due to windchill temperatures. Buses will run on hard surfaces only.
ColumbusCSD buses will run on hard surface routes until further notice.
Columbus Schools will be on a 2 hour delay Wednesday, January 17th. Buses will run on hard surfaces only. Reminder: please make sure students are in coats, hats, gloves, and long pants.
The high school basketball games on Tuesday 1/16/2024 have be postponed to later date.
Columbus Schools will be closed on Tuesday, January 16, 2024 due to the extreme cold temperatures.
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