The Stanley-Boyd School Board met Monday, Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the school library, setting next year’s open enrollment cap for students needing special education.
Motion to approve the open enrollment cap as recommended was made by Board Member Bob Geist, seconded by Toni Seidl.
As such there are will be two special education open enrollment spots for high School, and 15 for middle school, and seven for Speech and Language.
There are zero open enrollment openings next year at Stanley-Boyd in elementary, occupational therapy, and 4K/ EKSRE.
Stanley-Boyd Special Education and Pupil Services Director Krystle Bacha explained the process at the board meeting.
“I’m Krystle Bacha. I’m Director of Special Education and Pupil Services. In January I get to come and talk about open enrollment caps, specifically for special education spaces.
Reading an on screen document, Bacha laid out the parameters for the program.
“For the open enrollment program policy the board shall establish the availability of spaces by determining the number of special education spaces in the school program, classes or grade. And so our policy also includes the criteria that’s used, which include looking at class sizes for programs, the faculty student ratio, our district procedures and enrollment projections,” Bacha said. Using a point-based system to evaluate resources versus needs, the district was then able to determine program availability for district non-residents.
“Our elementary level building is at capacity and there are no spaces for open enrollment. However our middle and high school buildings will have some open spaces. More specifically the middle school building will have five spots available that would cover sixth through eighth grade non-resident students with IEPs, focused primarily on academic, social skills, and/or behavioral needs. And the high school level we would have two spots available for ninth through 12th grade non-resident students, again primarily with academic, social skills, and/or behavioral needs. And then we will also have six spots available for speech and language therapy services.”
In other news from January school board, members voted to approve a formal 30 foot utility easement for a city water line, with the city plowing a school-owned road on the east side of Stanley-Boyd High School.
The agreement, originally informal and decades old, means the city can have its water line in the area, while the school gets the school-owned road that runs between Fourth and First Avenue off the school’s east side plowed for snow.
“The agreement is that we would give them the easement and they would plow our road, which they have always done,” District Superintendent Jeff Koenig told the board. “It just formalizes the agreement.”
Motion to approve was made by Board Member Denise Hoffstatter and seconded by Ryan Lewallen.
Also from January school board, the board approved the first reading of several policy edits, related to a rewrite of policies under Neola.
Edited policies included in the first reading include policies numbered 0100, 0144.5, 1421, 1461, 2271.01, 2416, 2464, 2522, 3214, 3230, 4213, 4214, 4230, 5112, 5113, 5330, 5411, 5512, 5530, 5610, 6114, 6235, 7410, 7440, 7440.03, 7450 7455, 7540.03, 7540.04 7540.07, 8500, 8510, 8531, 8550, and 9151.
Also approved was an item to rescind policies 5611 and 8540, with policy 5611 related to due process rights for students now covered by other policies, while policy 8540 related to vending machines, of which the district has none.
“These are two policies that are no longer needed once the new language is approved,” Koenig said in explaining the change.