Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency

Wednesday, November 18, 2015 – 5:00 PM Wildwood Lodge – Board Suite

11431 Forest Ave. Clive, IA

Teleconference options are available – https://zoom.us/j/323114605

Regular Monthly Board Meeting

AGENDA

1. Call to Order

2. Roll call

3. Review and Approve Agenda

4. Approve Minutes of October 19, 2015 Board Meeting

5. Approve Monthly Bills and Review Cash Flow Report

6. Personnel Matters A. Retirements/Resignations B. New Hires C Others

7. Approve School Technology Technician Agreement

8. Approve Lease Agreement - Webster City Office Space

9. Chief Administrator’s Report

10. Upcoming Dates

11. Set Date, Time for Next Regular Board Meeting

12. Other

13. Adjournment

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MISSION OF PRAIRIE LAKES AEA The mission of Prairie Lakes AEA is to ensure success for all learners through collaborative partnerships.

In an effort to promote better understanding and communication of Board actions, prior to each Prairie Lakes AEA Board meeting this BBOOAARRDD PPRREEVVIIEEWW with an agenda and summary of the agenda is sent to all Prairie Lakes staff via email. It includes basic information on the Agenda Items and Chief Administrator’s recommendations to the Board. All are encouraged to attend the Board meetings to share their ideas and to see – live – what the discussion and actions of the Board are. Board meetings are held in the Iowa Lake Room at the Prairie Lakes AEA Office in Pocahontas at 4 PM unless otherwise noted on the agenda. This preview does not have any information related to discipline, confidential personnel matters, or negotiations.

Regular Board Meeting • 5:00 p.m.

1. Call to Order

2. Roll Call 3. Review and Approve Agenda – Action Item

4. Approve Minutes of October 19, 2015 Board Meeting – Action Item

5. Approve Monthly Bills – Action Item

A. Review Monthly Cash Flow Report – Information Item

6. Personnel Matters A. Retirement/Resignations

1. Classified – Informational Item a. Alma Rubio, Family Support Specialist, Estherville Office, resignation effective

December 7, 2015. This position is a part of the KIDS Program and will not be replaced. This program is revenue neutral to the Agency.

B. New Hires – none at this time C. Other – Early Retirement Policy Draft – Discussion item

7. Approve School Technology Technician Agreement – Action Item – PLAEA will provide Schaller

Crestland CSD School Technology Technician services in the amount of $19,500 for 75 days of service during the 2015-2016 school year.

Administrator’s Recommendation – It is recommended that the School Technology Technician Agreement with Schaller Crestland CSD be approved as presented.

8. Approve Lease Agreement - Action Item – This lease agreement between Webster City CSD and Prairie Lakes AEA provides that Webster City CSD will lease the former administration building at Webster City CSD in Webster City to Prairie Lakes AEA to be used as offices. The lease agreement includes a payment of $2,500 per year to commence August 1, 2015 to and to end on June 30, 2016. The Webster City CSD will provide all supplies and labor for cleaning and maintenance of the building. Administrator’s Recommendation – It is recommended that the rental agreement with Webster City CSD be approved as presented.

9. Chief Administrator’s Report – Information Item - A. Recognition of Excellence:

• Lakes Partnership School staff on their first Parent’s Night event. The staff did a lot of planning ahead of time, thinking about what parents would be interested in for mini seminars, figuring out things for students to do if they were along, and planning door prizes to keep people interested and feeling upbeat. They also organized a wonderful bake sale for the evening and all the staff contributed to it and they had cookies and pizza available for those that came hungry. The night was a huge success!

• All PLAEA staff for their efforts on driving less and using zoom more. Our miles driven from July 1st to October 31st are down 41,878 miles from last year during this same time period. That equates to a savings of $13,214.27 in mileage costs. Our zoom usage during this same time period reflects a total of 657 meetings being held with 2,349 participants. A huge Thank You to everyone for making a difference!

B. Board Member Development: • AEA Legislative Advocacy:

o In the next month, please write one handwritten note to your local legislator asking them to keep education at the forefront, thanking them for their service, wishing them a great 2016 legislative session, or any other issue that you’d like to mention.

• Take a look at the Top Trends in Special Education http://www.scilearn.com/blog/2015-special-education-trends We will make an effort to include a special education learning piece at the majority of our meetings so you can connect to specific issues facing our work.

• Executive Director Report – October 2015 from Brent Siegrist • Lakes Partnership School update • Creative Schools – Sir Ken Robinson – Potential questions to discuss from Chapters

7-10; we certainly won’t get to all of them but wanted to provide some more specificity for our conversation.

o Ch. 7 Testing, Testing p. 158 – How many days a year are we spending testing (weighing) vs.

learning/teaching (feeding)? Even the President agrees now: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/us/obama-administration-calls-for-limits-on-testing-in-schools.html?_r=0

p. 160 – Two disastrous consequences; 1) standardized testing has become an obsession in itself ($16.5 billion vs. box office gross of $11 billion and NFL at $9 billion) and 2) because they have to be administered on such a large scale, the tests focus on limited forms of response, often through multiple-choice formats that can be quickly processed with optical scanners (lack of creativity and innovation)

p. 181-182 – Assessment is an integral part of teaching and learning. Properly conceived, both formal and informal assessments should support student learning and achievement in three ways: Motivation, Achievement and Standards

o Ch. 8 Principles for Principals p. 184 – “If they get to spend two to three hours a day on the thing

that lets them show their strengths, it’s a lot easier to work with them one-on-one on the thing that makes them feel most disempowered.” “This is the only school that started with what my daughter could do, not what she couldn’t do.” (parent)

p. 188 – In schools, great principals know that their job is not primarily to improve test results; it is to build community among the students, teachers, parents, and staff, who need to share a common set of purposes.”

p. 205 – The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas; it is to encourage a culture where everyone has them.

o Ch. 9 Bring It All Back Home p. 210 – A New Wave of Evidence; when parents “talk to their

children about school, expect them to do well, help them plan for college, and make sure that out-of-school activities are constructive, their children do better in school.”

p. 212 – helicopter mode; hovering over their child incessantly and swooping down to the rescue when the first hardship occurs.” The lessons students learn from such over-parenting is life-long dependency.” Students need to struggle at an appropriate level

p. 216-217 – National PTA’s National Standards for Family-School Partnerships: • Welcoming all families into the school community • Communicating effectively • Supporting student success • Speaking up for every child • Sharing power • Collaborating with community

• p. 222 – homeschooling?? Logan LaPlante’s 2013 Ted Talk from TEDx University of Nevada; hacked his own education

o Ch. 10 Changing the Climate p. 226 – The changes that are needed in schools will take root more

readily if local and national policies actually support them. For that to happen, policymakers need to understand their particular roles in helping those changes to come about.

p. 229 – “…one of the biggest challenges is dealing with entrenched thinking about schools and education, even among parents and legislators who think that change is critical.”

p. 246- What’s the problem? • Risk aversion • Culture and ideology • Profits and influence • Politics and ambition • Command and control

• IASB Conference – Do we have sessions for tomorrow covered? Check out planning guide sent out by IASB to make sure we get the most out of the conference

10. Upcoming Dates – Information Item –

• 30th Annual AESA Conference - December 2-5, 2015, New Orleans, LA • AEA Governing Board Conference – April 14-15, 2016, West Des Moines

11. Set Date and time for Next Board Meeting – Information Item – The December board meeting is scheduled for Monday, December 14, 2015 – 4:00 p.m. Prairie Lakes AEA Storm Lake Office, 824 Flindt Drive, Suite 105, Storm Lake, Iowa.

12. Other 13. Adjournment

Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency

Regular Monthly Board Meeting Monday, October 19, 2015 – 4:00 p.m.

Pocahontas, IA

President Dean Saunders called the regular meeting of the Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency Board of Directors to order at 4:00 p.m. The following board members were present: Gary Astor, Pat Brown, Sue Brown, Steve Jimmerson and Rick Morain. Absent: Todd Lundgren. Board approval was given to the agenda presented by Chief Administrator Jeff Herzberg. On a motion by Rick Morain, seconded by Sue Brown, board approval was given to the minutes of the September 21, 2015 Regular Board Meeting. Motion carried unanimously. On a motion by Pat Brown, seconded by Steve Jimmerson, board approval was given to the bills as presented by Michelle Dowd. Motion carried unanimously. The cash flow report was reviewed by Michelle Dowd. Staff Presentation – Instructional Coaching: Julie Meyer, Special Education Consultant, and Ryan Flaherty, Regional Administrator, shared an overview of instructional coaching and reviewed the coaching cycle checklist. Retirement of Old Board - Chief Administrator Jeff Herzberg recognized and thanked Steve Jimmerson and Dean Saunders for their many years of service. They were wished well in their board retirement. Both Steve and Dean offered their personal thanks to the board members. Chief Herzberg’s final presentation was to announce the renaming of the conference room to the ‘Dean Saunders Board Room’ in commemorating Dean’s 38 years of service to our Board. There being no further business, the board adjourned at 4:30 p.m. Michelle Dowd, presiding as temporary chairman of the reorganized meeting of the Board, called the meeting to order at 4:40 p.m. The following board members were present: Gary Astor, Pat Brown, Sue Brown, and Rick Morain. Absent: Todd Lundgren. Also present Jeremy Riesenberg, District #4. Dowd presented the Director District election results; Todd Lungren, was re-elected as Director District #7 and Jeremy Riesenberg was elected as Director District #4. The Oath of Office was administered by Board Secretary, Michelle Dowd, to Jeremy Riesenberg, newly elected Director District #4. Dowd called for nominations for the office of Board President. A motion was made by Gary Astor, with a second by Sue Brown, to nominate Rick Morain for President. Pat Brown moved, seconded by Sue Brown, that nominations cease and an unanimous vote was cast for Rick Morain as Board President. Motion carried unanimously.

The Oath of Office was administered by Board Secretary, Michelle Dowd, to Rick Morain, newly elected President. Rick Morain, President, chaired the rest of the board meeting. President Morain called for nominations for the office of Vice President. A motion was made by Pat Brown, with a second by Sue Brown, to nominate Gary Astor for Vice President. Pat Brown moved, seconded by Sue Brown, that nominations cease and an unanimous vote was cast for Gary Astor as Board Vice President. Motion carried unanimously. The Oath of Office was administered by Board Secretary, Michelle Dowd, to Gary Astor, newly elected Vice President. On a motion by Sue Brown, seconded by Pat Brown, the following board appointments were approved:

1. Board Secretary – Michelle Dowd 2. Board Treasurer – Michelle Dowd 3. Board Attorney for Labor Relations – Rick Engel of Engel Law Firm 4. Board Attorney for General Operations – Stu Cochrane of Johnson, Erb, Bice, Kramer, Good,

Mulholland & Cochrane, P.L.C. Motion carried unanimously. On a motion by Gary Astor, seconded by Jeremy Riesenberg, the board unanimously agreed the regular board meetings will be held the 3rd Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m. in Pocahontas. Motion carried unanimously. Personnel Matters:

• The Board was informed of the following resignation: Deb Cofer, Custodian, Fort Dodge Office, resignation effective October 30, 2015. This is a .3 FTE position and will not be filled.

• The Board was informed of the following hiring: Jonathan Fibranz, Educational Paraprofessional, Lakes Partnership School, Grade B, Step 2, $13.74/hr., start date October 20, 2015, 127 days of remaining 187 day contract year.

• Chief Administrator Jeff Herzberg sought input from the Board in regards to their consideration of a one year early retirement incentive plan. Herzberg indicated this would be used in conjunction with other budget strategies. The Board asked Chief Herzberg to bring a draft plan to the November board meeting for them to consider and discuss.

On a motion by Gary Astor, seconded by Jeremy Riesenberg, the board approved the Depository Resolution naming the following bank institutions; Wells Fargo Bank of Fort Dodge, $6,500,000 and Two Rivers Bank of Burlington, $500,000. Motion carried unanimously. On a motion by Sue Brown, seconded by Pat Brown, the board approved the Transportation Requests from Local School Districts as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

Chief Administrator’s Report: • Recognition of Excellence: Erin Olson, instructional technology consultant, was recognized

at the ITEC conference. Erin received the State Technology Leadership Award in recognition of her leadership work across Iowa with both educators and students.

• Board Member Development: Todd Lundgren will attend the IASB Delegate Assembly & Annual meeting on November 18th. Rick Morain and Gary Astor have volunteered to work the booth at the vendor hall at the IASB convention on November 19th.

• AEA Policy Maker Advocacy: o Chief Administrator Herzberg attend the Future Ready Iowa Roundtable meeting

that the Governor and Lt Governor hosted at UNI on October 12th, to discuss the goal of having 70% of Iowans with some education beyond high school by the year 2025. Herzberg was recently named, representing administrators, to the Iowa team who is creating the Iowa College and Career Readiness Roadmap. The team of nine will attend a White House Convening in Jacksonville, FL on November 2-4 to work with other states on the best way to get all kids ready.

o Chief Administrator Herzberg is taking Senator Kraayenbrink, Representative Baltimore, and Representative Wills to Cedar Rapids on October 29 to visit Iowa BIG.

o On Monday, November 23th, PLAEA is helping five districts who invited a legislator to their district from 1:00- 4:00 p.m. PLAEA will host a dinner and conversation that evening from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Participating districts; PAC, SE Webster, Eagle Grove, North Union and OABCIG.

• Executive Director Report from Brent Siegrist was shared with the Board. • Lakes Partnership School update was shared with the Board. • Book study – Creative Schools by Sir Ken Robinson – Chief Herzberg and the Board

continued their conversation focused on Chapters 4 through 6. • Staff Presentation Schedule -

o November 16th – Lakes Partnership School o December 21st – Teacher Leadership & Compensation o January 18th – Gifted & Talented and School Counseling o February 15th – Learning, Teaching, & Innovation Scott McLeod o March 21st – Early Childhood Special Education Team (Birth to 3) o April 18th –Early Childhood Special Education Team (3 to 5 year)

Upcoming dates: • 70th Annual IASB Convention & Trade Show – November 18-20, 2015, Des Moines • 30th Annual AESA Conference - December 2-5, 2015, New Orleans, LA • AEA Governing Board Conference – April 14-15, 2016, West Des Moines

The November board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 5:00 p.m., Wildwood Lodge – Board Suite, 11431 Forest Ave, Clive, IA. There being no further business the board adjourned at 6:15 p.m. Board President Board Secretary

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Prairie Lakes AEA 8Board BillsNovember 18, 2015

Check Check Date Payable To Description Amount77568 11/2/2015 Alliant Energy Utilities 220.91$ 77569 11/2/2015 BRW Water/FD 138.00$ 77570 11/2/2015 Century Link Forest Ridge Telephone 90.46$ 77571 11/2/2015 City of Jefferson Water/Garbage/Jefferson Office 25.86$ 77572 11/2/2015 City of Pocahontas Water/Garbage/Utilities/Poky 3,485.77$ 77573 11/2/2015 City of Storm Lake Water/SL office 233.58$ 77574 11/2/2015 Continuum Retail Energy Serrvices, LLC FD/Utilities 47.12$ 77574 11/2/2015 Continuum Retail Energy Serrvices, LLC Utilities/SL Office 236.09$ 77575 11/2/2015 Culligan Water Conditioning Water/FD office 52.26$ 77576 11/2/2015 Culligan - Storm Lake Nov. Softener Rent/Poky 22.00$ 77577 11/2/2015 Culligan Water Conditioning, Inc. - Boone Water/Jefferson 15.83$ 77578 11/2/2015 Culligan Water Conditioning (S) Water/Spencer Office 92.68$ 77579 11/2/2015 Estherville Industrial Development Corp. November 2015 Rent 2,350.00$ 77580 11/2/2015 Fort Dodge Water Department Water/FD Office 81.33$ 77581 11/2/2015 Frontier Telephone FD 573.45$ 77582 11/2/2015 Garbage Hauling Service Garbage hauling/SL 218.00$ 77583 11/2/2015 Iowa Workforce Development Unemployment Payment 832.00$ 77584 11/2/2015 Iowa Schools Employee Health Insurance Premium 209,604.37$ 77585 11/2/2015 Jefferson Telecom Ethernet/Jefferson 703.24$ 77586 11/2/2015 Midamerican Energy Company Utilities/Algona Office 30.55$ 77586 11/2/2015 Midamerican Energy Company FD Utilities 862.96$ 77587 11/2/2015 Mouw Motor Co. 2015 Transit Van Media 21,789.00$ 77588 11/2/2015 Netchemia, LLC TalentEd Recruit & Hire Annual 1,736.70$ 77589 11/2/2015 Office Elements Copier Maintenance Contract 3,379.32$ 77589 11/2/2015 Office Elements LPS Copier Maintenance Agreeme 125.73$ 77590 11/2/2015 Pitney Bowes Purchase Power Postage/FD 1,520.00$ 77590 11/2/2015 Pitney Bowes Purchase Power Postage/Poky Office 1,000.00$ 77591 11/2/2015 United Parcel Service Postage/Audiology 22.94$ 77592 11/2/2015 Verizon Wireless Cellphone Service 490.73$ 77593 11/2/2015 Wallace's Water Condition Inc Water 34.50$ 77594 11/2/2015 Wells Fargo Bank Debt Service Trust Fee 2,500.00$ 77595 11/2/2015 Wex Bank Fuel/Media/Maintenance 2,281.86$ 77596 11/2/2015 WINDSTREAM Telephone/FD 94.05$ 77597 11/2/2015 Woolstock Mutual Telephone Assn. Internet/Webster City 125.00$

255,016.29$

77598 11/3/2015 Amazon.com Forest Ridge Supplies 130.48$ 77598 11/3/2015 Amazon.com Instructional Supplies/H.McGu 179.05$ 77598 11/3/2015 Amazon.com Instructional Tech. Supplies 62.09$ 77598 11/3/2015 Amazon.com Lending Library Supplies 297.64$ 77598 11/3/2015 Amazon.com Professional Supplies/J.Awtry 40.27$ 77598 11/3/2015 Amazon.com Supplie/L.Spanjers/IS3 grant 47.99$ 77598 11/3/2015 Amazon.com Supplies/IPLA 54.44$ 77598 11/3/2015 Amazon.com Supplies/K.Galles/L.Beltran 20.95$ 77598 11/3/2015 Amazon.com Supplies/M.Lentsch 28.65$ 77598 11/3/2015 Amazon.com TQPD/R.Montag/J.Prentice 37.91$ 77598 11/3/2015 Amazon.com Wireless Presenter/J.Sundblad 38.99$ 77599 11/3/2015 Apple Computer Inc Apple Volume Purchase Voucher 500.00$ 77600 11/3/2015 Culligan - Storm Lake Water/SL 39.75$

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Prairie Lakes AEA 8Board BillsNovember 18, 2015

Check Check Date Payable To Description Amount77601 11/3/2015 Wells Fargo Lodging/Board/Lending Library 454.54$ 77601 11/3/2015 Wells Fargo Lodging/Board/Lending Library 309.90$ 77601 11/3/2015 Wells Fargo Lodging/Board/Lending Library 64.94$ 77601 11/3/2015 Wells Fargo Lodging/Board/Lending Library 330.12$ 77601 11/3/2015 Wells Fargo Lodging/Board/Lending Library 11,000.00$ 77601 11/3/2015 Wells Fargo Lodging/Board/Lending Library 454.54$ 77601 11/3/2015 Wells Fargo Lodging/Board/Lending Library 163.81$ 77601 11/3/2015 Wells Fargo Lodging/Board/Lending Library 44.87$ 77601 11/3/2015 Wells Fargo Lodging/Board/Lending Library 144.00$ 77602 11/3/2015 Wells Fargo Lodging/Meals 130.91$

14,575.84$

1 11/18/2015 Harriet Adams OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 168.02$ 2 11/18/2015 Pamela Ahlrichs OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 93.00$ 3 11/18/2015 Kris Ahrens OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 725.79$ 4 11/18/2015 Teresa Alesch OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 224.52$ 5 11/18/2015 Meredith Allen OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 440.80$ 6 11/18/2015 Rosemary Rae Anderson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 138.26$ 7 11/18/2015 Linda Ankeny OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 209.56$ 8 11/18/2015 Jane Awtry OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 369.85$ 9 11/18/2015 Tracy Baak OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 260.09$

10 11/18/2015 Josh Bader OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 98.58$ 11 11/18/2015 Valerie K. Baker OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 667.43$ 12 11/18/2015 Susan Bangert OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 103.54$ 13 11/18/2015 Amy Barber OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 434.00$ 14 11/18/2015 Yvette Bardole OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 176.08$ 15 11/18/2015 Gloria Bartelt OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 275.59$ 16 11/18/2015 Lori Beltran OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 189.84$ 17 11/18/2015 Tammy Berger OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 168.02$ 18 11/18/2015 Laura Beshaler OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 231.26$ 19 11/18/2015 Stacy Bezoni OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 95.48$ 20 11/18/2015 Randi Black OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 268.15$ 21 11/18/2015 Sandra Bonner OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 141.67$ 22 11/18/2015 Maria Bradley OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 43.71$ 23 11/18/2015 Megan Brood OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 182.72$ 24 11/18/2015 Cheri C. Brown OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 238.08$ 25 11/18/2015 Carrie Buddenhagen OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 49.29$ 26 11/18/2015 Sarah Burke OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 209.25$ 27 11/18/2015 Patricia Burma OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 381.92$ 28 11/18/2015 Rachel Burns OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 470.27$ 29 11/18/2015 Susan Burnside OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 333.56$ 30 11/18/2015 Samantha Cagle OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 621.33$ 31 11/18/2015 Carrie Calhoon OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 80.29$ 32 11/18/2015 Tracey E Carlson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 119.04$ 33 11/18/2015 Lori Caron OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 281.48$ 34 11/18/2015 Cassady Carter OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 53.01$ 35 11/18/2015 Amy Johnson Champagne OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 56.11$ 36 11/18/2015 Rebecca Coffelt OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 577.52$ 37 11/18/2015 Chris Conell OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 44.33$

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Check Check Date Payable To Description Amount38 11/18/2015 Patricia Connors OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 365.49$ 39 11/18/2015 Michelle Conrad OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 121.52$ 40 11/18/2015 Elaine Cook OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 219.79$ 41 11/18/2015 Julie Cook OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 40.30$ 42 11/18/2015 Elizabeth Cooper OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 497.55$ 43 11/18/2015 Amanda DeLancey OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 304.42$ 44 11/18/2015 Tabitha DeMey OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 459.48$ 45 11/18/2015 Shannon DeMoss OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 352.47$ 46 11/18/2015 Laura DeWall OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 7.44$ 47 11/18/2015 Rebecca Dirkx OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 115.63$ 48 11/18/2015 Shelley Donovan OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 535.60$ 49 11/18/2015 Michelle Dowd OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 101.68$ 50 11/18/2015 Mary Dunlay OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 409.20$ 51 11/18/2015 Lynn Eby OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 257.30$ 52 11/18/2015 Janie Eischen OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 206.77$ 53 11/18/2015 Roni Engeldinger OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 175.77$ 54 11/18/2015 Scott Fosseen OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 463.44$ 55 11/18/2015 Emily Frostestad OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 87.42$ 56 11/18/2015 Denise C. Gajewsky OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 192.00$ 57 11/18/2015 Kimberly Galles OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 173.60$ 58 11/18/2015 Brent Gerzema OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 225.41$ 59 11/18/2015 Kathryn Glesne OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 278.69$ 60 11/18/2015 Joyce Godsen OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 210.72$ 61 11/18/2015 Julie Graber OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 234.45$ 62 11/18/2015 Treva Graves OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 77.50$ 63 11/18/2015 Erin Handeland OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 608.53$ 64 11/18/2015 Jessie Hansen OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 164.30$ 65 11/18/2015 Joan R. Hansen OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 232.50$ 66 11/18/2015 Kathy Hansen OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 568.54$ 67 11/18/2015 Glenda Harms OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 367.35$ 68 11/18/2015 Linda Harms OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 496.00$ 69 11/18/2015 Carla Haupert OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 87.73$ 70 11/18/2015 Jessica Hawkins OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 388.74$ 72 11/18/2015 Cari Hepperle OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 461.85$ 73 11/18/2015 Jeff Herzberg OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 606.17$ 74 11/18/2015 Maddisen Heun OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 101.06$ 75 11/18/2015 Dawn Higgins OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 594.58$ 76 11/18/2015 Nicole Hinrichs OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 270.94$ 77 11/18/2015 Tina Hoben OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 50.22$ 78 11/18/2015 Tiffany Holt OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 283.96$ 79 11/18/2015 Connie Hopper OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 173.60$ 80 11/18/2015 Jane Jacobson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 206.15$ 81 11/18/2015 Diane Jackson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 521.51$ 82 11/18/2015 Coletta Jaeger OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 384.40$ 83 11/18/2015 Radina Jansen OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 137.02$ 84 11/18/2015 Pamela Jobgen OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 189.72$ 85 11/18/2015 Connie Johnson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 154.40$ 86 11/18/2015 Kimberly Johnson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 331.39$ 87 11/18/2015 Carrie Kee OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 208.01$

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Prairie Lakes AEA 8Board BillsNovember 18, 2015

Check Check Date Payable To Description Amount88 11/18/2015 Jason Kehoe OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 34.10$ 89 11/18/2015 Catherine Kingery OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 505.30$ 90 11/18/2015 Claire King OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 75.95$ 91 11/18/2015 Peggy Koester OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 155.00$ 92 11/18/2015 Diane Krause OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 87.42$ 93 11/18/2015 Jenifer Krischel OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 51.46$ 94 11/18/2015 Julie Krogman OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 208.63$ 95 11/18/2015 Kathy Jo Kruse OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 300.39$ 96 11/18/2015 Tiffany Lammers OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 186.62$ 97 11/18/2015 Joanna Lange OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 337.59$ 98 11/18/2015 Connie Lappe OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 221.65$ 99 11/18/2015 Addy Leistikow OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 206.77$

100 11/18/2015 Allyson Leners OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 266.60$ 101 11/18/2015 Marcie Lentsch OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 259.21$ 102 11/18/2015 Linda Linn OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 940.49$ 103 11/18/2015 Angie Lockey OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 83.08$ 104 11/18/2015 Annette Louk OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 417.73$ 105 11/18/2015 Laura Lucchesi OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 324.88$ 106 11/18/2015 Denise Lundell OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 75.07$ 107 11/18/2015 Cheryl Lyon OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 372.93$ 108 11/18/2015 Kris Manteufel OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 563.27$ 109 11/18/2015 Katie McClurg OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 70.99$ 110 11/18/2015 Heidi McGuire OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 287.99$ 111 11/18/2015 Tammy McKimmey OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 260.40$ 112 11/18/2015 Scott McLeod OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 68.20$ 113 11/18/2015 Sarah Meighan OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 238.70$ 114 11/18/2015 Julie Meyer OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 304.42$ 115 11/18/2015 Mindy Miller OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 65.72$ 116 11/18/2015 Judy Mischke OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 760.53$ 117 11/18/2015 Kathy Molden OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 265.67$ 118 11/18/2015 Rachel Montag OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 302.25$ 119 11/18/2015 Robin Montgomery OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 119.66$ 120 11/18/2015 Rachael Mooney OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 369.52$ 121 11/18/2015 Dr. Leslie Moore OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 360.84$ 122 11/18/2015 Tehra Moore OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 409.82$ 123 11/18/2015 Kathie Mueller OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 101.77$ 124 11/18/2015 Jann Murphy OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 45.88$ 125 11/18/2015 Julie Nadrchal OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 410.44$ 126 11/18/2015 Katie Nelson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 297.60$ 127 11/18/2015 Penny Nordstrom OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 182.59$ 128 11/18/2015 Jackie Ohl OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 205.53$ 129 11/18/2015 Erin Olson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 326.43$ 130 11/18/2015 Hope Paez OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 256.06$ 131 11/18/2015 Wendy Parker OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 555.43$ 132 11/18/2015 Aaron Patrick OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 122.45$ 133 11/18/2015 Amy Peterson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 517.08$ 134 11/18/2015 Magnum Peterson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 198.09$ 135 11/18/2015 Jacqui Plumb OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 67.36$ 136 11/18/2015 Martha Poland OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 543.74$

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Prairie Lakes AEA 8Board BillsNovember 18, 2015

Check Check Date Payable To Description Amount137 11/18/2015 Jennifer Prentice OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 340.69$ 138 11/18/2015 Amy Profit OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 217.93$ 139 11/18/2015 Erin Pullen OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 47.12$ 140 11/18/2015 Gale Randall OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 454.46$ 141 11/18/2015 Jaymie Randel OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 438.96$ 142 11/18/2015 Kristine Randell OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 29.45$ 143 11/18/2015 Susan Rasmussen OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 265.05$ 144 11/18/2015 Sheila Remington OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 261.02$ 145 11/18/2015 Kathy L. Rhode OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 89.28$ 146 11/18/2015 Lisa Richter OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 223.82$ 147 11/18/2015 Sharon Richardson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 720.44$ 148 11/18/2015 Debra Rowland OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 310.00$ 149 11/18/2015 Alma Rubio OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 29.45$ 150 11/18/2015 Maureen Salinas OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 263.29$ 151 11/18/2015 Jennifer Sammons OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 361.77$ 152 11/18/2015 Nicole Scharn OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 54.25$ 153 11/18/2015 Nicholas Schelle OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 244.77$ 155 11/18/2015 Travis Schlenger OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 257.92$ 156 11/18/2015 Michael Schmidt OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 297.66$ 157 11/18/2015 Nancy L. Schofield OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 311.86$ 158 11/18/2015 Julie Schubert OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 58.28$ 159 11/18/2015 Denise Schwery OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 150.04$ 160 11/18/2015 Mary Kay Sharkey OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 247.03$ 161 11/18/2015 Deb Shelton OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 34.72$ 162 11/18/2015 Jill Siefken OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 542.50$ 163 11/18/2015 Amanda Sigler OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 203.05$ 164 11/18/2015 Rebecca Singer OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 286.75$ 165 11/18/2015 LuAnn Slayton OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 577.53$ 166 11/18/2015 Melissa Smith OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 188.48$ 167 11/18/2015 Nanette Smith OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 230.47$ 168 11/18/2015 Loreda K. Spanjers OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 397.42$ 169 11/18/2015 Patricia Stauter OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 212.35$ 170 11/18/2015 Julie Steinhoff OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 16.74$ 171 11/18/2015 Janet Stremel OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 384.40$ 172 11/18/2015 Donna Sump McClain OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 324.26$ 173 11/18/2015 Jill Sundblad OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 193.44$ 174 11/18/2015 Janelle L. Swanson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 326.20$ 175 11/18/2015 Teresa Teague OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 440.33$ 176 11/18/2015 Jane Thilges OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 97.65$ 177 11/18/2015 Tony Thilges OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 495.69$ 178 11/18/2015 Amy Thompson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 88.04$ 179 11/18/2015 Sara Toedter OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 575.36$ 180 11/18/2015 Joni Trammell OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 451.67$ 181 11/18/2015 Nancy Trampel OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 68.20$ 182 11/18/2015 Chrys A. Velky OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 104.16$ 183 11/18/2015 Angela Vogel OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 217.93$ 184 11/18/2015 Karen Waid OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 253.89$ 185 11/18/2015 Carol Warmbier OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 245.33$ 186 11/18/2015 Denise Wasko OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 242.42$

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Prairie Lakes AEA 8Board BillsNovember 18, 2015

Check Check Date Payable To Description Amount187 11/18/2015 Susan Wedel OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 13.02$ 188 11/18/2015 Christine Wells OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 370.24$ 189 11/18/2015 Lynn Weringa OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 276.21$ 190 11/18/2015 Tori Woiwood OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 342.24$ 191 11/18/2015 Jennifer Woodruff OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 397.42$ 192 11/18/2015 Melissa K. Wurth OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 469.34$ 193 11/18/2015 Timothy Youngdahl OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 274.66$ 194 11/18/2015 Tiffanie Zaugg OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 490.23$

77612 11/18/2015 Marlene Armbrecht OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 38.13$ 77613 11/18/2015 Kathy Behrens OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 260.40$ 77614 11/18/2015 Debra S. Bennett OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 56.73$ 77617 11/18/2015 Regina Blomberg OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 211.11$ 77618 11/18/2015 Summer Boes OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 493.52$ 77621 11/18/2015 Kathy Brenny OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 181.12$ 77629 11/18/2015 Diane Capesius OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 123.38$ 77636 11/18/2015 David Cole OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 66.65$ 77654 11/18/2015 Richard D. Feilmeier OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 371.69$ 77655 11/18/2015 Ryan Flaherty OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 416.58$ 77682 11/18/2015 Sheila King OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 186.31$ 77691 11/18/2015 Jackie Loos OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 25.11$ 77693 11/18/2015 Kandace Martin OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 637.98$ 77699 11/18/2015 Jean Mohr OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 149.73$ 77703 11/18/2015 Lesa Nauss OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 296.05$ 77704 11/18/2015 Diane Twait Nelsen OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 511.81$ 77708 11/18/2015 Kelly Olson OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 36.89$ 77721 11/18/2015 Leslie Pralle Keehn OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 296.52$ 77727 11/18/2015 Melissa Rucker OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 208.32$ 77729 11/18/2015 Julie Saul OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 520.49$ 77743 11/18/2015 Kris Taphorn OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 247.76$ 77745 11/18/2015 Julie Tolliver OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 32.66$ 77746 11/18/2015 Jennifer L. Traub OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 372.00$ 77751 11/18/2015 Joy Weier OCTOBER 2015 TRAVEL EXPENSES 16.93$

57,577.80$

11 11/18/2015 Valerie K. Baker Reimbursement CPI re-cert. 150.00$ 42 11/18/2015 Elizabeth Cooper Registration Fee/E.Cooper 65.00$ 60 11/18/2015 Joyce Godsen Registration Fee/J.Godsen/TQP 300.00$ 71 11/18/2015 Jim Hebert Reimbursement for supplies 4.26$

105 11/18/2015 Laura Lucchesi Supply Reimbursement 31.00$ 154 11/18/2015 Kristine K. Schlievert Mileage Reimbursement 166.14$ 157 11/18/2015 Nancy L. Schofield Registration Fee/N.Schofield 65.00$ 167 11/18/2015 Nanette Smith Supplies/LPS 20.30$ 175 11/18/2015 Teresa Teague Reg. Reimb./DE Grant 135.00$

77603 11/18/2015 A&M Laundry Inc Laundry Service/Media/Poky 103.85$ 77604 11/18/2015 Northwest AEA Media Production Supplies 7,400.00$ 77604 11/18/2015 Northwest AEA Reading Recovery Contract 14,700.00$ 77605 11/18/2015 Aguirre Consulting Services, LLC ICLC Coordination Services 6,000.00$ 77606 11/18/2015 Ahlers & Cooney, P.C. Professional Services/SPED 1,360.00$ 77606 11/18/2015 Ahlers & Cooney, P.C. SPED Consultation 684.00$

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Prairie Lakes AEA 8Board BillsNovember 18, 2015

Check Check Date Payable To Description Amount77607 11/18/2015 Algona Municipal Utilities Water/Electric/Algona Office 281.70$ 77608 11/18/2015 Algona Community School PAK October 2015 1,140.00$ 77609 11/18/2015 AmericInn Lodge & Suites Lodging/J.Mischke 246.40$ 77610 11/18/2015 Americinn Motel & Suites Lodging/G.Harms 123.20$ 77610 11/18/2015 Americinn Motel & Suites Lodging/J.Randel 184.80$ 77610 11/18/2015 Americinn Motel & Suites Lodging/S.Cagle 123.20$ 77610 11/18/2015 Americinn Motel & Suites Lodging/V.Baker 61.60$ 77611 11/18/2015 AmericInn Lodge & Suites Lodging/R.DeMey 123.20$ 77611 11/18/2015 AmericInn Lodge & Suites Lodging/TQPD/L.Beltran 123.20$ 77615 11/18/2015 Best Western Altoona Inn Lodging/L.Linn 123.20$ 77616 11/18/2015 Black Hills Energy Utilities 66.16$ 77619 11/18/2015 Jean Boger Meals/Behavior Startegist Dep 13.14$ 77620 11/18/2015 Bomgaars Maintenance Supplies/Agency 39.93$ 77622 11/18/2015 Brookes Publishing Co. Early Childhood DE Grant Fund 72.32$ 77623 11/18/2015 Brown Services Janitorial Services Jefferson 300.00$ 77624 11/18/2015 Donna Bryan Meal Reimbursements 40.02$ 77624 11/18/2015 Donna Bryan Retirement Supplies 58.24$ 77625 11/18/2015 Buena Vista University PD Registration 1,365.00$ 77626 11/18/2015 Buena Vista Stationery Print Supplies/SL office 142.02$ 77627 11/18/2015 Bunjes Landscaping & Lawncare, Inc. Lawn Care Service/SL 140.00$ 77628 11/18/2015 Miriam Burt Honorarium/ICLC conf. 3,000.00$ 77630 11/18/2015 Capital Sanitary Supply Maintenance Supplies 155.30$ 77631 11/18/2015 Century Business Products Media Production Supplies 760.00$ 77632 11/18/2015 Central Iowa Distributing Maintenance Supplies/Agency 27.00$ 77633 11/18/2015 Dorothy Christensen Mileage reimbursement 29.64$ 77634 11/18/2015 City of Estherville Estherville Utilities/Water/Ga 383.39$ 77635 11/18/2015 CMI Lending Library Supplies 203.93$ 77637 11/18/2015 Consolidated Vending Services Supplies/Poky 127.92$ 77637 11/18/2015 Consolidated Vending Services Supplies/Storm Lake office 63.96$ 77638 11/18/2015 Continuum Retail Energy Serrvices, LLC Utilities/SL Office 87.96$ 77639 11/18/2015 Corwin Press Coaching PD 6,438.04$ 77640 11/18/2015 Dr. Luis Cruz Honorarium/ICLC conf. 5,500.00$ 77641 11/18/2015 Culligan Water Conditioning, Inc. - Boone Water/Jefferson Office 36.66$ 77642 11/18/2015 Cyber Switching Bandwidth 2 40.95$ 77643 11/18/2015 Emily Donovan Meals/Behavior Strategist Dep 7.80$ 77644 11/18/2015 Drake University PD Registration 980.00$ 77645 11/18/2015 Ecolab Pest Elimination Division Pest Control/SL Office 147.49$ 77646 11/18/2015 Education Northwest Honorarium/ICLC conf. 3,000.00$ 77647 11/18/2015 Electrical Materials Co. Maintenance Supplies/FD office 53.96$ 77648 11/18/2015 Emmetsburg Catholic Grade School PAK October 2015 660.00$ 77648 11/18/2015 Emmetsburg Catholic Grade School PAK September 2015 660.00$ 77649 11/18/2015 Emmet County Public Health PAK October 2015 2,400.00$ 77649 11/18/2015 Emmet County Public Health PAK September 2015 4,500.00$ 77650 11/18/2015 Engel Law Office Legal Services 855.00$ 77651 11/18/2015 ETA hand 2 mind Lending Library Supplies 59.42$ 77652 11/18/2015 Fairfield Inn & Suites Lodging/C.Johnson 61.60$ 77652 11/18/2015 Fairfield Inn & Suites Lodging/D.Jackson 199.36$ 77653 11/18/2015 Farm & Home True Value Maintenance Supplies/Poky 21.23$ 77656 11/18/2015 Follett School Solutions Lending Library Supplies 334.31$

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Prairie Lakes AEA 8Board BillsNovember 18, 2015

Check Check Date Payable To Description Amount77657 11/18/2015 Forest City Christian School PAK October 2015 565.00$ 77658 11/18/2015 Jennifer Gilmore meals/Behavior Strategist Dep 15.18$ 77659 11/18/2015 Global Reach Internet Productions, LLC Advanced Programming 1,564.80$ 77660 11/18/2015 Growing Together Subscription for 3 years 80.00$ 77661 11/18/2015 Heartland Technology Solutions Annual Xirrus Hardware/Softwa 3,224.00$ 77662 11/18/2015 Heinemann Supplies/M.Lentsch 21.00$ 77663 11/18/2015 Holiday Inn - Downtown Lodging 463.68$ 77663 11/18/2015 Holiday Inn - Downtown Teachers from Spain Program 1,056.67$ 77664 11/18/2015 Hope Haven, Inc. Janitorial/ Estherville 253.08$ 77665 11/18/2015 H.W. Wilson Co. Lending Library Supplies 252.50$ 77666 11/18/2015 Hy-Vee Food Stores Meals/PD 211.81$ 77667 11/18/2015 Hy-Vee Food Stores (StL) Administrator PD meals 283.34$ 77668 11/18/2015 Hy-Vee Food Stores (S) Refreshments/LPS 19.24$ 77669 11/18/2015 IASB Orientation Conf./Dawn Crane 75.00$ 77670 11/18/2015 I-Case Registratin Fee for RA`s 840.00$ 77670 11/18/2015 I-Case Registration Fee/W.Parker 125.00$ 77670 11/18/2015 I-Case Registration/D.Jackson 140.00$ 77671 11/18/2015 Iowa Communications Network ICN/AEA000028 24,500.00$ 77671 11/18/2015 Iowa Communications Network ICN/AEA00008 7,425.31$ 77671 11/18/2015 Iowa Communications Network ICN/FTDGAEA01 296.65$ 77672 11/18/2015 Imagine Learning Title III Licenses 2015-16 69,797.00$ 77673 11/18/2015 Ia Braille & Sight Saving Sch Itinerant Contracted Services 16,373.21$ 77673 11/18/2015 Ia Braille & Sight Saving Sch Orientation & Mobility Contrac 4,317.46$ 77674 11/18/2015 Iowa Specialty Clinics - Clarion Contracted Speech Services/Se 4,219.44$ 77675 11/18/2015 Iowa State University Lynn Campbell-STEM 6,862.39$ 77676 11/18/2015 IP Networks, Inc. Bandwidth 2 1,464.00$ 77677 11/18/2015 ITEC 2015 Registration ITEC 2015 Reg/L.Pralle Keehn 205.00$ 77677 11/18/2015 ITEC 2015 Registration Registration/J.Graber 240.00$ 77678 11/18/2015 Steve Jimmerson Mileage Reimbursement 86.80$ 77679 11/18/2015 Kakacek's Lawn Care Lawncare/Poky 360.00$ 77680 11/18/2015 Kelmar Catering, LLC Board Meeting Snacks 50.00$ 77680 11/18/2015 Kelmar Catering, LLC Meals/PD 142.50$ 77680 11/18/2015 Kelmar Catering, LLC Meals/Supt. mtg. 255.00$ 77680 11/18/2015 Kelmar Catering, LLC Meals/W.Parker Training 227.25$ 77681 11/18/2015 Kidstop Childcare PAK Oct.-Nov. 2015 375.00$ 77683 11/18/2015 Joanne Knapp-Philo Honorarium/ICLC conf. 3,500.00$ 77684 11/18/2015 La Granuja, Inc. (#27-0646604) Honorarium/ICLC conf. 5,500.00$ 77685 11/18/2015 Lake Mills Community Preschool PAK September 2015 750.00$ 77686 11/18/2015 Larsen Electric Motor Service, Inc Repairs/Poky Office 365.12$ 77687 11/18/2015 Letter Perfect ICLC Conf. Supplies 209.90$ 77688 11/18/2015 Lexjet Media Production Supplies 1,044.00$ 77689 11/18/2015 Little Mustangs PAK November 2015 250.00$ 77690 11/18/2015 Marlin Lode Contracted Services 1,640.41$ 77692 11/18/2015 Dan Mart Reimbursement/IPLA 684.32$ 77694 11/18/2015 Maynard Kuhnes Cleaning Servicers LLC Janitorial Service/SL Office 1,589.55$ 77695 11/18/2015 Menards Maintenance Supplies 151.22$ 77696 11/18/2015 Midamerican Energy Company Utilities/SL Office 911.29$ 77697 11/18/2015 Mid-Sioux Opportunity PAK October 2015 573.85$ 77697 11/18/2015 Mid-Sioux Opportunity PAK September 2015 7,758.87$

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Prairie Lakes AEA 8Board BillsNovember 18, 2015

Check Check Date Payable To Description Amount77698 11/18/2015 Midwest Special Instruments Audiology Supplies 83.70$ 77700 11/18/2015 Rick Morain Mileage Reimbursement 39.00$ 77701 11/18/2015 Morningside College PD Registration 80.00$ 77702 11/18/2015 Merrill Mueller Lawncare/Algona Office 330.00$ 77705 11/18/2015 North Iowa CSD PAK October 2015 350.00$ 77706 11/18/2015 Office Elements Copier maint./LPS 147.76$ 77706 11/18/2015 Office Elements Copier/Forest Ridge 85.71$ 77706 11/18/2015 Office Elements Forest Ridge Copier 133.56$ 77706 11/18/2015 Office Elements Laser Printer/Maintenance Agreement 218.40$ 77706 11/18/2015 Office Elements Maintenance Agreement/Agency 2,031.83$ 77706 11/18/2015 Office Elements Monochrome Printer/Maint. Agreement 114.98$ 77707 11/18/2015 Dr. Judy O'Loughlin Homorarium/ICLC conf. 3,000.00$ 77709 11/18/2015 On-Site Information Destruction, Inc. Document Shredding 295.68$ 77710 11/18/2015 O.T. Solutions, L.L.C. OT Contracted Services 3,195.00$ 77711 11/18/2015 Palo Alto Community Health PAK September 2015 1,157.54$ 77712 11/18/2015 Panera Bread of Iowa Meals/C.Johnson 110.82$ 77713 11/18/2015 Pearson's Clinical Assessment Supplies/J.Henscheid 351.92$ 77714 11/18/2015 Bradford Peter IPLA reimbursement 170.00$ 77715 11/18/2015 Petty Cash (StL) Petty Cash Reimbursement/SL 155.85$ 77716 11/18/2015 Pilot Tribune Legal Notices 29.04$ 77716 11/18/2015 Pilot Tribune Retirement Open house Ad 46.70$ 77717 11/18/2015 Plunkett's Pest Control Pest Control/Estherville 61.28$ 77718 11/18/2015 Pocahontas Ford Lincoln Mercury Media Van Maintenance 308.85$ 77719 11/18/2015 Pocahontas Inn & Suites Lodging/J.Randel 184.80$ 77719 11/18/2015 Pocahontas Inn & Suites Lodging/Presenters for Behavior 123.20$ 77719 11/18/2015 Pocahontas Inn & Suites Lodging/R.Stoeckel/SLP Mtg. 84.57$ 77720 11/18/2015 Lori Porsch Contracted Service/IPLA 722.36$ 77720 11/18/2015 Lori Porsch ICLC Services 2,000.00$ 77722 11/18/2015 Pro Ed Lending Library Supplies 79.87$ 77722 11/18/2015 Pro Ed OT Supplies 129.80$ 77722 11/18/2015 Pro Ed Supplies/S.Rasmussen 216.70$ 77723 11/18/2015 Ramada Northwest Inn & Suites Lodging/J.Awtry 123.20$ 77723 11/18/2015 Ramada Northwest Inn & Suites Lodging/J.Mischke 123.20$ 77723 11/18/2015 Ramada Northwest Inn & Suites Lodging/J.Siefken 123.20$ 77723 11/18/2015 Ramada Northwest Inn & Suites lodging/M.Salinas 123.20$ 77724 11/18/2015 Jodi Ramsey, ORT/L OT Contracted Services 6,140.02$ 77725 11/18/2015 Rapids Reproductions, Inc. Media Production Supplies 158.12$ 77726 11/18/2015 Ries's Water Service Water/Poky 108.00$ 77728 11/18/2015 Dorina Sackman Honorarium/ICLC conf. 3,000.00$ 77730 11/18/2015 Schnurr & Company, LLP Preliminary Audit Work 5,000.00$ 77731 11/18/2015 Scholastic DE Grant for EC Work Plans 764.75$ 77732 11/18/2015 Serverworlds Bandwidth 2 70.00$ 77733 11/18/2015 Sleep Inn Lodging/H.Adams 154.56$ 77734 11/18/2015 Southwest Binding & Laminating Media Production Supplies 186.50$ 77735 11/18/2015 Spencer Daily Reporter Para Advertisement/LPS 24.10$ 77736 11/18/2015 Springhill Suites-Marriott Lodging/C.Johnson 61.60$ 77737 11/18/2015 Staples Advantage Office Supplies/FD Office 86.32$ 77737 11/18/2015 Staples Advantage Office Supplies/Poky 323.31$ 77737 11/18/2015 Staples Advantage Office Supplies/Spencer 351.98$

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Prairie Lakes AEA 8Board BillsNovember 18, 2015

Check Check Date Payable To Description Amount77737 11/18/2015 Staples Advantage Office Supplies/Storm Lake 237.38$ 77737 11/18/2015 Staples Advantage Office Supplies/Webster City 196.78$ 77737 11/18/2015 Staples Advantage Supplies//Jefferson Office 310.90$ 77738 11/18/2015 Sterling Hotel and Suites Lodging/C.Johnson/State PR Wo 61.60$ 77738 11/18/2015 Sterling Hotel and Suites Lodging/J.Mischke 61.60$ 77739 11/18/2015 Ruth Stoeckel Speaker/TQPD funding 1,946.00$ 77740 11/18/2015 Stoney Creek Inn, Sioux City Lodging/D.Jackson 349.44$ 77741 11/18/2015 Super 8 - Ankeny Lodging/C.Wells 58.24$ 77741 11/18/2015 Super 8 - Ankeny Lodging/S.Remington 58.24$ 77742 11/18/2015 Super 8- Spirit Lake Lodging/M.Lentsch 71.50$ 77744 11/18/2015 Tierney Assistive Tech. Supplies 604.00$ 77747 11/18/2015 UNI-UEC Registration/T.Demey 175.00$ 77748 11/18/2015 United Parcel Service Postage/Audiology 40.00$ 77748 11/18/2015 United Parcel Service Postage/Media Production 60.02$ 77749 11/18/2015 The Water Connection Water/Algona 13.00$ 77750 11/18/2015 Webster County Health Department PAK September 2015 1,976.10$ 77752 11/18/2015 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Interest due on Pocahontas debt 13,693.27$ 77753 11/18/2015 Wells Fargo Media Supplies 3,060.96$ 77754 11/18/2015 Wells Fargo Airline Ticket/Lodging/Meals/R 801.40$ 77755 11/18/2015 Westone Laboratories, Inc. Earmolds/Audiology 152.80$ 77756 11/18/2015 Wild Rose Resort Lodging/C.Kingery 69.00$ 77756 11/18/2015 Wild Rose Resort Lodging/C.Velky/J.Woodruff 69.00$ 77756 11/18/2015 Wild Rose Resort Lodging/K.Ahrens 69.00$ 77756 11/18/2015 Wild Rose Resort Lodging/M.Brood 69.00$ 77756 11/18/2015 Wild Rose Resort Lodging/S.Rasmussen/C.Haupert 69.00$ 77756 11/18/2015 Wild Rose Resort Lodging/S.Richardson 69.00$ 77756 11/18/2015 Wild Rose Resort Lodging/W.Parker 138.00$ 77757 11/18/2015 Wildwood Lodge Greater Des Moines Lodging/J.Swanson 176.96$ 77758 11/18/2015 WINDSTREAM Telephone/Agency 2,015.74$ 77758 11/18/2015 WINDSTREAM Telephone/FD 655.66$ 77759 11/18/2015 Winnebago County Public Health PAK September 2015 3,327.96$ 77760 11/18/2015 Dr. Wayne Wright Honorarium/ICLC conf. 3,000.00$ 77761 11/18/2015 Xerox Maint. Agreement/Media 6,362.55$ 77762 11/18/2015 Xpedx Media Production Supplies 2,618.01$ 77763 11/18/2015 Your Family Bakery Rolls for Supt. meeting 20.00$ 77763 11/18/2015 Your Family Bakery Rolls/Supt. Mtg. 18.00$ 77764 11/18/2015 Debbie Zacarian Honorarium/ICLC Conf. 5,000.00$

318,698.73$

Total 645,868.66$

Prairie Lakes AEA 8 November 18, 2015Budget Summary forOctober 31, 2015

REVENUE SUMMARY

Budget October YTD BalanceSpecial Education Support 21,252,674.00 1,752,253.50 5,212,127.23 16,040,546.77 Media Services 2,339,668.00 214,212.70 473,481.45 1,866,186.55 Educational Services 2,899,401.00 303,768.11 657,096.49 2,242,304.51 Special Education Instruction 345,000.00 - 82,855.80 262,144.20 Other Income - 22,894.01 23,232.92 Self Partial Fund Health Ins. - - - Totals 26,836,743.00 2,293,128.32 6,448,793.89 20,387,949.11

EXPENDITURE SUMMARY

Budget Admin. October YTD BalanceAdministration 1,569,828.40 75,660.47 431,827.34 1,138,001.06 Sp Educ Support 21,252,674.00 (1,240,164.44) 2,247,166.80 4,226,630.63 15,785,878.93 Media Services 2,339,668.00 (156,982.84) 170,329.78 786,403.99 1,396,281.17 Educational Services 2,899,401.00 (156,982.84) 257,095.56 578,801.05 2,163,617.11 Sp Educ Instruction 345,000.00 (15,698.28) 30,116.37 61,231.43 268,070.29 Self Partial Fund Health Ins. - - 11,507.36 65,009.03 Totals 26,836,743.00 (0.00) 2,791,876.34 6,149,903.47 20,751,848.56

Net income (loss) (498,748.02) 298,890.42

Percentage of budget spent 23%Percentage of budget unspent 77%

Prairie Lakes AEA 8 November 19, 2014Budget Summary forOctober 31, 2014

REVENUE SUMMARY

Budget October YTD BalanceSpecial Education Support 19,467,896.00 3,375,169.46 5,978,028.40 13,489,867.60 Media Services 2,398,624.00 210,231.24 480,020.61 1,918,603.39 Educational Services 2,740,955.00 233,879.26 506,532.41 2,234,422.59 Special Education Instruction 360,000.00 3,610.00 57,000.00 303,000.00 Other Income - 21,916.70 39,270.76 Self Partial Fund Health Ins. - 35,271.19 134,803.90 Totals 24,967,475.00 3,880,077.85 7,195,656.08 17,771,818.92

EXPENDITURE SUMMARY

Budget Admin. October YTD BalanceAdministration 1,386,145.55 114,936.13 624,828.16 761,317.39 Sp Educ Support 19,467,896.00 (1,095,054.98) 1,535,687.29 3,522,401.12 14,850,439.90 Media Services 2,398,624.00 (138,614.56) 174,496.15 698,206.96 1,561,802.49 Educational Services 2,740,955.00 (138,614.56) 328,006.95 673,929.54 1,928,410.91 Sp Educ Instruction 360,000.00 (13,861.46) 44,129.92 75,223.43 270,915.11 Self Partial Fund Health Ins. - 18,531.27 104,711.26 Totals 24,967,475.00 (0.00) 2,215,787.71 5,699,300.47 19,268,174.53

Net income (loss) 1,664,290.14 1,496,355.61

Percentage of budget spent 23%Percentage of budget unspent 77%

CASH SUMMARY 2015 2014

Checking Account Balance-Book balance at 10/31/15 2,367,250.21$ 4,090,082.96$

Checking Account Balance-Bank Statement balance at 10/31/15 2,533,089.36$ 4,112,470.93$ Less: Outstanding Checks (165,839.15)$ (22,387.97)$ Bank statement reconciled to book balance: 10/31/15 2,367,250.21$ 4,090,082.96$

Less: Monthly Board bills 11/18/15 (645,868.66)$ (1,079,075.28)$ Less: Monthly Payroll 11/20/15 (1,746,912.77)$ (1,784,044.86)$ Adjusted Checking Account Balance (25,531.22)$ 1,226,962.82$

Add: Deposits 11/01/15 to 11/13/15 233,765.76$ 81,832.17$ Pending - Advance on federal funding -$ -$ Pending - State Aide/TSS/TQ/Juv Home 11/18/15 1,340,227.00$ 1,343,625.00$ Cash balance 1,548,461.54$ 2,652,419.99$

Bank BankBalance Balance

10/31/2015 10/31/2014Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.:Cash in Commercial Checking account 2,520,973.51$ 3,805,262.93$ Merchant account 12,115.85$ 13,658.55$ Cash in Savings account -$ 293,549.45$

2,533,089.36$ 4,112,470.93$

Staff Personnel Series 400 

  Policy Title   Early Retirement  Code No.   403.3   The primary purpose of this policy is to serve as a tool to help the Agency’s general fund cope with the financial pressures of declining enrollment and lack of state funding. The Agency stands to realize cost savings through either the elimination of the retiring employee’s position or salary schedule placement of the retiring employee’s successor.   Effective for the 2015­2016 year, the Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency offers an early retirement plan.  Application requirements are as follows:   1.      Employee must be 59 years of age or meet the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) “Rule of 88” for eligibility prior to August 31, 2016.     2.      Employee must have provided 10 years of full­time (as defined in Board Policy and Master Contract agreements) continuous service prior to August 31, 2016 to Prairie Lakes AEA.   3.      Employee must submit application and resignation (see Appendices for application form) by February 1 of the year of retirement.   4.      Employee must currently be eligible and covered by the group health insurance plan of Prairie Lakes AEA.   All requests for retirement and acceptance of resignations must be approved by the Board of Directors.  The application and resignation are contingent upon the Board of Director’s approval of early retirement benefits in order for the resignation to become valid.   For those employees who are approved for early retirement under this policy, the agency will make a payment toward the single health insurance premium up to the rate effective for the $1,000 deductible during the final year of employment.  The insurance will be provided for the lesser of (6) six years or through the month previous to the month the employee reaches normal Medicare eligibility.  If an employee exercises the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System (IPERS) “Rule of 88” for eligibility, before age 59, the employee shall be responsible for the insurance premium prior to reaching the age of 59, plus any increase in the insurance premium until normal Medicare eligibility.  The health insurance benefit will discontinue if the retired employee takes another position after retirement that offers a benefit of paid health insurance or 

discontinues participation in the agency’s health insurance plan.  The employee’s continued participation in the program must be approved by the insurance carrier.   If the employee has reached the age of Medicare coverage, 65, prior to July 1 of the year in which retirement would commence, the Agency will provide a one­time lump sum payment of $7,500 to cover the Medicare Supplement plan they choose to participate in.    Should the employee die during the term the early retirement benefits are being received, all agency contributions shall cease upon the death of the employee.    Nothing herein shall limit Prairie Lakes AEA’s ability to change the plan design of its existing health insurance coverage or elimination of such coverage.  The agency does not guarantee a participating employee will be provided any certain level of benefits during the time of the employee’s participation in the early retirement program.   The Prairie Lakes AEA reserves the right at any time to amend, suspend, or terminate the early retirement plan without the consent of any participant or other persons claiming a right under this policy.   The Board of Directors will be the final arbiter of all questions of interpretation which may arise under this policy.  

School Technology Technician Agreement between

Schaller Crestland CSD and Prairie Lakes AEA

2015-2016

Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency will provide Schaller Crestland CSD with a “School Technology Technician” (STT) for 75 days during the 2015-2016 school year at a cost of $19,500 plus mileage. The STT will work at the district two days every week during the school year, any additional days to be used during the summer. Two (2) semi-annual payments of $9,750 will be billed on December 31 and June 1. Mileage costs will be billed monthly. Payments are to be made to the Prairie Lakes AEA Business manager, 1235 5th Ave South, Fort Dodge, IA 50501

If there is a moderate to long term illness of the STT, or a condition that prevents the assigned STT from carrying out their assigned duties, Prairie Lakes AEA will either provide temporary staffing, or refund any unfulfilled contract days at the end of the contract term. A request to renew or terminate services at the end of this agreement should be submitted by May, 2016. STT Essential Responsibilities:

• Provides technical support to schools and their staff. • Provides preventative maintenance on school networks, including switches, firewalls, file servers,

printers, and workstations. May provide maintenance and support to the wired or wireless PBX or telephone switching system.

• Installs and maintains network and application software for the district. • Implements and maintains digital networking (e.g., data, video) in the schools, including the installation

and maintenance of the network and application software. • Works with the district’s technology team and the Prairie Lakes AEA network engineering staff to

document and support the networks, including the development of network policy manuals, bench marking, and capacity planning of the district networks.

• Collaborates with the district’s technology team(s) and Prairie Lakes AEA network engineering staff to prepare requests for proposals (RFPs), bids, and proposals, including the review of those proposals and bids from vendors.

• Supports school/schools in the cleaning and repair of computers components, setting up of new computers (multi-platforms), and installation of software and updates.

• Trouble shoots individual and system problems. • Maintains and updates networks, cables, adapters, supplies, and infrastructure documentation. • Provides informal instruction and support for the school’s/schools’ personnel on questions dealing with

PC operating systems, network basics, and other equipment operation as needed. The STT is an employee of Prairie Lakes AEA and is subject to its authority. __________________________________ _______________________________ LEA Administrator Prairie Lakes AEA Board President __________________________________ _______________________________ Date Date

District Title Name Address City Zip Email Phone Party1 Representative John Wills 15732 Tradewind Dr. Spirit Lake, IA 51360 john.wills@legis.state.ia.us 712-330-9492 Republican2 Representative Megan Jones 4470 Highway 71 Sioux Rapids, IA 50585 megan.jones@legis.iowa.gov 712-260-6362 Republican3 Representative Dan Huseman 6144 Y Ave Aurelia, IA 51005 dan.huseman@legis.iowa.gov 712-434-5880 Republican4 Representative John Kooiker 3421 Jay Ave Boyden, IA 51234 john.kooiker@legis.iowa.gov 712-725-2033 Republican7 Representative Tedd Gassman 14510 490th St Scarville, IA 50473 tedd.gassman@legis.iowa.gov 515-281-3221 Republican8 Representative Terry Baxter 2395 290th St Garner, IA 50438 terry.baxter@legis.iowa.gov 641-829-3580 Republican9 Representative Helen Miller 1936 15th Ave N Fort Dodge, IA 50501 helen.miller@legis.iowa.gov 515-955-1006 Democrat10 Representative Mike Sexton 2202 Ogden Ave Rockwell City, IA 50579 mike.sexton@legis.iowa.gov 712-297-8720 Republican11 Representative Gary Worthan 5647 105th Avenue Storm Lake, IA 50588 Gary.Worthan@legis.iowa.gov 712-732-6340 Republican12 Representative Brian Best 600 Vermont Box 491 Glidden, IA 51443 brian.best@legis.iowa.gov 712-830-1844 Republican17 Representative Matt Windschitl 222 W. Huron St. Missouri Valley, IA 51555 matt.windschitl@legis.iowa.gov 712-642-4334 Republican47 Representative Chip Baltimore 521 S Delaware Boone, IA 50036 chip.baltimore@legis.iowa.gov 515-281-3221 Republican48 Representative Rob Bacon 422 1st St Maxwell, IA 50161 rob.bacon@legis.iowa.gov 515-387-8969 Republican50 Representative Pat Grassley 30601 Deer Trail Dr. New Harford, IA 50660 pat.grassley@legis.iowa.gov 319-983-9019 Republican1 Senator David Johnson 877 Main St Ocheyedan, IA 51354 david.johnson@legis.iowa.gov 712-758-3280 Republican2 Senator Randy Feenstra 641 2nd St Hull, IA 51239 randy.feenstra@legis.iowa.gov 712-439-1244 Republican4 Senator Dennis Guth 1770 Taft Ave. Klemme, IA 50449 dennis.guth@legis.iowa.gov 641-430-0424 Republican5 Senator Tim Kraayenbrink 1561 National Ave. Fort Dodge, IA 50501 tim.kraayenbrink@legis.iowa.gov 515-408-4770 Republican6 Senator Mark Segebart 1820 - 350th St Vail, IA 51465 mark.segebart@legis.iowa.gov 712-269-4519 Republican9 Senator Jason Schultz 611 Cedar St. Schleswig, IA 51461 jason.schultz@legis.iowa.gov 712-269-2178 Republican

24 Senator Jerry Behn 1313 Quill Ave Boone, IA 50036 jerry.behn@legis.iowa.gov 515-432-7327 Republican25 Senator Bill Dix P.O. Box 220 Shell Rock, IA 50670 bill.dix@legis.iowa.gov 319-269-3664 Republican

Executive Director Report – October, 2015 Halloween has come and gone and now we head to Thanksgiving. The revenue reports we are seeing indicate that Halloween may not be the only scary day we have to be afraid of. State revenues are falling and when the Revenue Estimating Conference meets in early December we may get scarier news. Stay tuned. I attended several events in October that involved legislators and they are very worried about a drop in state revenues. I spent my time with them discussing the need for a reasonable Allowable Growth figure of at least 3%. The more reasonable members agreed that made sense, however few help out hope that the House Republicans would move that high. They are more inclined to look at 2%. It is a sad statement that 2% would be seen as an improvement over last year. Increased advocacy will be more important than ever this year. Speaking of advocacy, I am in the midst of putting together a substantial presentation on the legislative process and advocacy that we plan on presenting in each AEA for our school superintendents and administrators. I am working with our communications people on getting the materials put together and the end result will be a 2-3 hour presentation about how state government really works and how to be an effective advocate. It is a lot of work, but I believe it will be a real value added product we can provide to our schools. More on this when we get the presentation finalized. I also was at events with the Governor and Lt. Governor in attendance. I did talk with them about a variety of issues and especially about our early literacy efforts. Some days you feel like it goes in one era and out the other, but each contact is potentially valuable. I will continue to make myself available for events where there may be policy makers present. I attended a strategy meeting (along with Tom Lane) that was held at IASB and included the Executive Directors and lobbyists from IASB, SAI, ISEA, UEN and the new Rural Schools organization. The purpose was to clear the air and talk about effective advocacy for the upcoming session. It is always good when this group can work together and we do that much of the time. However, there is some tension on a couple of issues, especially the SSA issue. Some groups (Rural Schools and ISEA) want to advocate for 6% SSA; SAI is more inclined to look at 4% and IASB doesn’t want to have a specific figure. The meeting helped to allow everyone a chance to discuss their viewpoint and served to get some of the tension released. We will continue to try and work together where we can and present a united front, but we understand that there will be times when we will part ways. The best result of the meeting was an understanding that we need to be united as much as we possibly can. A nice moment came at the end of the meeting when IASB Executive Director Lisa Bartusek held up a copy of a report that the AEA PR Committee had done concerning effective advocacy practices across the US and said how great the report was and that it was great research for everyone to look at.

We have begun work on revising the AEA Compact to update goals as well as to look at the dates for the goals to be implemented. A subgroup of Chiefs, Joint Directors, Communications people and myself held a meeting to begin that work and then we had a discussion during the monthly Chiefs meeting to keep the process moving forward. More information will be made available as we make progress on the revision. I attended the Future Iowa Roundtable sponsored by the Governor to discuss the needs of Iowa’s future workforce. There were three meetings (Cedar Falls, Sioux City and I think Des Moines) and all of the meetings had Chief Administrators present so that we were noticed by the Governor, Lt. Governor and Linda Fandel. I attended the Sioux City event with Tim Grieves and Paul Gausman of the Sioux City schools. The intent of the meetings was to highlight the things that we need to do to prepare our students for the workforce of the future. All good stuff except for the fact that the Governor doesn’t want to spend hardly any money to make it happen. Not sure how that works…… I attended a meeting with Evan Abbey of AEA PD Online along with David Van Horn that was held at the DE to talk with Ryan Wise and Gwen Nagel who heads up Iowa Online classes. The DE is doing more to offer classes to students, but they don’t have the resources to do what is really needed. We were there to let them know that the AEA system and PD Online are willing to help however we can. We continue to get schools districts asking us to do more in this area but the DE has made it very clear that this is their turf and they control it. We did all that we could to make Ryan Wise aware that we can help help and will help if asked. It was a good meeting in terms of bringing Ryan up to speed on what we are doing in this area. Another meeting took place with Larry Sigel of Iowa School Finance Information Services concerning a company that wants them (ISFIS) to market a purchasing order system for them. It could potentially conflict with the work we do with AEA Purchasing so Larry wanted to talk to us before they made any decisions. He has said that they are not likely to partner with the company if the AEA system sees it as a threat to our work. Bob Vittengl and I will be having another meeting to discuss this issue further and hopefully come to a decision. The normal meetings took place during October: IPTV Board of Directors meeting; Agenda planning call; PR Committee monthly meeting; AEA Purchasing Operations Committee meeting; AEA PD Online Governance Council meeting and of course the monthly Joint Director/Chief Administrator meeting. Although the list of those meetings only takes a couple of lines, those meeting take a lot of time and planning throughout the month. That’s it for now. When I do my next report I will let you know what is on my Christmas list so you can go shopping!

From the desk of Lisa Bartusek, IASB Executive Director

Lisa’s List: 3 “Board-Builder” Activities to Make the Most of Convention 2015 On behalf of your IASB Board of Directors and staff team, we’re

looking forward to seeing so many of you in just a few days at the

70th Annual IASB Convention! By now you’re likely familiar with the

many great sessions and speakers in store for you, thanks to

Convention Director Lou Ann Gvist and our entire staff team.

My contribution is to suggest three ideas your board can use to bring extra “board-building” impact to

your Convention experience.

Board-Builder #1: Have each member of your board take notes during Mike McGough’s opening

general session on Leadership Under Fire: Lessons from the Battle of Gettysburg. You can adapt

this activity to any speaker or session—they are all great! But I’ve heard Mike speak and his ability to

connect the history of the Battle of Gettysburg to today’s leadership challenges in education is

compelling. I am not a Civil War buff but Mike had me riveted by the stories of the wrenching

leadership decisions made during the battle. Mike will help you think about the leadership decisions

facing your board/superintendent team—and how to respond, especially when you’re “under fire.”

Your note-taking objective might be the statement below. Debrief afterward together and share what

you learn.*

My 3 Biggest Takeaways on Leadership from Mike McGough and how they apply to us

Board-Builder #2: Divide and conquer, using the Standards for Effective School Boards as a frame. The standards provide a way to think about the multi-faceted work of a board, and to organize what your board may need to learn about. Make plans together about which breakout sessions you will attend or priority exhibitors to visit in the trade show. Decide where you’ll spread out to cover more topics or meet an individual member’s need, and where it might work best if you all attended together to hear the same information. The online schedule makes it easy to plan before you arrive. It allows you to search sessions by the standards (Visionary Team, Student Learning, Culture, Policy/Legal, Finance, Advocacy). Debrief afterward together and share what you learn.* Board-Builder #3: Network, network, network. You can often learn as much from other attendees as you learn from the program itself. Make it a goal that each member of your board team will

intentionally connect with someone you don’t know from another board. Walk up and introduce yourself. Ask the person about the best things happening in their district or area education agency. Or ask the person what trend they see on the horizon for public schools. Connect with a presenter and share contact information for follow-up. Debrief afterward and share what you learn.* *Important note on debriefing: Be sure you are complying with the open meetings law if a majority of your board is present in any discussion. We recommend debriefing at a board meeting, no matter how many people attend. That way the entire board benefits from the learning.

LPS Update, November 16, 2015

Family Night: Lakes Partnership School hosted its first Family Night on Thursday, November 12, 2015, from 5-7 pm. Families were treated to pizza, and then students and their siblings were treated to a movie and snacks while parents/guardians were able to attend four different informational sessions which were presented by PLAEA staff. Results of a survey taken by parents/guardians at the end of the evening indicated that they found the information very helpful and provided input on topics for our next Family Night in February. Definitely an opportunity for our parents/guardians to have a positive experience in school!

Diane Nelson, PLAEA Transition Coordinator and Molly Snyders, LPS High School Teacher, presented “What’s Next?”, which focused on students 13 and older and the process of transitioning into life after high school and services that are available to students.

Lisa Zitterich, LPS Behavior Interventionist, and Kennan Highly, LPS Behavior Programming Coordinator, talked about “What’s the Big Deal About These Tickets?”. Their presentation provided insight to parents about (PBIS) Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. They gave an overview of the PBIS support system and how we are implementing it at LPS.

“What Have You Done for Yourself Lately?”, was the discussion lead by Jacqui Plumb, LPS Behavior Programming Coordinator and Felicia Anderson, LPS Middle School Teacher. They touched on the importance of self-care and how to fit it into your schedule.

Nicole Person, LPS Elementary Classroom Teacher, and Radina Jansen, PLAEA Academic Strategist, provided an overview of the Common Core Standards in their discussion on “What is the Common Core, Anyway?”. They explained how the Common Core Standards are used to guide students’ instruction.

Door prizes were awarded to two students and two adults during the evening. We would like to thank the LPS and PLAEA staff for all of their hard work and time spent in preparation for the Family Night Event. We would also like to thank Jeff Herzberg for showing his support and attending.

Enrollment- We are currently serving 17 students from 8 surrounding school districts.

Seeing our students make positive transitions is always a proud moment for us. So far, this year we have seen one student transition to a general education setting. We are also preparing two additional students to transition back to their resident building after Winter Break. We are currently serving 18 students.