Lisbon board participates in Day on the Hill
Lisbon board members participated in Iowa Association of School Board’s Legislative Day on the Hill.
Board member Robyn Richey said that the day was a much more positive experience than it was last year, where the Area Education Agency bill had been announced prior to that day on the hill.
“I felt people were willing to have a conversation this year on issues we were worried about,” Richey said. “I really appreciate Rep. Cindy Golding’s willingness to meet with us and have a long conversation about our concerns.”
Board member John Prasil said the big issue for him is State Supplemental Aid being capped at 2 percent by Governor Kim Reynolds.
“I think that the legislators have a fight on their hands to get that passed,” Prasil said. “Because enough state representatives know it is not enough for districts. We’ll see how that fight comes out.”
Superintendent Autumn Pino said they were unable to meet with Sen. Charlie McClintock this year, but have had conversations with him in the past.
“I feel good we did our part to advocate for what schools need,” Pino said.
Students now utilizing CTE shop, classroom spaces
Aside from some punch list items that need to be completed on the project, Lisbon’s career and technical education classroom wing and the Lisbon weight room and renovated Lion’s Den lobby entrances have been completed.
The parking lot near Lisbon Early Childcare Center’s west entrance will remain closed for the remainder of this school year, as curbs need to be backfilled and no salt can be utilized on the new concrete of that space.
One of the areas that has gotten compliments in the community has been the revamped lobby space.
“We’ve received a lot of nice feedback on how open and airy that new lobby space is for the Lion’s Den, which was the goal,” superintendent Autumn Pino said.
Updates to board policies made
The board also approved minor language changes to the 100 and 200 series of bills for their Code. A lot of the language was removing references to names and back to the position itself responsible for the changes.
Next board meeting
The Lisbon school boards next meeting will be Thursday, March 6 at 5:30 p.m. at the Lisbon Pride Room.