Board Minutes - 2024.04.09-IESP Opening

Independence Community School Board

Public Meetings for Negotiations

April 9, 2024

The Public meetings were held on April 9, 2024 at the Administration Office starting at 3:50 pm.

Present: Supt. Cynthia Phillips, Director of Finance Laura Morine, HR Director Lori Schaul, Board Member Kim Hansen and Gina Trimble.  IESP Negotiation Team: Lisa Preuss, Michaela Schuler, Peg Bantz, Andria Anderson, Janet McClaren, Matt Mosher, Stacy Jenkins, and Shelly Staker (ISEA rep). Two support staff were also in attendance.

Supt. Phillips welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked the support staff for their dedication and hard work.     

FIRST MEETING:

Lisa Preuss from the Independence Educational Support Personnel Association (IESP) presented their initial proposal stating that they were interested in maintaining a salary that will attract and retain quality employee.   They have an interest in developing a career increment schedule and also interested in enhanced benefits to help attract and retain employees.  

SECOND MEETING: (held immediately following the first)

Supt. Phillips presented the Board’s opening statement as we continue our journey as #MustangsOnAMission.

• The Board of Education has a tremendous responsibility to educate all of our students and support our staff to ensure they are successful.  Having an opportunity to discuss important issues and understanding we have similar goals, allows us to work together with a shared vision:
  
  • Retention and recruitment of high-quality employees
  • High quality educational experiences for every student
  • Positive, collaborative culture among staff, students, families and community

• The Board would like to convey their appreciation to the IESP for the interest-based problem-solving proposal process.

Full disclosure of both proposals may be reviewed at the Administration Office.

The open meeting ended at 3:58 pm and those not on the negotiating team left.  The negotiating teams from both sides then began negotiating.

 

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Kim Hansen                                                                  Laura Morine

Board President                                                             Director of Finance/Board Secretary