CorpusRecord 179900

September 29, 2025 DMPS Special Board Meeting

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Source
YouTube / DMPS-TV
Date
2025-09-29
Location
Polk County, IA
Material
Transcript
Extent
271 words · about 2 min
Collected
2026-06-25

Transcript

Verbatim source text

001All right, [Applause] the time is now 4:48 and I would like to call the special board meeting for Monday, September 29th for the De Mo public schools to order. Miss Rios, can you please take the role? Yes. Miss Alonso here. Miss Compost. >> Mr. Dix here. Miss Knox >> here. >> Miss Martrono >> here. >> Dr. May >> here. >> Miss North >> here. >> We have quum. The next item is approval of the agenda. I'd like to entertain a motion to approve the agenda. >> Marterano. So moved. >> So second. >> We have a motion by Miss Marterano and a second by uh Miss Alonzo. Board members, please cast your votes. Mr. Dixs. >> Yes. >> Dr. Dr. Mayberry Mazize. >> Yes. >> The vote is approved 7 to zero. I'd like to now

002entertain a motion for us to go into close session. I move >> I move that the board go into close session per Iowa code section 21.5 subsection 1 subsection A which states a governmental body may hold a close session only by affirmative public vote of either twothirds of the members of the body or all of the members present at the meeting to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment hiring performance or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless or irreparable injury to that individual's reputation and that individual requests a close session and Iowa code section 21.5 subsection 1 subsection A to review or discuss records which are required or authorized by state or federal law to be kept confidential or to be kept confidential as a condition for that governmental body's

003possession or continued receipt of federal funds. We have a motion by Miss Marterano. May I have a second? >> Second. >> We have a motion by Miss Marterano and a second by Miss Alonzo. Miss Rios, could you please take the role, >> the vote? Excuse me. Yes. Miss Alonso, >> yes. >> Miss Compos, >> yes. >> Mr. Dixs, >> yes. >> Miss Knox, >> yes. >> Miss Martrono, >> yes. >> Dr. Mayberry Mace, >> yes. >> Miss Norris, >> yes. The motion passes 7 to zero. At this moment, the board is actually going to leave and convene in a smaller separate room so that we may begin our close session. And when we are done, we will come back.

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