PANTHER PRESS
February 28, 2020
KCSD Residents to Vote on March 3 Bond Referendum
The Knoxville Community School District Board of Education has approved a general bond referendum question that will appear on a special election ballot Tuesday, March 3, 2020.
The question will ask voters to approve the first phase of the district's facilities improvement plan, at a total cost of $26.25 million. If approved, the 20-year bond would have a net property tax impact of $8.79 per month on a $100,000 home, $18.53 per month on a $200,000 home and $28.08 per month on a $300,000 home.
These tax impact numbers are lower than the district and board previously expected. An approved bond would place KCSD's levy rates in the middle of comparable districts in the area—and still less than Carlisle, Melcher-Dallas, Pleasantville and Indianola.
"We are very pleased that we have found a potential solution to our facilities needs that will limit the property tax impact on our community members," said Cassi Pearson, KCSD Superintendent. "We look forward to continuing an open and transparent process that began with 20 community members on a taskforce that created the proposal to address the needs. Over 430 residents have signed the petition to call for the March 3 Referendum that could fund the necessary projects."
Phase I of the plan would include a new Knoxville Middle School building, along with air conditioning for Northstar Elementary and an HVAC system upgrade at Knoxville High School. Construction on these projects would take place between 2020 and 2022.
Phase II would be funded through the use of the one-penny sales tax (known as SAVE). It would
include an extensive renovation to Northstar Elementary and athletic facility improvements throughout the district. Construction on these projects would be scheduled for 2022 to 2024.
To learn more about KCSD's facility needs, five-year plan, and the March 3 bond referendum, please visit the Knoxville School’s website at www.knoxville.k12.ia.us.
KCSD Staff Give to Your Life Matters
West Elementary Families,
Below are two documents containing information regarding Kindergarten Roundup for our 2020-2021 kindergarten students and 2020-2021 preschool registration and information night.
Please contact Sue Kauzlarich at West Elementary for more information.
Email: sue.kauzlarich@kcsd.k12.ia.us
Phone: 641-842-2185
The Book Fair is Coming!
Once again the West, Northstar and Middle school libraries will be hosting a spring book fair in conjunction with Spring conferences. These book fairs will be open all day and during each of the scheduled conferences nights starting March 6th - 12th. New since the last several book fair is the ability to use eWallet. This is a great way to allow your child to make purchases without having to bring cash to the school. You can also shop online too! Thank you for supporting our book fairs!
Cooperation & Teamwork in 2nd Grade
This month our Paw-sitive Panther Time focus at West has been on Friendships and Relationships. This week our area emphasis has been on cooperation, teamwork, and compromise in 2nd grade. During our morning meeting, each student was given a blank puzzle piece. They had to find their teammates and try to put their puzzle together. It was very challenging, but the teams did a great job working together! We discussed how these are skills that continue to develop, and it is not always easy.
5th Graders Do Their Panther Best
Activities Minute
Upcoming home events -
* Sat, Feb. 29: V BBB Class 1A Substate Final - 700 PM (@KHS)
* Mon, Mar. 2: V BBB Class 3A Substate Final - 700 PM (@KHS)
Spring Sports!
The winter sports season has ended and spring sports are upon us! Here is information about KMS & KHS spring sports!
Rock of Ages!
Our Drama Department is presenting Rock of Ages on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, March 6-8 in KPAC! They are offering free tickets to the first 25 students that attend Friday and Saturday nights performances! Show time on Friday and Saturday night is 700 PM; Sunday begins at 200 PM.
Logo Committee Update!
Our Logo Committee had our third and final meeting with Letterman Creative on Wednesday, February 5. At our December 18 meeting, they had presented us with options and based on our feedback - made some minor revisions to the logo system and fonts and then presented those to us at our February 5 meeting. We should have the final logo system product in the near future and will be presented to the school board in March for final approval.
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- All home events in the Knoxville High School gym and all school concerts in KPAC will be streamed LIVE on the NFHS Network! Go to www.nfhsnetwork.com for more details!
- Get schedules for all extra-curricular middle school and high school activities by going to www.knoxville.k12.ia.us and then clicking on "Activity Calendar". You can even sign-up for email notifications so whenever we make a change to a schedule - you can be notified immediately.
- Follow the Knoxville Activities Department on Instagram! @knoxvilleactivities
Tickets for Rock of Ages ON SALE NOW!
***NEW THIS YEAR!***
We will ONLY be offering GENERAL ADMISSION tickets at Box Office the day of performances. (GREY SECTIONS below)
If you like sitting in the GREEN or BLUE SECTIONS you MUST pre purchase ONLINE ONLY and your receipt will serve as your ticket.
Ticket prices are $10 for students and adults. (Activity passes are NOT accepted for these performances.) This is how we continue to bring amazing musicals to the stage year after year! Thank you in advance and ROCK ON! Any questions, please email knoxvillehsdrama@gmail.com.
LINK FOR ONLINE PRE-PURCHASE: https://knoxvillehs.seatyourself.biz
Counseling Cluster
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March 8: Daylight Savings Time Begins (clock ahead 1 hour)
March 9 & 12: Parent/Teacher Conferences
March 12: Two-hour early dismissal
March 13: No School (Comp Day)
March 16-20: Spring Break
April 10: No School (Good Friday)
April 13: No School (Professional Development)
For the most up-to-date information on all school activities, see the district calendar.
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2020 Health Forms
It’s time to think spring...and fall school health requirements! NOW is the time to schedule physicals, dental appointments, eye exams and immunization updates. Here are some highlights of various requirements for fall:
Will you have students in the following grades in the Fall 2020? If so, here’s what they’ll need:
- Pre-Kindergarten: immunizations, physical
- Kindergarten: immunizations, lead screening, physical, eye exam, dental exam
- 3rd graders: eye exam
- 7th graders: immunization update of Tdap and Meningococcal required
- 9th graders: dental exam
- 12th graders: immunization update of Meningococcal
Find forms and information on the School Nurse web page. Need immunizations? Marion County Public Health can help: call 641-828-2238.
If you’d like help reviewing your child’s immunization record to determine what they need for the fall, call me and I’ll be glad to review it for you. Cell: 641-891-6016 / Ofc: 641-842-6551 ext 10
Coronavirus information
There's lots in the news about Coronavirus so I thought I'd share this handout from the Iowa Department of Public Health that came to me earlier this week. To learn more, please visit the CDC website.
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Subscribe or Update Your Notifications for Weather Alerts
Knoxville Schools utilizes GovDelivery to communicate weather cancellations, delays and/or changes to district activities. We recommend all parents/guardians sign up to receive email and/or text notifications. Anyone is welcome to subscribe, including community members interested in schedule changes for activities purposes.
If you signed up in the past for this service, you do not need to sign up again but you will need to adjust notifications if your child changed to a different school building this year.
Screenshots are pictured below of the subscription process. If you need assistance, please contact: Lisa.Willis@kcsd.k12.ia.usor 641-842-6551 opt 1.
KCSD VACANCIES
Please click the following link to apply for any of the following positions: http://www.knoxville.k12.ia.us/district/vacancies/
- MS Baseball Coach (2019-20 school year)
- MS Softball Asst. Coach (2019-20 school year)
- 9th Baseball Coach (2019-20 school year)
- Substitutes (Teachers, Associates, Nutrition, Bus Drivers, Custodians)
- HS Special Education Teacher (2020-21 school year)
- HS Business Teacher (2020-21 school year)
- MS Special Education / Language Arts Teacher (2020-21 school year)
- MS Special Education Teacher (2020-21 school year)
- MS Vocal Music Teacher (2020-21 school year)
- Elementary Classroom Teacher (2020-21 school year, grade level TBD)
- 8th Grade Volleyball Assistant Coach (2020-21 school year)
- 9th Grade Football Coach (2020-21 school year)
- 8th Grade Football Coach (2020-21 school year)
Calendar Approved for Next School Year
2020-2021 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
The KCSD school board recently approved the academic calendar for the 2020-2021 school year. Please see below for your planning needs.
Knoxville CSD Board Information
The Knoxville CSD Board of Directors is committed to Ensuring a Culture of Excellence for Every Student. Community members and visitors are welcome to attend our meetings on the second and fourth Monday each month at 5:30 p.m.
The primary purpose of our board meetings is to conduct business. An official meeting is the only means by which we, as a board can carry out our legal duties or exercise our legal powers. These meetings provide an opportunity for decision-making and offer an opportunity for the public and school district staff to establish a formal dialogue with us. Postings of these meetings are placed on the district website, www.knoxville.k12.ia.us. Please visit often to be informed.
Neighbor Helping Neighbor
End of the Month Meals
The End of the Month Meal program or E.O.M.M. was started in 2002 and is a not-for-profit organization and can only continue as long as generous people are willing to donate their money, time, can food items, or grocery gift cards. Any of these donations may be dropped off at New Covenant Church at 1510 West Madison Knoxville, Iowa. If you send a check please make it out to New Covenant Church and put “E.O.M.M. program” in the memo section.
We send out our deliveries from New Covenant Church 1510 West Madison. If people would like to have their meals delivered to them please call the church office at 641-842-3176 preferably the week before we start serving meals so that we can have an idea of how much food we need to prepare. The only information we need to have is your name, address, a phone number where we can reach you, and the number of meals you would like to have.
If you prefer to dine out you are more than welcome to go to the Jenkins Center on Main Street. We provide the casserole and vegetable or salad, whichever is on the meal plan and the people from Living Word Fellowship provides the dessert, coffee, and excellent service. No questions asked.
Our meals typically consist of a casserole for the entrée, a dinner roll, a hot vegetable, or a cold “salad” (these are flip-flopped each meal) , and a dessert. I also like to have a sandwich meal at least twice during the season. This would consist of a Manwich burger, scalloped corn, cole slaw, and a dessert. Our meals are “comfort food” and are good sized portions because nobody should go hungry.
Remaining dates for the 2019-2020 season: March: 23rd-27th
If anyone has questions or would like to have someone talk about our program please E-mail shiloh1971@hotmail.com.
Marion County Food Coalition Calendar & Information
Marion County General Assistance M-F 8-4:30pm (in the Marion County Courthouse)
IMPACT Community Action - Food Cards to Fareway/Hy-Vee to be used every 6 months
Food Share Mobile Food Pantry: 3rd Wednesday of the month
Attica Mobile Pantry 10-10:30
Harvey 10-10:25
End of the Month Meals: Organized by New Covenant Church; held at 315 E. Main St. (Jenkins Center) 5:00 - 545PM: Feb. 24-28; March 23rd-27th (Call 641-842-3176 for delivered meals)
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Celebrate Community Church (641-828-7603) Email: bruce@celebratechurch.com
Marion County General Assistance/Veteran's Affairs (641-828-2201) Email: mkuhn@co.marion.ia.us
Helping Hands (641-842-6933) Email: finanhollinrake@yahoo.com
Marion County Senior Nutrition (641-205-3811) Email: jiworthington@marionph.org
KFYI ~ Knoxville Food Youth Initiative Email: robemai@mchsi.com, vgoodykvikesfan@gmail.com &/or knoxvillelibr@yahoo.com
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KCSD ADMIN. OFFICE
The Panther Press is a weekly collective newsletter for parents & community members. If you have an article or flyer to share, please submit to knoxville@kcsd.k12.ia.us for consideration. Your feedback is always welcome and appreciated!
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- Middle School: www.facebook.com/PanthersKMS/ & twitter.com/Panthers_KMS
- Northstar: www.facebook.com/NorthstarElementary/ & twitter.com/MrKeitges
- West: www.facebook.com/knoxvillewestelementary/ & twitter.com/pantherswest
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Website: www.knoxville.k12.ia.us
Location: 309 W Main St, Knoxville, IA, United States
Phone: 641-842-6551
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