School Board
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Cedar Valley Catholic Schools Board of Education
The board is comprised of nine dedicated individuals who want the best educational experience for our students. Voting board members include two pastors, one as a pastoral coordinator and one as an appointed pastor, one parish member who is elected as representative from each of our supporting parishes: Blessed Sacrament, Queen of Peace, Sacred Heart, St. Edward and St. Patrick. In addition, two additional parish members are appointed by the pastor representatives. Board membership is voluntary.
The Chief Administrator, Controller, Advancement Director, Human Resources Director, Building Administrators and a representative from the Waterloo Catholic Faith Formation are ad-hoc members.The board typically meets the third Thursday of each month at 5:30pm; sometimes there are special meetings and/or meetings scheduled at different times. Board meetings are held at Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta Middle School in the art room (first floor). The room has easy access by the middle school gymnasium.
Visitors are welcome at the meetings. Guests requesting to address the board need to contact the CVCS Office at 319-232-1422 or Tom Novotney at [email protected]. Guests will need to provide their name and topic for discussion to be added to the agenda. Addressing the board will be limited to 2 minutes per guest. There will be a 30 minute maximum time allowance per meeting. The board will not respond and will take all comments under advisement.
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Membership
Nine elected voting members include:
Parish Representation (5): One representative from each parish: Blessed Sacrament, Sacred Heart, Saint Edward, Saint Patrick (H.S. program only), and Queen of Peace.
Pastoral Representation (2): * Pastoral Coordinator * One (1) representative named by supporting parish pastors
Appointed Members (2): * Two (2) at-large, appointed representatives
Executive Board consists of: President, Vice President, Secretary, Pastoral Coordinator and the Chief Administrator.
Members are elected annually at Board’ s first meeting, which is held after July 1. Membership in the parish is required for membership on the Board.
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Board Agendas & Minutes
- June 2025 School Board Agenda
- May 2025 Approved Board Minutes
- April 2025 Approved Board Minutes
- March 2025 Approved Board Minutes
- February 2025 Approved Board Minutes
- January 2025 Approved Board Minutes
- December 2024 Approved Board Minutes
- November 2024 Approved Board Minutes
- October 2024 Approved Board Minutes
- September 2024 Approved Board Minutes
- August 2024 Approved Board Minutes
- July 2024 Approved Board Minutes
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Board Members
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Fr. Tom McDermottdbq210dbqarch.orgWaterloo Pastoral Coordinator (Saint Edward), Executive Committee & Liturgical Action Committee -
Fr. Tony KruseDBQ208dbqarch.orgPastoral Appointment (Blessed Sacrament), Finance Committee -
Jake Schaeferschaefjakegmail.comAt Large #1 (Blessed Sacrament), Executive Committee - President -
Greg Stammeyergstammeyerhotmail.comElected (Blessed Sacrament), Executive Committee--Vice President -
Ki Parkki.h.parkgmail.comElected (Saint Edward), Executive Committee--Secretary -
Laura Schaeferlauraschaefer2l6gmail.comAppointed (Saint Patrick), Advancement Committee -
Eric Donatericdonat616gmail.comElected (Queen of Peace), Strategic Planning Committee -
Heather Malekchmalek430yahoo.comAt Large #2 (Saint Edward), Enrollment Committee -
Re MoeElected (Sacred Heart), Buildings & Grounds Committee
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Strategic Planning Committee
In December 2024, under direction from the Cedar Valley Catholic Schools Board, the CVCS Strategic Planning Committee formulated system goals for 2025-2027. The plan was given approval and support from all board members and the CVCS Administrative leaders. Members of the strategic planning committee include Michelle Davis, Joe Greenwood, Luke Jenson, Elizabeth Minard, Nicole Morgan, Becky Mudd, Vicki Parsons, Zane Schaefer, and Dustin Whitehead.
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Addressing the School Board
Any member of the CVCS community is welcome to address the Board of Education at a regularly scheduled meeting. To address or make comments at a Board meeting, you must first be added to the agenda. Please contact Tom Novotney at 319.232.1422; or by email [email protected] to be added to the agenda. The deadline to be added to the agenda for comments is 3 p.m. the Friday prior to each meeting. If the reason for addressing the Board pertains to a concern, it must first be addressed with the CVCS staff member and also administrator most closely related to the situation. Under no circumstances will someone be allowed to address the Board regarding a concern if this step is not first completed. Comments are limited to two minutes per guest. 30 minutes is the maximum amount of time allotted for guest comments.
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