Waukee school board to consider COO Eric Rose's employment status on Monday

Kim Norvell
The Des Moines Register

The Waukee school board will vote Monday on the employment status of embattled Chief Operating Officer Eric Rose. 

A closed session is set for early Monday morning "to evaluate the professional competency" of an employee. That will be immediately followed by an open meeting during which the board will consider Rose's employment status. 

A foursome with intense interest in the Waukee High School additions watch the happenings in this 2006 file photo. From left: Waukee School District director of operations Eric Rose, Waukee School District superintendent Dave Wilkerson, Waukee School District director of administrative services Duane Van Gorp and Waukee School District school board member Larry Lyon.

Rose has been on paid administrative leave since Dec. 7, the day after a state audit revealed Waukee school administrators improperly used district charge cards, spent large sums of money on out-of-state retreats and violated district policies without consequences.

As the chief operating officer, Rose is responsible for oversight of the Operations Department, which maintains district grounds and facilities and oversees capital improvement and construction projects. He earns $142,800 a year.

Rose was at the center of a 2016 internal investigation that determined he fabricated employee time cards, used school property at his home and solicited donations for his son’s hockey team from district vendors.

More:Waukee administrator altered time cards, used district property at home, reports say

Iowa Auditor Mary Mosiman reiterated those findings in the special investigation released last week.

The board meets at 7 a.m. Monday at the district office, 560 S.E. University Ave. in Waukee.

The board is also scheduled to meet tonight at 5:30 p.m. in a closed session to evaluate an employee's performance. It does not name the employee and the agenda does not list an item for the board to vote.