Category Archives: School Board Meetings

KEY TAKEAWAYS: The board leadership will not allow community comments at the end of the meeting and will not allow school board meeting minutes to contain any description of the discussion that takes place at the meeting. The high school has a new part-time career advisor and will start the search for a new DEIContinue reading “September 11, 2023 Summary”

KEY TAKEAWAYS: Those who attend the meeting can now sign up to speak to the board on any topic at the beginning of the meeting, before any votes take place. About 10 percent of our students participate in our special education program. Our school district provides no incentives for teachers who receive high evaluation scores.Continue reading “August 14, 2023 Summary”

KEY TAKEAWAYS: The school board unanimously passed the referendum resolution to put the question on the November 2023 ballot. The community has approved the referendum twice before, in 2010 and 2017. The tax rate of $0.37 per $100 of assessed value would stay the same. This school board meeting was shorter and more productive thanContinue reading “July 10, 2023 Summary”

KEY TAKEAWAYS: It is wonderful that the school board packet is now posted before each school board meeting. Kara Kenney from WRTV news did a story on this policy change that was broadcast soon after this meeting. The documents in the meeting packet are all posted on the school website, but they can be difficultContinue reading “June 12, 2023 Summary”

KEY TAKEAWAYS: This meeting was the first time the community had access to the public documents in the school board packet before the school board meeting. Being given the same information that school board members receive enables the public to know what is going on during the meeting. School board meeting minutes continue to beContinue reading “May 8, 2023 Summary”

KEY TAKEAWAYS: The school board voted unanimously to revise policies 0143 and 0143.1 to allow publicly releasing the school board packet before board meetings. This is a major victory! Prior to March 2022, the school board packet was kept strictly confidential with no public access, even refusing public record requests. After having their hand forcedContinue reading “April 10, 2023 Summary”

HIGHLIGHTS: Diversity Initiatives (6:58); Summer School Offerings (7:12); Releasing the Board Packet Before the Meeting (7:18); Policy Committee Not Following Open Door Law (7:31) The following is my summary of the public school board meeting, not the official meeting minutes (which will be released one month from now). My personal thoughts and opinions are givenContinue reading “March 6, 2023 Summary”

HIGHLIGHTS: School Mental Health Therapist (7:03), Before/After School Care (7:34), Releasing the Board Packet Before Meetings (8:00), Member Committee Assignments (8:55) The following is my summary of the public school board meeting, not the official meeting minutes (which will be released one month from now). My personal thoughts and opinions are given in italics andContinue reading “February 13, 2023 Summary”

HIGHLIGHTS: New School Board Members (6:25); Leadership Election (6:31, 6:34, 6:35); Releasing Information Prior to School Board Meetings (7:08); Discussion of my Meeting Summaries (7:16) The following is my summary of the public school board meeting, not the official meeting minutes (which will be released one month from now). My personal thoughts and opinions areContinue reading “January 9, 2023 Summary”

HIGHLIGHTS: Tabled policy 2432 (6:51); Summary of district priorities from survey (6:54); Increase in substitute pay (7:03); Retirement of orchestra teacher (7:05) 6:32 – The school board meeting was called to order. The board was asked to approve the agenda and the minutes from the November 14, 2022 meeting. They changed the room set-up replacingContinue reading “December 12, 2022 Summary”