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Consent and calendar
The board approved consent items 1–6 and 8 after removing item 7 for separate consideration (the sensitive‑materials appeal). The board also approved an adjusted 2025 calendar that moves two board study sessions to April 21 and Sept. 5.

School fees (second and final reading)
The board approved the district’s school fees for 2025–26 on second and final reading. The adopted fee schedule incorporates recent legislative changes that exempt core academic courses (language arts, health, science, mathematics and social studies, as listed in the approved text) from non‑course fees unless students take materials home. The board also approved an optional activity card (a $32 optional fee for high‑school activity access) and retained policies allowing single‑event admission payments for families who decline the optional card. Staff said an increase in instrument‑rental fees reflected higher third‑party rental costs; details and individual school practices will be published with the fee schedule.

Construction and facilities awards
The board approved several facilities contracts after staff reviewed bids:
- Selected Hogan & Associates as the construction manager/general contractor (CMGC) for two auxiliary turf/track projects to expand junior‑high track and field capacity (Horizon Junior High funded via a separate project; the current motion covered Shoreline and Centerville junior highs).
- Awarded an Adams Elementary roof replacement to Perks Roofing, Inc., at $569,340.
- Awarded a partial roof replacement at Viewmont High School to Utah Elite BEC at $1,208,275.
- Awarded HVAC/rooftop units for Clearfield High School (field house air conditioning) to Salman Mechanical at $751,787.

Bond resolution
The board adopted a resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of up to $105,000,000 in general‑obligation bonds. Staff and board members noted the district’s AA1 rating was affirmed and that the board completed the 30‑day notice period required before issuing the final resolution. The resolution authorizes staff to proceed with the sale consistent with the parameters previously adopted by the board.

Policy and governance
On second and final reading the board approved policy 1B‑15 governing elections and duties of the board president and vice president. The board considered a substitute motion to remove a provision that disallows abstentions (the substitute sought to allow abstentions) but that substitute motion failed. The primary policy motion passed on final reading (by a 5–2 vote), leaving the adopted language in place. Board counsel and members also discussed legal guidance on voting procedures, including references to Open Public Meetings Law and guidance from the Utah School Boards Association regarding secret ballots.

Closed session
At the end of the meeting the board voted to move into a closed session for the purposes of litigation and negotiations.

All actions passed during the meeting were taken by recorded motions or voice votes as noted in the meeting record. For items where the transcript captured only a voice vote rather than a roll‑call tally, the board recorded the outcome but did not publish a member-by‑member vote in the meeting audio transcript.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Davis School District Board of Education Business Meeting, Tuesday, March 18, 2025.","oneSentenceSummary","At the meeting the board approved a package of consent items, adopted the school-fee schedule, awarded multiple construction contracts, approved a $105 million bond resolution and finalized an elections policy; one procedural amendment to the elections policy was rejected.","taxTitle","Davis County School District, Utah School Boards, Utah","taxId",65831,"location","Utah","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6125130,"Formerly homeless senior says teen living center helped him get sober, back to school and on track to graduate",277,3201000,3478000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2678598-d83f4082b61d7879a79fa78fa0ee8681&start=3201&end=3478","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2678598-d83f4082b61d7879a79fa78fa0ee8681/thumbnail_3201000.jpg","/articles/6125130/Utah/Formerly-homeless-senior-says-teen-living-center-helped-him-get-sober-back-to-school-and-on-track-to-graduate","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6125130-c0703f27f9806b06d4c05ef01c2224f2/orig.mp4?Expires=1771020858&Signature=mR3x6zq6d5jDUPKpZFistv3n2l2pC0As9ta5njP~DR0UsWI3aYkvskS7q3aWW88EukSVF63cxwhKrqdbNYt0aV5GA5MOJjxTRve9AtWJLPLc2VtNLb5Btf3GyoQwMEyM4X6KsG50qoXxQpYuVUd141cojSlZq1FEkthofo7U2LwTJEurYfampYDf4aCXEe85SalcXpkhr19gADeneYjoFDYaBOzPmeuzNqPFNk0404XKW0QCoB5TglVwc~vC14trkjlmLimP~5QaJuVjBOuB9TgqrUJCKdn2mzncj77syVlREREuOxGZhmMh8Yb5611Yx10S2uEkD8HkuFtyoEBQZw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Raul Perez, a senior at Mountain High School, told the Davis School District Board that housing and wraparound services at the district’s teen living center changed the direction of his life.

\"Before arriving here in October, I was homeless for two weeks...I didn't have anywhere to go and was unsure where I was going to sleep, what I was going to eat,\" Raul said to the board. \"When I came to the facility I didn't just find a place to sleep I found a place who genuinely cared about my well‑being and my future...Because of this facility, I'm on track to graduate. I'm six months sober. I'm not just thinking about the next day. I'm planning for my future.\"

District staff told the board the teen living center -- an operational support program that provides temporary housing, case management and access to medical and educational services for unhoused and at‑risk teens -- has already helped multiple seniors return to academic stability. Superintendent Linford said four seniors who arrived at the center earlier in the year are now cleared with graduation credits and have scholarships and college plans. The superintendent also reported that one center resident had straight A's at the time of the board meeting.

Adrianne Jones, who introduced Raul to the board, called the teen living center \"one of the best decisions\" the district has made and thanked the board for support. Raul told the board staff helped him get hygiene items, medical appointments, counseling support and attend school events; staff also supported him through a surgery and in maintaining sobriety. Raul said the center’s staff attended his school band concert and otherwise provided the consistent support that made it possible for him to focus on classes and recovery.

Board members praised Raul for sharing his story and noted the center’s early results as evidence that housing-first supports can remove barriers to learning. The board asked staff to continue reporting graduation outcomes and other academic metrics for center residents.

The teen living center remains an operational program of the district; funding sources, capacity and plans for scaling were discussed in other sessions and were not changed by the board at this meeting.","A senior who stayed at the district’s new teen living center told the board he was homeless and now is on track to graduate, sober and planning to attend Weber State; district staff said multiple seniors at the center are now cleared for graduation.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":56,"_74":56},6125136,"School board approves appeals committee recommendation on three challenged books after heated debate",2897,3223000,6120000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2678598-d83f4082b61d7879a79fa78fa0ee8681&start=3223&end=6120","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2678598-d83f4082b61d7879a79fa78fa0ee8681/thumbnail_3223000.jpg","/articles/6125136/Utah/School-board-approves-appeals-committee-recommendation-on-three-challenged-books-after-heated-debate","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6125136-7ea11a8669197552801cb362fd702164/orig.mp4?Expires=1771020859&Signature=Kn1H83EKSwEx7kgOYmIzUFBaqDZKUmdTZnWG5fdc5ETxzQu26bejoz9WCtmwYI6sPS8KR9HxxV8sNoB9F0f8lNRaDjI53eeaQ8FbkK7uph-MFQOABVE-dgFmCX9~3g0Tx0JKP6-9~iKkzUU8H9p1-~5ukHq4OxWgvgJLmN1RGcKxvnKTVgzluwdeKDtwYA8Zd01nDdqJ44ZAfXdGlmlwlQV-f9UVLkEZgGlkID~mFkax7w3VS7fbvnPG87BTidivR1idKbkm~sMU9fE2YuzVX3PHsydivGmnF0N7VOb0KU-ymZm31JABxSu5b4vAsTz96PgRHJMxrFqZN9alDXETxg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Davis School District Board of Education on the floor of its meeting considered appeals over three books challenged by members of the public and parents and ultimately approved the appeals committee’s recommendation to retain Drama and to move Twisted and The Hate You Give into a subjective-review process rather than returning them directly to library shelves.

The decision matters because it determines whether the two books will be immediately removed from circulation under the district’s objective statutory test for “sensitive material” or placed into a subsequent subjective-review process that evaluates community standards, appropriateness and educational value.

Board members debated multiple procedural steps before the final action. A motion by a board member to uphold the committee’s determination that Twisted and The Hate You Give contained material meeting the statutory objective standard and therefore should be removed failed on a recorded voice/hand vote that split the board 3–4. After that failed effort, the board adopted the appeals committee’s recommendation by voice vote; the appeals committee had recommended retaining Drama (after objective and subjective reviews) and reversing the objective-committee removal determinations for Twisted and The Hate You Give so those two titles would proceed to a subjective review rather than be removed immediately.

Members discussed the difference between the objective test and the later subjective analysis. Multiple board members and legal counsel explained that the objective test examines whether the material contains explicit depictions that meet a statutory threshold, while the subjective review weighs “serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value” and appropriateness for the district’s libraries. One board member cited a state statutory section by number during the discussion when explaining the legal standard that governs the objective test.

Board members pressed staff and each other on committee votes and margins. At one point a board member noted that the objective-committee vote on the two challenged books had been 4–2. Another board member urged caution before removing books from circulation and emphasized that the appeals-subject process exists to weigh context and value.

Following the final vote the board chair directed staff to carry out the appeals committee’s recommendation, which leaves Drama available in district libraries and moves Twisted and The Hate You Give into the subjective-review step defined by the district’s policy and prior committee process. The board did not publish an itemized roll call naming individual board votes in the final voice vote on the appeals recommendation; earlier procedural votes were recorded as tallies when counted.

The board’s decision does not change the district’s review process: books that are challenged continue to move through objective screening, then (if required or appealed) through subjective review and appeals. The appeals committee outcome now instructs staff to follow the subjective-review procedures for the two titles in question.

Board President Gerard said the board would follow the established process going forward and that staff would report back with the next procedural steps and schedule for the subjective review of the two titles.","After extended debate and several procedural votes, the Davis School District Board approved the appeals committee’s recommendation to keep Drama on shelves and to send Twisted and The Hate U Give to a subjective review rather than remove them outright.","actionData","errors"]

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