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Approved motions (voice votes):
- Add two last‑minute agenda items: approval of an LIA (Latinos in Action) conference in Albany, Ore., and a change to the budget hearing date. Outcome: approved.
- Approve consent items (minutes, personnel, and bills). The consent packet included an item described in the packet as \"50,031 to the Wallowa County ESD\" for Medicaid-billing related services; staff said the ESD handles Medicaid transactions and the district pays 50% up front to be reimbursed through Medicaid. Outcome: approved.
- Approve OMS and OHS student reports and recognize multiple volunteer awardees (presentation/recognition items). Outcome: approved.
- Move the May board meeting to June 2. Outcome: approved.
- Approve board budget goals. Outcome: approved.
- Appoint Dan Wilkin to the district budget committee. Outcome: approved.
- Approve the 2025–27 licensed bargaining agreement (teacher contract). Outcome: approved. Union leaders later described the negotiations as collaborative and said bargaining team members logged significant unpaid hours preparing for talks.
- Approve LIA conference/trips for OMS students (two separate LIA/college-loop items, including a college loop to coastal community college programs and a Utah LIA leadership conference). OMS staff described the college-loop trip as student-driven, with 48 OMS students (24 seventh-graders and 24 eighth-graders) participating on the college-loop itinerary. Outcome: approved.
- Approve multiple policy items at first reading (policy AC, GBN/JBA, JVA/GBN, JFE and associated administrative regulations). Outcome: approved for second reading at a future meeting.
- Change the published budget hearing date to May 29 (to meet newspaper-publication timing). Outcome: approved.

Several motions were made and seconded on the record; most votes were voice votes with \"Aye\" recorded and no individual roll-call tally appearing in the public transcript. No motions on the record failed.

Board members and staff noted the approvals will allow administrators to proceed with travel plans, finalize the budget calendar and begin contract implementation work linked to the labor agreement.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","April 28th School Board Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The board approved several routine and substantive items, including the 2025–27 licensed bargaining agreement, two LIA/Latinos in Action conference trips, appointment to the budget committee, multiple policy first readings and changes to board and budget-hearing dates.","taxTitle","Ontario SD 8C, School Districts, Oregon","taxId",46629,"location","Oregon","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":42,"_43":78,"_45":78,"_46":79,"_48":80,"_50":81,"_52":82,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":83,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":84,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6576994,"Board hears budget pressures, audit delays and plan to 'be lean' next year",3630000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3181430-d5aedc8eb1f1cae6f80ffa938babdbde&start=3630&end=3630","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3181430-d5aedc8eb1f1cae6f80ffa938babdbde/thumbnail_3630000.jpg","/articles/6576994/Oregon/Board-hears-budget-pressures-audit-delays-and-plan-to-be-lean-next-year","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6576994-cc3e039064d2d9f6ac12efaddb2c2945/orig.mp4?Expires=1776763408&Signature=RbN2wDjRBQOUoIo94Z0sHL8qWqvktVKiPOumDDRzbZfC6S~prHWtRM9dJkR21vtG8YxLSC4kbErNov-IEk5s~KZwGcqCS~oderECxI5irkMKStvsiq3PXl-76FQ8klRzLptjmd-1H4nO9hLZHZLPu2gMEMysRFaACUqaTj6shS7vAPQS4MVyZ~A2-2mv1heKfr-YkbfOB~bWayuzTnUlgkYRZvyTppqpUyaWjhB6b-8oJFMbiBOO98sD7vQ3FgojBL0C5yk4UnmAu2fqT6JxgbnlX-05v9YQRHf~G-4DOlYsWZ412jyisJ1AirOBNT3yJ7hnGii0mkrB1H7TjwFP0A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Superintendent and finance staff updated the Ontario School District 8C board on budget pressures and a delayed audit that the district says has dragged on for three years.

District finance staff reported increases in several cost drivers, including anticipated higher casualty insurance (PACE) and shifts in retirement (PERS) projections. The superintendent told the board the district expects to be \"lean\" in the coming year: \"We're going to be lean with that,\" the superintendent said, explaining the district will be careful about refilling positions and will use reserves to smooth budget timing between biennial state funding cycles.

Board members and staff noted the district expects the first year of a two-year state funding biennium to cover a smaller portion of increases, which may require drawing on reserves in year one and balancing in year two. The superintendent explained the state funds are allocated unevenly across the biennium and that some negotiated compensation increases will produce a near-term deficit that the district plans to cover with reserves.

Board members expressed concern about an audit that has not been completed for three years. The superintendent said the auditor has repeatedly missed estimated completion dates and that the district has pressed for a firm end date. \"We want to know an end date... This has gone on 3 years,\" the superintendent said. The board indicated it will change auditors for next year and said legal remedies were being discussed if the current auditor does not provide a timely conclusion.

The finance staff also outlined scheduling for the district’s budget hearing and other calendar items. The board approved moving the May board meeting to June 2 and later set the budget hearing for May 29 to meet public-notice publishing windows.

Superintendent and staff said federal funding allocations remain uncertain at the national level; the district is watching possible federal changes and planning contingencies. The board was told that some federal allocations (for example, Title I) may not be confirmed until July 1 due to national-level uncertainty.

Board members were told the district plans to avoid layoffs but may not refill some positions and will closely monitor enrollment and staffing to keep the budget balanced. The superintendent said the district has a \"healthy ending fund balance\" but will be operating with less flexibility.","Superintendent and finance staff told the Ontario School District board that rising costs, potential insurance increases and an unresolved multiyear audit mean the district will operate with reduced flexibility next year and may use reserves to manage the first year of a new funding biennium.",{"_33":86,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":87,"_41":42,"_43":88,"_45":88,"_46":89,"_48":90,"_50":91,"_52":92,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":93,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":94,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6576999,"Ontario School District shifts TAG identification to broader, multi-pathway screening",1675000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3181430-d5aedc8eb1f1cae6f80ffa938babdbde&start=1675&end=1675","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3181430-d5aedc8eb1f1cae6f80ffa938babdbde/thumbnail_1675000.jpg","/articles/6576999/Oregon/Ontario-School-District-shifts-TAG-identification-to-broader-multi-pathway-screening","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6576999-ac218c5ac05085a0df789ff48158f81b/orig.mp4?Expires=1776763408&Signature=LsVnaPqGwKg6LPa766ma97AwVGi0cW3e76IU2CMwrlLrNVPgkGa93WkM1C8O2lxmKcHWNS7LV55OodVtGQPPHvNbc1HK9v~U0wj021kdAcaIzcmHpR82XvL7HoDi6S6NquVk1c9QzDk6GJidt195t54hryZ8lhvgiaJ7bUbLnAzuFLSmGANFyfp5~VbXd~gyk1JUUF5huHYxt8o0fOG-ftMabc8Ku5I22lve2weYFHKMvtlJkNcsOo3TRBn4prjmP9~RTAkifzpaGRntc5ImOETY2C3mhlemxawMlRj31bN5OgHlAW1yLVxkpJ0w-wT0Vd2wtniOoVBoyBTuWOEw9w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Val Reynolds, the district’s TAG coordinator, told the Ontario School District 8C board that the district has revised how it identifies and serves academically talented and gifted (TAG) students, moving from a single-test model to a “holistic” multi-pathway approach.

Reynolds described a plan that keeps universal screening for new students but adds teacher and parent referrals, case studies, portfolios and local-norm criteria so more students from historically underrepresented groups can qualify for services. \"We will do universal screening every fall in second and fifth grade,\" she said, and added the district is using multiple qualitative and quantitative measures to assess students.

The changes are meant to reach a wider set of students who were previously missed by a narrow assessment model. Reynolds said the district has increased referral rates and identification among English learners, migrant students and twice-exceptional students, and is moving from a category the state removed — \"potential to perform\" — to clearer labels such as intellectually gifted and academically talented in reading and math.

Reynolds told the board that identification now starts in kindergarten, that the district uses a local-talent approach (state percentile thresholds were de-emphasized) and that referrals now trigger a multi-page case study, not just a single test. She said the district’s goal is for 5–10% of students overall to receive TAG services and that the work aims to reduce the perception of TAG as an \"elite\" program.

The coordinator emphasized classroom differentiation as the first line of service. \"Differentiation is our first line of service in the classroom,\" Reynolds said, describing teacher professional development, \"Tiger University\" courses for staff and cluster grouping at the elementary and middle-school levels. She recounted examples where group problem‑solving and structured productive struggle produced noticeable student growth.

Reynolds also described extracurricular and enrichment elements: students in LIA teams averaged roughly 30 service hours this trimester, LIA volunteers helped fill “over 3,000 eggs” for a downtown spring event, and the seventh-grade band had nearly 30 students. Reynolds said most funding for TAG work comes from the district’s Student Investment Account (SIA) and a small district budget allocation; she also noted one educational donation this year.

Board members and administrators praised the coordinator’s outreach to principals and teachers and the focus on underrepresented groups. A parent from the audience asked how a child with ADHD who appears twice-exceptional would be handled; Reynolds explained that classroom differentiation and cluster grouping can help and that the team-based case-study process is intended to capture those needs. She encouraged parents and teachers to refer students when they see potential.

The presentation concluded with the district saying it will continue professional development for teachers, refine rubrics for creativity and leadership as potential TAG criteria, and monitor data to ensure identified students receive appropriate services.","The district’s TAG coordinator told the board the district is moving from test-only identification toward a holistic, multi-pathway model that increases identification of underrepresented students and emphasizes classroom differentiation and enrichment.","actionData","errors"]

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