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Minutes and agenda
- The board approved three sets of minutes (the Aug. 21 regular meeting minutes, the Aug. 21 budget hearing minutes, and the Aug. 18 special meeting minutes) after a motion to approve all three at once. The chair called for the question and the board approved the minutes by voice vote.

Agenda adoption
- The board unanimously adopted the meeting agenda by voice vote when a board member moved to adopt and another seconded.

Consent agenda
- The consent agenda was approved by voice vote. Board discussion before the vote included questions about an out‑of‑district special‑education contract with Candy Mountain Academy (staff explained it provides tuition and transportation for a small number of students with IEPs who require services the district cannot provide) and clarification that occupational‑therapy services and some temporary staffing were budgeted under special education.

Signers letter for district bank accounts
- The board approved a letter authorizing current staff to sign checks on the district's revolving fund account to reflect new finance staff. A board member explained the letter to the bank formalizes signers and removes former employees from the list; the board approved the motion by voice vote.

Voting format and records: All the above approvals were taken by voice vote. No roll‑call tallies (individual yes/no counts) were recorded in the meeting transcript; minutes report the board acted by unanimous voice vote where the chair called for the question and there was no recorded opposition.

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Personnel policy changes were described by a district staff member who identified the red (WASDA model) changes and blue (district) changes. The staff member said the revision would explicitly include employment agreements not represented in negotiated contracts, update leave units to reflect hourly leave when bargained, and add documentation requirements the district created after an audit. The presentation specifically proposed that coaching leave be limited to certificated personnel who have a supplemental contract for coaching; it would not extend to classified staff or volunteers. The presenter said the district will require documentation for bereavement and jury duty absences and will store supporting documents in the district’s Red Rover absence management system. \"We use what's called Red Rover and it is an absence management system... people will upload their documentation into that system,\" the staff member said.

On safe‑schools policy 3432, district staff and board members discussed adding language to ensure substitutes and temporary employees receive training on drills, incident‑command awareness and emergency response. Scott West (district administrator) said substitutes \"are in our buildings... they're in every building every day. And they are an essential part of performing the daily operations of the school. And so we need to get them trained and get that included in our in our existing policy.\" He said training could be delivered via the district office, building principals or an annual review format.

Board members asked for cross‑reference checks with collective bargaining agreements, clarification of where certifications would be documented and for procedures to specify reasonable timelines for follow‑up documentation when required. Staff said human resources would verify jury‑duty documentation and follow an established protocol that allows reasonable reminders and then converts the absence to paid or unpaid leave if documentation is not provided.

Both items were presented as revisions and not adopted at the meeting. Staff said they will bring additional language or implementation procedures back to the board for further reading and possible adoption.

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\"My concern is that in our effort to manage numbers and logistics, we may be overlooking the very real human impact these decisions have on our youngest learners,\" Regina Doremus said during the public‑comment period. Doremus described the students’ kindergarten classes expanding from three to four sections; subsequent midyear reshuffling; a temporary closure of Groff that moved students to Lakeview; and this fall’s redistribution that collapsed one third‑grade class and moved 19 students into five other classrooms.

Superintendent Carol Lewis provided a progress update on Groff (also referenced by staff and the facilities committee). She said district and contractor teams have completed assessments and that active repair work is ramping up, but that progress has felt slow to outside observers because of necessary evaluation steps. \"It seemed a little it looked a little slow to outside observers at first because there was a lot of assessment that had to be done,\" Lewis said.

Lewis also listed the major repairs that have to be completed at Groff and said the list goes beyond electrical issues: \"So roofing panels, the brick veneer on the outside of the building, the whole gym structure needs to be fixed. There's a lot of drainage that needs to get fixed... The HVAC system, freezers and refrigeration, the gym floor needs to be redone. There's exterior sidewalks that need to be redone and then of course the electrical system.\" She added the district is mindful of an active lawsuit with the construction company and must be cautious in public disclosures.

The superintendent said district staff are planning events to regroup the Groff student body during the year, and that early student assessment shows no widespread learning loss across the district despite last year’s challenges. Lewis said specific dates for full‑school gatherings are being planned by the Groff principal and PTA.

Why it matters: The teacher’s comments illustrated the classroom‑level consequences of building closures and reassignments. The superintendent’s repair list indicates Groff requires substantial structural work that affects the timeline for returning students to the campus.

Board members asked staff to track the impacts on students and to follow up on Doremus’s request for formal impact assessment. No board vote was held on Groff at the Sept. 4 meeting; staff said work will continue and more detailed student‑data and repair timelines will be provided at future meetings.

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The recommendation, presented by community member Chuck Sutton, urged officials to combine the two older, maintenance‑heavy schools into one new facility to gain state construction aid and reduce long‑term upkeep costs. \"If you replace some current aging schools with a new school, you'll be eligible for the SCAP funds,\" Sutton said during the presentation.

The committee’s recommendation is grounded in an analysis of building condition, demographics and enrollment forecasts. Committee members showed composite condition scores that ranked many mid‑century elementary buildings among the district’s lowest, noted ongoing and rising maintenance work at those sites, and described projected enrollment that would keep North and Larson overcrowded through the coming decade.

Why it matters: Replacing two aging schools with a single new school—sited on district property in the north—could qualify the district for substantial state School Construction Assistance Program funding, reduce repeated maintenance spending on deteriorating 1950s‑era buildings and free resources for other facilities needs. Committee slides presented to the board estimated a substantial gap between the district cost of building alone versus building and qualifying for SCAP aid.

Committee members emphasized that the north property serves a growing area and would have minimal boundary disruption in early years. \"Those are overcrowded and, you know, for the next 10 years, they're projected to be overcrowding,\" Sutton said. The committee proposed salvaging North Elementary’s gym where feasible and selling other surplus property.

Board members and attendees asked questions about siting, size and community impacts. One student speaker who said they attend schools on the north side urged planners to include students from both Larson and North in design and transition planning: \"Whenever you build a new school, make sure that all the people are included in it because... it kind of tears you apart from your friends,\" the student said.

No formal board action was taken on the committee recommendation at the meeting; the committee said it would continue work on a multi‑year facilities plan and that any construction would require future board decisions and likely another bond measure. Board members and presenters also said the district already has elementary design documents that can be adapted and expanded to 650–750 seats.

The committee presentation and board questions included details on expected next steps: further demographer work, site assessments on the district’s north property, additional public engagement and planning for a potential future bond.

The board did not vote on the recommendation at the Sept. 4 meeting; committee members and district staff said the advisory work will continue.

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