At the meeting the Tea Area School District 41‑5 board took a series of routine actions, including approving the agenda and consent agenda, accepting personnel changes, appointing a delegate to the ASBSD delegate assembly, setting an open-house date for the high school and approving early-graduate requests.

Votes at a glance

- Approve meeting agenda — motion made and seconded; chair called for the vote and the motion carried with all in favor.
- Approve consent agenda (financials, bills and routine minutes) — motion made and seconded; passed with all in favor.
- Approve resignations and new hires as presented — resignations: Trevon La Roche, Cindy Waddell, Jaden Yount. New hires/transfers: Nick Andrews (custodian), Janice Boyse (food service), Garrett Johnson (10th-grade boys basketball), Linda Hansen (transfer to Legacy food service). Motion made and seconded; passed with all in favor.
- Appoint ASBSD delegate — the board appointed board member Tara Johannes as the district's delegate to the ASBSD 2025 delegate assembly in Pierre (assembly begins Nov. 21 at 1 p.m. at the Ramkota River Center). Motion made and seconded; passed with all in favor.
- Approve high-school open house — the board set the high-school open house for Oct. 27 from 4:45 to 6:15 p.m. to coincide with a fall choir showcase. Motion made and seconded; passed with all in favor.
- Table board purpose-statement work — board agreed to table development of a board purpose statement until next month and requested staff circulate options via email. Motion to table carried with all in favor.
- Approve early-graduate requests — the board approved a list of students requesting early graduation at the end of the first semester; those students will be allowed to participate in the 2025‑26 graduation ceremony in May. Motion made and seconded; passed with all in favor. Students approved (as read at the meeting): Ashlyn Barclay, Chase Bass, Houston Bass, Taylor Bucknell, Creighton Eric, Caitlin Flannery, Hailey Gossen, Lucius Hutsonroeder, Alyssa Youngling, Sierra Otten, Jada Sorley, Trent Stroman, Avalon Thompson, Jake Tripp, Bridal Tapia, Brett Severson, Elijah Durban, Cashmere King.

Where motions lacked on-the-record mover/second names in the transcript, the board followed the meeting chair's standard procedure: motions were made, seconded and carried by voice vote with no opposition.

All actions recorded above were approved during the meeting; no formal votes recorded as opposed or abstentions on the motions noted in the transcript.