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Votes at a glance: Portage Township Schools board meeting, March 17, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal actions, motions and roll-call outcomes taken at the March 17 board meeting.
The Portage Township Schools Board of School Trustees took multiple formal actions at its March 17 meeting. Below are the motions, outcomes and the roll-call tallies recorded in the meeting minutes.
Superintendent's consent agenda - Motion: Approve superintendent's consent agenda (personnel report, donation report, claims, facility-use requests). - Outcome: Approved. Roll call: Trustee Smith (yes), Trustee Vasquez (yes), Trustee Maleta (yes), Trustee Wilkie (yes), Trustee Wagner (yes). - Clarifying detail: Donations received totaled $7,422.13, including a contribution from Cleveland-Cliffs.
Board consent agenda - Motion: Approve board consent agenda (minutes of 02/14/2025 and 02/24/2025). - Outcome: Approved. Roll call: Trustee Vasquez (yes), Trustee Maleta (yes), Trustee Wilkie (yes), Trustee Wagner (yes), Trustee Smith (yes).
Fuel bid award - Motion: Award unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel contract to Al Warren Oil Company, Inc., for contract period 04/01/2025–03/31/2026. - Outcome: Approved. Roll call: Trustee Maleta (yes), Trustee Wilkie (yes), Trustee Rainey (yes), Trustee Smith (yes), Trustee Desguess (yes).
Neola policy second reading and adoption - Motion: Adopt updated Neola policies (notice of meetings, conflict of interest, student-staff relations, graduation requirements, promotion/placement/retention, etc.). - Outcome: Approved. Roll call: Trustee Wilkie (yes), Trustee Rainey (yes), Trustee Smith (yes), Trustee Vasquez (yes), Trustee Milena (yes).
Resolutions related to facilities, lease and building corporation - Resolution R03-2025: Determining need for project (renovations, replacement middle school, demolition of Aylesworth Elementary, site/work and equipment) — approved. Roll call: Trustee Ramon (yes), Trustee Smith (yes), Trustee Vasquez (yes), Trustee Malena (yes), Trustee Wilkie (yes).
- Resolution R04-2025: Preliminary plans, form approval of lease agreement and authorizing publication of notice of lease hearing — approved. Roll call: Trustee Smith (yes), Trustee Vasquez (yes), Trustee Maloney (yes), Trustee Wilkie (yes), Trustee Reagan (yes).
- Resolution R05-2025: Reapprove formation of Portage Township Multischool Building Corporation and related authorizations — approved. Roll call: Trustee Vasquez (yes), Trustee Valena (yes), Trustee Guilqui (yes), Trustee Smith (yes), Trustee Bramey (yes).
Retroactive overnight field trips - Motion: Retroactive approval for Portage High School boys swim overnight trip to IU Natatorium, Indianapolis (Feb. 27–Mar. 1) and girls gymnastics to Ball State (dates in March). - Outcome: Approved. Roll call: Trustees approved (names recorded in minutes; motion seconded).
Other administrative approvals - Motion: Approve 2025–26 school board meeting calendar — Approved (roll call recorded yes by board members). - Motion: Approve 2025 summer school calendar including elementary sessions focused on grades 2–3 reading (Aylesworth Elementary) and high school sessions — Approved (roll call recorded yes by board members).
Note: The board also approved the elementary and middle-school ELA curriculum adoptions (MyView/Savvas and Savvas/My Perspectives). Those two items are covered in depth in a separate article because they followed an extended presentation and discussion and include detailed cost and implementation information.
