The Dickinson Public Schools Board of Education took several formal actions: it scheduled a budget public input hearing for September, accepted fuel bids from the Hub Convenience Store for diesel and unleaded gasoline, appointed district delegates to the North Dakota School Boards Association convention, and approved policy revisions including updates to the student conduct policy that staff said align with recent legislative changes.
These actions matter because they set the districts near-term fiscal engagement (public hearing), finalize fuel procurement for operations, designate official delegates for the state association convention, and update policy to comply with state law.
On the budget hearing, Mr. Seats moved and the board voted to schedule the budget public input hearing for Monday, September (the transcript references the preliminary 2025-26 working budget). The motion passed by voice vote.
On fuel procurement, Mr. Wilkie moved that the board accept bids from the Hub Convenience Store for No. 1 diesel, No. 2 diesel and unleaded gasoline at $0.175 per gallon below the posted cash price for 2025-26; the motion was seconded and passed. During the roll call on that item, named board members recorded "aye," including Mr. Rekikowski, Mr. Seats and Mr. Wilkie; the chair also voted aye.
The board also appointed Michelle Ortin, Kim Schwartz, Brent Sikes and Jason Rodakowski as delegates to the 2025 North Dakota School Boards Association convention, and named Dave Willoughby as an alternate; the motion carried on voice vote.
On policy, the board approved revisions to board policy FF (student conduct and discipline) for first reading and later approved second-reading and final adoption of multiple policies, including ABAD (education through Roughrider Patrol Academies), BBA (school board election and term of office), BCBA (public participation at board meetings) and FFK (suspension and expulsion). Mr. Seats moved the first-reading change to FF; board members said the policy revisions align the district with actions of the state legislature and the North Dakota Century Code. As stated in the meeting, the policy changes "validate the work" the district had been doing and do not require substantial operational changes, according to staff comment.
The meeting included an informational mention that recommended changes to the high school handbooks cell phone policy were being distributed to parents and would be finalized in administrative materials; staff said these changes also align with legislative requirements.
Recorded votes and motion text were summarized from the meeting; the board did not take additional budgetary appropriations at the session.