Board reviews budget items, professional development and student representative support

Board members reviewed the board budget and discussed professional development priorities, including trainings offered by the Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA) and a state conference in November. Superintendent Michael advised the board that the shared budget Andrea presented is the school-year board budget and highlighted opportunities for board members to attend OSBA trainings; he said the next training after summer is the state conference in November and that national conferences are typically in April. Michael said board members should bring professional development requests to the board for consensus on whether the district will fund attendance. The board noted that the budget typically covers purchases such as appreciation gifts for classified and certified staff and expenses related to levy information campaigns. Board members confirmed that funding for student board representatives comes from the board budget; the transcript records “6 kids” as the planned number of student reps for the coming year. No budget motions or votes were recorded during this discussion.