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Board discusses 2025–26 meeting calendar and schedules onboarding retreat for new members
Summary
District staff presented a draft board meeting calendar for 2025–26 and members discussed July/August options, a board retreat/onboarding session, and potential dates for swearing‑in and organizational actions.
Board members reviewed a draft 2025–26 meeting calendar and discussed scheduling for July and August meetings, onboarding for new board members, and a public board retreat.
Dave presented a calendar draft that generally used first/third or second/fourth Tuesday patterns, noted July and August would be lighter and cited in‑service week constraints. He proposed either July 8 and July 22 meetings or consolidating events and onboarding later. "On this calendar, there's 1 in July, 1 in August, and then we're 2 in September…" Dave said as he reviewed the draft.
Board members raised scheduling conflicts, travel plans and the need for a retreat and civil‑rights training for newly seated members. Several members suggested a work‑session‑style retreat that would be televised as a public meeting; Dave said the retreat would likely take two to three hours and could be scheduled in the evening to accommodate working members. The group discussed swearing‑in logistics and whether organizational elections should occur at the first meeting after the year begins or be moved to the later July meeting to allow fuller participation.
After back‑and‑forth, the board agreed to hold a regular board meeting on July 1 to satisfy policy timing for initial meetings and to use a doodle poll to schedule a separate retreat/work session that need not fall on a Tuesday. Members also proposed using mid‑July dates (including July 15) as an option to capture swearing‑in in person where possible. Staff said they will return with a calendar for board action and will circulate a doodle poll for retreat scheduling.
The discussion also covered ways the board can be present during in‑service week and at school kickoff events and recommended that staff present information about committee assignments and organizational positions at the June meeting to prepare members for July decisions.
No formal vote was required; staff will bring a final calendar for action at a future meeting and circulate scheduling options for the retreat.
