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Board approves policies, meeting schedule and moves to executive session on charter contract
Summary
At its April 7 business meeting the Elizabeth School District Board of Education approved multiple policy readings, consent items and its 2025–26 meeting schedule, and voted to enter an executive session for legal advice on a charter school contract with Independence Classical Academy.
Elizabeth School District Board of Education members unanimously approved a package of policy revisions, consent items and the 2025–26 board meeting schedule at their April 7 business meeting and voted to enter executive session for legal advice on a charter school contract.
The board voted to amend and approve the meeting agenda and then moved into an executive session under Colorado Revised Statutes 24-6-402(4)(b) “for conferences with an attorney for the purpose of receiving legal advice, on specific legal questions regarding the charter school contract and negotiations with Independence Classical Academy.” The motion to enter executive session was approved by roll call.
Other formal actions the board approved by roll call included: approval of minutes from the March 20 and March 28, 2025 meetings; consent items listed as 9.1–9.4; third and final reading of revised policy IHAM (Health Education) and its associated regulation IHAM-R; second and final reading of revised policy IKE (Ensuring All Students Meet Standards); second and final reading of revised policy ILBC (Early Literacy and Reading Comprehension) and its regulation ILBC-R; and the 2025–26 board meeting schedule. All recorded roll-call votes in the transcript were recorded as aye from Director Fletcher, Director Olson, Director Powell and Director Waller.
Votes at a glance - Amended agenda: approved (roll call: Fletcher Aye; Olson Aye; Powell Aye; Waller Aye) - Executive session under C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(b) — charter school contract (Independence Classical Academy): approved (roll call: Fletcher Aye; Olson Aye; Powell Aye; Waller Aye) - Minutes (March 20 and March 28, 2025): approved (roll call: Fletcher Aye; Olson Aye; Powell Aye; Waller Aye) - Consent items 9.1–9.4: approved (roll call: Fletcher Aye; Olson Aye; Powell Aye; Waller Aye) - IHAM (Health Education), third reading: approved (roll call: Fletcher Aye; Olson Aye; Powell Aye; Waller Aye) - IHAM‑R (Health Education regulation), third reading: approved (roll call: Fletcher Aye; Olson Aye; Powell Aye; Waller Aye) - IKE (Ensuring All Students Meet Standards), second and final reading: approved (roll call: Fletcher Aye; Olson Aye; Powell Aye; Waller Aye) - ILBC (Early Literacy and Reading Comprehension), second and final reading: approved (roll call: Fletcher Aye; Olson Aye; Powell Aye; Waller Aye) - ILBC‑R (Early Literacy regulation), second and final reading: approved (roll call: Fletcher Aye; Olson Aye; Powell Aye; Waller Aye) - 2025–26 board meeting schedule: approved (roll call: Fletcher Aye; Olson Aye; Powell Aye; Waller Aye)
The meeting record shows unanimous recorded votes for the items listed above. The transcript records board members calling each other’s names during roll calls; the board did not record nay votes, abstentions or recusals for these items in the provided transcript.
An executive session was announced and approved at the start of the meeting for the stated purpose of receiving legal advice regarding the charter contract and negotiations with Independence Classical Academy; the transcript shows the statutory citation used to justify moving to executive session.
