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Votes at a glance: SLPS board approves consent agenda, partnerships and policy clarification
Summary
The St. Louis Board of Education approved routine business, accepted donations and grants, authorized community partnerships and adopted a resolution clarifying attendance-reporting exemptions for administrators.
At the meeting the board approved the consent agenda and multiple action items, including community partnerships, conference attendance and a resolution clarifying which administrators are exempt from daily timeclock requirements.
Votes recorded during the meeting included the following items and outcomes:
- Motion to approve the consent agenda (including bills, budget transactions and HR reports): motion moved and seconded; roll call recorded as "Yes" from board members present and the motion carried. (Roll-call names recorded in transcript: Miss Vaughn, Mr. Conover, Mr. Heights, Miss Hubbard, Miss Jones, Mr. Davis, Miss Cousins.)
- Acceptance of donations and DESE grants: accepted for district visibility; no opposition recorded.
- Approval of Saint Louis University School of Nursing partnership for clinical rotations: motion moved and seconded; vote recorded with abstentions by Mr. Conover and Miss Hubbard; motion approved.
- Approval for superintendent to attend the summer superintendent summit in Atlanta (June): motion moved and seconded; roll-call vote recorded as unanimous among board members present; motion approved.
- Resolution clarifying attendance policy exemptions for building-level administrators, directors, cabinet members and network superintendents (attendance/timeclock clarification): motion moved and seconded; roll-call vote recorded as unanimous among board members present; motion approved.
Board members used roll call for several motions; where the transcript captured individual responses, they were recorded. Where votes were voice votes, the board chair called the motion approved following affirmation.
