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Board approves partnerships, personnel actions and superintendent evaluation in March 3 meeting
Summary
At its March 3 meeting the Jamestown Public School Board approved a business partnership with the University of Jamestown, multiple personnel actions (hires and resignations), recognition notices for bargaining units and recorded satisfactory ratings for the superintendent across six evaluation sections.
The Jamestown Public School Board on March 3 approved several operational items by motion, including a business partnership with the University of Jamestown, personnel hires and resignations, notice of recognition for bargaining units and a multi-part superintendent evaluation.
Partnership: The board approved a partnership agreement with the University of Jamestown that staff described as offering a 10% tuition discount to Jamestown Public Schools employees in specific programs (undergraduate business and communication studies, behavioral health, certain master’s and doctoral leadership and counseling programs, MBA, and other listed programs). Jacob Meyer moved the motion and Aaron Roberts seconded. Two board members who earlier declared conflicts on the partnership item did not vote; the motion passed on voice vote.
Personnel and negotiations recognition: The board approved notices of recognition for representative organizations for negotiations for the administrator and teacher units (motion moved by Erin, seconded by Dan). The board approved hiring Hosanna Watco for the 2025–26 school year contingent on background check and licensure (motion by Jamie, second by Steve). The board accepted resignations at the conclusion of the 2024–25 school year from Zebedee Willer and Kaitlyn Coast (motion by Melissa, second by Dan).
Leave of absence / resignation: For Ben Smith the board accepted an updated leave-of-absence request described in the superintendent’s report as a voluntary resignation and waiver of the right to reemployment (motion by Aaron, second by Jason). The board noted Melissa Gleason and another member had declared conflicts related to partnership and contracts earlier in the meeting.
Superintendent evaluation: The board completed the annual superintendent evaluation in six sections (Goal and Vision Setting; Board Relations; Human Resource Management; Curriculum and Student Support Services; Community Relations; and Operations and Resource Management). For each section board members moved and seconded a motion of “satisfactory” based on Likert scores reported by the evaluator (section scores ranged from about 3.42 to 3.7 on a 1–4 scale) and each section’s satisfactory motion passed on roll-call/voice vote.
Consent agenda and other routine motions: The consent agenda was approved at the start of the meeting (motion by Steve, second by Jason). The board also approved other routine personnel motions and procedural items during the meeting; these passed without recorded dissent.
Where votes were by voice and no roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript, the article records outcomes as approved per the meeting minutes and the chair’s announcements.
