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Board approves travel requests, new courses, grant, calendar changes and architect contract in voice votes
Summary
At its Jan. 14 meeting the Fremont County School District No. 25 board approved multiple routine motions including two out‑of‑state travel requests for band programs, a BOCES work‑based learning grant, the Boost handbook and a $42,320 contract for central office design and reroof.
Fremont County School District No. 25 trustees on Jan. 14 approved a package of routine action items, taking voice votes to authorize student travel, accept a grant, adopt a handbook and award a professional‑services contract.
The board voted to approve Riverton High School’s out‑of‑state travel to Spokane, Washington, in February 2025 for the 2025 Northwest Regional National Association for Music Education event. Trustees also approved Riverton Middle School 8th‑grade band travel to Layton, Utah, in May 2025 for Music in the Parks.
Other approvals at the meeting included the district Boost handbook for 2025–26; Riverton High School new course proposals for digital photography, graphic design I and II and driver education for the 2025–26 school year; acceptance of a Fremont County BOCES work‑based learning grant totaling $24,000 for the 2024–25 and 2025–26 school years; acknowledgement of homeschooling notifications for 2024–25; adoption of an amended 2025–26 school calendar (one exchanged day); and acceptance of resignations submitted by district employees.
The board also voted to award a professional services contract to Nelson Architects LLC for the central office design and reroof project in the amount of $42,320. All motions were moved and seconded as recorded in the meeting and passed by voice vote; no roll‑call tallies or opposing votes were recorded on the public transcript.
A full list of motions recorded in the meeting follows with the formal motion language as read into the record and outcomes.
Votes at a glance
- Riverton High School band travel to Spokane (Northwest regional NAfME), February 2025 — Motion moved by board member (name not specified in transcript), seconded; outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Riverton Middle School 8th‑grade band travel to Layton, Utah (Music in the Parks), May 2025 — Motion moved by board member (name not specified), seconded; outcome: approved by voice vote.
- District Boost handbook, 2025–26 — Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Riverton High School new courses: digital photography, graphic design I & II, driver education (2025–26) — Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Fremont County BOCES work‑based learning grant, $24,000 (2024–25 and 2025–26) — Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Acknowledgment of homeschooling notifications for 2024–25 — Motion moved and seconded; outcome: acknowledged by voice vote.
- Amended 2025–26 school calendar (date exchange) — Motion moved and seconded; outcome: adopted by voice vote.
- Award contract to Nelson Architects LLC for central office design and reroof, $42,320 — Motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Acceptance of resignations (listed in personnel section) — Motion moved and seconded; outcome: accepted by voice vote.
Board members and staff did not record formal opposing votes in the audible transcript for these items; where board members commented they offered congratulations or brief remarks but no substantive changes to motions were made.
