Board approves agenda, minutes, policies, personnel and Head Start lease; declares trustee seat vacant
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Summary
The Missoula County Public Schools Board unanimously approved routine agenda items, adopted policy updates and renewed a Head Start lease; it also accepted a staff resignation and declared a trustee seat vacant with a set appointment timeline.
The Missoula County Public Schools Board of Trustees conducted a series of routine approvals and one personnel resignation at its regular meeting.
Motions approved unanimously (voice vote by raised hands unless otherwise noted): agenda approval; approval of minutes from the Sept. 23 regular meeting; elementary and high school consent agendas; adoption of the policy updates presented for second reading; renewal of the lease with Child Start/Head Start for use of Whittier School on a year-to-year basis; elementary and high school personnel reports; and a motion to declare a K–12 trustee seat vacant and set a timeline to appoint a successor.
District clerk Denise Williams described the Head Start lease as a renewal with "nothing really changed in the provisions" and said the program preferred a year-by-year term because of potential instability in its funding. The board approved the renewal after trustee questions and without public comment.
On personnel, a staff member identified as Mr. Velasquez informed the board of his resignation effective June 30, 2026, stating he has been hired as head of school for the International School of Beijing, with a start date of July 1, 2026. The board approved the personnel reports for both elementary and high school divisions.
The board accepted former Trustee Justin Mercer’s resignation and, by motion, declared the K–12 trustee seat vacant. The district packet provided the appointment timeline: the vacancy would be declared on Oct. 14; the district will post notice Oct. 15 and invite applications; the deadline to apply is Nov. 5; interviews and an appointment are scheduled for Nov. 11; the appointee will serve until the next regular election, May 5, 2026.
All motions reported at the meeting passed with no recorded dissents and no public comments were made on the items listed above. Where a trustee mover and seconder were spoken on the record, those names are captured in the meeting minutes and are listed below in the actions provenance.
