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Red Clay board unanimously approves financial report, bus-yard agreement, procedures, priorities and donations
Summary
At its Sept. 17 meeting the Red Clay Consolidated School District Board of Education unanimously approved a district financial position report required by state law, a bus-yard agreement with New Castle County Vo-Tech, standard operating procedures, district priorities for 2025–26 and multiple school donations.
The Red Clay Consolidated School District Board of Education on Sept. 17 voted unanimously to approve the district's financial position report, a bus-yard agreement with New Castle County Vo-Tech, updated standard operating procedures, the superintendent's priorities for the 2025'026 school year and a series of community donations.
The board approved the financial position report after a motion by board member Jose Matthews and a second from board member English. The superintendent noted the vote was “in accordance with Section 15-107, Title 14, Delaware Code,” a state statute that requires local school districts to complete a school district financial position report.
Board members also approved a cooperative bus yard agreement with New Castle County Vo-Tech that will allow shared use of adjacent space, installation of modular office units for the district's transportation department and shared maintenance coordination. The board discussed the agreement as a cost-saving and cooperative measure and heard a staff summary of the arrangement before voting.
Other items approved included adoption of updated standard operating procedures, the superintendent's stated priorities for the 2025'026 year (monitoring student learning and opportunity gaps; strengthening board governance through ongoing training; and enhancing family, community and student engagement) and a group of donations from local organizations and individuals to specific schools.
Votes on routine donations and consent items were handled individually on the agenda and passed. The board approved minutes from the Aug. 20 executive and regular sessions earlier in the meeting.
Votes at a glance (items discussed and passed Sept. 17): - Approval: Minutes (Executive session, Aug. 20, 2025) — Outcome: Approved (unanimous) - Approval: Minutes (Regular session, Aug. 20, 2025) — Outcome: Approved (unanimous) - Action A: Financial Position Report (Section 15-107, Title 14, Delaware Code) — Mover: Jose Matthews; Second: English; Vote: Unanimous "Yes" recorded for English, Hinson, Matthews, Doctor Nesmith, Sander, Twartas, Leonard — Outcome: Approved - Action B: Bus yard agreement with New Castle County Vo-Tech (shared modular office space, shared maintenance) — Mover: (motion recorded); Second: English; Vote: Unanimous — Outcome: Approved - Action C: Standard Operating Procedures (estimated) — Mover: Doctor Nesmith; Second: Susan Sander; Vote: Unanimous — Outcome: Approved - Action D: Superintendent priorities for 2025'026 (monitoring learning, board development, engagement) — Mover: English; Second: Sanders; Vote: Unanimous — Outcome: Approved - Donations (individual items approved): Rollins Orthodontics $500 for families at H.B. DuPont Middle School (approved); 150 backpacks and school supplies valued at $3,000 from Phillips, Cohen & Associates to Johnson Elementary (approved); $3,000 from adopttheclassroom.org to Marbrook Elementary (six teachers, $500 each) (approved); $7,000 from Elaine Leonard/Just Mentoring Program to support mentoring and leadership across middle and high schools (approved). All donation motions passed by voice vote as recorded on the agenda. - Consent agenda and all listed consent items — Outcome: Approved (unanimous)
The board recorded motions, seconds and roll-call votes on multiple action items; where roll-call was taken the meeting minutes list each member's recorded vote.
