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Huron School District approves consent agenda, moves to executive session
Summary
At a special Sept. 22 meeting, the Huron School District Board of Education adopted the agenda, approved a consent package including new hires, resignations and contracts, and voted to enter executive session for personnel and contract negotiations.
The Huron School District 02-2 Board of Education on Sept. 22 adopted its meeting agenda, approved a consent agenda that included multiple personnel actions and contracts, and voted to enter executive session to discuss employee performance and contract negotiations.
Board Chairman Ben Birkin opened the special meeting and asked for adoption of the agenda; the board adopted it by voice vote. The board then approved the consent agenda, again by voice vote, which the superintendent described as containing new hires, resignations, a revised employee contract, advertising agreements for district facilities and two student residency/open-enrollment items.
Items listed for board approval in the consent agenda included seven new hires to be covered by the district's workers compensation plan; several resignations including Tammy Barnes (middle school teacher, 15 years of service, effective at the end of the school year) and Asia Bender (special education para at Buchanan, one year of service, effective Sept. 29); and a revised contract for Elizabeth Williamson, described as a behavior interventionist at Madison. The consent agenda also included advertising agreements for the Huron Arena with Henny Penny Pet Corner (2025–2030) and for the Huron Arena and Tiger Stadium with Montgomery Real Estate (2025–2028). The administration reported receipt of a Student Residency Act request (SRA 2025-01) and an open-enrollment request identified as 2025-2; both were listed on the consent agenda.
Chairman Birkin then introduced a motion to move into executive session under South Dakota Codified Law 1-25-2 to discuss qualifications, competence, performance and character of public employees and to prepare for contract negotiations. The motion was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; the board recessed to reconvene in the superintendent's office for the executive session. The board announced there would be no further action immediately following the executive session and that a later agenda item would be a tour of new construction at the high school, with no action expected from that tour.
The meeting included a brief conflict disclosure by board member Levi Carey that he works for HRMC and that the district does certain contracts with HRMC; the board recorded the disclosure and indicated no further action was required.
No roll-call tallies with named votes were recorded in the public transcript; the meeting proceeded via voice votes with no opposition recorded in the public minutes.
Upcoming dates noted on the agenda included parent-teacher conferences Sept. 22 (high school, virtual) and Sept. 29–30 (Washington 4–5 center), a coronation event following a varsity volleyball game on Sept. 23, a homecoming parade and early-release day on Sept. 26, and board meetings scheduled for Oct. 14 and Oct. 27 at 5:30 p.m. in the IPC.
The board also introduced two new student board members for the school year, Charlie Bragg and Gracie Warren. The meeting recessed for executive session after the public business was conducted.
