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Deer Creek board approves budget estimate, facility purchases and series of policy updates in unanimous votes
Summary
At a regularly scheduled Deer Creek Board of Education meeting, trustees approved the district's estimate of needs for FY 2025–26, purchases of furniture and shot clocks, an MOU with teachers' association and updates to multiple board policies. All recorded motions passed by 5-0 votes.
The Deer Creek Board of Education voted unanimously on a package of budget, facilities and policy measures at its September meeting, approving the district's estimate of needs for fiscal year 2025'1, purchases of furniture and two scoreboard shot clocks, a memorandum of understanding with the teachers' association and multiple policy updates.
The board approved the estimate of needs for fiscal year 2025'1 and accepted the financial statements for fiscal year 2024'5. The board also approved consent agenda items 1 through 16 earlier in the meeting.
Separately, the board voted to purchase new wheeled tables for the administration chamber at a quoted price of $19,220 to be paid from bond funds and approved a quote from MetroSign for two basketball shot clocks in the amount of $20,063 to be paid from bond fund 35. The board also approved a memorandum of understanding between the Deer Creek Board of Education and the Deer Creek Association of Classroom Teachers relating to substitute/guest teachers.
Board members approved updates to a series of policies; the board recorded 5-0 votes to adopt changes to A-3 (nondiscrimination), A-4 (civil rights policy), F-25 (guest teachers), F-37 (suspension/termination of support employees), F-44 (standards of performance and conduct for teachers), JGA (student behavior policy), E-15 (fundraising exemptions to smart snack rules), JHCD (administration of medicine to students), JR (reporting suspected child abuse or neglect) and IGBE (Section 504 / ADA procedural safeguards). The superintendent's recommended personnel actions on the posted employment schedule were also approved by a 5-0 vote.
All recorded votes on motions during the meeting carried 5-0: Lay (yes), Keane (yes), Green (yes), Gibbs (yes) and Adamson (yes). No votes against or abstentions were recorded in the meeting transcript.
The actions cleared a range of operational matters the district said required prompt approval, from updating policies to comply with recent state law changes to purchasing equipment and finalizing routine personnel and financial items.
Votes at a glance (key items): - Consent agenda items 1'16: Approved, 5-0. - Estimate of needs for FY 2025'1 and financial statements FY 2024'5: Approved, 5-0. - Quote from K I for wheeled tables for administration chamber, $19,220, paid from bond funds: Approved, 5-0. - Quote from MetroSign for two basketball shot clocks, $20,063, paid from bond fund 35: Approved, 5-0. - Memorandum of understanding with Deer Creek Association of Classroom Teachers (substitute/guest teachers): Approved, 5-0. - Policy updates (A-3, A-4, F-25, F-37, F-44, JGA, E-15, JHCD, JR, IGBE): Each approved, 5-0. - Superintendent's personnel recommendations (posted schedule): Approved, 5-0.
The board adjourned after the final personnel vote.
