School board approves preliminary levy, ratifies teachers’ contract and signs routine business items

The Independent School District 622 school board on Sept. 22 approved a package of routine and substantive actions, including accepting donations, approving a gymnastics cooperative agreement, certifying the proposed 2025 (payable 2026) property tax levy at the maximum amount permitted, appointing election judges for the Nov. 4 special election, and ratifying a tentative two‑year contract with the teachers’ union.

The board voted to adopt the consent agenda items A through D by voice vote after a motion from Director Seward and a second from Director Anderson; later the board moved and approved item E (a resolution supporting a girls gymnastics cooperative) after Director Yener moved and Director Livingston seconded. Director Yener later thanked staff and parents; the motion carried by voice vote without roll‑call tallies recorded in the minutes.

The board accepted two monetary donations — $120 from Lakeview Lutheran for school supplies and recess equipment and $125 from Connie Hall for school supplies for students in need — and noted the district’s fiscal‑year 2025–26 donations total listed as $15,269 in the meeting materials. Treasurer/finance staff recommended acceptance under the statutory authority cited…