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Votes at a glance — Huron School District 02-2 board meeting, May 12, 2025
Summary
The board conducted routine business and cast ballots on association positions; key outcomes include adoption of the agenda, approval of the consent agenda, voting on SDHSAA positions and bylaws amendments, approval of executive session motions, denial of a leave of absence request and acceptance of a resignation effective May 12.
This summary lists formal actions recorded during the May 12 Huron School District 02-2 Board of Education meeting. Where the transcript does not record individual roll‑call votes, the outcome is reported as stated on the record.
Adoption of the agenda: Chairman Van Berkem called for adoption of the meeting agenda; the board moved, seconded and adopted the agenda by voice vote.
Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda, which included approval/correction of prior minutes, financial reports and bills; eight new hires requiring board approval for worker compensation coverage; several resignations (Britney Newhart; a list of paraeducators and other staff); one contract for Jill Neidhart (law and public safety teacher, 1 class per semester at the CTE center); one open enrollment request (OE2025-05); a memorandum of understanding between Huron High School and PDK Educators Rising; grant applications (United Way late bus grant $6,000; United Way Heartland Region $5,000 and Northwestern Energy $5,000 for refurbishing a Steinway grand piano); and a memorandum of understanding with Big Language Solutions LLC. The board moved and seconded approval and the consent agenda passed by voice vote.
SDHSAA ballots and amendments: The board cast ballots for SDHSAA officer and representative positions as recommended by the superintendent and activities director: Billy Clanton (small group board representative — Harding County), Ryan Raulinger (East River at‑large representative — Harrisburg), Jordan Bauer (Division 1 representative — Rapid City Central) and Chad Allison (Division 3 representative — Lenox). The board also voted “yes” on the submitted SDHSAA constitution and bylaw amendments (amendments 1–5) as presented.
Old business votes: The board approved the bus conduct matrix on second reading (voice vote) and ratified the teacher negotiations (voice vote).
Executive session and actions afterward: The board entered executive session under South Dakota Codified Law 1‑25‑2 subsections (1) (personnel—qualification, competence, performance, character or fitness) and (4) (contract negotiations). After returning to open session, the board took two actions recorded on the public record: - Deny leave of absence request from Bridal Nous (paraeducator at Madison); motion to deny was moved, seconded and carried by voice vote. - Accept a resignation effective May 12, 2025; motion to approve the resignation was moved, seconded and carried by voice vote.
Adjournment: The board approved a motion to adjourn; voice vote recorded.
Notes: Where the transcript records only voice votes (“aye”), individual board member votes or numeric tallies were not read into the public record and thus are not reported here. Specific contract terms or closed‑session details were not disclosed in open session.
