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Board approves consent agenda and budget calendar unanimously; consent package lists hires, donations and policy referral
Summary
The Newberg‑Dundee board unanimously approved the consent agenda and the 2025–26 budget calendar. The consent agenda included a retirement/rehire, multiple donations and a referral of a cell‑phone policy update back to the policy committee.
At its meeting the Newberg‑Dundee Public Schools Board of Directors approved two formal motions by voice vote.
The board voted to approve the consent agenda as presented (motion moved and seconded on the record). The consent agenda as discussed in the meeting included: the retirement and rehire of Janelle Almquist; donations including $300 from the Rotary Club of Newburg for a welcome‑back staff lunch, $5,500 from the Oregon Community Foundation for the Derek Robert Burton ’55 scholarship at Newberg High School, and $1,250 to a Louie Marche Memorial Reading Fund at Dundee Elementary; approval of minutes; and policy updates. Board members referred 1 policy update (JFCEB, the district cell‑phone policy) back to the policy committee for additional review because the district compared its language to an Oregon School Boards Association (OSBA) sample and found wording gaps; the policy committee is scheduled to meet next week and staff expects to return the policy for a second reading at the Oct. 28 meeting.
The board also voted to approve the 2025–26 budget calendar as presented. The motion to adopt the 2025–26 budget calendar passed by voice vote and was recorded as carried unanimously.
Votes and tallies recorded in the meeting: both motions were carried unanimously on voice votes (meeting record indicates the final tally as 6–0). Individual roll‑call names were not read for either motion during the meeting.
Formal actions recorded from the meeting:
- Motion: "That the Newberg Dundee Public Schools Board of Directors approve the consent agenda as presented." Outcome: approved (unanimous voice vote; final tally recorded as 6–0). Notes: Consent agenda items included personnel actions, donations and policy referral of JFCEB back to policy committee for revised language.
- Motion: "That the Newberg Dundee Public Schools Board of Directors approve the 2025–26 budget calendar for the 2026–27 budget as presented." Outcome: approved (unanimous voice vote; final tally recorded as 6–0).
Board members or staff did not record a roll‑call vote for these items in the transcript; the meeting clerk recorded the motions and the chair called the votes. The board will continue to consider policy revisions and agenda items at its Oct. 28 meeting at Catalyst High School.
