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Votes at a glance: Ontario School District board actions, March 31, 2025
Summary
A summary of formal votes taken by the Ontario School District board on March 31, including agenda changes, program approvals, field-trip authorization and a construction contract award.
The Ontario School District Board of Directors recorded several formal actions during its March 31 meeting. The board took voice votes on approvals and procedural items; specific recorded tallies were not provided in the public transcript. Listed below are the motions the board approved by voice vote during the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Add agenda item: The board voted to add an agenda change to include approval of Alpine Construction Management for the May Roberts kitchen project as item 15. Motion: add item 15 to business. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Approve 2025—27 Integrated Programs application: Motion to approve the district's integrated application and submit to the Oregon Department of Education. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Postpone health curriculum adoption: Motion to postpone the district's health curriculum adoption until ODE provides additional curriculum options; the board authorized submission of the required form to ODE. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Approve Source of Strength field trip (OHS): Motion to approve a field trip for a small group of Ontario High School students to participate in the Source of Strength program (peer-wellness and suicide-prevention emphasis). Outcome: approved by voice vote. The presenter said the program intentionally keeps cohort sizes small and that Counselor Dr. Susan Hockstraat will supervise students.
- Bring second readings for policies (items 4—14) to the next regular meeting: Motion to bring second readings of policies numbered 4 through 14 at the March 31, 2025 regular meeting forward for final action at the next meeting. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
- Approve Alpine Construction Management contract for May Roberts kitchen: Motion to award the general-contract bid for the May Roberts kitchen remodel to Alpine Construction Management (winning bid $382,060) with an engineer-recommended 10% contingency; board approved and named subcontractors for HVAC, plumbing and electrical. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
Notes: The transcript records the approvals as voice votes with "all in favor, say aye." Specific roll-call tallies or named yea/nay votes were not recorded in the publicly available transcript. Where motions were moved and seconded, the transcript captured those motions and seconds but often did not identify the mover/second by full name in the public section of the record.
