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Seaman USD 345 board approves curriculum, bids, personnel steps and procedural motions
Summary
At its March 25 meeting the Seaman USD 345 Board of Education approved multiple consent and action items including curriculum recommendations, roofing and equipment bids, policy updates, and procedural motions to convene executive sessions.
The Seaman USD 345 Board of Education approved a series of routine and capital items during its March 25 regular meeting, including curriculum recommendations, facility contracts, equipment purchases and procedural motions to enter executive sessions.
Key approvals and formal actions taken by the board (voice votes unless noted):
- Adopted the meeting agenda as presented (motion passed by voice vote).
- Approved the consent agenda as presented (motion passed by voice vote).
- Approved curriculum and program items presented in teaching and learning reports, including a recommendation to adopt TCI Social Studies Alive for elementary history/government/social studies and high school history resources under a revised adoption timeline (discussion led by curriculum staff; formal adoption of curriculum materials is an ongoing process and was presented for public display March 25–26).
- Approved the district’s summa cum laude criteria for the upcoming seven-period schedule (motion passed by voice vote).
- Approved a 21-credit graduation request for an individual student as presented (motion passed by voice vote).
- Approved policy updates presented at the prior meeting (motion passed by voice vote).
- Accepted procurement and construction bids: • Internet and related services: EM3 Networks (award approved; alternative lower-cost bid reviewed but district recommended continuity with current vendor). • Seaman High School roof coating: Midwest Coating, not to exceed $1,120,000 (construction procurement; motion approved). • West Indianola re-roof: Meridian Roofing, not to exceed $451,710 (construction procurement; motion approved). • Grounds tractor (Kubota) with trade-in: Canequip, contract approved; quoted trade-in amount $85,410.42 (motion approved). • Grounds/landscape services: CutRight Lawn Care LLC for one year, not to exceed $115,350 (motion approved).
- Approved amendments to the agenda to add an additional executive session for student matters, and multiple motions were made to enter executive sessions to discuss student-discipline appeals and employer-employee negotiations pursuant to COMA exceptions (motions approved; sessions convened as described in meeting minutes). The board invited specific administrators into the sessions as recorded.
Most actions were routine and passed by voice vote; where discussion occurred it centered on fiscal prudence and timing (for example, the roofing projects and tractor purchase were discussed briefly to confirm scope and site). Several motions were seconded and approved with the board president calling the voice vote; specific roll-call tallies were not recorded in the public transcript.
