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Votes at a glance: Hermiston School District board amends calendar, adopts 2025–26 calendar, refers complaints to investigator and approves planning parameters
Summary
The Hermiston School District Board of Education on March 10 voted to add an instructional day to the 2024–25 calendar, adopted the 2025–26 calendar, approved budget planning parameters and referred two complaints to a third‑party investigator after executive session.
The Hermiston School District Board of Education took several formal actions at its March 10 meeting, including calendar changes, budget planning approvals and decisions following an executive session on complaints. Key outcomes are below.
Votes at a glance
- Move one day to the 2024–25 calendar (motion carried 6–1): The board voted to move the final student day from June 10 to June 11 and the final teacher day similarly by one day to meet Oregon Division 22 minimum instructional‑hour requirements after winter weather closures. The motion to "accept the new proposed calendar" passed 6–1 (tally: yes 6, no 1). The mover and seconder were not recorded on the public transcript.
- Adopt 2025–26 school year calendar (unanimous): The board adopted the 2025–26 calendar as presented after discussion of conference week alignment with regional districts (tally: yes 7, no 0).
- Adopt budget planning parameters (unanimous): The board unanimously accepted the administration's planning parameters for the 2025–26 budget process, which included a flat ADMw assumption and a target ending fund balance of 10 percent for budgeting purposes (tally: yes 7, no 0).
- Executive session outcomes on complaints (unanimous): After an executive session convened under ORS 192.660(2)(b), the board voted to take no action on a complaint received March 6 (motion passed unanimously). The board also voted to refer two complaints received March 10 to a third‑party investigator; that motion passed unanimously.
- Consent items (unanimous): The board approved consent items 8.1.1 through 8.4.1; the motion passed unanimously.
What the votes mean
Administrators said moving one school day for 2024–25 brings the district into alignment with required instructional hours for grades 9–11 and avoids counting exceptions to meet the total. Board members debated the tradeoffs of adding days versus using other exceptions; one member stressed that in‑seat instruction time is the most reliable way to increase student learning.
The referrals to a third‑party investigator were made following a closed executive session; the board announced the motions and recorded unanimous votes after the executive session.
Formal actions recorded
The meeting record lists the following motions as moved and seconded at public session and during the meeting's return from executive session. (Text below mirrors the meeting transcript.)
- "I move we accept the new proposed calendar." — motion carried 6–1 (tally: yes 6, no 1).
- "I move that we adopt the 20 25, 26 school year calendar..." — motion carried unanimously (tally: yes 7, no 0).
- "I move that we accept the planning parameters as presented by Miss Sol." — motion carried unanimously (tally: yes 7, no 0).
- "Regarding the complaint received March 6 that no action be taken on that complaint." — motion carried unanimously (tally: yes 7, no 0).
- "For the 2 complaints received March 10, that those both be referred to a third party investigator." — motion carried unanimously (tally: yes 7, no 0).
- Consent items 8.1.1 through 8.4.1 approved — motion carried unanimously (tally: yes 7, no 0).
