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Board approves lease amendment, multiple grant renewals and routine items in unanimous votes
Summary
At a regular meeting, the Missoula County Public Schools Board of Trustees approved a short-term lease amendment for space at Cold Springs, several grant renewals and routine consent items. All motions recorded in the transcript passed unanimously by trustees present.
The Missoula County Public Schools Board of Trustees approved a series of routine and programmatic items during its meeting, including a short-term lease amendment for space at the Cold Springs building, renewals of several state grant programs and standard consent and personnel reports.
Board members voted unanimously to amend the existing lease at the Cold Springs Building to add an eighth classroom through June, with the rental rate set at the same per-square-foot rate as the current lease. The request was presented as a short-term modification to an existing agreement with the Missoula Child Care Advantage program. Trustee Hayes moved the motion and Trustee Wake seconded; the motion carried unanimously by the trustees present.
The board also approved consent agendas for elementary and high school matters and approved minutes from the Dec. 10 regular meeting and tonight’s agenda as presented. Elementary and high school personnel reports were approved as presented, and the board recorded unanimous support for those routine items.
Several grant-related approvals were recorded: - The board approved the district’s transformational learning grant report and associated spending plan tied to the state funding allocation. Superintendent Micah Hill explained the grant’s allocation mechanics and how the district adjusted FTE assumptions so funding could cover both elementary and high school programming; the board approved the recommendation for both elementary and high school portions. - The Montana Advanced Opportunities grant renewal for high school and elementary programs was approved. The board approved administratively driven plans to allocate most funds (75%) to building principals for local use and to support work-based learning, CTSO stipends and student-related expenses that reduce out‑of‑pocket costs for families. - The board authorized submission of a Department of Natural Resources Urban and Community Forest IRA grant application to support a playground and outdoor classroom upgrade at the Jefferson Elementary Complex. The project would add trees, an outdoor classroom with a shade structure, a teacher stipend to oversee the project and professional landscaping support.
Each approval was moved and seconded as recorded in the meeting transcript and was carried by a unanimous voice/hand-raise vote from trustees present. The transcript records the motions, the mover and seconder for each item and indicates unanimous approval; exact numeric tallies were not specified in the record.
The meeting also included an informational personnel-and-policy update and a notice that the superintendent evaluation process will be conducted by trustees using a form to be distributed by staff, with completed evaluations due back to board staff by Jan. 24 and a planned executive-session review on Jan. 28.
The board did not record any public comments on the listed agenda items.
