Votes at a glance: Box Elder board approves course, budgets, fees, trust plans and property actions
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Summary
A roundup of board actions during the meeting: course approval for USU ITLS 2500, FY26 capital budget, pickleball club fee amendment, school land trust amendments, surplus-property declaration and policy readings.
The Box Elder School District Board of Education took a set of formal actions during its meeting. This roundup lists each final action recorded on the meeting agenda and the board’s stated outcome.
• USU ITLS 2500 (course approval): Approved. The board approved the USU ITLS 2500 course (technology-enabled instruction through Utah State) to support the district’s planned CAPS pilot and concurrent-enrollment capstone work. (See separate meeting discussion for details.)
• FY26 Capital Improvement Budget: Approved. The board approved a $3.8 million capital improvement budget to fund prioritized high-, medium- and selected low-priority projects across district facilities.
• Pickleball Club fee amendment at Box Elder High School: Approved. The board approved an amendment to the district’s fee schedule to allow a fee for participants in the newly created Pickleball Club at Box Elder High School. The motion as recorded in the board packet described adding a $230 amount for each participant; district staff had described tournament fees earlier in the discussion as up to $20 per tournament and noted that travel or bussing could be covered within the fee. The board approved the amendment by voice vote.
• School land trust plan amendments (multiple schools): Approved. The board approved a set of school land trust plan amendments that reflect school community council budget adjustments and contingency planning for unfilled paraprofessional positions. No goal changes were reported; the amendments reflect reallocation within previously approved plans.
• Surplus property declaration (South Willard and Deweyville parcels): Approved. Following a closed session to discuss the purchase and sale of real property, the board voted to declare surplus two district-owned properties — one in South Willard on the east side of Highway 89 and one in Deweyville — and authorized the district to begin the statutory surplus/offer process.
• Policies — first and second readings: Approved. The board approved a slate of policy updates on first reading and approved selected policies on second reading with an amendment to policy language about guest electronic-device use (the board amended the model language to prohibit use that "impacts academic activities"). Board members discussed concerns about phrasing such as "significantly impairs" and agreed to clarify the operative standard.
• School and Trust Plans for 2024–25: Approved. The board approved the school and trust plans for the 2024–25 school year, including the amendments discussed above.
Where motions included roll-call votes, votes were taken by voice and recorded as approved. The meeting minutes and district packet contain the official motions and documentation for each item.