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Todd County School District 66-1 trustees approve student trips, handbooks and a personnel waiver; executive session set on student safety
Summary
At the Sept. 22 meeting, the Todd County School District 66-1 board approved overnight student trips to the ACES conference and Haskell Kansas University, adopted the district’s 2025–26 comprehensive plan and Special Education Handbook, approved an administrative rule waiver for Holly Critchfield, and voted to enter executive session to discuss student safety and personnel.
Todd County School District 66-1 trustees met Sept. 22 and approved a set of routine and student-focused items, including two overnight student trips, adoption of district planning and special-education materials, and an administrative waiver request. The board also voted to enter executive session to discuss student safety and personnel.
The board removed item F3 from the consent agenda at the start of the meeting because trustee Mark said he would recuse himself from that vote. After the consent agenda was amended and considered, trustees moved to approve the consent items; an individual vote was then held on the pulled item with Mark recused. The transcript records the motions and affirmative votes on the consent items.
Trustees approved an overnight trip for students to attend the ACES conference after a motion by Amanda and a second by Mark; the motion passed with trustees answering in the affirmative on the record. Trustees also approved a separate overnight trip for Todd County High School students to visit Haskell Kansas University (motion by Amanda; second by Chris).
The board reviewed and approved the 2025–26 comprehensive plan and the Todd County School District Special Education Handbook. A trustee asked whether the district attorney had reviewed the materials; the transcript records the question but does not include an explicit spoken confirmation from legal counsel in the segments provided.
In personnel business, trustees moved to recommend approval of an administrative rule waiver application for Holly Critchfield; the motion was seconded and recorded as approved. Toward the end of the meeting the board voted to enter executive session under a cited South Dakota statute to discuss personnel and student safety. A member of the public, Connie Watts, asked whether the executive session would address personnel or safety; the chair indicated it would cover both.
The meeting record shows motions, seconding trustees and affirmative on-the-record votes for these items; precise roll-call tallies by full name were not consistently recorded in the transcript segments provided. The board indicated it will hold two student hearings the following Wednesday (start times were discussed verbally as 05:15 / 05:30 in the transcript) and appointed tasks such as identifying an assembly delegate for a November 21 assembly.
The meeting then moved into executive session as recorded on the agenda.
