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Board approves consent agenda, accepts two contract releases and approves financial statement
Summary
The board approved the consent agenda and by separate roll-call votes granted contract releases for two teachers (one with liquidated-damages enforcement, one with a waiver), and accepted the district's July general-fund financial statement; all votes were unanimous (9-0).
The Grand Forks Public Schools Board unanimously approved the consent agenda and several personnel and financial items during the meeting.
The consent agenda was moved by Doctor Lund and seconded by Mister Cleven; the board approved it by roll call, 9 yes, 0 no.
Doctor Brenner presented a resignation from Lindsay Hansen, fourth-grade teacher at Winship Elementary School, effective Aug. 8, 2025, and recommended granting a release from the 2025'26 contract with enforcement of liquidated damages under policy d k b b. Mister Cleven moved to grant the release and Mister Manley seconded; the motion passed 9-0.
A separate resignation from Justin Lille, a special-education teacher at Valley Middle School effective Aug. 7, 2025, was presented. Doctor Brenner recommended release from the 2025'26 contract with a waiver of liquidated damages under policy d k b b; Mister Anderson moved, Mister Larson seconded, and the board approved the waiver by a 9-0 roll-call vote.
Mister Baumbach presented the general-fund financial statement for July 1'July 31 (the first month of the fiscal year). He reported about $8,000,000 in revenues and $2,800,000 in expenditures for the month and cautioned that timing of state revenue receipts can distort year-over-year comparisons. Doctor Hodak moved to approve the statement; Mister Anderson seconded and the motion passed, 9-0.
Earlier in the meeting Mister Bakke had summarized longer-term budget work, noting "the overall reduction is about $280,000" and explaining that reclassifying Avid program professional-development costs from Title IV to Title II helped balance the budget without additional general-fund spending.
All listed motions passed by roll-call vote with nine yes votes and zero no votes.
