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Board approves consent agenda, two contract releases and July financial statement
Summary
The Grand Forks school board unanimously approved the consent agenda, granted two teacher contract releases (one with liquidated damages enforced, one with a waiver) and approved the district's general fund financial statement for July 1'July 31, 2025.
At Tuesday's meeting the Grand Forks Public Schools board approved several routine and personnel items by roll call.
Consent agenda: The board moved and approved the consent agenda by roll call (9'0yes, 0 no, 0 absent).
Contract releases: Doctor Brenner presented letters of resignation from Lindsay Hansen (fourth-grade teacher at Winship Elementary) effective Aug. 8, 2025, with administrative recommendation to grant release and to enforce liquidated damages under district policy DKBB; the board approved the release by roll call, 9'0yes. The board also approved the release of Justin Lille (special education teacher at Valley Middle School) effective Aug. 7, 2025, with a waiver of liquidated damages under policy DKBB; that motion likewise passed unanimously.
Financial statement: Mister Baumbach presented the general fund financial statement for July 1'July 31, 2025, reporting first-month revenues just over $8,000,000 and expenditures about $2,800,000 (a timing-driven monthly surplus of roughly $5,200,000). Staff cautioned that state receipts arrived early this year, creating timing effects in year-over-year comparisons. The board approved the financial statement by roll call, 9'0yes, 0 no.
All motions were approved with unanimous roll-call votes as recorded in the meeting.
