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Board approves consent agenda, student trips, STEM grant and donations
Summary
At its regular meeting the MSD Martinsville Schools board approved the consent agenda (one abstention), field trips and conferences, an IDOE STEM grant, and multiple community donations; motions passed by voice vote.
The MSD Martinsville Schools board approved a series of routine items by voice vote, including the consent agenda (with one board member abstaining), student trips, professional conferences, a recurring IDOE STEM grant and several community donations.
Consent agenda: The board approved meeting minutes, payroll and check claims, budgetary claims and the personnel report. A board member announced an abstention on one consent item because of an unrelated personal business association; otherwise the consent agenda passed.
Student trips and conferences: Trustees approved an overnight Martinsville High School academic decathlon trip to Louisville in January, attendance at the DLAC Ignite conference in Sacramento (Feb. 18–20) for a staff member referenced as "Mrs. Oakley," and staff attendance at the Skyward ICON conference in St. Petersburg, Florida (Feb. 25–27).
IDOE STEM grant: The board accepted an IDOE STEM grant to enhance computer science offerings. The board publicly thanked district staff and a noted grant writer for securing the award.
Donations: The board accepted multiple donations as a single block vote, including: Sertoma ($800 to Martinsville High School academic ECA), Greek's Pizzeria ($840 to special services), Indiana Pork Producers ($850 to FFA), Society of Indiana Pioneers ($1,000 to Green Township), BK5K youth fund ($1,600 to the orchestra), and the Clements Family Foundation ($2,000 to the high school tennis program).
All motions were approved by voice vote; the public record in the meeting did not include roll-call tallies for individual yes/no votes.
