The Worthington Public School District board approved several formal actions during its November meeting.

Key votes
- Comprehensive Achievement and NCIC reports (agenda items 5.4 and NCIC): Motion by Anne, seconded by Laurie; approved by voice vote. Presenters were Sarah Schumann (Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness) and Gladys Aldonna (Nobles County Integration Collaborative).
- Tax abatements (agenda items 5.6 & 5.7): Motion moved by Erin and seconded by Anne; the board conducted a roll call. Votes recorded in the transcript were: Miss Dudley — Aye; Miss Agard — Aye; Miss Judy — Aye; Miss Mills — Aye; Mister Bloom — Aye; Mister Parrish — Aye; Mister Widboom — Aye. Motion passed.
- School Resource Officer agreement (agenda item 5.11): Motion by Matt, seconded by Eric; approved by voice vote. The updated agreement adds DARE at the intermediate school, peer-mediation language and requires SRO participation on the Emergency Preparation Advisory Committee (EPAC); the district pays 60% of nine months of each officer’s salary.
- Policy 7.22 second reading (public data and data subject requests): Motion by Anne, seconded by Laurie, to approve the second reading; board to return it for third/final reading. The new MSBA-supplied paragraph clarifies the district’s approach when a requester fails to pick up or review collected data.
- Employee leave of absence (agenda item 5.9): The board approved an employee’s request for unpaid leave for the remainder of the school year after paid leave exhaustion; the committee recommended approval.

Why it matters: These approvals affect district policy (public data procedures), safety partnerships (SRO agreement), financial obligations (tax abatements), programming and equity initiatives (NCIC), and personnel operations. Several items included follow-up actions: the operations committee will receive the SRO agreement for review and administration will return with budget updates and any required committee-level details.

Next steps: Administration will distribute the SRO agreement to the operations committee, return budget updates after the new fiscal-year adjustments, and present final language for Policy 7.22 at a future meeting.