Board approves travel, policy revisions, facility fees, a bus replacement and accepts state grant funding
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Summary
The Fremont County School District #25 board approved out-of-state travel for Riverton High School’s band, adopted several revised policies on first reading, approved a district facility use and fee structure, authorized scrapping one 81-passenger bus and replacing it with a 75-passenger Bluebird bus, accepted $52,775 from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality for the bus purchase, and accepted two staff resignations.
At its regular meeting, the Fremont County School District #25 Board of Trustees approved a series of routine administrative actions, including travel authorizations, policy revisions, facility fee changes, a bus replacement plan, acceptance of a state grant and personnel resignations.
Travel and policies Speaker 6 moved that the board approve Riverton High School band students to travel to Denver, Colorado, in April 2026 to participate in Music in the Parks. The motion was seconded by Speaker 2 and approved by voice vote.
Speaker 9 moved to adopt revised Policy 4115 (school sponsors, field trips, and activities), Policy 1190 (participation at board meetings), and Policy 6137 (treatment of head lice) on first reading; the board approved the motion. Speaker 4 noted that more substantial revisions to the Policy 4115 (R/E) series will be presented as an information item at the next meeting.
Facility use and bus replacement The board voted to approve the district’s facility use and fee structure as presented. The board also approved a recommendation to scrap one 81-passenger Bluebird bus and replace it with a 75-passenger Bluebird bus; board discussion noted that the state had already approved the replacement and that specific bus details appear in the meeting attachments (the bus number discussed in conversation was identified as '742').
State grant and personnel actions The board accepted $52,775 from the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality to be applied toward the purchase of the 75-passenger Bluebird bus. Speaker 11 moved the acceptance of funds and the motion carried by voice vote.
On personnel matters, Speaker 6 moved the board accept resignations from Riverton Middle School part-time musical theatre teacher Molly Thornton Bergen and Rendezvous Elementary third grade teacher Abigail Serta, both effective May 22, 2026. The motion was approved by voice vote.
Procedural notes Votes recorded in the transcript are by voice ('Aye') and no opposing votes were recorded in the provided transcript excerpts for these items. The board concluded by moving to an executive session for personnel.
The actions recorded here reflect motions and voice approvals noted in the meeting transcript; specific documentation (attachments referenced for bus details and the policies) will provide the formal paperwork and line-item budget implications for these decisions.