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Votes at a glance: Title I‑A position elimination, audit approval, bus purchases and other routine actions
Summary
Trustees approved a Title I‑A position reduction, accepted the 2024–25 financial audit, approved SIA agreement and budget calendar, and authorized purchase of two buses with surplus of two older buses; one board member abstained on the ESD local service plan.
At Wednesday's meeting the Ontario School District board moved through several business items and votes.
- Title I‑A position eliminations: The board approved the previously presented Title I‑A reduction tied to a grant deficit (motion passed by voice vote). The staff had described the change as an $80,000 reduction representing about 3.53 FTE and effective Jan. 20, 2026.
- Audit approval: After hearing the audit presentation, the board approved the 2024–25 financial audit by voice vote.
- SIA agreement: The board opened public comment (none offered) and approved the SIA agreement.
- Budget calendar: Trustees approved the 2026–27 budget calendar by motion and voice vote.
- ESD local service plan: The board approved the ESD local service plan for 2026–27; one board member declared a conflict of interest and abstained from the vote.
- Bus procurement: The board authorized procurement of two new buses and declared buses 6 and 7 surplus; motion carried by voice vote. No dollar amounts were stated at the time of the vote.
- Field trip and scheduling: The board approved a field trip to Eastern Oregon University (EOU) and set the superintendent evaluation meeting for Feb. 9 at 5:30 p.m.
All motions were carried by voice vote during the meeting unless otherwise noted. Where a specific board member moved or seconded, the motion maker was recorded in the meeting minutes; individual roll‑call votes were not recorded in the transcript.
