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Perrydale SD 21 board delays integrated guidance report, approves moving forward with rehiring plan for retiring music teacher
Summary
The Perrydale SD 21 school board voted to adopt an amended agenda moving the integrated guidance report to its December meeting and agreed to pursue a short-term rehiring contract for music teacher Misty Matthews, whose retirement was announced with board approval of contract consideration to return at the December meeting.
The Perrydale SD 21 board opened its meeting by approving an amended agenda that will move the district’s integrated guidance report to the December board meeting and later in the session addressed personnel changes after a longtime teacher announced her retirement.
The board’s chair (Speaker 1) moved to adopt the agenda “moving integrated guidance report to December board meeting,” and the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote, the chair said. The change was recorded as a routine agenda amendment and carried on an aye voice vote.
Why it matters: delaying the integrated guidance report will shift review and any related board action to the December meeting, giving staff more time to prepare and the board time to consider contract language tied to personnel items on that calendar.
The meeting later turned to personnel when Superintendent (Speaker 3) notified the board that music teacher Misty Matthews had submitted a retirement letter and planned to retire in December. “Misty Matthews is retiring, effective at the December,” Superintendent (Speaker 3) said during the personnel discussion. Speaker 3 told the board she had spoken with Matthews and that Matthews “would like to work back for the remainder of the year,” but that rehiring was subject to board approval and contract terms.
After discussion about precedent and contract structure, the board agreed to move forward with preparing a rehiring contract and approved the approach on a motion that carried; the superintendent said the actual contract would be brought back for formal approval at the December meeting. The board did not record a roll-call vote; actions were approved by voice with no individual tallies specified in the minutes.
Board members also approved the consent agenda earlier in the meeting by voice vote and heard brief public comments praising Matthews’s long service. Members of the public who spoke during patron input urged the board to retain the teacher if possible; the superintendent responded that rehiring was a board decision to be finalized with a contract in December.
What’s next: the rehiring contract for Misty Matthews will be prepared by district staff and presented to the board for formal approval at the December meeting; the district’s next regular board meeting was set for Dec. 16, and the integrated guidance report will be heard at that meeting unless otherwise rescheduled.
