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Votes at a glance: North Marion SD 15 approves routine items, local service plan, policy adoptions, and RIF authorization
Summary
The board approved the agenda, consent agenda, the Willamette ESD local service plan, policy adoptions (second reading), and authorized the superintendent to proceed with reduction-in-force planning.
At its meeting the North Marion SD 15 board recorded the following actions:
- Agenda: The board accepted the meeting agenda as presented (motion moved and seconded; voice vote; motion carried).
- Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda (motion moved and seconded; voice vote; motion carried).
- Local service plan (Willamette ESD): The board approved the district’s local service plan listing services available through Willamette ESD; approval does not obligate the district to purchase all listed services.
- Policy adoptions: The board adopted policy updates presented in second reading, including clarifications to graduation requirements (confirming a 25-credit graduation requirement and linking to the high-school counselor forecasting page) and adjustments to administrative complaint procedures.
- Authorization to conduct Reduction in Force (RIF): The board voted to authorize the superintendent to conduct a reduction in force as part of the budget-reduction process for 2025–26.
Several votes were taken by voice; the transcript records the motions, seconds and voice approvals but does not include roll-call tallies with member-by-member votes. Where additional approvals or actions are required (such as union negotiation or calendar adjustments for furlough days), administration indicated those steps will follow board direction.
The board recessed briefly and announced it would move into executive session under ORS 192.660(2)(f) to consider exempt records.
