Lake Stevens board approves consent agenda, personnel actions and surplus of five buses

The Lake Stevens School District Board of Directors unanimously approved a broad consent agenda at its Feb. 25 meeting, including voucher batches, personnel changes, school donations and the surplusing of five district buses.

Director Mari Taylor moved to approve the consent agenda; Director Brian Kesler seconded and the motion carried without dissent. The consent items listed multiple voucher and ACH ranges and specified amounts for different batches, including $10,838.45 covered by warrants 320039–320041 and $2,579.42 covered by ACH numbers 9000015878–9000015908. Personnel actions included several classified hires and multiple resignations and retirements noted in the personnel report. The consent agenda also included co-curricular approvals and several donations: a $550 Stevens Creek PTA grant to Stevens Creek ASB, $20,891.13 from Stevens Creek PTA (APEX fundraiser) for ASB activities, $1,000 from Dorian Studios to Cavelero Mid High, $1,000 from Lake Stevens High Purple & Gold Club to Lake Stevens High ASB HOSA Club, and a $600 National Association of Secondary School Principals student service grant.

The board approved a request to surplus five buses from the district school bus inventory—bus numbers 047, 048, 054, 055 and 050—with vehicle years ranging from 2003 to 2005 and mileages listed in meeting materials. The consent motion also included approval for final acceptance of certain public works projects; that item was moved, seconded by Director Kesler and approved unanimously.

Several items on the consent agenda were presented as informational in the meeting materials but were bundled into the single vote. Director Ryan Dickson and Director Brian Kesler each previously moved and seconded routine procedural approvals earlier in the meeting, including adoption of the Feb. 25 agenda and approval of the Feb. 11 minutes.

The board had no public comments during the meeting and adjourned at 8:00 p.m.