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Parent questions coach rehiring process; board declines to act on $34,873 wrestling mat purchase
Summary
A parent urged clarity on coach hiring and rehiring, the board approved multiple coach appointments (with one abstention) under a blanket personnel motion and an item to buy wrestling mats for $34,873.61 died for lack of motion.
During the public forum at the March 18 Albert Gallatin Area School Board meeting, parent David Sines urged the board to clarify procedures for hiring, evaluating and rehiring coaches.
Sines raised the concern publicly; the minutes record the comment but do not show a direct reply from the board. The board later approved a blanket personnel motion that included approval of a slate of high-school and middle-school coaches for the upcoming seasons. The hiring slate listed head coaches for football, boys and girls soccer, volleyball, golf, cheerleading, boys and girls basketball and wrestling, as well as volunteer coaches for middle-school baseball and cheerleading.
Board member Ryan Robinson recorded an abstention on two items involving cheerleading (identified as Item 6 and Item 10 on the agenda); otherwise the personnel blanket motion passed with the members present voting in favor.
A separate line-item to purchase wrestling mats from Resilite Independent Sales Pro. for $34,873.61 (to be paid from Capital Projects; CoStar Contract No. 014-E22-263) was on the agenda but "died for the lack of motion" and was not approved.
The minutes also record that the board rescinded a prior motion to hire Eric Lind as an assistant volunteer boys baseball coach and accepted the resignation of cafeteria employee Jennifer Walters.
The minutes do not provide additional detail about the district's coach-evaluation or rehiring policy nor do they record a discussion explaining why the wrestling mats item received no motion. The board's personnel approvals were contingent on receipt of required documentation where noted.
