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Board approves interim middle school principal; two items tabled after late resignation
Summary
At a regular meeting (board name not specified in the transcript), the board tabled two agenda items after receiving a resignation and approved a recommendation to appoint Jeff Gleson (name spelled inconsistently in the transcript) as interim middle school principal for the 2025–2026 school year.
At a regular meeting (the governing body is not named in the transcript), the board moved to table two agenda items after administration received a resignation letter and approved a recommendation to appoint Jeff Gleson as interim middle school principal for the remainder of the 2025–2026 school year, the chair said.
The chair read the board’s public-comment rules at the start of the meeting, telling attendees that the public-comment period is for information only, not for discussion, and that comments identifying students or staff or raising personnel matters are not permitted; the chair cited Montana law and district policy in explaining privacy limits.
The chair informed the board that a resignation received after the agenda was published rendered action items A and B irrelevant to the evening’s business and asked whether members objected to tabling those items; a board member said the items should be tabled, and the chair confirmed the decision to table them.
On action item C, the chair introduced a recommendation to approve Jeff Gleson as interim middle school principal. The chair said Gleson had previously served the district as a superintendent and most recently as an interim elementary principal; the chair cited continuity for sixth- and seventh-grade students as the main reason for the recommendation and said a formal principal search is expected to begin "probably the next three weeks." The chair said the position posting has already been made and that the district will try to have interviews within that search window.
A motion to approve the recommendation was made and seconded (the transcript does not identify who moved or seconded). The chair called for a voice vote: "All in favor of the motion to recommend to approve the recommendation of Jeff Bless as interim middle school principal say I." The chair recorded the result: "I. Motion carries." The transcript uses both spellings "Jeff Gleson" and "Jeff Bless"; the name is presented here as spelled in the agenda portion of the record and noted as inconsistent elsewhere in the transcript.
The chair closed the meeting and advised members of the public seeking further explanation to contact the administration directly for follow-up.
The board took no public comments during the non-agenda public-comment period.
