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Board approves routine items including textbook appropriation, contracts, pay and personnel (all motions passed 3–0)
Summary
Trustees voted unanimously on a set of routine agenda items: approval of April 14 minutes; a transfer to cover textbook adoption; renewal of a property‑tax analysis engagement; contract with Edmentum for credit recovery; reimbursement to the town for recreation; cafeteria pay scale update; athletic handbook; acknowledgement of grants; and approval of the personnel report.
At the May 12 meeting the School Town of Speedway Board of Trustees approved a package of routine items by 3–0 votes.
Approvals recorded during the meeting included: • Approval of the April 14, 2026 minutes (motion moved by speaker 4; seconded by speaker 5). • Resolution to transfer appropriations within the education fund to cover English‑adoption textbooks (moved by speaker 5; seconded; passed 3–0). • Letter of engagement to continue a partnership with Policy Analytics for property tax base and revenue analysis (moved by speaker 4; seconded; passed 3–0). • Contract approval for Edmentum to provide credit‑recovery services for high‑school students (staff reported about 69 students used the service; motion moved by speaker 5; seconded; passed 3–0). • Reimbursement to the Town of Speedway of up to $15,000 for summer recreation program support and up to $7,000 for swim lessons serving district children (moved by speaker 4; seconded; passed 3–0). • Approval of the cafeteria pay scale for 2026–27, described in the packet as a 50¢ raise with the presented scale/value of $26.27 (moved by speaker 5; seconded; passed 3–0). • Approval of the 2026–27 athletic handbook, unchanged from the prior year per the packet (moved by speaker 5; seconded; passed 3–0). • Acknowledgement of grants received totaling $182,757.26. • Approval of the personnel report, which listed three resignations and several hires and a volunteer coach (motion moved by speaker 4; seconded; passed 3–0).
Staff described vetting of contracted services before approving the Edmentum agreement and said the credit‑recovery contract had been used by roughly 69 of the district’s ~550 students (about 12%). The board recorded each motion and confirmed unanimous approval where noted.
No items were tabled or failed. Several items were described as recurring or routine; the board indicated it will review some program expenditures at year end for efficiency.
