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Board approves $450,000 professional development budget and several routine items
Summary
After a presentation on professional learning, the District of St. Louis County Board approved a $450,000 professional development plan for 2025–26 and voted to carry multiple consent and action items, including curriculum and assessment approvals and routine personnel/contracts.
The District of St. Louis County Board of Education approved the professional development committee's (PDC) 2025–26 plan and budget, requesting roughly $450,000 to support literacy, numeracy, social‑emotional learning, the new teacher academy and stipends for committee leadership.
"My name is Molly Bolton, and I am the chief of teaching, learning accountability," Bolton said in opening the presentation and outlined the PDC's purpose, membership and regulatory limits. Presenters explained that PDC funds derive from a required 1% allocation of foundation program revenue and that 75% of those funds generally must be spent in the same fiscal year.
The budget request broke down to about $341,000 for literacy, numeracy and SEL activities, roughly $100,000 for the new teacher academy and induction programming, and stipends for officers and representatives. Presenters cited program metrics showing high satisfaction (about 98%) from participants and preliminary fidelity and student‑gain measures for selected interventions; they also noted gaps in job‑embedded supports that will be addressed in implementation planning.
During public comment earlier in the meeting, Tim Edie of the Special Education Foundation praised district efforts and shared remarks from Starfish Award winners: "Remember when your students leave the classroom, they'll take a piece of you with them," he told the board.
The board handled a slate of action items and approved them by voice or roll call: LPN instructor salary schedule (5.01), EMT part‑time instructor proposal (5.02), curriculum and assessment plan (5.03), the strategic plan and comprehensive school improvement plan (5.04), the professional development plan and budget (5.05), and substitute contracts (5.06). Several additional items moved later in the meeting, including approval of a 10‑year facilities plan and a June budget adjustment.
Votes at a glance - 5.01 LPN instructor salary schedule — approved - 5.02 EMT part‑time instructor proposal — approved - 5.03 Curriculum and assessment plan — approved - 5.04 Strategic plan and comprehensive school improvement plan — approved - 5.05 Professional development plan and budget (~$450,000) — approved - 5.06 Substitute contracts — approved - 5.08 Ten‑year facilities plan — approved - 5.09 June budget adjustment — approved
The board also approved a motion to hold a closed meeting June 24. Presenters committed to provide follow‑up materials on program measures, district dashboards and a brief on crisis intervention measurement for the board.
