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Spooner Area School District board approves personnel changes, donations, contracts and budget
Summary
At its April 12 meeting the Spooner Area School District Board approved routine business including two resignations and three hires, accepted multiple donations, approved transportation and technology contracts and advanced budget and policy items, all by voice votes.
The Spooner Area School District Board of Education on April 12 approved a slate of routine business by voice vote, including personnel moves, donations, contracts and preliminary budget items.
Dr. Banker presented two resignations — coaches Oliver Enklam and Alan Norts — and recommended hiring Danielle Jung as an elementary educational paraprofessional and hiring Dwayne Zum and Owen Springer as custodians. The board voted to accept the resignations and to approve the three hires.
Dr. Banker also listed donations for the month. The agenda lists a $957 grant from Healthy Wash Co. for the junior prom and a DonorsChoose contribution listed as $75,326 to the fifth‑through‑eighth grade STEM Fab Lab (agenda text reads $75326). Smaller gifts included $200 from Ljun Steel for the SkillsUSA team, $250 from Shell Lake State Bank to the middle school SkillsUSA team, $200 from Tim Rei State Farm toward SkillsUSA and $225 from ABC Spooner to the middle school SkillsUSA team. The board moved and approved acceptance of the reported donations by voice vote; one board member asked for a brief clarification about the $250 versus $225 line item.
The board approved fundraiser requests (including SkillsUSA fundraisers), the Spooner bus service contract and the handbook committee representative list and timeline, all after prior review at the committee‑of‑the‑whole. The board also approved the district academic and career planning update, certified professional contracts, the non‑teacher employee compensation package and the preliminary budget; members noted budget conversations will continue in coming months.
On technology, the board approved the annual Chromebook purchase and a separate purchase of wireless access points, which staff said were needed because current equipment is at end of life. During the access‑point discussion a board member asked whether large purchases should require roll‑call votes and whether the district uses a dollar threshold; the chair sought unanimous voice approval and the motion carried.
The meeting concluded with second and first readings of Neola policy updates (policy 8510, wellness, and volume 35, number one updates), both advanced as presented. Motions throughout the meeting were approved by voice votes with no roll calls recorded in the transcript.
Next procedural steps: the board will continue budget discussions in upcoming meetings and implement approved hires and purchases through normal administrative processes.
