Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Board Actions Roundup topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Spooner Area School District board approves personnel moves, donations, contracts and preliminary budget
Summary
At its regular meeting the Spooner Area School District Board of Education approved two resignations and three hires, accepted several donations, approved contracts and technology purchases, and adopted a preliminary budget; most items passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
At 6:00 p.m., the Spooner Area School District Board of Education convened and approved a package of routine business items, voting by voice on personnel changes, donations, contracts, the preliminary budget and several technology purchases.
The board accepted the resignations of two athletic coaches, Oliver Enklam and Alan Norts, and approved hiring Danielle Jung as an elementary special-education paraprofessional and Dwayne Zum and Owen Springer as custodians. "Do I have a motion to accept the resignations of those two individuals?" the chair asked before the board voted; the motion carried by voice vote.
Administrators reported donations for board acceptance, including a $957 grant from Healthy Wash Co. to support the junior prom, and small contributions toward SkillsUSA programs from Ljun Steel ($200), Shell Lake State Bank ($250), Tim Rei State Farm ($200), and ABC Spooner ($225). The meeting minutes record a DonorsChoose contribution to the district's 5th–8th grade STEM Fab Lab, but the amount in the minutes is unclear; district records should be consulted for the precise figure. The board approved accepting the donations by voice vote.
The board approved routine fundraiser requests, authorized a Spooner bus service contract that had been discussed at the committee of the whole, and approved the handbook committee representative list and timeline. It also approved the district academic and career planning update and the next certified professional contracts. A compensation package for non-teaching employees and the preliminary budget were approved after motions and seconding; the chair noted budget conversations will continue in coming months.
On technology, the board approved an annual Chromebook purchase and replacement of end-of-life wireless access points. One board member asked whether prior practice required a roll-call vote for higher-dollar items; members noted that past practice sometimes used roll-call for significant expenditures but the board proceeded with a unanimous voice vote on the access-point purchase.
The board completed its agenda with the second readings of several Neola policy updates, including policy 8510 on wellness, and approved the first reading of another group of Neola updates. A motion to adjourn passed by voice vote.
The meeting was adjourned after all items were approved. Recorded motions passed by voice vote; no roll-call vote tallies were recorded in the transcript.
