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Woodburn board approves personnel recommendations and accepts $150,000 grant to support newcomer students
Summary
The board approved confirmation items and accepted the superintendent’s recommendations on renewals, non-renewals and contract extensions; staff confirmed a $150,000 immigrant and refugee student success planning grant that must be expended by June.
The Woodburn School District board on March 11 approved routine confirmation items and accepted the superintendent’s recommendations on contract renewals, non-renewals and extensions for administrators, teachers and supervisors.
Board members discussed the statutory timeline for personnel actions and the district’s evaluation process, which includes goal-setting, a minimum of four informal observations and two formal observations. The superintendent explained temporary one-year contracts subject to non-renewal are distinguished from multi-year contract status changes and noted that legal counsel had been consulted about contract language and renewal lengths.
The board also heard from staff that the district has been awarded a $150,000 immigrant and refugee student success planning grant from the Oregon Department of Education that must be expended by the end of June. Superintendent lidios described the grant activities, including professional development, learning walks and guidance materials targeting newcomer students and the plan to spend the funds within the short timeframe.
A motion to accept the superintendent's recommendations and the confirmation items carried on the record (vote recorded as carried). Board members asked staff to provide follow-up details on implementation timelines and supports for administrators and teachers affected by non-renewals.
