Board approves donations, co-ops, technology plan and staffing; multiple routine motions carried

At its meeting the Tomorrow River School District board approved multiple consent and action items, accepted a donor gift and discussed budget and staffing priorities ahead of referendum planning.

Key votes and approvals recorded in the transcript: - Consent agenda: Motion made and seconded; chair announced the consent agenda was approved by voice vote. - Student Athlete Leadership Team (SALT): Board voted to add SALT to extracurricular offerings (motion carried). - Elementary kindergarten teacher contract: Approved after motion and second. - Cooperative JV athletics with Iola (girls JV golf and JV wrestling): Approved to allow JV-level participation contingent on both districts' approvals. - Donation and golf simulator: Board accepted a check of $15,000 from donor Jerry Guyant to complete the middle-school golf simulator and approved using the donated funds for the project. - Technology plan: Board approved a five-year technology plan and replacement budget. - Early graduation and AP Seminar: Early graduation request approved; board approved offering AP Seminar as a second-semester AP course. - Year-end surplus purchases and vehicle purchases: Board approved end-of-year purchases and the purchase of two vans using budgeted surplus funds. - Transfer of referendum funds to debt service: Board authorized transfer of approximately $49,800 into the debt-service account. - Charter school staffing requests: Board approved staffing increases and reassignments to support virtual and special-education needs at TRCCS. - Motion to enter closed session: Board moved to closed session under state statutes for personnel and negotiations and began a roll-call vote.

Transcript records show motions, seconds and 'aye' responses for each item; full, named roll-call tallies were not transcribed for every vote. Where a formal roll call was requested (closed-session motion) the meeting transcript begins the roll-call sequence.