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Laurel trustees approve hires, multiple handbooks and routine district business; flex/HSA account approved pending OPI confirmation
Summary
At their meeting trustees approved routine personnel hires (coaches, visually impaired specialist, ESY teacher, bus driver), several student and transportation handbooks, records‑destruction and other housekeeping items; the board approved a new flex/HSA account contingent on confirmation from OPI.
The Laurel School District Board approved a slate of routine personnel actions, handbooks and fiscal housekeeping items during its regular meeting.
Key approvals included:
- Consent agenda (with a correction to the May 26 minutes) — motion passed. - 2026–27 co‑curricular and extracurricular contracts (middle-school activities and winter high‑school coaches) — motion passed. - Hiring of Amy Henkins as the district's visually impaired specialist — motion passed. - Hiring of Miss Jorgensson for ESY special-education instruction — motion passed. - Approval to hire bus driver W. Christensen — motion passed. - Approvals of the Laurel Middle School and K–5 handbooks, Laurel Elementary MBI and Laurel Intermediate MVI handbooks, the transportation handbook and the bus‑driver handbook — motions passed. - First reading of policy 6410 (administrative evaluation) — approved on first reading. - Approval of out‑of‑district student agreements for next year — motion passed. - Approval of a separate district account for flex and HSA employee spending, contingent on confirmation with OPI — motion carried with that contingency. - Approval of scheduled records destruction across business office, schools and transportation, to be executed in July to align with fiscal-year timing.
Motions generally followed standard procedure (motion, second, "All in favor say 'I'" and chair statement that the motion carried). Where recorded, motions were moved by trustees such as Donnie with seconds recorded by Noel or Vanessa; votes were announced in the meeting verbally rather than by detailed roll call counts.
Financial and operational items: the board also approved opening a new account to isolate employee flex/HSA funds from county funds, and directed administration to check with the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) to confirm compliance before final processing.
