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Board approves high‑school math resource, employee handbook changes and co‑curricular handbook updates
Summary
The Whitnall School District board approved three action items: a recommended high‑school math resource, changes to the employee handbook (including a clarified bereavement leave structure), and the 2026–27 co‑curricular handbook update; at least one board member expressed concern about bereavement leave changes.
The Whitnall School District board approved three separate action items during the meeting.
The board approved item 5A, the high‑school mathematics resource recommendation, after a motion and second (motion text recorded as "I will move to approve a 5A high school mathematics resource recommendation as presented"). The board then approved item 5B, changes to the employee handbook for 2026–27. During discussion on 5B a board member asked whether changes to bereavement and funeral leave reduced total leave or only the paid portion; staff clarified the total allowable time remains five days but the paid component is two days with remaining time taken from the employee's own leave. One board member expressed concern, but the motion passed after the vote. Finally the board approved item 5C, the 2026–27 co‑curricular handbook update as presented.
Each motion was moved and seconded on the record; the transcript records the motions and that the items were approved, though individual roll‑call tallies or named yes/no votes were not included in the spoken record for these items.
What happens next: approved materials will be implemented or published per standard district practice and staff will carry out handbook updates and resource adoption paperwork.
