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Trustees approve superintendent evaluation, faculty manual updates and routine business by voice vote
Summary
At its July 23 meeting the Smith Vocational Agricultural High School Board approved the superintendent's evaluation, adopted faculty manual updates (including student AI guidance), accepted surplus equipment for resale/scrap and authorized FY24 invoice payments; several routine items were approved by voice vote and facility‑use rate updates were tabled to September.
The Smith Vocational Agricultural High School Board of Trustees approved multiple routine and personnel items at its July 23 meeting, including the superintendent's composite evaluation, faculty manual updates and several business motions, all by voice vote.
Trustee Julie presented a composite evaluation of Superintendent Dr. Lincoln Hooker, covering four standards — instructional leadership, management and operations, family and community engagement, and professional culture. After discussion the board made a motion to approve the evaluation as presented with a minor typographical correction; the motion passed by voice vote. Dr. Hooker thanked the board and said the evaluation was energizing.
The board reviewed and approved updates to the 2024–25 faculty manual (calendar updates, the new school logo and added vision‑of‑the‑graduate language). Trustees discussed a new policy paragraph on student use of artificial intelligence and asked staff to consider whether faculty use of AI should be surveyed; the manual updates were adopted by voice vote. The board tabled facility‑use rate updates for outside organizations until September for further review.
Business items approved by the board included the designation of a list of surplus equipment for resale or scrap (items from collision repair, horticulture and physical education shops and a range of mowers and tractors) and authorization to pay FY24 invoices. All motions on these routine items were carried by voice vote; counts were not specified on the record.
The meeting record contains the motions and voice votes approving the minutes of the June 11 meeting, the faculty manual updates, the surplus designations, payment of FY24 invoices and the superintendent evaluation. For motions where a voice vote was recorded as "all in favor," the transcript does not list individual vote tallies.
