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Kalkaska board tables Policy Update 39-1, approves consent agenda and paraprofessional hire
Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting, the Kalkaska Public Schools Board approved the consent agenda — including the hire of a paraprofessional contingent on background checks — and voted to table Policy Update 39-1 until January 2025. The meeting adjourned at 6:02 p.m.
The Kalkaska Public Schools Board of Education voted Dec. 16 to approve its consent agenda, including personnel items contingent on cleared background checks, and to table Policy Update 39-1 until the board’s January 2025 meeting.
Wendy Watson moved to approve the agenda as amended; Steve Ordway supported the motion. During that motion the board carried a related action to table Policy Update 39-1 until January 2025. The board recorded the vote as 6 to 0 in favor of the motion.
Regan Foerster moved to approve the consent agenda, and Mary Scobey supported the motion. The consent agenda covered the minutes of the Nov. 18 meeting, payment of general, bond and athletic fund bills, and personnel items pending cleared background checks. The board approved the hiring of Bethany Castaneda as a paraprofessional at the ECLC; the hiring was listed as contingent on completion of required background screening. The motion carried 6 to 0.
Steve Ordway moved to adjourn later in the meeting; Mary Scobey seconded, and the motion carried 6 to 0. The meeting adjourned at 6:02 p.m.
Votes at a glance: • Approval of amended agenda and tabling of Policy Update 39-1 — Moved by Wendy Watson; supported by Steve Ordway; outcome: motion carried, 6–0; action: Policy Update 39-1 tabled until January 2025. • Consent agenda (minutes, bills, personnel items pending background checks) — Moved by Regan Foerster; supported by Mary Scobey; outcome: approved, 6–0. • Hiring of Bethany Castaneda, Paraprofessional at the ECLC — Included in consent agenda; outcome: approved, pending cleared background checks. • Adjournment — Moved by Steve Ordway; supported by Mary Scobey; outcome: approved, 6–0.
The board’s next regular meeting items listed an update for Jan. 20, 2025; Policy Update 39-1 is scheduled for reconsideration at the January meeting.
