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Altenburg School Board adopts budget amendments, approves May bills with one abstention and delays bus bids
Summary
At its May 8 meeting, the Altenburg Public School District #48 Board of Education approved budget outlook changes and amendments, approved May bills with one abstention, directed staff to post a SPED aide vacancy, and postponed bus-bid openings to the June meeting; the board then entered closed session under 610.021(1) RSMo for personnel and legal matters.
The Altenburg Public School District #48 Board of Education met May 8, 2025, in the district's music and art room and approved a package of budget outlook adjustments and amendments while also approving the district's May bills with one abstention.
Superintendent Debbie Haertling told the board that Abby Lichtenegger will not return as a special-education personal aide for the 2025–26 school year and that the district will post a replacement SPED aide position. Haertling also presented the district's list of planned summer maintenance work and said the 2025–26 preschool handbook was distributed to board members for review; the handbook will be voted on at the June meeting.
On procedural business, Amy Welker moved and Richard Sachs seconded to accept the meeting agenda; the motion passed 6–0. The board approved both the April 10 open-session minutes (moved by Lindsay Palisch, seconded by Richard Sachs) and the April 10 closed-session minutes (moved by Richard Sachs, seconded by Lindsay Palisch), each by recorded motions that passed 6–0.
The board voted to approve the May bills after a motion from Andrew Lichtenegger and a second from Brittany Hecht. The motion passed with five affirmative votes and one recorded abstention by Richard Sachs (tallied in the minutes as 5–0 with one abstention).
Richard Sachs moved and Amy Welker seconded approval of the budget outlook and proposed amendments "as amended;" the board approved that motion 6–0. The transcript does not specify dollar amounts or line-item changes in the minutes; those details were not included and are listed as not specified in the public record of this session.
The board delayed opening bus bids until the June meeting after noting the invitation to bid carried a May 9 date; the board agreed to open bids at the June meeting so the procurement timeline could be corrected. Superintendent Haertling said final grades are still being entered and that the names of the district's 2024–25 valedictorian and salutatorian will be announced once grading is complete.
Before leaving open session, Richard Sachs moved and Lindsay Palisch seconded to adjourn the regular session at 6:57 p.m.; that motion passed 7–0. The board then moved into closed session for discussions related to hiring, firing, discipline, promotion of personnel and related legal matters under Missouri statute 610.021(1). The minutes record that board members voted in the affirmative on the closed-session motion by roll call; the transcript includes a short corrupted line at the end of the roll-call record that does not change the stated outcome that closed session was convened under the cited statute.
Next steps: the board will consider the preschool handbook and open bus bids at the June meeting; the district will post the SPED aide vacancy for 2025–26 and announce valedictorian and salutatorian once grades are finalized.
