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Whitehall board approves hires, renews multi-district agreement and calls election
Summary
In routine business the Whitehall School District board approved minutes, hired two paraprofessionals and a custodian, renewed a multi-district agreement for three years and formally called an election for an elementary trustee seat; the board also received several grant reports and approved claims.
At its regular meeting, the Whitehall School District Board of Trustees approved several routine actions recommended by the superintendent and administration.
Motions and votes: The board approved an amendment to the prior meeting minutes and passed the motion to approve both elementary and high-school claims and accounts by voice vote. The board voted to call an election for the elementary trustee seat up for election after the administration said county boundary data had been updated and should be correct for the upcoming election.
Multi-district agreement: The board unanimously approved a three-year renewal of the district's multi-district agreement, which since 2016 has allowed the elementary and high-school districts to coordinate unexpended general-fund dollars for eligible purposes.
Personnel: The board approved hiring paraprofessionals Jennifer Bebout and Mark Leinier to support grades 6–12 intervention and resource-room programs; the principal described them as already working in their roles. The board also approved hiring Leo Maestas as a custodian to replace a retiree and approved two substitutes, Brianna Cameron and Francine Janek.
Budget and athletics: Administrators revisited fall-sports finances and reported sport-level deficits (for example volleyball showed an approximate $9,777 shortfall, with activity fees offsetting part of the total); administrators said coaching wages and activity fees affect the net position and that overall the district's athletic finances were improved compared with prior years.
Grants and programs: The board received the Montana Advanced Opportunities annual report (23 students took 30 dual-credit classes this fall) and a Transformational Learning grant report summarizing work-study placements (36 students) and Imagine Learning enrollments (about 70 students in many online courses). No board action was required on the grant reports.
The meeting concluded after the board approved claims and adjourned by unanimous voice vote.
Votes at a glance: Motions recorded as passed in the transcript include approval of minutes (motion passes), calling the elementary election (motion passes), renewal of the multi-district agreement (motion passes), appointments/hiring of Jennifer Bebout, Mark Leinier and Leo Maestas (motion passes), approval of substitutes (motion passes), and approval of claims (motion passes). The transcript records voice votes without individual roll-call tallies.
