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School board approves personnel items, a comp-time MOA and adopts emergency operations plan
Summary
The Flathead School Board approved personnel and compensation measures, adopted an Emergency Operations Plan and passed a federal food-service policy update by voice vote; trustees also approved elementary and district consent agendas and heard reports on facilities and extracurricular successes.
The Flathead School Board approved a series of routine personnel and policy measures and adopted an Emergency Operations Plan during its meeting.
The board approved the human-resources report and a Comptime memorandum of agreement that offers certified staff the option to be paid at a higher professional hourly rate in lieu of taking comp time. Carrie, who presented the MOA, said the arrangement was designed to address substitute shortages: "We struggled with subs and getting coverage, so this was just an alternative to offer out and, was accepted by the certified staff." Trustees discussed substitute availability and a multi-year practice of carrying a similar MOA; the measure passed by voice vote.
Trustees also adopted the district Emergency Operations Plan. Carrie asked the board to adopt the plan "so we can implement protocols, moving forward and also kind of add on our E3 and continue on with some additional training and staff training moving forward." Board members asked whether newly contracted outside security staff had been included in training; presenters replied that TELUS security had received onboarding and had been meeting principals and reviewing sites. The EOP was approved by voice vote.
The board approved adoption of policy 82-10, described in discussion as an MTSBA (Montana School Boards Association) recommendation tied to federal food-service requirements and identified during a recent audit. Trustees were told the policy affects future food-service purchases and related funding; the policy was approved by voice vote.
Trustees also moved and approved the elementary and districtwide consent agendas. During the district consent discussion members noted a proposed fundraising project for a joint baseball/softball complex (ABS Park) to provide storage and more consistent practice fields for Flathead High School programs.
Votes: All approvals noted in the meeting were taken by voice vote; the transcript records "aye" responses and "motion carries" for each item but does not include a roll-call tally in the record provided.
What’s next: The board scheduled committee meetings on policy and negotiations and expects to seat certain trustee appointees at a later meeting.
