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Gilmanton board approves consent agenda, extends contracts and sets special-education open-enrollment cap
Summary
At its Jan. 19 meeting the School District of Gilmanton Board approved expenditures of $63,250.67, accepted donations including $15,000 for the arts, extended administrative contracts through 2027–28 after closed session, adopted the 2026–27 school calendar, and approved unlimited regular open enrollment while capping special-education open enrollment at zero due to caseload formulas.
The School District of Gilmanton Board of Education approved routine business and several governance actions at its Jan. 19 meeting, including expenditures, donations, contract extensions and open-enrollment limits.
Trustee Tammi Olson moved approval of the consent agenda, which included the Dec. 18, 2025 open-session minutes and expenditures totaling $63,250.67; the board accepted donations of $460 from Alliance Bank (debit-card donations) and $15,000 from Marjorie and Friends of Prairie Moon to support arts programming. Lance Peterson seconded; the motion carried 4-0.
Later in the meeting Jackson Serum moved, seconded by Lance Peterson, that discussion of administrative contracts be held in closed session; that roll-call motion carried 5-0 at 7:59 p.m. The board reconvened in open session at 8:30 p.m. and, on a motion by Lance Peterson seconded by Tammi Olson, extended the current administrative contracts through the 2027–2028 school year; that motion carried 5-0.
The board approved the 2026–27 school calendar as presented by Kory Rud (motion by Lance Peterson, seconded by Tammi Olson; motion carried 4-0). On open enrollment the trustees voted to allow unlimited regular-education open enrollment but to cap special-education open-enrollment spaces at zero for 2026–27, citing the district’s caseload formula (special-education student-to-teacher ratio of 15:1) and no available cross-categorical spaces; motion by Tammi Olson, seconded by Lance Peterson, carried 4-0.
Paperwork for a Tax and Revenue Anticipation Promissory Note (short-term borrowing) that the board had approved in December 2025 was present and signed at the meeting; no new borrowing vote was taken. The meeting adjourned at 8:31 p.m.
The board will meet next on Feb. 19, 2026.
