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Votes at a glance: Southeast Island School District board approves policies, hires and benefits plan
Summary
At its Sept. 17 meeting the Southeast Island School District Board approved the consent agenda (personnel hires and the September financial report), passed multiple board policy updates, adopted three resolutions (including an emergency declaration) and tabled BP 8120 (Elections) for clarification; all recorded votes were 4‑0‑1.
At its Sept. 17, 2025 regular meeting, the Southeast Island School District Board recorded multiple formal actions that passed by majority vote (4–0–1). The minutes list the following outcomes:
- Consent Agenda approved: included approval of the Aug. 20, 2025 regular meeting minutes; acceptance of the September Financial Report; approval of FY 2026 classified employment for Susan Greene, Laura Pollard, Paul Young, Jennifer Andis, Christy Cunningham, Terri Kohn and Crystal Coley; classified employment pending documentation for William Collins and Lucille Nelson; FY 2026 extra‑duty contracts for Joseph Harrington and Michael Congdon; and FY 2026 extra‑curricular contracts for Brandy Schmitz‑Prefontaine and Timothy Willis.
- Policy updates approved: Motion to approve BP 8000 (Concepts and Roles), BP 8110 (Membership), BP 8130 (Vacancies), BP 8140 (Officers), BP 8200 (Powers and Duties), BP 8310 (Orientation), BP 8320 (Meetings), BP 8330 (Member Responsibilities), BP 8340 (Code of Ethics), and BP 8410 (Cooperative Agreements involving Extracurricular Activities) passed 4–0–1.
- BP 8120 (Elections) tabled: Clerk Molly Kimzey moved to table BP 8120 for clarification of the text; motion carried 4–0–1 and the item will be revisited at a future meeting.
- Resolutions adopted: Resolution 2026-03 (emergency declaration regarding Thorne Bay School gym fire‑suppression failure), Resolution 2026-04 (Section 125 Premium Only Plan), and Resolution 2026-05 (requesting the State of Alaska revise scoring of capital improvement projects to prioritize life and safety issues and to create a separate funding list for REAA school districts) were all approved 4–0–1.
Where the minutes record vote totals, they provide only aggregated tallies (Yea:4; Nay:0; Absent:1). The board packet and minutes list Student Representative preferential votes separately (each recorded as Yea:1 in the motions where noted). Individual member roll‑call votes are not itemized in the minutes.
