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Southeast Island School District board unanimously opposes federal cuts, approves handbook and wide-ranging personnel actions
Summary
At a June 24 special meeting, the Southeast Island School District Board of Education passed Resolution 2025-06 opposing federal education cuts and approved updates to the Classified Employee Handbook and multiple FY2025–FY2026 personnel and extra-duty contracts, including a bus driver pay-range increase.
The Southeast Island School District Board of Education on June 24 unanimously approved a resolution opposing proposed federal cuts to critical education programs and cleared a package of personnel actions and policy updates.
The board voted 5-0 to adopt Resolution 2025-06, moved by Clerk Molly Kimzey. The same 5-0 margin approved updates to the Classified Employee Handbook (moved by Ben Blair) and a set of employment actions moved by William Tyrell that covered FY2025 extra-duty contracts, numerous FY2026 classified hires, FY2026 extra-duty contracts, and FY2026 lead teacher contracts.
The personnel motion explicitly included an update to bus driver pay rates from Range I to Range J and listed more than 50 individual contract approvals by name, including hires, extra-duty assignments and lead-teacher designations. The minutes record the motion passed unanimously, 5-0; a seconder is recorded only as "Second: yes," with no individual named.
The board’s actions were routine in form but wide in scope: the resolution signals the district’s formal opposition to federal reductions in education funding, while the personnel approvals and handbook update set staffing and compensation for the coming school year. The superintendent’s earlier report, presented the same day, included a budget update following Governor Mike Dunleavy’s veto of a $200 base student allocation, a development the board noted as context for district planning.
Molly Kimzey, identified in the minutes as the board clerk, initiated the agenda approval and led final procedural motions. The meeting record shows no public comments were offered during the first public-comment period; Superintendent Rod Morrison spoke during a later public-comment slot about school board elections and FY2026 planning.
The board adjourned at 10:42 a.m. after completing the listed business.
Votes at a glance - Approve agenda: Motion by Molly Kimzey. Vote: Yea 5, Nay 0 (motion passed unanimously). - Resolution 2025-06 (oppose federal budget cuts to critical education programs): Motion by Molly Kimzey. Vote: Yea 5, Nay 0 (passed unanimously). - Classified Employee Handbook updates: Motion by Ben Blair. Vote: Yea 5, Nay 0 (passed unanimously). - Employment and contract approvals (FY2025 extra duty; FY2026 classified hires; FY2026 extra duty; FY2026 lead teacher contracts; bus driver pay update Range I → Range J): Motion by William Tyrell. Vote: Yea 5, Nay 0 (passed unanimously).
The meeting was held via Zoom; the board did not record a student representative vote because the Student Representative was absent.
