Board votes at a glance: consent agenda, safety policy, cell‑phone policy, strategic plan and meal pricing

At the meeting trustees handled multiple procedural and policy matters in a series of voice votes.

Consent agenda: The board approved the August 19, 2024 meeting minutes, financial reports, ASB accounts, an MOU to support speech pathologist Chanel Latta for the first semester, a Montana Digital Academy MOU addressing student data reporting, out‑of‑district attendance approvals, the substitute teacher list and new hires (Kaylee Cardell, Cassie Cortez). The consent agenda was moved, seconded and carried.

Safety policy: The board accepted the second reading of the threat assessment process for school safety manuals after the Superintendent described monthly threat‑assessment teams and recommended adoption.

Cell‑phone policy (BP 36‑30): Citing a gubernatorial request, the Superintendent said the district’s policy already restricts classroom phone use and proposed small wording cleanups (removing obsolete references to pagers and 'signaling devices'); the board approved the first reading.

Strategic plan: Following accreditation feedback the board approved revisions to district strategic plan goals to make them SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time‑bound).

Adult meal pricing: The Superintendent presented OPI recommendations to raise adult staff breakfast from $2 to $2.84 and lunch from $4 to $4.99; trustees discussed portion sizes and recent procurement savings (Sysco for milk) and voted to leave adult staff meal prices unchanged for the 2024‑25 year, with the issue to be reviewed during the next fee schedule cycle.

Each of the motions above carried on voice votes; no roll‑call tallies were recorded in the transcript.