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Board adopts multiple policy amendments on first reading and approves routine personnel actions
Summary
At its March 12 meeting, the Barnes County North School Board moved and approved several policy amendments recommended by the state association (teacher evaluation, reduction in force, patron complaints, personnel complaints), approved two open enrollments, accepted a superintendent evaluation as satisfactory, and approved an unpaid leave request with a member abstention recorded for conflict of interest.
The Barnes County North School Board on March 12 approved multiple policy amendments on first reading and waived second readings where motions were offered and passed.
Motions (moved by board members and seconded) included amendments to teacher evaluation policy, reduction‑in‑force policy, patron complaints, and complaints about personnel. Each motion was put to a roll call vote and passed as recorded in the meeting transcript. The board stated these changes were recommended by the North Dakota School Board Association and modify language to clarify timelines, delegation to a designee for investigations, and reemployment/recall phrasing.
The board also completed routine personnel and administrative business: it approved a superintendent evaluation as satisfactory in all areas (motion and roll call); approved an unpaid leave request submitted by Mrs. Almond (the board recorded a conflict‑of‑interest recusal and allowed the named member to abstain); and approved two open‑enrollment requests for students already attending the district.
Separately, the board approved the proposed 2025–26 school calendar after brief discussion of graduation timing and storm make‑up days.
Recorded votes: the transcript records roll calls for each motion with 'yes' votes from members present; no recorded 'no' votes appeared for the listed policy motions, evaluations or enrollment approvals in the transcript.
