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Southeast Island School District board approves consent agenda, several policies and moves others to second reading
Summary
At its Nov. 20 meeting the Southeast Island School District board approved the consent agenda including several extracurricular coaching contracts and staff hires, approved multiple board policies and moved a group of remaining policies to a second reading; all recorded votes were unanimous.
The Southeast Island School District Board of Education on Nov. 20 approved its consent agenda, adopted multiple board policies and moved several others to a second reading.
During the regular meeting in Hollis and by video conference, the board approved the consent agenda—covering the Oct. 30, 2024 regular meeting minutes, the November 2024 financial report, multiple FY2025 extracurricular coaching contracts (including archery coaches assigned to Hollis, Naukati, Kasaan, Whale Pass and Thorne Bay) and a classified hire for a custodian in Thorne Bay. Molly Kimzey moved the consent-agenda motion; the student representative recorded a Yea vote and the board vote tally was recorded as Yea 5, Nay 0.
On policy matters the board approved BP 0530 (motion moved by Molly Kimzey) and approved a set of additional policies (BP 1000, BP 1020, BP 1100 and BP 1112). The board also moved a group of policies—including BP 1114 (District-Sponsored Social Media), BP 1120 (Public Involvement in Board Meetings), BP 1140 (Responsibilities of the Board), BP 1150 (Commendations and Awards), BP 1220 (Advisory Questions), BP 1230 (Citizen Advisory Committees), BP 1240 (School-Connected Organizations and Volunteer Assistance listed in the minutes), and BP 1245 (Parent Involvement — Title I Programs)—to a second reading. The motions as recorded show student representative vote Yea 1 and board vote Yea 5, Nay 0.
The minutes record motions and the vote tallies but do not list individual board members’ roll-call votes; the five voting board members present were Ben Blair, Debbie Fehr, Tony Lovell, Molly Kimzey and William Tyrell. The minutes do not provide further detail about substantive changes in the policies approved or the specific content of the policies moved to a second reading.
The board set its next regular meeting for Jan. 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM in Kasaan at Barry Craig Stewart Kasaan School, with a work session at 4:30 PM. The meeting record shows all motions passed as recorded.
