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Southeast Island School District board approves grant support, handbooks, therapy contracts and campus stairs
Summary
At its Aug. 21 meeting in Thorne Bay, the Southeast Island School District Board approved Resolution 2025‑01 supporting an Alaska Housing & Finance Corporation grant application; adopted FY2025 handbooks; authorized up to $18,000 for aluminum stairs at Thorne Bay; approved speech and occupational therapy contracts totaling $51,290; and passed the FY2026–2031 Six‑Year CIP.
The Southeast Island School District Board of Education voted on Aug. 21, 2024 at Thorne Bay School to approve a package of administrative policies, contracts and capital planning measures expected to affect staffing, student services and campus safety.
The board unanimously passed Resolution 2025‑01, a measure expressing the district’s support for an Alaska Housing & Finance Corporation grant application. The motion was made by Board Member Tony Lovell and carried on a Board vote of 4‑0 (Student Representative Tia Christopherson also registered a yea). Lovell raised the resolution during the business‑item portion of the meeting.
The board also approved the purchase and installation of aluminum stairs for the Thorne Bay campus not to exceed $18,000. Lovell moved the stair purchase and the motion passed unanimously.
Administrators presented and the board adopted the FY2025 handbooks, including the AK‑TRAILS Handbook, the Classified Employee Handbook (with new salary schedules), the Coaches & Chaperones Handbook, the Student/Parent Handbook and the Teachers’ Handbook. The motion to adopt all FY2025 handbooks was made by Lovell and approved by the board.
Two contracted service agreements for student therapy services were approved. The board authorized a professional services contract with More Than Words for speech and language pathology services for $40,460 and a contract with Cindy Edes, dba Koru Kids Pediatric Therapy, for occupational therapy services for $10,830. Both contracts were presented together as a business item, moved by Lovell and approved by a 4‑0 board vote.
Separately, the board approved the district’s FY2026–2031 Six‑Year Capital Improvement Plan, a planning document that sets the district’s capital priorities for the coming six fiscal years. The motion was moved by Lovell and passed unanimously.
Consent agenda items approved earlier in the meeting included prior meeting minutes, the August 2024 financial report, and numerous FY2025 employment and extra‑duty contracts and addenda for administrators, teachers and classified staff. The consent agenda passed on a motion by Lovell with a 4‑0 board vote.
All recorded motions during the meeting show Lovell as the board member making the motions; the minutes record unanimous board votes on each listed motion (Board Vote: Yea 4; Nay 0). The Student Representative voted yea where recorded. The meeting adjourned at 7:18 PM; the board's next regular meeting was listed for Port Alexander in September (date later changed to Sept. 23, 2024).
