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Ogallala board approves consent agenda, raises substitute pay and updates policies
Summary
At the July 21 meeting the Ogallala School District #1 Board approved the consent agenda including claims and payroll totals, adopted 2025–26 handbooks, raised substitute teacher rates to $175/$190 per day, approved a streamlined Title IX policy, renewed NRCSA membership and authorized surplus and training recommendations.
The Ogallala School District #1 Board unanimously approved a series of routine and personnel items at its July 21, 2025 regular meeting, with five members present and Mary Wilson recorded absent.
The board approved the consent agenda, which included the meeting agenda, minutes from June 13 and June 16, and payment of claims and payroll: General Fund claims of $257,025.59, payroll of $849,409.64, Depreciation Fund payments of $135,482.00 and Lunch Fund payments of $18,203.46.
Administrators reviewed recommended edits to student, staff and activity handbooks for 2025–26 and the board approved the handbooks (motion by Amanda Christensen, second by Jim Korth). The board also approved a proposal to raise substitute teacher pay for 2025–26 to $175 per day for regular substitutes and $190 per day for long‑term substitutes (motion by Tim Ryan, second by Amanda Christensen).
Tania Perlinger moved, seconded by Amanda Christensen, to adopt a streamlined Title IX policy; the motion carried. The board approved membership with NRCSA for 2025–26, declared chairs and desks surplus and authorized the superintendent to sell or dispose of them, and approved recommended staff trainings as presented.
All motions recorded on the minutes carried with Amanda Christensen, Tania Perlinger, Jim Korth, Tim Ryan and Doug Davis voting aye and Mary Wilson absent. The board adjourned at 6:53 p.m.
