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Clinton School Board approves several hires, policy updates and the 2025–26 budget
Summary
The Clinton School Board unanimously approved three staff hires, an update to fingerprinting policy, the addition of a legislatively required "Freedom Week," the trustees’ 2024–25 financial summary, and the 2025–26 budget after brief discussion of inter-district tuition accounting and insurance trust questions.
The Clinton School Board voted to approve multiple staffing and policy items and adopted the district budget for 2025–26 at its regular meeting.
Board members approved hiring Carly Weidner as a mentor teacher and Kaylee Mayo as the district testing coordinator, and authorized initial onboarding for the newly hired school health aide. Presenter said the health aide, Jessica Erwin, “has her CNA” and will support student care, set up vaccination clinics and provide CPR training for staff.
In policy work, the board approved policy 3655 after a discussion of fingerprinting procedures. Presenter explained the district is moving toward live-scan (digital) fingerprinting because it returns results faster (about three to five business days) than traditional fingerprints. The board also approved an update to policy 2100 to add the legislature-required “Freedom Week” in the last full week of September.
During the business-manager report, staff described recent changes to inter-district tuition accounting, noting roughly $170,000 in tuition transfers to other districts and that receivables from other districts will partially offset general-fund impacts. Staff cited guidance from MTSBA that “net billing” is not supported by the current statutory wording.
Board members approved the trustees’ financial summary for fiscal year 2024–25 and then voted to adopt the 2025–26 budget. The meeting adjourned at about 6:43 p.m.
Votes at a glance - Hire Carly Weidner, mentor teacher — motion moved (SEG 707), seconded (SEG 710); outcome: approved by voice vote. - Hire Kaylee Mayo, testing coordinator — motion moved (SEG 720), seconded (SEG 722); outcome: approved by voice vote. - Authorize initial onboarding for school health aide (Jessica Erwin) — motion moved (SEG 733), seconded (SEG 737); outcome: approved by voice vote. - Approve policy 3655 (fingerprinting/background checks) — motion moved (SEG 793), seconded (SEG 795); outcome: approved by voice vote. - Approve policy 2100 update (Freedom Week) — motion moved (SEG 966), seconded (SEG 970); outcome: approved by voice vote. - Approve trustees’ financial summary for 2024–25 — motion moved (SEG 985), seconded (SEG 988); outcome: approved by voice vote. - Approve 2025–26 budget — motion moved (SEG 1014), seconded (SEG 1016); outcome: approved by voice vote.
What’s next: Administrators said they will obtain detailed quotes and plan information from the health-insurance trust and report back; staff will also follow up on fingerprinting logistics and timing to reduce onboarding delays.
