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Brockton trustees approve hires, purchases and new payroll-advance policy
Summary
At its Nov. 12 meeting the Brockton School Board approved multiple personnel hires and extracurricular appointments, authorized purchases (including $14,177 in filing cabinets and a bus-wrap purchase order), adopted a payroll-advance policy and approved several governance agreements and policies.
The Brockton School Board on Nov. 12 approved a slate of personnel actions, routine purchases and several policy updates during a 5:30 p.m. meeting at the district office.
Trustees voted to hire Dennis Pierce as a 7–12 special-education teacher, with the motion moved by Trustee Wilfred Lambert and seconded by Trustee Rae Jean Belgarde. The board also approved Sunni Hilde as a paraprofessional and Andrea Shields as a substitute teacher, and authorized a list of extracurricular staff and volunteers, including coaches and game workers. All personnel motions were recorded as "five for, none opposed." The transcript lists a potential start date for the special-education hire as Jan. 6, 2024; the record’s year for that date appears inconsistent with the meeting date and is noted in the meeting record.
The board approved purchases to archive records and to wrap a new activity bus. A motion to purchase filing cabinets from Will's Office World for $14,177 passed unanimously; the motion also authorized a purchase order for custom graphic bus wrapping that the minutes state "may exceed 55,000." The minutes do not clarify the currency or whether that figure contains a transcription error; the board approved the purchase order as presented.
Trustees adopted a payroll-advance policy allowing advances only for funerals or medical emergencies for immediate family, senior graduation and state tournaments. The policy as recorded caps advances at a maximum of "5700" per occasion (as written in the minutes), requires repayment at the next regular pay period and requires superintendent preapproval.
The board also approved renewal or updates of several governance items: an updated Montana School Unemployment Insurance Program participation agreement, the district's Indian Policies and Procedures, and the elimination of an outdated facility-use form (Policy Form 4330-F(2): Community Use of School Facilities — Brockton Weight Room Rental Agreement).
Several votes and motions were recorded with the same tally, "Five for, none opposed," as noted in the minutes. The board adjourned after the business items were completed.
The board scheduled further consideration of a draft policy on the Montana Youth Challenge program for a future meeting; that discussion was handled separately (see related article).
