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Myrtle Point SD 41 board plans student- and athletic-handbook rewrite, bus-accident protocol and evaluation timeline
Summary
Board members reviewed eight leadership standards, agreed to rewrite student and athletic handbooks for the 2526 school year, directed staff to draft a bus-accident protocol, and discussed a streamlined superintendent-evaluation process using an OSBA model.
The Myrtle Point School District Board reviewed its eight leadership standards and moved to develop new student and athletic handbooks and a formal bus-accident protocol while setting a timeline for next year's superintendent evaluation. The board also approved circulating draft handbooks to members in mid-July for formal adoption before school opens.
The board's presiding Chair opened discussion by asking members to complete ratings on the district's evaluation standards and invited questions about Standard 3, inclusive district culture. An agency official said the district leadership and principals "are rewriting the entire student handbook for all 3 schools, being led by the principals, myself, and then, OSDA," and that the handbooks will follow the OSDA model and be circulated to the board in mid-July for adoption in August.
The official described a separate athletic handbook for the 2526 school year and said drafts will be provided to board members before final adoption. "Because this district doesn't have much of an athletic handbook, we are assembling an athletic handbook for the 2526 school year," the official said.
On safety planning, the agency official said staff are "assembling a bus accident protocol" that will identify who should be contacted first, which parents are notified, and how staff will coordinate with 911 and local police. The official said staff will review the draft protocol with named staff (Scott) before returning it to the board for consideration.
On evaluation logistics, a staff member presented an alternate, streamlined rubric circulated at the OSBA conference and suggested monthly check-ins and a targeted staff survey of those who work closest to the superintendent. The staff member warned that district-wide surveys in prior years produced skewed responses when recipients misunderstood which leader they were rating. Board members agreed they could adjust the timeline and aim to have ratings and a tally prepared for an early-year work session.
The chair read a draft public narrative for the board file praising "Superintendent Steve Perkins' progress this year, especially with the opening of Maple Middle School," and members suggested adding language recognizing the superintendent's advocacy for rural schools at the state level.
The meeting ended with staff agreeing to circulate the handbook drafts and evaluation forms to board members; no formal motions or votes were recorded in the transcript.
