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Frontenac board increases high school dance roster to 16, approves alternates for cheer and dance
Summary
At a March 12 special meeting the Frontenac Unified School District 249 board voted unanimously to raise the high school dance team roster from 12 to 16 while keeping the minimum cut score and to allow coach‑discretion alternates for both cheer and dance.
The Frontenac Unified School District 249 board voted on March 12 to expand the high school dance team roster and to permit alternates for cheer and dance.
Board Member Sean Anderson moved to increase the high school dance team maximum from 12 to 16 dancers while keeping the minimum cut score in place; Board Member Jenna Stout seconded. The motion passed 5 votes for and 0 against.
Board Member Stacy Ferraro then moved to add an option for an alternate for both high school cheer and high school dance at coach discretion; Board Member Seth Nutt seconded. That motion also passed unanimously.
The changes were enacted during a special meeting convened by Board President Matt Frankenbery at 7:30 AM in the district’s Board Office Conference Room. The meeting record shows the board approved the agenda at the start of the session and later entered a short executive session on personnel (see related coverage). No public testimony or debate on the dance and cheer items is recorded in the minutes.
What changed: the maximum roster for the high school dance team will be increased from 12 to 16 dancers; the district retained the existing minimum cut score policy for team selection. Coaches are authorized to name an alternate for both high school cheer and dance, at their discretion, to be used as needed.
The board’s motions were procedural and passed unanimously by the five members present. The minutes list Board Members Stacy Ferraro, Seth Nutt, Jenna Stout and Sean Anderson (who joined by phone), and Board President Matt Frankenbery as having participated; Board Members Scott Kunshek and Lindsay Smith were absent. The school administration in attendance included Superintendent Howard Smith, District Coordinator Brandy Stanley and Business Manager/Clerk Julie Underwood.
The board did not record further details in the minutes about implementation steps, timelines, or how coaches will document alternates; the minutes state only that the policy changes were approved.
