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Pilot Rock School Board approves agenda and minutes, accepts retirement and coaching resignations and hires an elementary aide
Summary
At its Dec. 18 meeting the Pilot Rock School Board approved the agenda and prior minutes, heard presentations and reports, accepted a retirement and two coaching resignations, and hired an elementary aide; motions were recorded as approved by all board members present (specific tallies not provided).
The Pilot Rock School Board met Dec. 18, 2024, in the elementary school building and approved the meeting agenda and the minutes from its previous meeting. Anita Baleztena moved to approve the agenda and Richard Hemphill seconded; Jennifer Gourlie moved to approve the minutes and Anita Baleztena seconded. The minutes state that all board members present approved both motions, but the transcript does not list a numerical roll-call tally.
During new business the board approved several personnel actions. Keri Standley moved to accept Lea VanHouten’s separation from PERS and to retain employment through the remainder of the 2024–25 school year; Jennifer Gourlie seconded and the minutes record the motion as approved by all board members present. The board also accepted the resignation of Rena Walsborn as head middle school girls volleyball and basketball coach (motion by Keri Standley, seconded by Jennifer Gourlie) and the resignation of Ali VanHouten as assistant middle school girls basketball coach (motion by Richard Hemphill, seconded by Anita Baleztena). Finally, the board approved hiring Taylor Hatley as an elementary aide after a motion by Keri Standley and a second from Jennifer Gourlie.
The minutes consistently report that motions were approved by "all board members present." The written record lists board members Jennifer Gourlie, Richard Hemphill, Keri Standley, Jeff Hemphill and Anita Baleztena, with Tim Weinke noted as absent and Stacy Hansen recorded as arriving at approximately 7:20 p.m.; the transcript does not provide individual yes/no votes or a numeric tally for each motion.
The meeting adjourned at 7:22 p.m.
