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Board approves $35 staff appreciation gift per employee

Echo SD 5 Board of Directors · November 18, 2025
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Summary

Board approved spending $35 per staff member for a staff appreciation gift; board members identified Pendleton-style blankets as the planned item and the motion passed by voice vote.

Board member (S3) moved to approve up to $35 per staff member for purchase of staff appreciation gifts and the motion was approved by voice vote.

Board members discussed the planned item—blankets, with embroidered school insignia—and noted donors such as the PTO have been supporting school projects. "Found some really nice blankets and they're gonna get an embroidered cougar head stuff on," one board member said as the group discussed the blankets' suitability and vendors.

The chair called for the vote, members responded "aye," and the motion carried. No roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript.