Superintendent reports $10,000 grant for student health center; board warned about cell-phone executive order enforcement challenges

Superintendent provided the board with updates on summer programming and safety. She said summer school will run July 28–Aug. 14 for all grades and announced a $10,000 grant from the Carpenter Foundation toward a student-based health center, bringing the district's grant total for that project to $180,000. "We have covered 1st year and most of the 2nd year," she said when describing fundraising progress.

She also discussed building security work, including single point-of-entry vestibules at the elementary level and ongoing work at the high school, noting the district hopes to have those systems operational by the start of the school year. On state policy, the superintendent explained the governor issued an executive order banning cell-phone use in schools after the legislature failed to pass a bill; she said early guidance suggests the district's current "off and away" practice would meet the spirit of the order but that enforcement guidance is still being revised. Parents in the meeting raised concerns about how families would contact students during the day; the superintendent said ODE guidance (a 10–15 page document) will be shared with the board and families.