Board rescinds non-renewal recommendation, requires improvement plan for employee

The Crazy Horse School Board voted April 2, 2025, to rescind a prior recommendation to not renew an employee’s contract and to require an improvement plan before offering a contract for the 2025–26 school year. The motion was made by Vice-President Dawn Moves Camp and seconded by Member Carrie Sitting Up; the record shows a unanimous vote among present members (Francine Red Willow, Dawn Moves Camp, Valerie Adams, Carrie Sitting Up) with Member Sue Yellow Elk recorded as absent.

According to the motion (04-02-25-03), the employee’s name is on file; the board directed that the employee and the supervisor jointly develop a plan of improvement prior to any contract offer for 2025–26. The action was formal and binding as recorded in the meeting minutes; no public discussion or statements from the employee were recorded in the transcript. The board did not specify a deadline beyond “prior to 2025–26 contract offer.”

The board handled this personnel action during the special meeting; the transcript shows the item recorded within the main motion list and as a recorded vote. Next procedural steps were not detailed on the record beyond the requirement to develop an improvement plan.