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Newcastle board approves consent bundles, handbooks and safety plans
Summary
The Newcastle Board of Education approved its July consent agendas, including multiple school handbooks, emergency cardiac arrest plans for each building and a maintenance surplus transfer, while recording unanimous votes and no dissents. Several contracts and agreements for services and interlocal cooperation were also approved.
The Newcastle Board of Education on July 22 approved its consent agenda — a package of routine items that included school handbooks for the 2025–26 year, cardiac arrest emergency action plans for each building and a maintenance surplus transfer of $4,524.22 to an elementary principal activity account.
Board members moved and seconded a series of consent motions. In the record, the clerk noted: “Motion to approve consent agenda items A–N passed with a motion by Jeremy Gilbertson and a second by Ms. Valory Dalton. Jeff Dingee: Absent, Mr. Ron Lock: Yea, Ms. Valory Dalton: Yea, Jeremy Gilbertson: Yea, Ms Tiffany Elcyzyn: Yea — Yea: 4, Nay: 0, Absent: 1.” The minutes show no votes against the measures and a single absence by Vice President Jeff Dingee.
The approved consent bundle included the district calendar for 2025–26 as a 1,086-hour schedule (the board record shows that adoption language and an accompanying request to the State accreditation officer were included in the minutes), the Student/Parent handbooks across grade spans, and cardiac arrest emergency action plans for Newcastle Early Childhood Center, elementary, middle and high schools. The board also approved a maintenance surplus list for disposition and a slate of staff and program handbooks tied to the upcoming year.
In parallel, trustees approved a set of contracts for FY26, including interlocal agreements with the City of Newcastle, the School Resource Officer mutual cooperation agreement, a sports medicine and athletic training subscription, the district’s THRIVE Learning Collaborative membership, and vendor contracts for special services and vision/therapy supports. Financial consent items — including encumbrances, change orders and monthly payroll reports — were approved by the same recorded margin. The action consolidates the district’s regulatory and operational materials ahead of the new school year.
