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Orchard View board approves School Resource Officer funding through 2028–29
Summary
The Orchard View Schools Board approved a funding plan that increases the district share of School Resource Officer wages and benefits, committing support through 2028–2029; the measure passed unanimously after Superintendent Jim Nielsen presented the proposal and introduced MTPD Chief Patrick VanDommelen.
The Orchard View Schools Board of Education on June 9 approved a proposed funding plan to continue School Resource Officer (SRO) support through the 2028–2029 school year. Superintendent Jim Nielsen said the plan would increase Orchard View’s percentage share of SRO wages and benefits.
"This has been proposed to take us through 2028-2029," Nielsen said in presenting the plan and introduced Patrick VanDommelen, MTPD chief, who attended the meeting. No alternative funding sources were identified during the discussion; the Board voted 6-0 to carry the motion.
Board members did not record dissent during the roll-call vote. The action was taken as part of the meeting’s consent and action items; L. Nelson moved to approve the proposal, C. Bankhead supported, and the motion carried 6-0. The vote record in the meeting minutes lists Ayes: J. Taylor, C. Bankhead, L. Nelson, S. Horsly, J. Wydeck, T. Joppie, Nays: none.
The district did not provide in-meeting detail on the exact percentage changes to wages and benefits or the budget line items that will absorb the increase; the motion passed with the understanding that specifics would be implemented under the terms presented by administration.
