KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION

REGULAR MEETING

February 28, 2024, 6:00 P.M.

Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly Chambers

The Board of Education respectfully acknowledges the traditional first people of this land in Ketchikan, the Tongass Tlingit people.

 -** CANCELLED DUE TO HAZARDS CAUSED BY WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS **

AGENDA

1.     CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ROLL CALL

2.     APPROVAL OF AGENDA

3.   PUBLIC RECOGNITION – School Board Appreciation Month

           4.  CITIZEN REMARKS (per BB9323, each individual speaker is allowed a maximum of 5 minutes to address the board.)

          5.    INFORMATION AND REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS including Committee Reports

-Assembly/School Board Liaison Committee Report

-Native Education Committee Report

-Finance Committee Report

        6.    REPORTS FOR INFORMATION – Claims of February 9, 2024; February 23, 2024; January 2024 Operating Funds Results from Operations

       7.    REPORTS – Student Report; Superintendent Report; Matt Lewis of USI

       8.    CONSENT CALENDAR - (Matters listed under the Consent Calendar are routine and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If a Board member requests discussion, that item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and will be considered under Unfinished Business.)

a.     Motion to approve the regular meeting minutes of February 7, 2024

b.     Motion to approve a FY 2024-2025 contract with Enterprise Fleet Management. 

c.     Motion to approve a long-term substitute contract with Ole Sullivan at Schoenbar Middle School. 

d.     Motion to approve offering administrative contracts to Adrianne Roth, Todd Henke, Karen Manabat, Joshua Ledford and Jared Garlick for the 2024-25 school year.

     9.    UNFINISHED BUSINESS (or transferred consent calendar items)

   10. **PUBLIC HEARING** POLICY – Procedure: 1) Citizens may give public comment regarding the subject of the hearing; 2) the public hearing is closed 3) opportunity for Board discussion and decision

a.     Motion to revise BP 0410 Nondiscrimination in District Programs and Activities, in first reading.

b.     Motion to adopt BP 1311 Participation in Community Life, in first reading.

c.     Motion to revise BP 4000 Concepts and Roles, in first reading. 

d.     Motion to revise BP 5137 Positive School Climate, in first reading.

e.     Motion to revise BP 5147 Dropout Prevention, in first reading. 

    11.   NEW BUSINESS

                        a.   Motion to approve FY 2023-2024 Budget Revisions

   12.   DISCUSSION

 

      13.   BOARD COMMENTS

 

   14.   ADVANCE PLANNING

a.     Strategic Plan Communications sub committee meeting February 29^th from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the KHS Library. 

b.     KNEPC (Ketchikan Native Ed Parent Committee) meeting February 29^th from 5:30-6:15 p.m. at the KIC Ed Building; 615 Stedman St.

c.     Work session with TSAS APC March 4, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. at Tongass School of Arts & Sciences

d.     School Board Policy committee meeting Tuesday March 12^th at 12:00 p.m. via Zoom, email schoolboard@k21schools.org for the link to join. 

e.     School Board regular meeting and/or work session Wednesday March 13 & 27, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers

 15.  ADJOURNMENT

 

The Board reserves the right to go into executive session at any time as and to the extent provided by AS 44.62.310 (the Public Meetings Act) and Board Policy 9321 (Executive Sessions)

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