Meeting Details
REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 9, 2023
8/9/2023 6:00:00 PM
KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING
August 9, 2023, 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.
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, ROLL CALL
2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
3. PUBLIC RECOGNITION
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
6. REPORTS FOR INFORMATION – Claims of June 30, 2023; July 14, 2023; July 28, 2023
7. REPORTS – - Superintendent Report
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 meeting minutes of July 12, 2023
b. Motion to approve the offering of a certified contract for a music teacher at Point Higgins Elementary.
c. Motion to approve the offering of a certified contract for an English teacher at Ketchikan High School.
d. Motion to approve the reuse of the FY2024 (2024-2029) six-year scores for the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District FY 2025
EED capital improvement cycle application.
e. Motion to approve a one-year contract extension for copier services with Kelley Connect.
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 approve revisions to BP 5127 Graduation Ceremonies and Activities in first reading.
b. Motion to approve the removal of BP 4144 Employee Concerns.
a. Motion to approve a request of the Borough Assembly to increase the FY 2023-2024 Local Appropriation amount by $1,680,435.
13. BOARD COMMENTS
14. ADVANCE PLANNING
a. School Board regular meeting and work session on Climate and Connectedness with the Association of Alaska School Boards (AASB) on August 23rd 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)