KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION
REGULAR MEETING
January 29, 2025, 6:00 P.M.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly Chambers
The Board of Education respectfully acknowledges the traditional 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 3 minutes to address the board.)
5. INFORMATION AND REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS 

a. Native Education Committee 

6. REPORTS FOR INFORMATION 

a. Claims of January 10, 2025 

7. REPORTS 

a. Student Report 

b. 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 Change Order #1 with Stagecraft Industries, Inc. regarding adding complete stage curtain replacement as a part of the rigging replacement project at Ketchikan High School auditorium stage. 

b. Motion to approve a long-term substitute contract with Dan Ortiz at Ketchikan High School.
9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 

10. NEW BUSINESS 

a. Motion to approve  the restructuring of grade levels K-6 at Houghtaling Elementary,
    Point Higgins Elementary and Fawn Mountain Elementary for School Year 2025-2026.
b. Motion to approve the Annual Financial Audit prepared by Altman, Rogers & Co
c. Motion to approve the transition of the ELL Task Force into a School Board Committee
11. DISCUSSION
a. KNEPC Draft MOA

12. **PUBLIC HEARING** 

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 3440 Capitalization, in the second reading. 

b. Motion to revise BP 3460 Periodic Financial Reports, in the second reading. 

c. Motion to revise BP4262.8 Bereavement Leave, in the second reading.  

13. BOARD COMMENTS 

14. ADVANCE PLANNING
School Board regular meeting  Wednesday February 12 & 26, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers

School Board Policy committee meeting Tuesday February 11, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers
15.  ADJOURNMENT

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