KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION 

REGULAR MEETING and WORK SESSION 

December 11, 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. 

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. Budget Committee 

6. REPORTS FOR INFORMATION 

a. Claims of November 22, 2024 

b. November Board Financial Report

7. REPORTS 

a. Student Report 

b. Superintendent Report 

8. CONSENT CALENDAR 

a. Motion to approve the ratification of School Board committee assignment. 

b. Motion to approve out of state travel for Ketchikan High School Softball team to Grand Stand Softball Classic in Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina. 

c. Motion to approve offering administrative contracts to Thomas Varela-Kossak and Daniel B. Schuler; and long-term teaching
contracts to Valerie Brooks and Mark Woodward for the 2024-25 school year.

d. Motion to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of November 13, 2024.
e. Motion to approve out of state travel for Ketchikan High School Baseball team to Jackie Robinson Training Complexin in Orlando,
Florida. 

9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
10. NEW BUSINESS

11. DISCUSSION
a. School Board Meeting Calendar

12. WORK SESSION 

a. FY26 Budget

13. BOARD COMMENTS 

14. ADVANCE PLANNING
a. School Board regular meeting and/or work session Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers.
b, School Board regular meeting and/or work session Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers.

c. School Board regular meeting and/or work session Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers.
15. ADJOURNMENT

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