KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION

REGULAR MEETING and WORK SESSION

April 24, 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- Alaska Spirit of Youth Nominations; Mental Health Awareness Month; Asian-Pacific American Heritage 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

             -Finance Committee Report      -Assembly/School Board Liaison Committee Report

6.    REPORTS FOR INFORMATION – Claims of April 12, 2024; March 2024 Results of Operations

7.    REPORTS – Student Report; 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 regular meeting minutes of April 10, 2024

b.     Motion to approve Resolution 24-03 Hazardous Routes

c.     Motion to approve the DEED 6 year CIP plan

9.    UNFINISHED BUSINESS (or transferred consent calendar items)

 

10.  NEW BUSINESS

a.     Motion to extend the Superintendent’s contract, as presented

b.     Motion to approve regular meeting dates for July, November and December 2024. 

c.     Review and consideration of a Citizen’s Request for Reconsideration of Instructional Materials

 

11.  **PUBLIC HEARING** BUDGET - 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 entering a work session regarding the FY 25 budget

b.     Motion to approve the proposed FY 25 budget, in first reading 

12.  **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 0100 Philosophy, in second reading

b.     Motion to revise BP 1340 Access to District Records, in second reading

c.     Motion to revise BP 1000 Concepts and Roles, in second reading

d.     Motion to revise BP 1312 Public Complaints Concerning the Schools, in second reading

13.  DISCUSSION

a.     Assembly/School Board Joint Work session

14.  BOARD COMMENTS

15.  ADVANCE PLANNING

a.     School Board Special Meeting Tuesday April 30, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers

b.     School Board Policy Committee meeting Monday May 6, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. via Zoom.  Email schoolboard@k21schools.org for the link to join

c.     Ketchikan Native Education Parent Committee regular meeting with elections, Tuesday May 7, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. at 615 Stedman Street.

d.     School Board regular meeting and/or work session Wednesday May 8 & 22 2024 at 6:00 p.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers

16.  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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