KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION
      REGULAR MEETING and WORK SESSION

April 26, 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 ALLIEGANCE, ROLL CALL

2.   APPROVAL OF AGENDA

3.   PUBLIC RECOGNITION- Land Acknowledgment with Ms. Meyer’s 2^nd Grade at PHE; Alaska Spirit of Youth Award Nomination

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 April 14, 2023            

7.   REPORTS

-       Student Member Report

-       Superintendent Report

-       USI Insurance Services Update with Matt Lewis 

  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 April 12, 2023. 

b.     Motion to approve the MOA with Ketchikan Gateway Borough to Make Improvements at Ketchikan High School, Schoenbar Middle School and Houghtaling Elementary School. 

c.     Motion to approve applying for a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Renew America’s Schools Grant to help fund improvements at Point Higgins Elementary School in the amount of $4, 865, 280.

d.     Motion to approve a grant application for Youth Engagement with Fisheries, Marine Mammal, and Ocean Sciences in Alaska in the amount of $16, 640.  

e.     Motion to approve the contract with Sound Decisions, LLC., for the Ketchikan High School Auditorium Audio System Replacement Project, not to exceed not to exceed $402, 069.

f.      Motion to approve a leave of absence request from Laura Kinunen, certified teacher, for the 2023-24 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 approve new Board Policy 5141.25 Narcan, in second reading.

b.     Motion to approve revisions to policy BP 4112.5, in second reading.

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 the FY’24 Draft Operating Budget, in second reading.

12.  WORK SESSION

         a.   KGBSD Strategic Plan with Todd White, Educational Consultant, of PhocuseD on Learning, LLC.

       

  13.  EXECUTIVE SESSION (BP 9321)

a.   Superintendent Evaluation

 

14.  DISCUSSION

15.  BOARD COMMENTS

16.  ADVANCE PLANNING

a.     Saxman Tribal Council and School Board joint meeting, Monday May 1, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. at Saxman City Hall.

b.     School Board regular meeting and/or work session Wednesday May 10^th and 24^th at 6:00 p.m. in the Borough Assembly Chambers. 

        17.   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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