December 5, 2023 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting of the Board of Education

1. CALL TO ORDER

1.1. Roll Call/Quorum Established: 
Verbal roll call is taken and a quorum is established with 3 or more board members present: 
Darcy Booth, Lucione Leisholmn, Colleen Brendible, Gatgyeda Haayk, Franki Williams

1.2. Excused Absence 
Chairman may excuse absent Board of Education members, per Board Bylaw 9121(a) which was approved at the 12-17-98 Board of Education meeting. Board members may call in absences to the Chairman or Superintendents Office; also, the Board Chair determines whether an absence is excused or unexcused. 

2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
This item is allowed under Robert's Rules of Order as parliamentary procedure to allow for items to be added which have come up since the preparation of the agenda.

3. SWEARING IN OF RE-ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS

3.1. Re-Organization of the Board

4. HEARING OF INDIVIDUALS AND/OR GROUPS

4.1. Lorna Porter,MEA President

4.2. Student Government Representative 

5. Reports

5.1. Sandra Perez, Elementary School Principal 

5.2. Shannon Hudson, Curriculum Director/Middle School Principal 

5.3. Mike Nigus, High School Principal 

5.4. Nicole Taylor, Student Services Director 

5.5. Joshua Gifford, Athletic Director/Technology Coordinator 

5.6. M. Taw Lindsey, Superintendent 

6. CONSENT AGENDA

6.1. Ashley Scott -Director of Business & Finance Report

6.2. Board of Education Minutes

6.2.a. Special Meeting 10.17.23

6.2.b. BOE Emergency Meeting 10.19.23

6.3. Letter of Resignation J.F.

6.4. Letters of Communication: Thank you card from the RJES Staff

7. ACTION ITEMS  The “Action Items” portion of the agenda is used for personnel and other issues that have been discussed in previous meetings and are now ready for Board of Education Action.  [i.e., policy readings, budget hearings, call for bids, etc.]

7.1. Paraprofessional, Raquel Horne 

7.2. FY24 Extra Duty

7.2.a. Hunter Education Club, Joe Henry

7.2.b. Assembly Song and Dance Club, William Bolton

7.2.c. Elementary School Arts Liason, Dylan Stemp

7.2.d. Elementary School Instructional Support, Christina Garza

7.3. Seeking Board approval to purchase two vans in an amount not to exceed $130,000, funded by the 501 Capital Improvement account. 
1. Passenger van for students: Ford Transit or equivalent. 2. Cargo van for food service: Ford Connect or equivalent.

7.4. District Office repairs and Backup Power Generator 

7.5. Server donation to Kake City School District

7.6. AISD Facilities-Admin Bid and CA Services Fee

7.7. 1st reading AISD Drug Testing Policy BP 5131.61  

7.7.a. 1st Reading AISD Drug Testing Policy AR 5131.61

7.7.b. 1st Reading AISD Drug Testing Policy Exhibit 5131.61

7.8. 1st Reading Remaining 5000 Series AASB Policy Audit 

7.8.a. BP 5112.6 Education Homeless Student and Youths

7.8.b. BP 5124.1 Family Engagement 

7.8.c. AR 5125 Student Records

7.8.d. E 5125 Student Records

7.8.e. BP 5125.1 Student Records 

7.8.f. BP 5131.5 Vandalism, Theft and Graffiti 

7.9. 1st Reading AASB Newly Released Policy Updates: 

7.9.a. BP 5131.9 Academic Honesty 

7.9.b. BP 6112 School Day

7.9.c. BP 6147 Alaksa Reads Act Intervention Program

7.9.d. BP 6148 Early Education Programs 

7.10. 1st Reading of the FY24 Coaches Handbook

8. HEARING OF INDIVIDUALS AND/OR GROUPS

8.1. Hearing of Individuals and or Groups on Non-Agenda Items

9. ITEMS OF INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION

9.1. BP 6010 Goals and Objectives:

• Special Note: As the change to BP 6010 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES is limited to eliminating reference of a withdrawn state regulation within the Notes section, formal school board approval is not required.

9.2. Alaska Schools/Public Library Information 

9.3. Enrollment Numbers

10. ADJOURNMENT