November 5, 2024 at 5:45 PM - School Board Meeting

Description:  The Sitka School District's mission is to develop Haa Latseeni (Our Strength of Mind, Body, and Spirit) to inspire and prepare students to be compassionate, empowered, and equipped critical thinkers within a global community. These students are being recognized for exemplifying our mission.

Description:  "The Sitka School Board acknowledges that our schools are located on the ancestral homelands of the Tlingit people who have lived in Sheet’ka since time immemorial. We express our deepest respect and gratitude for our indigenous neighbors, the Tlingit for their enduring care and protection of Tlingit Aani." 

Description:  (All items listed under Agenda & Consent Agenda are considered routine by the School Board and will be approved in one motion. Items may be removed at the request of a School Board Member.) 

Description:  See the attached MOA

Description:  Updates received from AASB

Description:  This is a model policy from AASB that had not previously been adopted by SSD.

Description:  Persons to be Heard Preamble 
Persons to be Heard is an opportunity for members of the public to speak to the Board about a topic that either is on the agenda or is not on the agenda.  No board deliberation or action will occur in response.  Questions for clarification on non-agenda items may be posed by Board members.  The Board may choose to refer non-agenda items to the Superintendent (or designee) for further action.  The standard time limit for comments will be 3 minutes, unless otherwise stated by the Board President, with consent of the Board.  A timer is used, and a sound will indicate when time expires. 
All comments must be respectful and charges or complaints against specific employees are not permitted (per Alaska state statute).  Members of the public are referred to Board Policies 1312, 1312.1, 1312.2, 1312.3 (and associated Administrative Regulations), as well as to Board Bylaw 9323(a), for information about how to lodge complaints. Speakers are also asked to please state their full name for the record, prior to speaking. 

 
 

Description:  Rich Krupa is requesting that the District-Wide Inservice day scheduled on April 18th be moved forward a week to April 25th, to accommodate the number of students in the building for the statewide Alaska Association of Student Government meetings.

Description:  Ariel Starbuck (SHS Spanish) and Stacy Golden (SHS Science) are requesting board approval for travel to Belize and Guatemala from April 14-18, 2025. See the attached letter.

Description:  See the information on the attached Board Memo.

Description:  The board will consider dropping the first Persons to be Heard on agenda items, and will consider adding a Public/Board final comments item before adjourning. See the attached proposed new agenda order.

Description:  Approve revisions to BB 9123 - Clerk to update Board Clerk duties.

Description:  Approve revision to BB 9121 - President adding City of Sitka Assembly liaison role to Board President's duties.

Description:  Approval of revisions to BB 9310 - Policy Manual, updating how SSD board policies may be accessed.