December 12, 2022 at 7:00 PM - REGULAR MEETING

Discussion: 
Minutes from the November 14, 2022, regular Board meeting were approved.

Discussion: 
The Board approved the anonymous donation to Royal Valley Middle School in the amount of $100 for 6th grade art.

Discussion: 
There were no public comments.

Discussion: 
The Board did not discuss any items for future consideration.

Discussion: 
Board members considered the process to elect Board Officers, which will take place during the upcoming meeting in January.   The following process was presented, discussed, and approved.
 

• A non-elected person running the meeting (usually the secretary of the School Board) will ask for anyone’s name who would like to be considered for the officer position of president of the School Board.  At that time, candidates will have a chance to raise their hand, and will not require someone else to nominate them. 
• The secretary will then give each candidate up to five minutes to individually speak to the board about why they would like to serve as the president. This will take place in open meeting. This will be repeated for each candidate for each position. 
• After everyone who has volunteered to run has shared, there will be no more than five minutes for board members to ask questions of the candidates for the officer positions. Board members are encouraged to ask the same question for all of the candidates running. This will also take place in open meeting. The secretary will be the timer. 
• There will then be a vote by show of hands for the position of president of the school board.
• If a majority of four members vote for one person, that person will be the new president of the board.
• If a majority is not reached, the person who has the fewest votes will be eliminated from the running, and the vote will be held again.  This will be repeated until there is a winner.
• If there is a tie (for instance, 2-2-3), then the person receiving the plurality votes (3) will automatically be in the final vote, and the School Board will vote to decide between the lower vote-getters (2-2) about who will also run for school board. The winner will then be decided in a final vote with the person who originally received the plurality of votes. 
• Four votes are needed for a board officer to be elected. 
• Upon the election of a new School Board president, the non-elected person (usually the secretary of the School Board) will be asked to step aside, and the new School Board president will take over the meeting and use the same method as described above to facilitate the vote for vice president of the School Board.

Discussion: 
Mr. Davis informed the Board that he has a pre-construction meeting set for next week to find out when demolition at the high school will begin for the new construction.  He would like to have a groundbreaking/demolition photo op to promote the positive facility changes.  Mr. Davis then presented additional high school enhancements for consideration, such as new lockers, updating support poles in the commons to include charging stations, and finishing one of the new classrooms as an AV lab to open up the current AV lab as a school store.  Discussion followed.

Discussion: 
Mr. Davis was approached by the Jackson County Community Foundation about starting a scholarship fund for students that need fee and equipment support in order to attend Washburn Tech.  He recommended utilizing our Pepsi contract funds for the purpose.  He would also like to consider using the money the district receives to lease the airwaves inside our district for cellular communications to build a scholarship fund for students graduating from Royal Valley.  Discussion followed.

Discussion: 
Mr. Davis shared feedback received from the staff regarding the 2023-2024 district calendar.  Discussion followed.

Discussion: 
Mr. Davis gave an update on the curriculum adoption plans for the district.

Discussion:  Mr. Davis presented the Post-Secondary Success Data and the Graduation Rate Data for the district.  Discussion followed.

Discussion: 
The Board approved the Indian Policies and Procedures required for the Impact Aid program and the Tribal Consultation letter also required for the Impact Aid program as well as for Title I, Title II, Title IV, Title VI(A), Title IV(B).

Discussion: 
The Board approved signing the deed to transfer land ownership to the City of Mayetta.  The property listed in the deed is for the gravel road behind the district office and east towards the downtown area.  This land will be sold for $1.00 (one dollar).  The Board agreed to this last year and signing the deed will finalize the arrangement.

Discussion: 
The Board discussed and approved the weighted GPA schedule for the purpose of scholarship applications only, as well as the updated list of conversion classes through Washburn Tech as presented by Mr. Davis.

Discussion: 
There was no need for an executive session.

Discussion: 
The Board discussed extending the Superintendent contract for Mr. Davis through the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years.  The Board also discussed raising his pay to be more in line with area Superintendents. 

Discussion: 
Mr. Davis told the Board he put a list of acronyms and their definitions on BoardBook.

Discussion: 
Board members spent time writing thank you notes to various district staff.