August 26, 2025 at 4:00 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. HEARING OF INDIVIDUALS AND/OR GROUPS

3.1. Lorna Porter,MEA President

3.2. Student Government Representative 

3.3. Hearing of Individuals and or Groups on agenda items

4. Reports

4.1. Shannon Hudson, Elementary School Principal/Curriculum Director

4.2. Josh Gifford, Middle School Principal

4.3. Mike Nigus, High School Principal 

4.4. Nicole Taylor, Student Services Director 

4.5. M. Taw Lindsey, Superintendent 

5. CONSENT AGENDA

5.1. Ashley Scott -Director of Business & Finance Report

5.2. Board of Education Minutes: 7.23.25

5.3. Letter of resignation: Javan Cook

6. 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.]

6.1. Certified Negotiated Agreement, Effective July 1, 2025-June 30, 2028

6.2. FY26 Classified Staff

6.2.a. Marcus Taylor, Maintenance Technician 

6.2.b. Cameron Commack, High School Custodian

6.2.c. Rheauna Dundas, Paraprofessional 

6.3. FY26 Certified Teacher, Brian Neely

6.4. Terri Brendible, long-term substitute without certification 

6.5. FY26 Extra Duty

6.5.a. Brian Neely, CTE Director 

6.5.b. Anne Clark, Student Activities Food Director 

6.5.c. Leslie Johnson, Student Travel Coordinator 

6.5.d. Dylan Stemp, Activities Director 

6.5.e. Ashley Scott, Technology Director 

6.6. FY26 Student Handbooks

6.6.a. Richard Johnson Elementary School 

6.6.b. Charles Leask Middle School 

6.6.c. Metlakatla High School 

6.7. District Fee's

6.8. 1st Reading BP 3260 Materials and Fees 

6.9. 1st reading, BP 5112.5 Open/Closed Lunch

6.10. Seeking Board approval to upgrade Trane heating controller for AHU 8 at MHS and install and to retrofit freeze stats on AHU 7 and AHU 8 for the amount of $26,000

7. HEARING OF INDIVIDUALS AND/OR GROUPS

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

8. ITEMS OF INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION

9. ADJOURNMENT