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Hartland Consolidated Schools board meeting, Jul 20, 2026

2 h 54 min · 1 public speaker

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What happened at this meeting

Hartland board approves $50,000 commitment for library site improvements 1:02:51

  • Kristin Coleman said the board would not vote on president, secretary or treasurer, and later announced that a motion carried and that the board's officers would remain in their offices. 16:41
  • The superintendent announced a retirement effective December 31st, 2026. 46:33
  • The board voted to postpone until the August regularly scheduled meeting a vote to rescind the open committee meeting resolution adopted on December 16th, 2024. 1:13:26

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Item by item (14)
  1. Opening and board officers 5:15
    • Jeff Campbell moved to retain all current officers until the next organizational meeting. 5:41
    • One board member said they had concerns and hoped members would support voting individually for the positions. 9:23
    • One board member moved to amend the motion to keep three positions and vote on the role of vice president, and another board member said they would support retaining all 4 positions. 9:37
    • The amendment passed 6⁠-⁠1, and after one nomination for vice president did not carry, a second nomination carried. 15:03
  2. Agenda and consent agenda 18:21
    • Cindy Shaw moved to approve the agenda and the consent agenda. 18:52
    • Kristin Coleman said a list of 4 policies would go on the agenda for the next policy committee. 19:47
    • A speaker asked why policy meeting minutes were not included, and Kristin Coleman said they could be brought to the next meeting. 20:52
    • The agenda and the consent agenda were approved. 20:29
  3. Superintendent's report and introductions 22:06
    • Kristin Coleman welcomed the district's new assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction to the board table. 22:06
    • The superintendent said the district breakfast would be August 17th at the high school and the first day of school would be Wednesday the 19th. 23:41
    • Staff introduced new hires, and an athletics staff member reported 460 high school participants in spring sports and said 38 members of the class of 2026 had committed to play at the collegiate level. 32:02
  4. Public comment 49:35
    • A speaker at public comment asked the board to consider the Constitution when debating issues. 50:16
  5. Board member reports 52:32
    • Glenn Gogoleski said robotics team applications for upper elementary and middle school would remain open through August 22nd. 52:56
    • Kristin Coleman said the Senior Center would hold an outdoor garage sale on August 8th. 54:33
  6. Library partnership site improvements 54:33
    • The superintendent said the library's quote was $187,000, the district's own parking work would cost about $150,000 and the district was asking to contribute $50,000. 56:06
    • Jeff Scott moved to amend the motion to specify the $50,000 as presented in the letter of agreement. 1:00:37
    • The amendment passed and the amended motion carried. 1:02:30
  7. Organizational meeting and legal counsel policies 1:03:57
    • Kristin Coleman said the proposal would shift the organizational meeting schedule to align with the calendar year instead of the fiscal year, so the meeting would be held again in January. 1:04:41
    • Kristin Coleman said the change to the legal counsel policy would strike the words in July to avoid having policies where one says January and another says July. 1:07:18
    • Both policy revisions carried. 1:07:00
  8. Committee meetings policy and resolution 1:08:48
    • One board member said policies 155 and 168.3 should be passed simultaneously or 155 first, and moved to postpone action on 168.3 until August 10th, 2026. 1:09:57
    • Jeff Scott also moved to postpone the vote to rescind the open committee meeting resolution adopted December 16th, 2024, until the August meeting. 1:13:26
    • Both motions to postpone carried. 1:12:52
  9. Professional staff and job description policies 1:14:48
    • Jeff Campbell said Policy 3120 was revised based on notes from earlier discussion and that language from 3120 was added to Policy 1400. 1:15:17
    • One board member said they supported 3120 and the rescinding of the related resolution. 1:16:02
    • The motion to rescind the search process resolution adopted on February 16th, 2026, carried. 1:18:49
  10. Compensation policies and administrative guidelines 1:20:05
    • One board member said moving the policies to guidelines without a policy requiring board approval of compensation changes raised concerns and was premature. 1:21:25
    • The superintendent said the central office contracts portion was covered by Policy 3120. 1:23:11
    • One board member said the board should take time to examine all the possibilities before voting. 1:29:26
    • The board voted to postpone the item until the first regular meeting after the next policy committee meeting. 1:31:45
  11. FOIA fee appeals 1:33:15
    • One board member said they had been charged $672.88 for coaches' handbooks, policies and procedures and $507.16 for complaints and investigations from one department, and asked the board to waive the fees. 1:35:38
    • Kristin Coleman said Jeff Scott would not take part in deliberation or votes on the two appeals because of a financial conflict of interest. 1:39:51
    • Jeff Campbell asked whether the complaints request included ongoing investigations. 1:42:29
    • The motion denying the complaints appeal carried, the motion denying the handbook appeal did not carry, and the board reached consensus to provide the handbook information without a fee. 2:02:42
  12. Survey records appeal 2:12:35
    • Jeff Scott said survey documents provided to them still contained redactions that had not been disclosed and for which no exemptions were provided. 2:14:23
    • The superintendent said a missing column was an accident and that a corrected spreadsheet would be sent. 2:17:29
    • The motion to deny the appeal as moot did not carry. 2:29:24
  13. Superintendent evaluation 2:29:24
    • Kristin Coleman outlined options to do a 6-month evaluation or skip an active evaluation for the 2026⁠-⁠27 school year. 2:30:28
    • The superintendent suggested the board spend its time on the process to find the next superintendent. 2:35:28
    • One board member said the next 6 months would be best used to craft the evaluation starting in January. 2:36:18
    • Kristin Coleman said the board had consensus to move forward with option 2. 2:39:40
  14. Committees policy and information items 2:43:35
    • One board member asked about the process for choosing committee chairs, suggested the board approve committee members and said the board should discuss recording committee meetings. 2:44:15
    • One board member said committee meetings should be livestreamed and recorded and said they would support that. 2:46:52
    • Kristin Coleman said the policy would return for a vote and the next regular meeting would be August 10th at 6:30, and Greg Keller read board member building pairings. 2:50:31

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