Portage Township Schools board meeting, date not confirmed yet
51 min
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What happened
What happened at this meeting
Portage Township board hears student support presentation, takes up staff contracts 0:38
- The director of the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support gave a presentation on the district's academic, behavior and social-emotional learning supports, a birth to school program and preschool classes. 0:38
- Board member Wilma Vazquez asked questions about the district's behaviorists, mental health providers and preschool. 23:18
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Item by item (10)
- Opening and meeting procedures 0:13
- Wilma Vazquez called the meeting to order and said the board president and superintendent were not present, so Wilma Vazquez would facilitate with help from the associate superintendent. 0:13
- Multi-Tiered Systems of Support presentation 1:49
- The director described an online platform used to track academic, behavior and social-emotional data, and said the district was awarded $90,000 for birth to school services. 1:49
- One board member asked whether the district's 2 behaviorists serve all schools, and the director said they are assigned to specific buildings and provide consultation to the rest; they said they would like to see more behavior specialists. 23:18
- Superintendent's consent agenda 33:38
- The superintendent's consent agenda included the personnel report, donations report and claims report, and a motion and second were followed by a roll call. 33:38
- Board consent agenda 34:17
- The board consent agenda included the minutes of the October 12th discussion meeting, and a motion and second were followed by a roll call. 34:17
- Board committee reports 34:45
- Matthew Ramian reported that a food drive generated over $437 in cash donations and that Portage Chiefs and Portage Pop Warner wrote donation checks each for $150. 34:54
- Wilma Vazquez reported that the RDC met on the 22nd and awarded the district a grant in the amount of $250,000 toward the purchase of student devices. 36:44
- Robotics overnight field trips 36:44
- International trip for language students 39:17
- Wilma Vazquez said the trip for Portage High School foreign language students would run from June 28th through July 6th in 2028 to France, Germany and Switzerland. 39:17
- Transportation and custodial contracts 40:06
- The associate superintendent said the transportation group agreed to a 5-year agreement and the custodians to a 3-year agreement, each with a 3% raise each year, retroactive to July 1st. 40:17
- Wilma Vazquez thanked bus drivers and custodians, and a motion and second were followed by a roll call. 42:44
- Contract subscription renewals 43:52
- Associate superintendent's report 45:25
- The associate superintendent said about 80 high school students took part in a manufacturing program visit and that parent-teacher conferences on November 2nd and 3rd would be virtual instruction days. 45:32
- The associate superintendent said the next board meeting is November 9th. 45:32
- One board member described the groundbreaking for the new middle school as a memorable event. 49:25
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Video: posted by the district as “10/26/26 Regular School Board Meeting”