Richland School District 2 board meeting, date not confirmed yet
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What happened at this meeting
Board approves employment recommendations and Policy BE revisions 17:49
- Speakers at public comment raised concerns about proposed changes to media assistant positions, proposed cuts to school librarian positions and the continuation of the college information specialist position. 7:43
- The board voted 7 yes, 0 no to approve employment recommendations and certified releases and 7 yes, 0 no to approve revisions to Policy BE, Board Meetings. 18:41
- The board heard an Alternative Pathways Committee update, a second quarter financial report and the 2026-2027 budget survey results. 26:36
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Item by item (11)
- Opening and executive session 0:05
- Joe Trapp moved to approve the agenda for the February 24th, 2026 regular board meeting. 1:15
- Dr. Monica Elkins-Scott moved to convene an executive session to receive legal advice on reduction in force policies, employment recommendations and certified releases, and board governance. 2:12
- Joe Trapp moved to adjourn executive session at 6:59 and resume public session. 3:53
- The agenda and the executive session motions each passed 7 yes, 0 no. 1:23
- Consent agenda 4:14
- Public participation 4:58
- Angela Nash said three people had signed up to address the board. 4:58
- A speaker at public comment raised concerns that media assistant positions would be replaced with a hybrid media and technology assistant job and asked for one full-time assistant and a certified media specialist in each school. 7:43
- Another speaker raised concerns about a proposed cut of 5 school librarian positions and asked the board to keep 2 certified librarians at each high school, and a third speaker asked for the continuation of the college information specialist position. 10:45
- Employment recommendations and certified releases 17:25
- Board meetings policy revision 17:55
- Next meeting agenda 19:19
- A district staff member said the March 10th, 2026 meeting would begin with a budget input session at 5:00 PM and include revisions to Policies GBC, GCB and GCK. 20:22
- Tamika Washington Ed.S moved to add a legislative update to the March 24th, 2026 board work session agenda. 22:54
- The board voted 7 yes, 0 no to add the legislative update. 23:10
- Work session agenda 23:33
- Alternative pathways committee update 26:36
- A presenter said that from quarter 1 to quarter 2 this year, elementary went up 11%, middle school went up 28% compared with 42% last year, and high school went down 10% from a year ago. 29:25
- One board member said the committee would like placements described as 45 up to 90 days and said placement cycles should conclude at the end of grading cycles. 37:57
- Niki Porter asked who would decide whether a student placed at the academy needs more or less time, and Gary Dennis asked how many repeat versus new offenders were behind the middle school numbers. 38:40
- Second quarter financial report 42:36
- The senior chief financial officer said the district had expended 41% of its budget, or $170,345,730, and that the fund balance represented 23% of the general fund budget, or 2.7 months of expenditures. 42:48
- The senior chief financial officer said 84% of reading coach allocations had been spent and the district would have to supplement that with general fund dollars. 42:48
- One board member said the district remains financially stable at the mid-year point and named maintenance, utility inflation and the timing of tax and state and federal funding as risks. 57:10
- Budget survey results 58:57
- A district staff member said the survey went to high school students, parents and employees and asked each group 2 open-ended questions. 59:46
- The staff member said 63% of employee respondents were classroom teachers and that employees named competitive compensation, behavioral support systems and safe learning environments as priorities. 1:06:03
- Gary Dennis said all the groups seemed to align and mentioned teacher compensation and retention and academic programs such as magnet, CTE and advanced coursework. 1:10:11
- Staff compensation and contract policies 1:11:22
- A district staff member said the proposed changes to Policies GBC, GCB and GCK were to support the Educator Assistance Act. 1:12:18
- The staff member said contracts issued before May 1st would include the projected salary schedule and the employee's tentative location. 1:12:41
- Niki Porter asked whether the board would receive changes to the administrative rule that goes with Policy GCK. 1:18:08
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Video: posted by the district as “Richland School District Two Board of Trustees Meeting | February 24, 2026”