Superintendent’s Report: Budget will be presented at the workshop. There will be a 14 million dollar cut. It’s reduced due falling enrollment, state doesn’t fully fund education and inflation. Staff positions will be cut. There has been a staff/community effort to create a new budget for the past 3 months. Further information will be sent out to staff and community.

Public Comments: Note a long commentary from Rob Perkins on the public making comments including no clapping, cheering or booing. This has always been allowed in the past.

Adam Agulera: transparency issues with Superintendent Moloney. Covered again the controversy about supplemental contracts.

Lynn Samuels resident, volunteer and granddaughter at Ellsworth. Gave out stats on Covington Middle School. More homeless, lower income kids than other middle schools in the district. Covington receives less money per student than other schools. Asking that the district look at the allocation of staff and allocate on actual need.

Lisa Rounds, teacher: vital connection between admin and schools. Advocating for a culture where admin is a face in the hallways.

Angie Bunda, parent: more testimony against admin Janae Gomes. Claims Superintendent Moloney is now conducting a coverup.

Kevin Teetle (?) running EEA president. He too criticized Moloney over the coverup of the supplemental contract.

Janie Williams, teacher: asking district to institute a fragrance-free policy.

Kathryn Fertick, parent and volunteer: also unhappy about Moloney declaring that Gomes is not guilty and there was no cover up.

Jacob Smith reminded us again that he ran for the school board. Wants admin to be cut. Get more liaisons and librarians.

Camille Logan: also, against Moloney for saying there was no cover up.

Mindy Troper Cooper: more testimony against Gomes and Moloney.

Danny Stevenson: was in payroll and was told to pay the supplemental contract to Gomes. He asked about that and was fired. He says false statements were made about him.

James Watson Hughes, bus driver: also, there to ask for transparency from district.

Consent Agenda Approved

Superintendent Consent Agenda Approved

Teaching, Learning and Equity Update: Wy ‘east did listening sessions with multicultural families. They learned that the families wanted more communication. They have invited families into the classrooms. They have done talks on various parenting issues. They do presentations in English and Spanish. School newsletter is available in both Spanish and English. They work hard to hire staff who have more diverse backgrounds.

Student Board Representative: they were invited to Legacy for lunch with school board members. Students there want more vegan choices at lunch. Legacy is an alternative school and in the past students were allowed to work outside of the traditional classroom. This year that option was taken away. Students have been giving their input on the budget. Lots of absences due to illness, low morale and a safety incident. Zero period was taken away and students are unhappy.

Board Comments: Gary Wilson jumped in. He was at Legacy with the student reps. He says students are unhappy about discipline and there is no room for the students to go when they need to deregulate. He commented that he feels nothing ever changes. He was also taken aback that there has been no policy on fragrance free policy. He says the state is in support of the fragrance-free policy. Three people on the board also agreed that it needs to be workshopped. Julie Bocanegra also commented that she was surprised there was no workshop. Gary further addressed that he was surprised there was such discrepancies between schools. He would like a one-page evaluation on the supplemental contract situation. He thinks an investigation is warranted and he got applause from the audience.

Rob Perkins and Gary Wilson will be looking at budget from the board perspective.

Ginny Gronwoldt commented on her visit to Legacy. One student was struggling with math and she witnessed another student offering to tutor her.

Julie Bocanegra was happy to hear the presentation from Wy’ east. Evergreen foundation is holding their event on March 28, hopes for a good turnout.

Return to Previous Page