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5/26/2026 - Board Meeting 1

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YouTube / Laurel Public Schools
Date
2026-05-27
Location
Yellowstone County, MT
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900 words · about 5 min
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2026-06-24

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001Public comment is encouraged in the Laurel School District. All meetings of the board will be open to the public except as provided by law. The scheduled meetings of the board may be recorded. Audience members may address the board during public comment for non-agenda interests or during the discussion of the relevant printed agenda item. Your attendance is welcomed. If you plan to speak to the board, >> [clears throat] >> please look over the information on the agenda, then complete the public comment section on the back side of the cards located at the back of the room, and and hand it to Superintendent Torix or myself. Public participation is a right that carries certain responsibilities such as informing oneself in advance of the issues being discussed, voluntarily being as brief and germane as possible, not unduly repeating

002remarks others or you have already made, ensuring respect at all times for the rights and opinions of others, whether citizens, board members, school district employees, or students. Is there any public comment for anything that is not on the agenda tonight? Hearing none, we'll move then to correspondence. And again, as a district, we just like to acknowledge [clears throat] and appreciate um all of the good that happens in our district as a result of participation from the community at large. Um this giving is always so appreciated and so important for the um running of the district. So, thank you so much. We'll move next then to the consent agenda. Is there a motion? >> I move to approve the consent agenda. >> A motion to approve the consent agenda by Jenny. Is there a second? >>

003I'll second that. >> Seconded by Britney. Any other board discussion on that? Audience discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to vote on the motion to approve the consent agenda by Jenny, seconded by Britney. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. Moving on to the next section of our agenda, the action items. Well, we have a personnel hiring. That should probably be underneath action. So, that is under the action. We'll consider it our first action. The hire of temporary summer help. >> I'll move to approve the hiring of the summer help listed. >> The motion to approve the >> [laughter] >> Perfect. A motion by Donnie. Is there a second? >> Seconded by Kayla. Any board discussion? Audience discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to vote on the action item personnel hiring, but

004motion by Donnie, seconded by Kayla. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. The next action item sub A, library books for approval. Do I have a motion? >> I move to approve the listed library books for LIS and LHS for approval for purchase. >> There's a motion by Jenny to approve library books for approval as constituted. Is there a second? >> Seconded by Kayla. Any more board discussion on that? Audience discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to vote the motion to approve the library books as constituted by Jenny, seconded by Kayla. All in favor, say I. I. Any opposed? Motion carries. The next action item, administrative support rehire. Do I have a motion? >> I make a motion to approve the recommended board hiring of Lindsey and Healey as the district's

005HR specialist for 2026-2027 year. >> So, we have a motion to approve the administrative hire by Britney. Is there a second? >> Second. >> You've got two already. >> [clears throat] >> Seconded by Dawn. Any other discussion, board? >> Just one clarification. So, this was advertised in the kind of print supposed to be kept. >> And we have [clears throat] an audience discussion. >> comment. >> Yes, please come up to the Please come up to the stage, your name and address for the record. >> Julie Jones. MY ONLY COMMENT IS USUALLY IT NEEDS to be a full quorum here for this kind of a motion, from what I understand. So, I just wanted Can you possibly move it to new business where you would have a full quorum? I'm I'm just suggesting. >> I make

006a motion to table the item for next meeting. >> Well, I think we have a motion and a second, so we'll move through that. We have a motion and a second. We have a motion and a second. Thank you for that, Julie. >> Yes. We have to vote. >> Yep. So, any other audience discussion on that item? Hearing none, we'll move vote on the motion to approve uh the administrative support rehire by Britney, seconded by Donny. All in favor, say I. Any opposed? >> I. I. Sorry, that's what I meant to say. >> Motion failed. >> I will just note I abstained from this vote as well. >> [clears throat] >> Oh, that's okay. I was like, we have four. >> Yeah. >> [laughter] >> So, that's why I abstained. >> So, now I'll make

007a motion. >> That's the absence of the quorum. >> There we go. >> Thank you. >> To make a motion to remove the administrative support rehire for Lindsey to next meeting. >> The motion to table for this meeting the hire of the administrative support. >> I'll second that one, too. >> Seconded by Donny, great. Any other things from the board? Audience? Hearing none, we'll move uh to vote on the motion to table the administrative support rehire for future meeting, should be the next meeting, by [clears throat] Britney, seconded by Donny. All in favor, say I. I. Any opposed? No one abstained. Right? >> I did vote to table. >> Sorry. >> I did vote to table. >> Yeah, that's fine. >> I can I don't think so. I don't think you can vote on anything.

008>> I'll just avoid it. >> I don't think you can vote on anything. >> Just saying things. >> Cuz it has to do with All of it's [clears throat] part of the >> The next action then, certify election, canvas of votes, which we found out this week, just so you guys all know, it is spelled with two s's, and I did not know that. There's two different kinds of canvas. This kind of canvas relates to uh political canvassing, and not the kind of canvas that you would use to cover our tent. So, in case you ever wondered I have now made it so long in life and didn't know that, but certified election canvas of votes election certification reports. Is there a motion? And board, you should have a copy of Does everybody have a

009copy of this? Or is this new? >> I just gave you the copy of the thing. >> But it's in it's not It's on It's on Yeah. Yeah, so so. >> I'll move to approve the results of the May 6th trustee election and bond election results as reported by the county election administrator. >> Is there a motion to approve the election results and canvassing it um and report from the county administrator by Donnie? Is there a second? >> I'll second. >> Seconded by Jenny. Any board discussion? Any discussion? Hearing none, we'll move to vote on the motion to approve the and certify the election canvas of votes and uh certification report by the county elections officials by Donnie, seconded by Jenny. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. All right,

010[clears throat] we have no further business for this meeting, so we will adjourn.

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