Kiona-Benton City School District Packet Summary — 2024-08-12
Meeting: School Board Meeting
Scheduled: August 12, 2024, at 6:30 p.m.
Location: District Board Room, 1205 Horne Drive, Benton City, Washington
Viewing: The agenda states that the regular board meeting will also be available to view on Zoom.
Key Items on the Agenda
The Kiona-Benton City School District Board of Directors is scheduled to consider a consent agenda covering prior meeting minutes, personnel changes, and four expenditure vouchers. The agenda also includes reports from school principals and district departments, updates concerning the I-82 subdivision and collective bargaining, public comment, and an executive session.
Consent Agenda
The proposed consent agenda includes several items for board approval:
- Minutes from the July 29, 2024 meeting.
- New hires: Karina Cervantes Ixtas as elementary school attendance secretary and Olga Solorzano as ECEAP assistant preschool teacher.
- Personnel separations involving the district support secretary, high school head boys soccer coach, and middle school assistant football coach.
- Voucher #1111 for PUD, audits, and ESD services, totaling $53,526.87.
- Voucher #1112 for employee reimbursements, totaling $427.34.
- Voucher #1113 for the ECEAP playground and CTE supplies, totaling $13,135.31.
- Voucher #1114 for utilities, phone, custodial and maintenance supplies, garbage, and professional development, totaling $51,957.19.
The four listed vouchers total $119,046.71.
School and District Reports
The agenda provides time for reports from each of the district's school levels:
- Elementary School
- Middle School
- High School
District-level reports are also scheduled for athletics, student support services, maintenance and operations, food service, technology, and special services. The agenda does not provide substantive details about what will be covered in these reports.
New Business
I-82 Subdivision Update
The board is scheduled to receive an update concerning Len Burton and the I-82 subdivision. The agenda identifies this as a new-business item but does not provide additional background, proposed terms, or a requested board action.
Bargaining Update
A bargaining update is also scheduled under new business. The agenda does not identify the bargaining units, describe the status of negotiations, or specify whether board action will be requested.
The agenda includes an opportunity for public comments submitted in person, in writing, or electronically. Written or electronic comments are requested before 6:00 p.m. on August 12, 2024, according to the agenda.
Executive Session
The board is scheduled to enter an executive session under RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) concerning the performance of a public employee.
The agenda allocates approximately 60 minutes for the executive session and states that no business will follow.
What to Watch at the Meeting
Among the items with the clearest potential for additional information during the meeting are the I-82 subdivision and bargaining updates. The packet agenda identifies both topics but provides little supporting detail, so the nature and significance of those updates are not established by the pre-meeting materials.
The board is also being asked to approve personnel changes and approximately $119,046.71 across four listed vouchers through the proposed consent agenda.
This packet summary is based on publicly available meeting materials from Kiona-Benton City School District.
Civic Translator summarized publicly available meeting materials.
