Perrydale board unanimously extends PE contract, approves certified-contract renewals and accepts library grant

The Perrydale SD 21 Board of Directors on March 25 voted unanimously to extend a physical-education contract for the 2024–25 school year, to grant contract status to a slate of certified staff under Resolution 24-03, and to accept additional library grant funds under Resolution 24-04.

Board Chair (Chair) moved to extend the district’s physical-education contract for the 24–25 school year; the motion was seconded and approved without objection. Superintendent (Superintendent) told the board that the position combines k–12 physical-education duties and athletic-director responsibilities and recommended the extension to retain that skill set.

The board then approved Resolution 24-03 to grant contract status for 2024–25 and 2025–26 to multiple certified employees. The superintendent listed staff granted contract status as Morgan Crawford, Dean Dieter, Savannah Ends, Bridal Ferguson, Brad Ford, Alex Graber, McKenna Hanson Johnson, Britney Matthews, Misty Matthews, Tracy Payette, Tyler Richards and Julia Wilson. The superintendent also identified employees in second- and third-year probationary status (Chandler Tipton, Shai Lamar, Arthur [last name not specified], Caitlin Hutchinson, Emma Jimenez, Ellie Salom and Jill Wood). Chair moved, the motion was seconded, and the resolution passed unanimously.

Separately, the board accepted a library grant that will cover approximately $8,000 in book purchases and some furniture. The superintendent said the district can count those library purchases toward the matching requirements of a separate literacy grant. The chair moved to accept the funds and create spending authority under resolution notation 23–24/24–04; the motion passed unanimously.

What the board decided: all three items were approved by unanimous vote. There were no recorded nay votes, abstentions or roll-call tallies provided in the transcript.

Next steps: The approved contract extensions and the grant spending authority will be reflected in the district’s upcoming budget documents and personnel records; the superintendent said the district will circulate relevant approval documents to board members.