Fraser Board approves hires, resignations, tenure contracts, audit and $6.88M in transactions; reorganizes officers

The Fraser Board of Education on Oct. 13 approved a package of routine personnel, fiscal and organizational actions, including new hires, resignations, tenure contract authorizations, acceptance of the final fiscal year 2025 audit and approval of $6,879,693.54 in disbursements across district funds.

Board action and votes at a glance

- Approval of the Sept. 22, 2025 minutes (motion approved unanimously).
- Transfer: Katherine Dawood moved from Payroll to Human Resources Specialist, effective Sept. 8, 2025 (motion carried unanimously).
- New hires approved (effective Sept. 17, 2025): Cathy Briskey (Transportation Dispatcher); Gabrielle Heabeart (Teacher, Edison Elementary); Julia Kowal (Social Worker, Edison and Salk Elementary) (unanimous).
- Resignations accepted: Tara Hogan (Special Education Aide, Edison, effective Oct. 1, 2025) and Melissa Kiger (Behavior Coach, effective Oct. 3, 2025) (unanimous).
- Tenure contracts authorized for Joseph Kowalski, Rebecca Smith‑Darner and Rachel Trudeau (unanimous).
- Final audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 approved and auditors commended (unanimous).
- Board reorganization: officers appointed for 2025–26 — President Scott Wallace; Secretary Kathleen Moco; Vice President Robyn Norbeck; Treasurer Todd Burrows (unanimous).
- Committee assignments for 2025–26 adopted (unanimous).
- Approvals of financial disbursements across funds totaling $6,879,693.54 (General Fund $3,455,338.02; Food Service $148,703.82; School Activities $18,134.42; Debt Retirement $1,975.81; Capital Projects 2023 $3,243,152.35; Capital Projects 2025 $12,389.12) (unanimous).
- Fraser High School Performing Arts Heritage Festival competition trip to Chicago, April 16–19, 2026, approved (unanimous).

Many motions included the names of the trustee who moved and the trustee who supported the motion in the minutes; where the minutes record "Ayes: All Nays: None" the board recorded unanimous approval. The minutes list the six trustees present at the start of the meeting: Scott Wallace, Robyn Norbeck, Kathleen Moco, Abigail Wasil, Todd Burrows and Rebecca Jensen.

One agenda item — adoption of a resolution to meet in closed session under the Open Meetings Act, Section 8c (negotiations) — appears in the minutes with the mover/second lines left blank and no roll‑call result recorded in the excerpted text.

The board adjourned at 8:22 p.m.; the minutes were approved at the subsequent meeting on Oct. 20, 2025 and filed in the permanent minute book.

Next steps: routine implementation actions (staff onboarding, tenure contract execution, audit follow‑ups and capital project bid recommendations) were referenced for future meetings.