Gilmanton board approves consent agenda, extends contracts and sets special-education open-enrollment cap

The School District of Gilmanton Board of Education approved routine business and several governance actions at its Jan. 19 meeting, including expenditures, donations, contract extensions and open-enrollment limits.

Trustee Tammi Olson moved approval of the consent agenda, which included the Dec. 18, 2025 open-session minutes and expenditures totaling $63,250.67; the board accepted donations of $460 from Alliance Bank (debit-card donations) and $15,000 from Marjorie and Friends of Prairie Moon to support arts programming. Lance Peterson seconded; the motion carried 4-0.

Later in the meeting Jackson Serum moved, seconded by Lance Peterson, that discussion of administrative contracts be held in closed session; that roll-call motion carried 5-0 at 7:59 p.m. The board reconvened in open session at 8:30 p.m. and, on a motion by Lance Peterson seconded by Tammi Olson, extended the current administrative contracts through the 2027–2028 school year; that motion carried 5-0.

The board approved the 2026–27 school calendar as presented by Kory Rud (motion by Lance Peterson, seconded by Tammi Olson; motion carried 4-0). On open enrollment the trustees voted to allow unlimited regular-education open enrollment but to cap special-education open-enrollment spaces at zero for 2026–27, citing the district’s caseload formula (special-education student-to-teacher ratio of 15:1) and no available cross-categorical spaces; motion by Tammi Olson, seconded by Lance Peterson, carried 4-0.

Paperwork for a Tax and Revenue Anticipation Promissory Note (short-term borrowing) that the board had approved in December 2025 was present and signed at the meeting; no new borrowing vote was taken. The meeting adjourned at 8:31 p.m.

The board will meet next on Feb. 19, 2026.