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At its meeting the Laramie County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees took multiple formal actions on routine business, including designating banking depositories, approving personnel hires and resignations, and advancing or approving several policies.

Key outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript include:

- Bank designation: A motion was made to approve Wyoming Bank and Trust and Pointe West Community Bank as district depositories for the 2025–26 school year. The motion was moved and seconded during the finance consent items; no roll-call tally was specified in the transcript excerpt.

- Personnel approvals: The board moved to approve a slate of hires and resignations including multiple teacher hires, counselors and coaches. Trustee Julianne moved the personnel motion listing hires such as Janelle Meade (Burns High assistant track coach), Danielle Inns (Burns High counselor), Amy Robb (first grade teacher, Burns Elementary) and several others; the motion was presented as part of the personnel section and accepted by the board. The transcript lists numerous hires and resignations in the personnel packet.

- Vacations and hires: During the vote on a leave/vacation and hire motion the roll call recorded two nays; the transcript records the motion as passing despite the two nays. Exact yes and no roll-call names beyond the two nays were not specified in the provided transcript excerpt.

- Policy approvals/first-and-final readings: A motion was made to approve a designated facility policy on first and final reading; the motion was presented and staff confirmed it would not change the student handbook. The transcript does not list the full roll call for that motion in the excerpt provided.

Where the transcript did not capture full roll-call counts or explicit aye/no counts, this roundup lists the motions and recorded outcomes as shown in the meeting record.

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Laramie County School District No. 2's Benefits Committee recommended renewing its employee health insurance with WESP for plan year beginning July 1, 2025, and presented rate changes and employer contribution levels to the board.

The committee reported a 5% increase in health insurance premiums for the coming plan year, described by staff as approximately $226,000 in additional premiums districtwide. Dental premiums rose about 6% — roughly $10,820 — while vision premiums were unchanged. The committee recommended continuing the district's three plan options: a $1,500 deductible plan, a $2,500 deductible plan and a $3,500 high-deductible plan.

Under the recommendation, the district would continue to pay 100% of the premium for the $3,500 high-deductible plan for employees and continue making HSA contributions on employees' behalf: $250 for single coverage, $500 for spouse, $500 for children and $700 for family coverage. The district would contribute 95% toward the $2,500 deductible plan (a 1% reduction from the prior level) and 79% toward the $1,500 deductible plan (also reduced by 1%). The committee also recommended the district continue to pay 100% of employee dental premiums.

A committee representative told trustees that benefit-plan materials and a coverage summary were included in the meeting packet and that the committee's recommendation balances cost containment with maintaining employee access to coverage.

Trustees acknowledged the recommendation and thanked the committee for compiling plan options and costs. The board did not record a separate vote in the transcript excerpted here but received the committee's recommendation as part of the consent/finance discussion.

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Laramie County School District No. 2 staff told the board that enrollment trends and a revised property‑tax estimate will reduce state funding and require significant repayment to the Wyoming Department of Education, possibly exceeding $2 million.

At the board meeting the district reported a short-term drop in average daily membership (ADM) and updated the WDE 100 funding form, a required submission to the Wyoming Department of Education that districts may revise before the March 31 deadline.

A district finance presenter said the district reported 1,017 students on April 1 and had gained three additional VACC students since then, bringing that count to about 1,020. The presenter said the district’s ADM is down 33.5 students compared with the current funding model and that the rolling three‑year average — the figure used to smooth funding swings — is down about 11.68 students. The presenter told trustees those shifts could reduce district funding by roughly $100,000 to $150,000 in fiscal 2026–27 if trends continue.

Officials also described a larger effect tied to property‑tax receipts and state recapture rules. The county treasurer’s payment to the district was $2.5 million — an increase the presenter described as 170% from last year — prompting staff to revise the district's ad valorem tax estimate upward by about $665,000. After recalculating the WDE 100, staff said the district now anticipates a repayment to the state of about $1.9 million tied to tax collections and an additional entitlement repayment of roughly $300,000, for a combined potential repayment over $2 million.

“This is our last opportunity to revise the WDE 100; it was due by March 31,” the finance presenter said, noting that next year the district will either have a tax overage or shortage depending on the accuracy of these estimates.

Board members asked clarifying questions about the calculations and the impact of the rolling average; staff answered that the three‑year average had buffered previous highs but that the most recent drop will reduce funding under the state model.

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The Laramie County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees voted to adopt a policy establishing blackout days for employee leave and clarified how voluntary resignations intersect with insurance coverage, the board said during its regular meeting.

Board members and staff said the policy is meant to set expectations about employee attendance during high-priority times, while staff warned the policy intersects with insurance rules for employees who give two-week notices.

Trustees spent extensive time debating the policy’s scope and exceptions. Several trustees urged that administrators retain authority to approve exceptions for preplanned events or extraordinary circumstances; other trustees said exceptions undermine the purpose of the blackout days. District staff warned that allowing employees to use two-week notice periods to remain on district insurance could create coverage disputes with the insurer.

“Technically for insurance purposes we have to drop them in March. We can't carry them through April,” a district staff member said, describing an example in which an employee whose last insured day falls in March could not be carried into the next month for insurance purposes if the two-week notice extends into that month. The staff member said the district’s insurance carrier had warned the district about potential claim denials if an employee’s last day is misaligned with insurer records.

Board discussion focused on three practical concerns: (1) whether the blackout days should be absolute or allow administrator-approved exceptions for preapproved travel or emergencies; (2) the cost to the district of paying employees during a two-week notice while also paying substitute coverage and insuring the same position; and (3) the district’s obligation to follow insurer reporting rules to avoid denied claims. Several trustees recommended adding language to permit supervisor or administrator waivers in defined circumstances; other trustees opposed broad exceptions.

After discussion, the board voted to adopt the policy. The roll call recorded two nays; the final yes tally was not specified in the transcript.

The policy language and any implementing administrative procedures will be used by principals and human-resources staff to manage staffing coverage and leave approvals going forward. Trustees said they expect administrators to monitor operational impacts and report back if the blackout-days rule creates practical staffing shortages or unexpected insurance exposures.

The board’s discussion and vote on this policy occurred during the regular meeting's policy section; public comment and staff explanations preceded the final vote.

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