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Trustees voted to authorize a contract for special-education IEP software with Educational Advantage, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $138,624. The board then approved a contract for employee health-benefit consultant services for an amount not to exceed $284,400.

The board also approved administrator professional contracts for the 2025–26 school year, placing the listed hires on the administrator professional salary schedule. The superintendent said the two listed positions are replacements for existing roles: the Triumph High School principal position and a school psychologist.

All three items were presented as motions from the floor, seconded, and approved with the board voice vote “Aye”; the transcript does not record individual roll-call tallies or which trustee made the motion or second. The board had earlier approved the consent agenda by motion.

The meeting concluded with a motion to go into executive session “for the purpose of possible long student suspensions, expulsions, personnel, legal advice, and potential litigation,” which the board approved on voice vote and then recessed into executive session.

Amounts approved and procedural notes:
• Educational Advantage, Inc. — special-education IEP software: not to exceed $138,624 (motion approved).
• Employee health-benefit consultant services — not to exceed $284,400 (motion approved).
• Administrator professional contracts — listed hires to be placed on the appropriate step of the administrator professional salary schedule; positions identified as replacements (motion approved).

No additional fiscal details, vendor contract durations, or vendor RFP history were provided in the public portion of the transcript, nor were individual vote counts recorded.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","LCSD1 School Board of Trustees Meeting - April 21, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Trustees approved three vendor and personnel motions Wednesday: an IEP software contract not to exceed $138,624, an employee health-benefits consultant contract not to exceed $284,400, and administrator professional contracts filling existing positions (Triumph High School principal and a school psychologist).","taxTitle","Laramie County School District #1, School Districts, Wyoming","taxId",13150,"location","Wyoming","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6266389,"Cheyenne school board hears public comments, staff update as district drafts firearms policy after state law change",1570,2966000,4536000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3087186-24da09e170c834fa372c5c42e017ff3c&start=2966&end=4536","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3087186-24da09e170c834fa372c5c42e017ff3c/thumbnail_2966000.jpg","/articles/6266389/Wyoming/Cheyenne-school-board-hears-public-comments-staff-update-as-district-drafts-firearms-policy-after-state-law-change","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6266389-f54bc3afb15e494a7093daeca7f9d794/orig.mp4?Expires=1771167372&Signature=cAN2SaA2KLgRkFQaTseVH7AjvlGz0QWiX2k1TNHOlHPiuKry70u-M10xcfWXZHd7wXCoW7~lTh7Wh6u3B4FfO3wpbvu3xM5EupipaLWmRojSf-Oq0Jy7cY1d6DW0XVibEUvrcWbkdZtBurIhPdJznNuajXtv-BpebnAUJSAk7s~Ir2RzUBj2zpvEvJTVFBYup33qb1y14uriK8NprpPMlMoUnjflbtOCzlBOhqcsLkQ1qClDAX0L94rnBvXVRRrWfrq9hRgsVZR81d0lZL2V1Ijw-KABU9~ziE1LA5QHzd-Lv-jes5oSl7ed~ht7MEeQeIKNrHt~uNE56~osXYiM6g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Laramie County School District #1 trustees heard more than an hour of public comment and a staff update Wednesday as the district works to write a policy implementing House Bill 172, the Wyoming Repeal Gun Free Zones Act, which takes effect July 1, 2025.

The move follows state legislation that allows adults with valid Wyoming concealed-carry permits to carry on school property. Liz Eddington, a 25-year district teacher, told trustees that allowing guns on campus “in the name of safety and deterrence does not address the root problem” and urged the board to focus on mental-health supports and prevention.

Why it matters: The statute requires boards to adopt rules that specify training and curriculum for staff and volunteers who may carry. Those required elements must go through a 45-day public-comment rulemaking process, so the district must reconcile statutory deadlines with a need for careful drafting, insurance review and coordination with the U.S. Air Force at Freedom Elementary, which sits on leased federal property.

During public comment, Patricia McCoy, a community member, praised the district’s “transparency” in producing a full concealed-carry policy and urged continued work with law enforcement on training. Dylan Ford, president of the Cheyenne Teachers Association (CTA), said some teachers had already resigned over the state law and pressed for strict holster, trigger-guard and biometric-storage requirements to reduce accidental access and for clear limits on when force is permitted. “False alarms are absolutely certain,” Ford warned, citing multiple false-alarm incidents at one high school this year.

District staff member Polly (policy staff) told the board staff had identified three unresolved issues delaying release of a draft for the 45-day public-comment period: (1) statutory requirements to include training and curriculum language in the rule rather than an administrative regulation; (2) lack of insurance coverage statewide for districts that adopt such policies; and (3) federal-lease constraints at Freedom Elementary, which may require separate treatment of that site or explicit U.S. Air Force approval.

Polly said the training language must be stable before the 45-day posting to avoid repeated re-noticing; staff are also exploring whether a temporary emergency rule could bridge the July 1 start date and the board’s regular meeting schedule. “We are not covered. No district in the state, unless you’ve already had an existing policy, is covered,” Polly said about insurance declarations district staff are reviewing.

Superintendent Dr. Brian Newton (identified in the meeting as Doctor Newton) and trustees thanked participants and acknowledged community concern. Trustees said they would follow state law while working to incorporate safeguards and will consider special meetings or emergency rules if needed to meet statutory timelines.

Next steps noted by staff included continuing to work with law enforcement and insurance providers, clarifying potential language for the Air Force-leased site, and aiming to have a draft ready for board review in early May for public comment; the board could consider emergency rules to be effective July 1 and adopt final rules later if public comment prompts changes.

The board did not take a formal vote on the policy at Wednesday’s meeting; staff framed the session as an update and public comment period leading into further rulemaking.","Public commenters and staff pressed the Laramie County School District #1 board Wednesday on training, insurance and federal-lease constraints as administrators race to finalize a policy implementing House Bill 172 allowing concealed carry on school grounds for permit-holders.","actionData","errors"]

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Laramie County School District #1 board approves IEP software, benefits consultant and administrator contracts

Cheyenne school board hears public comments, staff update as district drafts firearms policy after state law change