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Votes at a glance: Roseburg board approves routine personnel actions, Douglas ESD plan and other measures

February 15, 2025 | Douglas County SD 4, School Districts, Oregon


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Votes at a glance: Roseburg board approves routine personnel actions, Douglas ESD plan and other measures
The Roseburg Public Schools Board of Directors approved several routine and agenda items during the meeting. Key outcomes are summarized below.

Votes and formal actions
- Consent agenda (pages 1–50): Approved unanimously. The consent agenda included minutes from the Jan. 23 Building & Sites Committee meeting, retirements, resignations, surplus items and gifts to the district. Donors named in the packet included Gordon Avery, Field of Dreams Bull Riding, Foley Roofing, Jolene PSA and Keller Lumber.

- Resolution 24‑25‑11: Classified School Employee Week (March 3–7, 2025): Approved unanimously. The board adopted a resolution honoring classified employees and asked staff to distribute resolution copies to classified staff.

- Personnel actions (referenced ORS 342.513; packets noted on pages provided): A set of personnel motions concerning probationary administrator contract renewals, three‑year administrator contract extensions (7/1/2025–6/30/2028), probationary teacher renewals, two‑year teacher contract extensions (2025–2027), and expiration of temporary teacher contracts (end of 2024–25 school year) were each moved and approved by unanimous vote. The motions were procedural actions required by Oregon statute and the district’s employment agreements.

- Roseburg High School / Umpqua Community College Advanced Medical Pathways facility: Motion to approve up to $2,500,000 pending MOU and legal review. Approved 6–1. Director Shirtcliff recorded the lone vote in opposition; other directors voted in favor.

- Douglas Educational Service District (ESD) 2025–26 Local Service Plan (pages 68–74): Approved unanimously. Superintendent Cordon and ESD staff reported the plan will serve 13 school districts in Douglas County.

Several other agenda and committee items were presented (student recognitions, awards, curriculum committee updates and building‑insights reports) but required no board votes.

What the votes mean
Most personnel motions were statutory and procedural in nature (renewals, extensions, expirations) and were approved without recorded dissent. The conditional commitment of up to $2.5 million to the UCC medical‑careers wing represents the only substantive discretionary appropriation on the agenda and was approved with one dissent over prioritization of district facility needs versus investment in career and technical education.

Details and references
Board packet page numbers, ORS citation (noted in packet as ORS 342.513) and resolution numbers were cited in the meeting. Where packet page references were read aloud (for example, personnel lists and the Douglas ESD local service plan), the board approved motions as read. Where votes lacked roll‑call naming each yes voter in the public transcript, the meeting recorded overall tallies and any named opposition.

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