Springfield School Board — March 2, 2026

0:51 Good morning, everyone. Welcome to this special meeting of the Springfield Board of Education, March 2nd, 2026. It is now ten thirty AM. I'll call this meeting to order. How many... Are there any people? None. Okay. So well, welcome to everybody in the room. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Director Cole will read the land acknowledgement.

1:38 We acknowledge that we are in the traditional homeland of the Kalapuya people, specifically the community that was known as Chifen, the area that we now call Springfield. Kalapuya people, who have lived in this region since time immemorial, were illegally dispossessed of their land and forcibly removed to what are now the Grand Ronde and Siletz reservations over several years, but most notably in treaties between 1851 and 1855. The Kalapuya are now members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and members of the Kalapuya still live, work, study, and thrive in this area and continue to make important contributions here in Springfield, across the land we now refer to as Oregon, and around the globe. This information is shared out of a

2:25 responsibility to prevent the erasure of Native culture, heritage, and people, and to ensure a quality contemporary education for future generations. Thank you. And I apologize, I didn't see that, uh, Vice Chair Langworthy was already scheduled to read that, so I hope that's okay. So moving on to the approval of the agenda, item number two. I'll move approval. Moved by Director Cole for approval. Second. Seconded by Director DeGraff. Any comments or discussion? Hearing none, call for the vote. All in favor indicate by saying aye. Aye. And motion carries four to zero.

3:11 At this time, the board will, uh, adjourn into executive session under confidential attorney-client privileged information ORS one nine two point six six o two F, and we will return then and, uh, continue on with the agenda. Thank you.Seeing

1:33:08 everybody back from the executive session, I'll go ahead and re-adjourn, uh, this special meeting. And this brings us to agenda item four, action items. So, um, regarding complaint number one, I move that the board take no further action related to the complaint, discuss in executive session, and delegate authority to the chair to draft a response to complaint based upon board's discussion. I second. I have a motion by Director Cole and a second by Director Langworthy. Are there any further questions, comments, or discussion? Hearing none, call for the vote. All in favor indicate by saying aye.

1:33:55 Aye. Are there any against? Hearing none, motion for number one passes four to zero. Regarding complaint number two, I move that the board take no further action related to the complaint, discuss in executive session, and delegate authority to the chair to draft a response to complaint based upon board's discussion. Second. I have a motion. Do I have a second? Second. Okay. Motion by Director Cole, a second by Director DeGraff. Any further comments, questions, or discussion? Hearing none, call for the vote. All in favor indicate by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Any against? Hearing none, motion carries four to zero.

1:34:42 Regarding complaint number three, I move that the board take no further action related to the complaint, discuss in executive session, and delegate authority to the chair to draft a response to the complaint based upon board's discussion. Second. Moved by Director Cole, seconded by Director DeGraff. Any questions, comments? Okay, hearing none, moving to the vote. All in favor indicate by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Any against? Hearing none, motion carries four to nothing. Uh, regarding complaint number four, I move that the board delegate authority to the chair to draft a response to, uh, complainant based upon board's discussion. Second. Moved by Director DeGraff, seconded by Director Cole.

1:35:29 Any comments, questions, or discussion? Hearing none, moving to the vote. All in favor indicate by saying aye. Aye. Are there any against? Hearing none, motion carries four to zero. Uh, regarding complaint number five, I move that the board delegate authority to the chair to draft a response to complaint based upon board's discussion. Second. Moved by Director DeGraff, a second by Director Cole. Comments, questions? Hearing none, moving to the vote. All in favor indicate by saying aye. Aye. Are there any against? I'm abstaining. Let the record reflect the motion carries three to zero to one abstention.

1:36:16 Um, regarding complaint number six, I move that the board ta- uh, delegate authority to the chair to draft a response to the complaint based upon, uh, board's discussion. Second. Moved by Director DeGraff, seconded by Director Cole. Any comments, questions, or discussion? Hearing none, move to the vote. All in favor indicate by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Any against? Motion carries four to nothing. Uh, that concludes our meeting. Our next meeting is March 9th at 7:00 PM. Have, have we changed that time? Not yet. Okay. Uh, so it's set at 7:00 PM. And with that, I'll go ahead and adjourn this meeting at

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