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BVSD Board of Education · Regular meeting

Regular Meeting

November 18, 2025

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Agenda and votes

1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER, ROLL CALL

  • 1.1Call Meeting to Order and Roll Call

2. BOARD PROCEDURES

  • 2.1Board Procedures
  • 2.2Approve Board Agenda
    passed 7-0
    The Board is asked to approve the agenda with the Executive Session moved to just before Consent Grouping.
    Moved by Nicole Rajpal, seconded by Beth Niznik
    Chávez: yesMedler: yesNiznik: yesAweida: yesRajpal: yesSargent: yesUnger: yes

3. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT

  • 3.1Superintendent's Report

4. PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

  • 4.1Public Hearing and Public Participation

5. BOARD COMMUNICATION

  • 5.1Board Communication

6. INFORMATION

  • 6.1Legislative Update

7. EXECUTIVE SESSION

  • 7.1Executive Session - Meeting Notice
    passed 7-0
    The Board of Education is proposed to convene into executive session pursuant to C.R.S. § 24-6-402(4)(b) to receive legal advice on litigation related to the Marshall Fire and to Board Policies related to negotiations.
    Moved by Lalenia Quinlan Aweida, seconded by Jason Unger
    Chávez: yesMedler: yesNiznik: yesAweida: yesRajpal: yesSargent: yesUnger: yes

8. ACTION ITEMS – CONSENT GROUPING

9. ACTION ITEMS

  • 9.1Items Pulled from Consent Grouping

10. POLICY ACTION - CONSENT GROUPING

11. POLICY ACTION

  • 11.1Policies Pulled from Consent Grouping
  • 11.2Board Policy IC/ICA and IC/ICA-R, School Year/School Calendar
    passed 6-1
    The Board is asked to adopt this revised policy (IC/ICA) after striking the green inserted line that says "honor the public engagement in the development process. The Board shall"
    Moved by Alex Medler, seconded by Beth Niznik
    Chávez: yesMedler: yesNiznik: yesAweida: yesRajpal: yesUnger: yesSargent: no
  • 11.3Board Policy IGAC, Religion in Schools
    passed 7-0
    The Board is asked to adopt this policy (IGAC) with the addition of the following sentence to be placed under A. Neutrality after the first sentence. The sentence shall read: "The school district shall not conduct or sanction any service that is religious in nature and shall not include religious invocations or formal prayer at school-sponsored events."
    Moved by Lalenia Quinlan Aweida, seconded by Kitty Sargent
    Chávez: yesMedler: yesNiznik: yesAweida: yesRajpal: yesSargent: yesUnger: yes

12. POLICY STUDY

13. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

14. ADJOURNMENT

  • 14.1Adjournment