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Board Meeting Minutes — September 8, 2026

Holliday C-2 School Board Meeting

September 8th, 2026

On this 8th day of September 2026, the Holliday C-2 Board met in Regular Session at the school with the following present:

Board members: Samantha Thomas, Stephanie Breid, Jenny Mitchell, Ashley Sutton, Brent Gholson

Administrator: Dr. John Wiggans
Principal: Aaron Summers
Administrative Assistant/Technology: Gretchen Dahl
Food Service/Transportation: Donna Arends

Guest(s): Susan Havens, Becky Blackaby, Cheri Youse, Maggie Middleton, Susak Kendrick, Madison Owen

Call to Order

Jenny Mitchell called the meeting to order at 7:01p.m.

Approval of Agenda

Brent Gholson moved and Stephanie Breid seconded a motion to approve the agenda for the September 8th, 2026 Regular Session Session board meeting. Passed 4/0.

Public Comment

No public comment

Approval of Consent Agenda

Brent Gholson moved and Stephanie Breid seconded a motion to approve the minutes from the August 11th, 2026 Regular Session board meetings. Passed 4/0.

Stephanie Breid moved and Brent Gholson seconded a motion to approve the August bills and monthly financial report as presented. Passed 4/0.

MAP Assessment Data Teams

Susan Kendrick, Maggie Middleton, and Cheri Youse presented information 3-5th grade spring 2026 MAP testing and changes they intend to make. Cheri added info regarding how user friendly the SpedTrak program is.

Madison Owen, Becky Blackaby and Susan Havens presented middle school data for spring 2026 MAP testing and the trends they see with consistency of curriculum for math. ELA has had some curriculum changes for this year.

Transportation and Food Service Report

Donna showed the new food trays the school will be ordering to replace the old stained ones.

Both buses are back and running, Fuel projections for this year do not look good.

Business Report

ADA website is in the final stages of design

Sub pay and sub list

Principal Report

Update on upcoming field trips in September

The University Extension Office is going to start nutrition classes again

Lifeline programs will offer a 3 day class on health and puberty and can possibly come to the October meeting for a presentation to the board.

Superintendent Report

SpedTrak has taken off, Lisa Skelton is working with teachers for SPED processes

Went over the calendar changes

Move to Closed Session (Mo 610.021 (1), (3), (13)

Brent Gholson moved and Stephanie Breid seconded a motion to go into Closed Session. Time was 8:34 p.m.Passed 5/0.

Closed Session

New Business

Stephanie Breid moved and Ashley Sutton seconded a motion to raise the substitute teacher pay to $105.00 per day. Passed 4/0 Samantha Thomas abstained.

Brent Gholson moved and Stephanie Breid seconded a motion to go to Closed Session at the next regular meeting or at any interim per Section 610.021 sub section 3,13,6,14 RSMo. Passed 5/0

Next Meeting:

Ashley Sutton moved and Brent Gholson seconded a motion to set the next board meeting for October 20th, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. Passed 5/0

Adjourn:

Brent Gholson moved Stephanie Breid seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting. Passed 5/0. Time was 9:06 p.m.

Samantha Thomas, President
Gretchen Dahl, Secretary