AGENDA: Salem-Keizer board to elect new chair, swear in new members

A July 16 meeting will be the first for newly elected school board members Satya Chandragiri and Danielle Bethell.

They’ll be sworn in and the board will elect a new chair and vice chair for the 2019-20 school year.

Board members will consider a safe and healthy schools plan and a summer meals proclamation.

They’ll vote on renewing a contract with the district’s legal counsel, Paul Dakopolos, who has served in that role since the early 1990s. The contract rates are the same as they were for 2018-19.

Board members will hear reports on Superintendent Christy Perry’s job performance and compliance with her job description.

Following the business session, board members will meet in executive session to discuss labor negotiations and possible litigation. Executive sessions are closed to the public, and no decisions can be made during them.

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Meeting details: 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 16 at the district’s Support Services Center, 2575 Commercial Street SE.

Board members: Kathy Goss, Sheronne Blasi, Marty Heyen, Jesse Lippold, Paul Kyllo, Satya Chandragiri and Danielle Bethell.

Reporter Rachel Alexander: [email protected] or 503-575-1241.

Rachel Alexander is Salem Reporter’s managing editor. She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers education, economic development and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for a decade and is a past president of Oregon's Society of Professional Journalists chapter. Outside of work, you can often find her gardening or with her nose buried in a book.