WINIFRED PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 115
SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
January 26, 2026
The Special Board meeting is scheduled Monday January 26, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. at the
Winifred School
A. CALL TO ORDER: The chair will call the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. on
Monday January 26, 2026.
B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Board chair will lead the meeting by saying the
pledge of allegiance.
C. ROLL CALL: The district clerk will take the roll and report to the chair that there
is (is not) a quorum present to do business.
D. RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUALS AND DELEGATIONS:
E. PUBLIC COMMENT: Community can speak on issues (not personnel issues) not
on the agenda but the board cannot enter into dialog about the topic because it
was not specifically identified on the agenda. If it is an item the board needs to
deal with then it can be added to a future meeting agenda.
F. OLD BUSINESS:
a. Discussion and potential action on Superintendent search proposal from the
Montana School Boards Association and Kaleva Law Office.
G. MISCELLANEOUS: Informational items will be presented here including the
date and time of the next school board meeting.
H. ADJOURNMENT: When all items of business on the agenda have been
addressed, the meeting will be adjourned.
Agenda packets are available at the office.
Section 2-3-203 – All meetings must be open to the public, including committees.
Section specifies the board chair as having a unique role in closing meetings. A meeting
can be closed only if the board chair determines that the demand of individual privacy
clearly exceeds the merits of public disclosure, or when discussing a litigating strategy in
which at least one of the parties is private.