Investigation Results in Superintendent’s Dismissal, Teacher Evaluations Complete, School Board Continues with Policy Updates, Board Position Opening

by Laura Vass
Custer County School District C-1 Regular School Board Meeting on May 13th, began at 4:30 p.m.
All School Board members were present except Brad Davis who is moving out of the county and turned in his resignation. After a few changes to the agenda, to include removal of the Executive Session, the public was given their opportunity to speak.
Lea Grundy encouraged people to stay for a full meeting as she has been doing, noting that she has found that Facebook is not the best place to get information. She said she had requested the criminal background records so she could understand the issue with the administration. As such, she thanked the Board for doing their due diligence in this matter.
A student and parent expressed disappointment that the football Coach resigned.
School Counselor Troy Bomgardner expressed concern about the turnover in recent years and asked that the Board give some grace to the Superintendent and Principal (who were on paid leave pending investigation) and questioned if the Board broke policy in not doing reviews of the Superintendent in September and December. (Superintendent Peck was given his review in January, in agreement with his contract.) Continue reading May 2025 School Board Meeting: Investigation Results in Superintendent’s Dismissal →