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Votes and board actions at a glance

- Adopt agenda (board item 3): Motion to adopt the Feb. 18, 2025 regular board meeting agenda was moved and seconded; the chair called the vote and the agenda was approved (voice vote recorded as \"Aye\"). The transcript records a second by Mr. Hamner.

- Approve minutes (board item 4): The board approved minutes of the Feb. 4, 2025 regular meeting and the Feb. 11, 2025 work session after a motion and second; the minutes were approved by voice vote.

- Consent agenda (items 11 a, b and c): The board approved the listed consent items by voice vote.

- Personnel changes (item 12 a, final adoption): The superintendent presented a personnel recommendation that included five resignations; one new support personnel; one new certified hire; one 2024-25 athletic supplement; and one 2024-25 volunteer coach on the primary list. A supplemental list included 11 part-time extended-day tutors; one athletic-supplement removal; one 2024-25 volunteer coach; one rehire; one transfer of certified personnel; and one additional request. The board discussed staffing for self-contained special education assignments and approved the superintendent's recommendations by voice vote.

- Benefits supervisor job description (item 12 c): The board approved a revised job description for the benefits supervisor. District staff said the current benefits supervisor is retiring in June and the updated description adds responsibilities such as counseling employees about medical certification and FMLA, coordinating catastrophic leave and acting as the PHIP contact.

- Summer learning salary schedule (item 12 d): With the end of ESSER funding the district reported its summer-learning budget has dropped to roughly one-third of recent years and said the salary schedule was adjusted accordingly. Changes include moving teacher pay from a daily to an hourly rate, adjusting program coordinator pay, and eliminating several stipends. The board approved the revised schedule by voice vote.

- First reading: Amendment to resolution establishing rules of procedure (item 10): The board received a first reading of a revision to the rules of procedure that would move the regular board meeting start time from 6:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. District staff said this is a first reading and final adoption will be scheduled at the next board meeting; no final vote was taken tonight.

Several of the approvals were taken by voice vote with no roll-call tallies included in the meeting transcript.

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\"We went 19 and 2,\" the team's coaches told the board, and Coach Gideon, who coaches the team, said the championship reflected contributions from administrators, parents, booster clubs and school staff.

Player Jonathan Williams described the title game and overtime finish: \"We worked real hard to get there ... it came up to a close game. They hit a buzzer beater ... we went in OT. I think we won by, like, 6.\" Coaching staff also told the board about a player who used a missed free-throw earlier in the season to practice and later made critical free throws in the overtime championship game.

Board members praised the coaches' mentoring role. Speakers emphasized that the program stresses academic eligibility and character development as much as on-court skill, and administrators thanked volunteers, custodial staff and other support personnel who assist the athletic program.

The board presented the team and coaches with recognition certificates and took group photos during the meeting.

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\"This is TCS's second year, but it's the first year we've had all five middle schools compete,\" Taylor Latham, who organized the district effort, told the board. She said last year's event was virtual and this year the in-person competition required teams to present a model, an essay and an oral pitch to panels of judges.

Latham said teams combined science, social studies, math and engineering skills and had a $100 build budget. \"You only allowed to spend a hundred dollars total, on anything that you construct within the city,\" an organizer said during questions, noting teams recycled materials and repurposed motors to create moving parts.

Students described their projects to the board. A student from one team said their model used the Gulf Stream to power a hydroelectric plant that would provide sustainable energy and that the team placed the city near existing metropolises in the design. \"My favorite part of the Future City project was mainly around the city and designing, making blueprints, researching,\" the student told the board.

Board members praised the effort as an example of the district's emphasis on extracurricular STEM opportunities that teach collaboration, communication and critical thinking. District officials said the program will be expanded and are hopeful more trophies will come next year as the program grows.

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District leaders said the recognitions reflect deliberate, school-level strategies and district support that focused instruction and monitoring on student needs. \"We intentionally know our children. We intentionally work with our children,\" Rock Quarry principal Miss Jokish told the board, citing professional learning communities and partnerships that she said raised classroom practice.

Rock Quarry was singled out for consistently high results; district speakers emphasized teacher stability and schoolwide emphasis on the \"whole child.\" Southview principal Miss Amerson said her school rebounded after a setback by implementing tightly scheduled data checks and interventions: \"We went from a 62 to an 80 in 1 year,\" she said, describing weekly and four-week cycles of data review and targeted support. Woodland Forest principal Miss Bivens recounted converting sustained intervention and schoolwide consistency into measurable growth: \"We moved in 1 school year from a 68 to an 83,\" and said faculty, custodial staff and parents all contributed to the improvement.

Board members and district officials praised the schools and encouraged them to share practices across the district. Woodland Forest invited board members to a staff celebration Thursday at 4 p.m.; the principal said the school would feed staff and hold a short presentation and a dance to mark the gains.

The district said the recognitions are part of broader efforts to raise academic outcomes across Tuscaloosa City Schools and to use professional learning communities and university partnerships to support classroom instruction.

Board members noted that consistency of leadership and community engagement were common elements in the three schools' turnarounds and said the district will circulate successful strategies to other schools.

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