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Board approves 2025–26 goals, calendar and PLC resolution; opens public hearing on school fees
Summary
The Morgan County School District Board approved board goals for 2025–26, the district calendar, a resolution creating Professional Learning Communities and accepted the consent agenda including January claims of $5,303,765.18; the meeting then moved into a public hearing on school fees.
The Morgan County School District Board approved several routine and policy items and then moved into a public hearing on school fees.
Actions taken by voice vote included approval of the consent agenda (which the superintendent said included minutes of the Jan. 21, 2025 meeting, personnel updates, the budget report, payment of claims for January of $5,303,765.18 and January school reconciliation reports), approval of board goals for the 2025–26 year, adoption of the district calendar and approval of a resolution establishing Professional Learning Communities. The board also approved homeschool affidavits presented at the meeting.
The board then moved into a public hearing on school fees. Business Administrator Scott McMillan explained that recent legal rulings have required districts to treat some school fees like taxes and to increase transparency in fee schedules. McMillan said the district removed the high school’s prior general registration fee and that the district will offset that removal from board funds while pursuing any available legislative relief.
On specific fee-schedule changes McMillan highlighted for the hearing: language that previously allowed students to bring up to $10 for field-trip meals was removed; Morgan Middle School’s schedule now discloses that damage to a district Chromebook could be charged up to $250 (up from $50 last year) to approximate replacement cost; Mountain Green Middle School elected to summarize fines for damage to district property but did not list dollar amounts on its published schedule.
No final vote on fee schedules was recorded at this hearing; the board opened the public comment portion of the hearing after the business administrator’s presentation.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda (minutes, personnel updates, budget report, payment of January claims totaling $5,303,765.18, January reconciliation reports): approved by voice vote (motion carries).
- Board goals for 2025–26: motion made and seconded; approved by voice vote (motion carries).
- District calendar: motion made and seconded; approved by voice vote (motion carries). Changes noted: parent-teacher conference scheduling adjusted in future years and fall break timing to shift in 2026–27.
- Resolution — Professional Learning Communities: motion made and seconded; approved by voice vote (motion carries).
- Homeschool affidavits (presented at this meeting): motion made and seconded; approved by voice vote (motion carries).
Public hearing: fees
- The board opened a public hearing on school fees and business administrator Scott McMillan presented the proposed fee schedules and the legal context. Items discussed (no final board action recorded during the hearing): elimination of the high‑school general registration fee, removal of a prior field-trip meal charge phrase, and a Chromebook damage fine disclosure (up to $250) on Morgan Middle School’s schedule.
No roll-call tallies were announced in the meeting transcript; most approvals were completed by voice vote with the chair calling "All in favor say aye" and "Motion carries."
