Chilton County Schools board approves April financial report and personnel items; cellphone policy sent for further review

The Chilton County Schools Board of Education voted to approve the district's April 2025 financial report and a set of personnel actions, and directed further review of the district cellphone policy.

The board approved the April financial report after noting the item had been reviewed the prior week. Board members then approved personnel item A1, described in the meeting as a certified-hire recommendation from Superintendent Lyman Woodfin and presented by Ashley Harrison, executive director of teaching and learning; one board member recorded an abstention during that vote. The board also approved personnel items B through H and the meeting's consent agenda covering agenda items A through H.

Members discussed consent agenda item H, the district cellphone policy. A board member said Superintendent Lyman Woodfin had spoken with a Mr. Boardman about tying the cellphone policy to existing disciplinary actions in the student handbook. The board member said the policy will not be adopted at this meeting and will be returned for additional review and discussion at the next work session. A board member identified as Miss Lasiere noted that the AEA must also review the policy before further action.

In board member comments, one member praised a recent visit to the district bus barn and encouraged other members to see the facility, calling it clean and well organized.

The public portion of the meeting contained routine approvals and preparatory steps for policy review; no new appropriations or policy adoptions were recorded in the public minutes.

Next steps: the cellphone policy will be reviewed by AEA and returned to the board at a future work session for further discussion; personnel hires approved in public session will proceed according to district hiring procedures.