Jackson-Madison County school board approves 2025–26 academic calendar after amendment; approves policies and committee appointments

The Jackson-Madison County School Board on Feb. 27 approved the 2025–26 academic calendar after adopting an amendment to change an August date to Sept. 19 and approved a series of routine motions, including a policy update and committee appointments.

The board also approved the meeting agenda, the consent agenda and the January meeting minutes by voice vote. The board approved a policy update in Section 4 (instruction) and confirmed ethics committee appointees. The board approved a charter review appointment list presented by Superintendent Dr. King with Dr. Williams named as chair of the charter review committee.

Votes at a glance

- Agenda: Approved (voice vote). No recorded roll call. - Consent agenda: Approved (voice vote). No recorded roll call. - January board meeting minutes: Approved (voice vote). No recorded roll call. - Policy, Section 4 (instruction) update: Approved (voice vote). No recorded roll call. - Ethics committee appointments: Approved (voice vote). No recorded roll call. - Charter review appointments (Dr. Williams named chair): Approved (voice vote). No recorded roll call. - 2025–26 academic calendar: Approved after amendment. The amendment moved the August 29 date to Sept. 19 and passed by roll-call vote. After the amendment passed, the board approved the academic calendar. The roll-call on the amendment recorded the following votes as read into the record: Barnes: Yes; Compton: Yes; O'Neil: No; Gaul: No; Lingle: No; Johnson: Yes; Dennis Moore: No; Walls: No; Ben Harvey: No. The final approval of the calendar passed by subsequent vote (voice vote). The meeting record did not provide a full tally for the final motion beyond the chair's announcement that the motion passed.

Board discussion and procedure

Board members debated the amendment to the academic calendar after a recommendation from a committee and a request for public comment was noted. One board member said the public needed to be heard in the comments received on the calendar. The chair instructed members that voting yes on the amendment would change the proposed date and voting no would leave the recommendation as presented. After the roll-call on the amendment, members returned to vote on the original motion; the chair then announced the motion passed.

Other procedural items

Superintendent Dr. King presented the charter review appointments and other routine business; several motions were made and approved by voice vote without roll-call tallies. The board was adjourned after a motion to adjourn was carried.

Ending

The board completed its listed action items and adjourned following a brief period of final announcements about upcoming registration events at Central Office.