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Votes at a glance: Estill County Board approves appointment, trips, MOU, calendar and budget items
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting the Estill County Board approved a District 5 appointment, multiple routine staff and travel items, a JAG MOU, a revised travel voucher, the FY26 draft budget and several other consent items. Most motions passed unanimously on roll-call votes.
IRVINE, Ky. — The Estill County Board of Education on Feb. 18 approved several routine and administrative items by roll-call vote, including the appointment of a District 5 board member, travel approvals, a JAG MOU for a high-school position and a preliminary FY26 budget.
Why it matters: These votes set personnel, calendar and budget direction for the district and clear staff to proceed with routine administrative tasks ahead of the next meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Appointment of Sharon Whitaker, District 5: Approved (motion by Tammy Hardy; second by Carrie Smallwood). Roll-call votes recorded as Tammy Hardy, yes; Carrie Smallwood, yes; Sheila Samples, yes; Donna Isford, yes. Outcome: approved.
- Out-of-state trip (eighth-grade trip to Kings Island): Approved (motion and second on record; roll-call unanimous). Outcome: approved.
- Revised travel voucher (updated reimbursement schedule per KSBA recommendation): Approved. Outcome: approved.
- MOU for a JAG position at the high school (program contribution ~ $40,000 per year as described to the board): Approved (motion by Tammy Hardy; second Carrie Smallwood). Roll-call unanimous. Outcome: approved.
- FY26 alternative calendar (1,062 instructional hours alternative to a 170-day calendar; planned start first week of September): Approved. Outcome: approved.
- Tentative school allocations (based on projected attendance): Approved. Outcome: approved.
- Student accident insurance renewal (no premium increase from prior year): Approved. Outcome: approved.
- FY26 draft budget (preliminary): Approved. Outcome: approved.
- Consent items (minutes, treasurer’s report, superintendent travel): Approved. Outcome: approved.
Several votes were the product of brief staff recommendations and required only routine roll-call approvals. Board members who voted yes on the listed items included Tammy Hardy, Carrie Smallwood, Sheila Samples and Donna Isford; quorum and roll-call votes were used where members were remote or briefly disconnected.
Public comment and calendar context: The board received five pre-submitted public comments asking that spring break be converted to instructional days; the superintendent noted pending legislation (House Bill 241) that could allow districts to use an hours-based calendar instead of 170 days and that NTI days count as instructional time. The district said it will consider community feedback as it finalizes calendars later this year.
Meeting adjourned after routine business.
