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Morgan County Board of Education approves consent agenda, textbooks, personnel and multiple contracts
Summary
The Morgan County Board of Education approved a series of consent items, quotes, contracts, a site survey for Brewer High School, science and learning textbook adoptions, calendar amendments, job descriptions tied to Alabama initiatives, and personnel items during its Jan. 14 meeting.
At its Jan. 14 meeting the Morgan County Board of Education approved multiple routine and substantive items, including consent agenda approvals, purchase quotes, a site survey for Brewer High School, a consulting services agreement, textbook adoptions for K–12 science, calendar amendments and several position descriptions tied to state initiatives. The board also approved personnel items numbered 1–22.
The board adopted the consent agenda and recorded unanimous voice approvals for multiple listed motions. Specific approvals included:
- Approval of a quote dated Dec. 14, 2024, from "goodbye to paper" (transcript wording), motion moved and seconded; vote recorded as unanimous.
- Approval of a quote dated Jan. 13, 2025, from Transportation South for the bus center; motion moved by a board member and recorded as unanimous.
- Approval of invoice number 0096208N from Presentation Solutions Inc.; motion moved and seconded; recorded unanimous.
- Approval of quote number 511785 from the Alabama Supercomputer Authority; motion moved and seconded; recorded unanimous.
- Approval of a site survey cost for Brewer High School improvements; motion moved and seconded; recorded unanimous.
- Approval of a consulting and service agreement (named in transcript as with Holmes); motion seconded and approved unanimously.
- Approval of estimate number 1015 from Apex Softwash; motion moved and seconded; recorded unanimous.
- Approval of the recommendation from the MCS Science Textbook Adoption Committee to adopt McGraw Hill science textbooks for grades K–5 and "solve this learning" (transcript wording) science textbooks for grades 6–12. The motion carried; the minutes record the motion as passing with a later line in the transcript saying "Motion passes. 5 to 5 to 1" which appears inconsistent with surrounding unanimous roll calls; the board chair then stated the motion passed.
- Approval of two amendments to the Morgan County Schools 2025–26 school calendar; motion seconded and recorded unanimous.
- Approval of an agreement between Alabama Leaders in Education Technology and the Morgan County Board of Education; motion seconded and recorded unanimous.
- Approval of the Alabama Reading Initiative local reading specialist job description for school year 2024–25; motion seconded and recorded unanimous.
- Approval of the Alabama Numeracy Act building-based mathematics coach job description for 2025–26; motion seconded and recorded unanimous.
- Approval of personnel items numbered 1–22; motion by a board member (recorded as "Mister Anton" in the transcript) and seconded (recorded as "Miss Holmes"); recorded unanimous.
Most motions were moved, seconded and approved by voice with the transcript repeatedly recording "all in favor?" and "it's unanimous." Where the transcript lists an explicit vote count, the minutes text reproduces that line but also contains contradictory statements; the article reports the approvals and flags the inconsistent tally in the transcript for verification.
No detailed debate or dissent on these items is recorded in the meeting transcript provided. The board adjourned after approving the agenda's personnel and business items.
