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Board approves consent items, personnel, technology contracts and surplus bus; transfer and contracts passed unanimously
Summary
At the Highlands County School Board meeting the board approved the agenda and a range of consent and action items, including personnel recommendations, expulsions, technology contracts, and the declaration of a surplus school bus; a student transfer appeal was also approved.
The Highlands County School Board voted on a series of routine and procurement items during the meeting, approving the meeting agenda and multiple consent and contract actions by recorded roll call.
Key outcomes recorded on the meeting record included:
- Adoption of the meeting agenda (motion: Dr. Durrance; second: Mrs. Howerton). The board voted yes (Dr. Durrance, Mr. Martin, Mr. Whitten, Chair).
- Approval of the consent agenda (motion: Mrs. Howerton; second: Mr. Whitten). Vote recorded as yes by the same board members.
- Approval of superintendent personnel recommendations (motion: Dr. Durrance; second: Mrs. Howerton). Vote recorded as yes.
- Approval of expulsions (motion: Mr. Martin; second: Mr. Whitten). Vote recorded as yes.
- Approval of an amendment to an Instructure service order form (motion: Mrs. Howerton; second: Mr. Whitten). Vote recorded as yes.
- Transfer appeal: The board approved a hardship/out-of-zone transfer request for a second-grade student who had recently moved into the county and was seeking enrollment at a school served by the Boys & Girls Club bus. The motion on the record was to approve the transfer from Sunland Lake Elementary School to Mulvail Elementary School (motion: Dr. Durrance; second: Mr. Martin). The board approved the transfer by roll call.
- Procurement and contract awards: The board approved contract awards for network access points and related technology services, recorded under project codes SBHC2425-10, SBHC2425-11 and SBHC2425-12 (motions and seconds recorded on the agenda). Votes were recorded in favor by the board.
- Surplus property: The board declared a Thomas 65 school bus (serial number 1HBBBAAN4YH290866) surplus and removed it from the district property database; board members noted the bus would be repurposed for local law-enforcement training and tactical practice. The motion passed by roll call.
All motions described above were presented at the meeting and passed by the board; public comment was noted as part of several items, and the meeting record shows votes taken with no recorded no or abstain votes on these items.
