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Votes at a glance: Homewood SD 153 board actions on minutes, calendar, bills and employment (Feb. 3, 2025)
Summary
At its Feb. 3 meeting the board approved minutes, a consent agenda (including authorization to pay March 2025 usual bills and personnel items), the 2025-26 school calendar, payments of January/February bills and the employment of a custodial hire; the board also approved a motion to enter executive session to discuss superintendent employment.
The Homewood School District 153 Board of Education took several routine actions at its Feb. 3 meeting. Below are the motions recorded in the public portion of the meeting and their outcomes as reflected in the meeting record.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of minutes (regular meeting Jan. 6, 2025): Motion to approve was made, seconded and the board recorded —Aye—; motion carried on roll call.
- Consent agenda (items 7a and 7b: authorization for the chief school business official to pay the usual and customary bills for March 2025 and personnel report): Motion to approve consent agenda items was moved and seconded; roll call recorded affirmative votes and the motion carried.
- Second payment of January 2025 bills and first payment of February 2025 bills: The board moved to authorize payments with an amount initially stated in the discussion. The motion text recorded in the meeting packet asked authorization for an amount not to exceed $2,520,363.30 but speakers in the meeting clarified the figure. At the microphone a board speaker corrected the figure (the transcript records an audible correction and a final stated figure of $520,393.30); the motion was approved by roll call. (Transcript contains conflicting numeric statements; the meeting record should be checked for the official board packet or check register for exact authorized total.)
- Approval of 2025-26 school calendar: The board approved the proposed school calendar (committee-drafted, identified as draft H in discussion). Highlights mentioned by staff: teacher start Aug. 18, last student day May 29, required 174 student attendance days, embedded early-release days for staff collaboration and two parent-teacher conference days. Motion carried by roll call.
- Approval of Willow window replacement contractor and life-safety bond resolution: These items are covered in a separate capital-projects article but were approved on Feb. 3 (bond resolution and Crowell Window Company contract awarded).
- Employment: Approval to employ Kellen Norfleet as evening custodian at James Hart effective 01/14/2025, conditioned on satisfactory background report and proof of qualifications by Feb. 14, 2025. Motion was moved, seconded and approved by roll call.
- Executive session: The board voted to enter executive session to discuss superintendent employment and recorded that it would return only to adjourn. Motion to convene executive session was approved by roll call.
Notes on voting record: Most roll-call votes in the public record were announced as affirmative and the minutes show motions carried; the public transcript does not consistently list individual board member votes by name for every motion. Where numeric amounts were discussed in the meeting (notably the authorized payments for bills), the transcript contains conflicting statements; the board packet and official minutes should be consulted for definitive numeric and roll-call information.
No other final policy adoptions were recorded in the public portion of the meeting.
This summary lists motions and recorded outcomes as they appear in the Feb. 3 public meeting transcript; for contract language, exact dollar amounts and individual vote tallies consult the district—s official minutes and attachments.
