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At-a-glance: Board votes and approvals at Jackson Public School Board meeting, Jan. 20, 2025
Summary
The Jackson Public School Board approved the meeting agenda, minutes, a slate of information-action items (including vendor agreements and contracts), consent agendas, and designated a negotiating partner for Poindexter Elementary; several routine approvals were bundled and carried on voice votes.
At the Jan. 20, 2025 Jackson Public School Board of Trustees meeting the board recorded multiple routine and substantive approvals. Below is a concise list of motions, outcomes and key details drawn from the meeting record.
Votes at a glance
- Adopt agenda as presented — Motion moved by Dr. Harrison; seconded by Mrs. Thompson. Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
- Approve Dec. 17, 2024 minutes — Motion moved by Mrs. Hubert; seconded by Mr. Figgers. Outcome: Approved (voice vote).
- Approve information-action items A through J as a slate — Motion moved and seconded; outcome: Approved (voice vote). Items included (not exhaustive in discussion): • Reading Horizons terms of service (program to support secondary English learners; selected as age-appropriate program for grades 4+ and adults). • Rescind and replace the Paper/Measure Clarity contract to add sixth grade and enable transcript fulfillment add-on (administration reported a net reduction in district cost from $62,200 to $10,240 given state contract coverage). • Service agreement with The Growing Tree for applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy for scholars with autism (district noted two students currently receiving services; services provided by third-party at no cost to district). • Renewal of Medcor (telephonic nurse triage services) — administration reported decreased workers' compensation reporting lag times and an annual fee (previously $80/claim; now $83.20/claim; annual fee example $12,480 based on 150 claims). • Contractual agreement with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History / Library of Congress teaching-with-primary-resources grant to provide professional learning and student classroom sessions at Powell Middle School. • Cancellation of a sixteen-section lease with William Joseph Banks and Connie Perez Banks due to nonpayment. • Approval of a replacement sixteen-section lease with Hughes Auto Body and Towing (Parcel 323 Wilmington Street; parcel identifiers provided). • Preliminary monthly financial report for period ended Dec. 31, 2024 (administration summarized fund balances, special revenue timing, and cash position improvements). • Implementation of Fuelman for fleet fueling. • Professional agreement with First Consultants to analyze boundaries and bus routing (may inform rezoning).
- Approve designation of Gulf Coast Housing Partnership/Center for Social Entrepreneurship to negotiate Poindexter Elementary repurposing (see separate article). Motion moved by Dr. Hairston; seconded by Mrs. Thompson. Outcome: Approved (voice vote); final sale contingent on satisfactory sale-and-purchase agreement and board approval.
- Approve consent agenda (finance, general and personnel items) — Motions moved and seconded; outcome: Approved (voice votes).
- Adjourn — Motion moved and seconded; outcome: Approved.
Notes on voting record
Most approvals were carried on voice votes recorded in the meeting transcript; the transcript does not contain a roll-call vote with individual named tally for every item. When the transcript recorded individual “Aye” responses, the board chair declared the motion carried. For the Poindexter designation, the board recorded the motion and counsel clarified the designation was contingent on negotiated sale terms and a future board action to finalize sale documents.
