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Board approves slate of items including property sale, land swap, HVAC and stadium managers; elects chair and vice chair
Summary
At its Jan. 21 virtual meeting, the Muscogee County School District Board elected Pat Green as chair and Lauren McCray as vice chair and approved a series of administrative actions: purchase of Rosehill property, a land swap, easement amendment, several construction-manager selections, and the consent agenda.
The Muscogee County School District Board of Education held a virtual meeting on Jan. 21 and voted unanimously or by majority to approve a slate of administrative items and appointments, including electing board leadership for the year and awarding construction and property transactions.
The board elected Pat Green as chair and Lauren McCray as vice chair. “All in favor, please raise your hand affirmatively,” the chair asked during the hand vote; the meeting record indicates both were elected unanimously.
The board approved the following items (motions, movers and recorded affirmatives are noted where given):
- Purchase of Rosehill School property for $100,000, including a $7,000 realtor commission. The superintendent recommended approval; the motion passed with recorded affirmatives including Vanessa Jackson, Dr. Chambers and others who stated their votes.
- Allocation of the “2020 East Loss Funding.” The board approved the allocation; meeting audio did not include item-by-item funding breakdown in the available transcript.
- Land swap at Forest Road Elementary School site with Wiser Home Builders. The superintendent recommended the swap; the motion passed.
- Amendment to an easement with Breakstone Point LLC for pedestrian and emergency access at Old Guard Road. The board approved the revised amendment as recommended by staff.
- Selection of Peach Engineering to design heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment for Diamond, Fox, Richards and Rothschild Middle School projects. The board approved the recommendation.
- Selection of a construction manager for HVAC work at Blackman Road Elementary/Middle School (motion carried).
- Selection of Freeman and Associates to serve as construction manager for upgrades at Knet Stadium. The motion carried and was recorded as unanimous.
- Approval of the district’s 2025 meeting schedule (dates include Feb. 17, June 23, July 21, Dec. 15 and Jan. 19, 2026) and other calendar items.
- Approval of the consent agenda, which the board said had been discussed at length in prior in-person meetings and compiled multiple routine items for a single vote; the motion passed.
During the meeting Superintendent Dr. Lewis thanked technology staff (Mike Barton, Roger Jacobson and DIS team) for enabling the virtual meeting and provided a weather update: schools were closed that day and the district planned to notify families by 4 p.m. the next day about possible continued virtual instruction, depending on road and building conditions.
Most motions were moved and seconded by board members who appear in the meeting record; several votes were cast by hand because of virtual voting issues and several board members announced their affirmative votes by name. Where the transcript included named roll-call affirmations, those names are shown in the structured actions below. Where the transcript did not capture every recorded vote by name, staff noted motions carried in the meeting record.
