Votes at a glance: Coffee County Board actions on school finance, facilities, committees and budget
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Summary
A concise rollup of formal actions taken by the Coffee County Board of Education at the meeting, including disciplinary appeal, facility directions, committee assignments and the August budget update.
The Coffee County Board of Education recorded the following formal actions during the meeting. Where the transcript provided a roll‑call tally, the counts are listed; where tallies were not explicitly stated, the outcome is recorded as approved or affirmed.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: Approved. (Consent agenda included minutes of prior meetings and addition of a disciplinary appeal item; recorded by roll call with multiple ayes; transcript did not provide a final numeric tally.)
- Disciplinary Hearing Authority appeal: Motion to affirm the DHA decision carried; final tally reported as 7 yes, 2 no. (Motion: "Affirm the decision of the DHA according to the record.")
- Hickerson Elementary building direction: Motion to pursue replacement of Hickerson Elementary with a new four‑section school and seek county financing — approved. Reported final tally in the meeting: 8 yes, 2 no, 1 absent. Staff estimated the replacement at about $35–$40 million and noted the site acreage at about 11.53 acres.
- East Coffee Elementary building direction (amended): Motion to proceed with renovations that would result in a three‑section school with a new cafeteria, gym and office areas — approved. The board amended the original scope (two‑section plan) to add the third section; reported final tally: 9 yes, 2 no. Staff reported an initial estimate of roughly $18 million for infrastructure improvements and an approximate $4 million increment to add the third section if done now.
- Committee assignment adjustments: Board approved changes to committee rosters and consolidation of certain advisory committees (for example, school health advisory absorbing anti‑drug coalition activities); reported final tally: 9 yes, 2 no.
- August budget update: Board approved the August budget report. Staff reported approximately $4,053,000 in revenues for August (about 9.31% of the budget) with roughly $3.3 million from state sources and about $689,000 local; August expenditures were reported at roughly $4,054,000 (about 10.57% of the budget year). The board approved the budget update by roll call; transcript recorded the final tally as 9 yes, 2 no.
Notes: All project cost figures provided in presentations were described as architectural estimates; board and staff said final costs will be established through design completion and competitive bidding. The disciplinary matter affirmed by the board involved student privacy constraints and was discussed only in procedural terms.
