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Ringgold SD board approves consent agenda including new security post, teacher tenures and contracts
Summary
The Ringgold School District board approved multiple administration recommendations including creation of an additional truancy and security officer position, tenure for two teachers, several provider contracts, a revised 2025–26 calendar and an overnight student field trip, with motions passing largely by unanimous votes.
The Ringgold School District Board of Education approved a package of administration recommendations during its recent meeting, including creation of a new truancy and security officer position, tenure for two teachers and agreements with outside providers.
The actions approved include personnel changes, contracts for special-education services, a revised 2025–26 school calendar and authorization for an overnight student field trip to Orlando, Fla.
Most consent items were adopted without extended debate. The board voted 7–0 to approve motions listed on the agenda, including the creation of an additional truancy and security officer position; tenure for Mary Witherman and Mackenzie Fine “per section 11 o 8”; and a set of agreements with outside providers pending final review by the district solicitor and administration.
Under the field-trip approval, Lauren Del Biondo was named sponsor for a student trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando scheduled for April 30–May 4, 2026. The agenda packet listed an estimated 8 to 16 students attending and an approximate cost of $2,176 per student. The motion specified that the trip would follow the district’s field-trip policy.
The board also approved a revised 2025–26 school calendar (copy enclosed in the board packet) and accepted an exclusion agreement with the parents of a student identified in the packet as “student 25 d a o 9,” under which that student will be excluded from in-person instruction under the terms of the agreement.
Contracts the board approved to move forward, subject to solicitor review, included agreements with Maxim Healthcare Services, a site-based academic services agreement with Wesley School, special-education consulting with Andrew M. Klein, and an agreement with the Bradley School.
All formal motions recorded in the meeting were approved by roll call unless otherwise noted, typically by unanimous 7–0 votes.
The meeting included brief superintendent remarks and recognitions of two seniors for summer achievements, but the bulk of the session advanced routine personnel and vendor actions that administrators said were needed to maintain services and compliance.
