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Monroe County School Board approves consent agenda, budget amendments, family-life curriculum and energy upgrades; chair and vice chair extended
Summary
At the meeting the board approved consent and regular agendas, budget amendments, minutes, the family-life curriculum, and a district energy upgrade project; the board also extended the chair and vice chair terms and set committee appointments to be announced by the chair.
The Monroe County School Board voted to approve several routine and program items including the consent and regular agenda, budget amendments, previously distributed minutes, the district family-life curriculum and a skilled-services energy project, and it approved extensions of the board chair and vice chair for the 2025–26 school year.
Board members voted by voice and by roll call on the measures. The consent and regular agenda passed by voice vote. The board approved budget amendments by voice after staff said most of the incoming funds reflected state payments for employee bonuses. The minutes of the Aug. 14 regular meeting and the Aug. 27 special-call meeting were approved following a roll-call vote.
On curriculum, the board approved the family-life curriculum by roll call. Roll-call voting recorded multiple "yes" responses and the board chair announced that the motion carries. The skilled-services energy project also passed; the district maintenance director said a final list of items is still being completed but included replacement windows and doors at Sequoia High School, Telepo Teleco Plains High School and Ruleville School; district-wide HVAC controls, building lighting controls, and UV lights for HVAC systems were listed as possible inclusions.
The board recorded a prior 9–1 vote in favor of a project referenced as the "Sweetwater project" and a board member asked that the chairman honor that vote recorded in the minutes; another board member clarified the district has not yet signed a contract for that project. The record shows the prior 9–1 vote but also states no contract had been executed at the time of the meeting.
Board membership for leadership was set: a motion to extend the current chair and vice chair for the 2025–26 year passed by roll call; the chair said he and the vice chair will make committee appointments and notify members by email.
Other nonbinding discussion included a transportation-committee recommendation: after committee discussion, members said hiring a full-time transportation director is a decision left to the superintendent/director rather than requiring a board vote.
The meeting concluded after the director of schools reported a district enrollment of 4,795 students (a decline from 4,830 reported Aug. 14) and reminded principals that school plans are due Sept. 30 and that Oct. 31 will be a half day of remote learning as part of the district's two half-day and one full-day remote professional-development schedule for the year.
