Scott County Board of Education adopts consent agenda, approves routine contracts, donations and agreements
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At its Aug. 14 regular meeting the Scott County Board of Education approved a slate of routine contracts, donations and memoranda of understanding, including a children’s-education contract, Head Start meal services, a $3,000 donation to Imagination Library and renewal of several agreements.
The Scott County Board of Education on Aug. 14 adopted its consent agenda and approved multiple contracts, memoranda of understanding and donations intended to support student services and district operations.
The board unanimously approved renewal of a contract with the Children’s Center of the Cumberlands to provide child-abuse-education classes to Scott County schools; continued meal services for Head Start students via the Clinch-Pal Educational Cooperative; renewal of a memorandum of understanding to provide disability services for preschool children; and a $3,000 annual donation to the Imagination Library to continue book distribution to area children.
Board members also approved a memorandum of understanding with Project Root, renewal of district and high-school handbooks, a sponsorship agreement with Hailey Family McDonald’s for logo placement on athletic facilities (the agreement specifies the logo will not appear on athletic uniforms), and a clinical affiliation agreement with Rome State Community College to allow speech-language students to observe district teletherapy services. The Rome State agreement is effective Aug. 20, 2025, through Aug. 19, 2035, and includes a 30-day termination provision; the board record states it requires no financial commitment by the district.
Other routine actions approved included recognition of September as Attendance Awareness Month, authorization of required budget amendments to balance the 2025–26 fiscal-year budget, approval of out-of-state and overnight student trips per board policy, acceptance of bid awards (including Meta Quest headsets for career exploration and VR training), and authorization of membership/dues for the 2025–26 school year. A district purchase and installation of playground equipment for Birchfield and Winfield elementary schools — estimated at $170,000 and to be procured through a purchasing cooperative — was approved by the board (see separate article).
All recorded votes on the listed items were carried by the board during roll-call votes recorded in the minutes.
The board will implement the approved agreements according to each contract’s terms; several items noted continued review by staff and, where applicable, further administrative steps before program rollout.