Bibb County Board of Education approves hires, purchases and interagency agreements; tables spending-policy vote

The Bibb County Board of Education approved a slate of personnel appointments, school equipment purchases, interagency agreements and payments for game-day services at its recent regular meeting. The board also received a proposed change to its expenditures policy increasing the superintendent's single-purchase authority from $15,000 to $40,000 but did not adopt that change and moved it for discussion at the next budget meeting.

The actions approved included the employment of teachers and staff, the hiring of substitute staff, purchases for school food-service equipment, payments for contracted therapy and art/music instruction, and agreements enabling qualifying students to receive community-based work experience.

Among the personnel actions, the board approved employment of Brianna Tinker as a teacher at Brent Elementary School, Kristen Rogers as a part-time custodian at Woodstock Elementary School, and…