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Mobile County school board approves multiple contracts, personnel actions and expulsions; approves Gulf Coast Challenge contract pending signature
Summary
The Mobile County Public Schools board approved a package of contracts and personnel actions, authorized a pending contract with Gulf Coast Challenge, approved most student expulsions while pulling five for further review, and accepted attorney-recommended settlements after an executive session.
The Mobile County Public Schools Board approved multiple contracts, personnel actions and student expulsions during a regular meeting where it also authorized a pending contract with Gulf Coast Challenge and held an executive session on pending litigation.
The board approved action items G1 through G19, a package of service contracts and program agreements that included a $1,820,000 contract with Kids First Educational Services to provide English language arts and math tutorials for 25 schools. The board also approved personnel items listed under G20 through G30, consent agenda items H1 through H20 (including a Shutterfly/LifeTouch order for 150 yearbooks at $4,832 charged to local school funds), and a flow-through item I1 for a three-year CUDAsoft site license for Cottage Hill Christian School at $1,850 charged to Title IV funds.
Superintendent Hatch asked the board to add and approve action item G31, a contract with Gulf Coast Challenge that was still under negotiation and unsigned; the board voted to approve the contract pending final agreement and signature.
On student-discipline matters, the board considered expulsions listed as J1 through J21. The superintendent asked that expulsions J1, J8, J10, J17 and J21 be pulled for further review. The board approved the remaining expulsions by voice vote and directed staff to re-examine the pulled cases.
The board also voted to accept three settlement agreements presented by the board attorney. Following that vote, the board entered a closed executive session on pending litigation for an estimated 20–25 minutes. After returning from executive session, the board voted to accept the attorney's recommendations regarding the matter discussed in closed session.
Votes were taken by voice on multiple items; minutes and the agenda were approved at the start of the meeting. Several items had been vetted at a prior work session, and the superintendent said some federal funds had been frozen earlier in the year and are now being spent to “catch up,” which the superintendent invoked to explain timing of the contract approvals.
The board recorded no roll-call tallies on the public record for these routine approvals; motions were approved by voice vote with the phrase "motion carried." The meeting adjourned after the board accepted the attorney's recommendation and completed other closing business.
