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Votes at a glance: Baldwin County Board approves architect contracts, budget amendment, policies, personnel items and tax-district allocations
Summary
The board voted on multiple agenda items June 17, including owner/architect contracts, a FY2025 budget amendment, several special-tax district recommendations, new policies on electronic devices and AI, the assistant principal contract form, the parent/student handbook, salary schedules, and multiple personnel actions.
The Baldwin County Board of Education took a series of votes June 17 during its regular meeting. Below is a concise summary of each formal motion reported on the record. Where a mover and seconder were stated at the meeting, they are recorded; many items were carried by voice vote and specific roll‑call tallies were not provided on the record.
Votes and outcomes (all motions carried unless noted):
- Owner/architect proposals (agenda item 2): Motion to approve contracts with McKee & Associates for architectural services for various projects. Mover: Tony; Second: Andrea. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Lawn maintenance bid (agenda item 1): Motion to reject the lawn maintenance service bid and approve bid extensions for goods and services as stipulated in the agenda exhibit. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Budget amendment FY2025 (agenda item 3): Motion to authorize the board president and superintendent to approve and submit the appropriate 2024–2025 budget amendment to the State Department of Education to meet Code of Alabama requirements. Mover: Tony; Second: April. Outcome: approved.
- Central Baldwin special tax district recommendations (agenda item 4): Motion to approve recommendations of Central Baldwin special tax district 5. Outcome: approved.
- Spanish Fort special tax district recommendations (agenda item 5): Motion to approve recommendations of Spanish Fort special tax district 7. Outcome: approved.
- Daphne special tax district recommendations (agenda item 6): Motion to approve Daphne special tax district 8 recommendations (included a temporary teacher hire funded by the district’s 3‑mill tax for one year). Outcome: approved; some board members expressed reservations about using tax proceeds for personnel but the motion carried.
- Fairhope special tax district recommendations (agenda item 7): Motion to approve recommendations of Fairhope Special Tax District 9. Outcome: approved.
- Foley education committee recommendations (agenda item 8): Motion to approve recommendations as stipulated in the agenda exhibit. Outcome: approved.
- Approval of model form assistant principal contract (agenda item 9): Motion to approve the proposed model form assistant principal contracts (option for current APs to choose contract or remain status quo). Outcome: approved. Board discussion clarified that APs who do not elect the contract will not be eligible for the new incentive tied to the contract terms.
- Revised board policy 6.21 (electronic communication devices) and new board policy 7.17 (artificial intelligence) (agenda item 10): Motion to adopt the policies as presented. Outcome: approved. Board and staff described planned committees and data‑governance steps to manage classroom and instructional uses of AI.
- Parent and student handbook / student code of conduct 2025–26 (agenda item 11): Motion to approve the handbook. Outcome: approved (board member requested a tracked‑change version for reference).
- Approval of AP Psychology textbook (agenda item 12): Motion to approve the AP psychology textbook. Outcome: approved.
- Approval of 2025–26 salary schedule (agenda item 13): Motion to approve the salary schedule. Outcome: approved.
- Rescission of previously submitted retirements/resignations (agenda item related to rescission): Motion to rescind retirements/resignations as provided under separate cover. Outcome: approved.
- Leave of absence (agenda item 15): Motion to approve leave of absence personnel as amended. Outcome: approved.
- Retirement and resignations (agenda item 16): Motion to approve retirements and resignations as amended. Outcome: approved.
- Transfer / intent to transfer personnel (agenda item 17): Motion to approve transfers as amended. Outcome: approved.
- Employment of personnel (agenda item 18): Motion to approve employment of personnel as amended. Outcome: approved.
- Extra work for extended periods (agenda item 19): Motion to approve extra work for extended periods as amended. Outcome: approved.
- Executive session: The board voted to enter executive session to discuss a real estate purchase; a roll call for the executive session motion was taken and the motion passed. Outcome: executive session convened and the board reconvened for the regular meeting.
Why it matters: multiple administrative, policy, financial and personnel votes set district operations and staffing for the coming school year and authorize procurement and budget adjustments tied to capital work and ongoing operations.
Ending: Several votes involved staff and board discussion of implementation details (for example, the assistant principal contract option and how incentives will be applied), and many items will require follow-up reporting and contract/budget details to return to the board when bids or final documents are available.
