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Votes at a glance: Gulf County School Board, May 27 meeting

5556369 · May 27, 2025
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Summary

Summary of formal actions taken May 27: agenda adopted as amended; consent agenda approved with personnel item 6.03 handled separately and later approved with abstentions; program matters (including Neola contract) and a flooring bid were approved; travel for Port St. Joe girls basketball to Montgomery was added and approved.

Key votes at the Gulf County School Board meeting on May 27, 2025:

Agenda adoption - Motion: Adopt agenda as amended (added rescission of a resignation and personnel/travel items). - Outcome: Approved by voice vote at start of meeting.

Consent items (general) - Motion: Approve consent agenda (minutes, budget matters, payments, most personnel items, out‑of‑state student travel) excluding personnel page 6.03. - Outcome: Approved (voice vote). Several board members abstained on items naming relatives; item 6.03 was pulled for separate handling.

Personnel item 6.03 (separate votes) - Motion(s): Approve personnel item 6.03 (individual personnel reappointments/appointments listed on page 6.03). The board removed Kristen Wooten’s name from the vote in recognition of a conflict and held separate approvals for other names. - Outcome: Item 6.03 was ultimately approved with documented abstentions. Board member Matt Terry announced he would abstain on matters involving his wife, Kristen Wooten. The transcript records subsequent voice votes reporting passage with three board members voting in favor on specific names.

Program matters (strategic plan / contracts) - Motion: Approve program matters, including a one‑year extension of the strategic plan, adoption of a simplified mission statement, and approval of contracts for policy management (Neola) and other instructional/data services. - Outcome: Approved by voice vote. Staff noted a typographical correction needed on page 18 of the Neola contract; correction to be made before final execution.

Bid matters - Motion: Approve flooring bid described on page 19. - Outcome: Approved by voice vote.

Student travel - Motion: Add and approve out‑of‑state travel for Port St. Joe High School girls basketball to a camp in Montgomery, Ala. - Outcome: Added to agenda and approved as part of consent/individual approval.

Notes and process: Several votes were handled by voice vote rather than recorded roll‑call; abstentions were recorded when board members had an identified conflict of interest. Personnel recommendations will be finalized in future board documentation after required posting and superintendent sign‑off.

For records: the board disclosed that contract nonrenewals are treated under state law as annual contracts and that the district does not have to provide reasons for a nonrenewal in public. Individual hiring recommendations will return to the board for formal action at a future meeting.