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Board approves interim budget and a slate of contracts, MOUs and fundraisers; list of actions
Summary
At its June meeting the Columbus County Board of Education approved an interim budget resolution and a series of contracts, memoranda of understanding and school fundraising/field‑trip requests. Several renewals were approved by voice vote; the board also approved the 2024–25 audit contract.
Columbus County Board of Education members voted by voice to approve an interim continuing budget for 2025–26 and a package of contracts, memoranda of understanding (MOUs), renewals and school activities at their June 2025 meeting.
Actions taken (summary): the board approved an interim budget (continuing resolution) for school year 2025–26 to maintain current spending levels while state allotments are finalized; approved the 2024–25 audit contract with Anderson Smith and WACC PLLC (not to exceed $63,800); and approved a set of curriculum and service agreements, MOUs and renewals. The meeting record shows these approvals were made by voice vote with no recorded roll‑call tallies in the transcript.
Major contract and MOU approvals included: - I‑Ready partner services (Curriculum Associates) digital platform for 2025–26 at $109,752.08 (approved by motion and voice vote). - Memorandum of Understanding with Southeastern Community College for summer camp (renewal). - Memorandum of Understanding with Columbus County Partnership for Children (Raising a Reader / book donation of 1,000 books). - Two memorandum of understandings with Fayetteville State University and University of North Carolina at Pembroke for student teaching/internship programs (renewals). - Master services agreement with RethinkEd for VISL online platform for extension/self‑contained classrooms (approved). - Renewals of multiple MOUs, contracts and agreements listed as agenda items 3–16 and agenda items 17–27 (EC services), all approved as renewals. - Memorandum of Understanding with Young Change Agents to pilot the “$20 Boss” entrepreneurial program at Williams Township Elementary (approved).
The board also approved numerous school requests including charter bus service proposals for 2025–26, several fundraisers (East Columbus cheer calendar; East Columbus football Snap Raise — the board requested follow‑up information on the latter before broader rollout), overnight and out‑of‑state student trips (including FCA football camps and JROTC trip to Fort Jackson), and other routine auxiliary services and renewal items.
Several items on the agenda were described as renewals with no material changes from prior agreements; the superintendent recommended approval of those renewals and the board approved them by voice vote.
Ending: Board members asked for follow‑up information on some items (for example, the Snap Raise fundraiser) and directed staff to continue implementation steps for approved purchases and contracts.
