Lenoir City board approves yearbook and photography contracts, adopts background-check policy and elects officers
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At a regular meeting, the Lenoir City school board approved multiple vendor contracts including a $34,559.70 yearbook bid, adopted Policy 5.118 on background investigations, and elected Mitch Ledbetter and Lacey Murray to board officer roles; the superintendent announced a teacher bonus payroll date and construction design updates.
The Lenoir City school board approved multiple vendor contracts, adopted a background-investigations policy and elected board officers at a regular meeting.
The board voted to award the Lenoir City High School yearbook contract to Varsity Yearbook (Knoxville) for $34,559.70 and approved photography contracts for the district schools with Lifetouch (contracts and amounts not specified in the record). The board also adopted Policy 5.118, updating background-investigation procedures for employees and contractors on school property.
The actions were presented as routine business across several agenda items. Dr. Smith, staff member, summarized materials and noted the recommended fees and curriculum materials, saying, "I don't believe anything's changed from our workshop discussion." The board approved proposed class fees for the 2025–26 school year after that presentation.
On contracts, the board accepted the yearbook bid that the administration recommended and approved photography vendors for the elementary, intermediate/middle and high schools. The meeting record identifies Lifetouch as the recommended photography vendor; specific contract amounts for the photography contracts were not provided in the transcript.
On policy, the board adopted Policy 5.118 concerning background investigations. Dr. Smith described the policy as aligning district wording with legal requirements and the district's participation in an FBI-provided background-check program; the motion to adopt Policy 5.118 was made by Rick Chadwick and seconded by Tammy Powell and was approved by the board.
The board held elections for officers during the meeting. Mitch Ledbetter was nominated and elected following a roll call in which members voted "aye." The board also held a separate officer election in which Lacey Murray was nominated and approved in a roll call vote; in the meeting transcript that position was referred to as "vice mayor." The transcript records roll-call "aye" votes for the listed members but does not specify vote counts beyond the roll-call affirmations.
During superintendent comments, the superintendent (speaker not named in the transcript) said the teacher bonus the board previously approved would be included in payroll the week of May 12 and shared design renderings and materials for the intermediate and middle school construction project brought by the architect/MBI. The superintendent asked board members to wear newly produced district T-shirts at the back-to-school breakfast and noted that yearbooks were available for board members to pick up.
No public-comment items on the agenda were recorded as producing changes to the motions the board adopted. Several routine items—approval of the meeting agenda and the April 10, 2025 minutes, and a motion to pay bills—were approved earlier in the session with standard "aye" votes recorded in the transcript.
The meeting adjourned after the listed business and superintendent comments.