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Votes at a glance: July Clark County Board meeting — MOUs, contracts, handbooks and policies approved
Summary
The board approved a slate of MOUs with mental‑health and student‑support providers, contracts for speech services, policy updates, the George Rogers Clark High School student handbook, superintendent evaluation and board goals. Most motions passed unanimously; one board member recused on a MOU tied to her employer.
At its July regular meeting, the Clark County Board of Education approved multiple memoranda of understanding, contracted services and administrative items in the consent and business agendas. Most motions were routine and passed unanimously; one MOU vote recorded a board member’s recusal.
Key items and outcomes
- Memoranda of understanding (school‑based mental health and student supports): The board approved MOUs that renew or establish partnerships with several community providers to deliver school‑based services, including Mountain Comprehensive Care Center; Resolutions Therapy Practice; Sun Behavioral Health; Kentucky Trauma Therapist; Amazing Opportunity of Lexington (for referrals from Phoenix Academy); Kentucky Center for Grieving Children and Families; and a collaboration providing graduate interns through the University of Kentucky (UK ARMHI). Motions to approve these MOUs were made and seconded in sequence and carried 5–0 where recorded. For one MOU with the National Youth Advocate Program, a board member disqualified herself because the program is her primary employer; the motion carried 4–0.
- Contracted services: The board approved contracted speech‑language services to cover possible vacancies for the 2025–26 school year (district level) and a separate contract for speech services for private‑school students for 2025–26. Motions carried 5–0.
- Procedure/policy update for medication administration: The board approved Procedure 09.22418 p2.21, a revision to medication consent procedures that adds a required provider signature for prescription medications to align with recent Kentucky Department of Education guidance. Motion carried 5–0.
- Student handbook and administrative items: The George Rogers Clark High School 2025–26 student handbook was approved (motion carried 5–0). The board acknowledged a UK ARMHI support letter and approved an updated set of board goals for 2025–26; both motions carried 5–0.
- Superintendent evaluation and professional growth plan: The board approved Superintendent Dustin Howard’s 2024–25 evaluation (the board’s published evaluation rated the superintendent as exemplary across standards) and approved his professional growth goals for 2025–26. Motions carried 5–0.
- Booster agreements and related housekeeping: The board approved revised booster‑club agreement language (to require printed names as well as signatures) and separately approved specific booster agreements (football and cross‑country) with the requested clarification; motions carried 5–0.
- Technology platforms and dual‑credit communications: The board approved additional two‑way communication platforms for Bluegrass Community and Technical College (related to dual‑credit and partner communications); the item was amended to remove ATC until state cloud information is available. Motion carried 5–0.
Most of the items in this summary appeared on the consent agenda or as routine business, with limited deliberation recorded on the meeting transcript. All recorded votes match the board’s verbal roll call in the transcript for those items.
