Votes at a glance: Haywood County Schools board approves agenda, minutes, policies, building and grounds projects, finance items and personnel

The Haywood County Schools Board of Education recorded unanimous approval for a series of motions at its regular meeting. Key actions included:

- Approval of the meeting agenda as amended (motion carried unanimously). - Approval of March 6 work session minutes and March 10 closed and regular session minutes (motion carried unanimously). - Approval of nine policies on second reading (described by staff as minor legal reference changes). - Building & Grounds approvals (four motions): • Approve Waynesville Middle School installing a new greenhouse in the A building using Tobacco Trust grant funds (mover: Mister Nesbitt; second: not specified; outcome: approved unanimously). • Approve John Berger Construction bid of $88,000 to complete the Waynesville Middle School safety project using safety grant funds (mover: Mister Nesbitt; second recorded; outcome: approved unanimously). • Approve Brad Allen Construction bid of $33,950 to complete the Clyde Road project using capital outlay funds (mover: Mister Nesbitt; second recorded; outcome: approved unanimously). • Approve Haines Technologies contract for cellular communications and monitoring for fire alarms using capital outlay funds (mover: Mister Nesbitt; second recorded). The contract amount was described in the meeting as about $31,000 with an ongoing annual per-site monitoring cost; staff said by law the district must upgrade to cellular by December. The motion passed unanimously. - Approval of monthly finance reports (mover: Mister Clark; second: Mister Henson; outcome: approved unanimously). - Approval of budget amendment No. 6 for FY2025 to adjust totals to reflect current allocations and expenditures (mover: Mister Clark; second: Mister Rogers; outcome: approved unanimously). The meeting did not state a dollar total for the amendment. - Approval of personnel report (mover: Mister Hintz; second: Mister Burnett; outcome: approved unanimously). The personnel approvals included 19 employments, 83 employee status changes, two leaves of absence, appointments for coaches and 10 contracts; the information section also listed 18 separations and other items.

All recorded votes in the transcript were voice votes in which board members said "aye." No roll-call vote breakdown by individual name appears in the meeting transcript.