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Cullman County Schools board approves consent agenda, nonrenewal of principal contract
Summary
The Cullman County Schools Board approved multiple consent agenda items including personnel actions, contracts and purchases, disposal of early‑learning materials, three out‑of‑state field trips and the nonrenewal of the principal contract for Dr. Janet Turner, the district's director of workforce education.
The Cullman County Schools Board approved a slate of consent items and routine business during a regularly scheduled meeting, and voted to nonrenew the principal contract for Dr. Janet Turner, who currently serves as the district's director of workforce education.
The approvals came as a series of motions on the consent agenda. Items approved included minutes, personnel items, school requests, financial statements, three out-of-state field trips, a maintenance request, disposal of outdated child-development center hearing/visual equipment and braille books, a contract for a safety platform with Syntegix, and the purchase of the IXL supplemental math program using federal Title I funds. The board also approved a recommendation that Dr. Janet Turner's principal contract be nonrenewed and nonextended.
Votes at a glance: Item 1 — approval of February minutes: approved. Items 2'8 — personnel approvals: approved. Items 9'16 — school requests: approved. Items 17'18 — financial statements: approved. Item 19 — approval of three out-of-state field trips: approved. Item 20 — Coleman County Education Association item: approved. Item 21 — maintenance department items: approved. Item 22 — authorization for the child development center to dispose of outdated or broken hearing and visual equipment and unneeded braille books: approved. Item 23 — contract with Syntegix to purchase a safety platform and alert system (demonstrated during the work session): approved. Item 24 — purchase of the IXL supplemental math program using federal Title I funds: approved. Item 25 — recommendation that the principal contract for Dr. Janet Turner (currently director of workforce education) be nonrenewed and nonextended: approved. Item 27 — motion to adjourn: approved.
Board action on these items was handled largely via consent motions with brief calls for discussion and voice votes. The meeting record shows motions and seconds for each item and a voice vote result recorded as "Motion passes"; the transcript does not record individual vote tallies or names of movers and seconders for each motion.
Dr. Barnett, the superintendent, delivered the superintendent's report and shared upcoming dates for the district. "March 14, report cards go home, and spring break is week after next," Dr. Barnett said, and added that the State of Education event to present student and teacher of the year awards will be held on a Friday in April with an 11:30 a.m. start time (exact April date not specified in the transcript). The superintendent also noted kindergarten registration dates on the calendar.
The board announced its next regular meeting: a work session at 3:30 p.m. followed immediately by the regular meeting on Thursday, April 17, 2025. The meeting was then adjourned.
