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Board approves bus purchases, leases, tutoring contract and field-trip grants in consent and action slate
Summary
The Jackson Public School Board approved a series of operational items on the consent and action slate, including reapproval of two MDEQ-funded buses, a 16th-section lease, cancellation of another lease for tax delinquency, a tutor-contract funded by the Barksdale Foundation, and two Equal Justice Initiative field-trip grants.
The Jackson Public School Board approved a slate of action items including transportation purchases, property leases, a tutoring contract and grant-funded field trips during the meeting's action and consent sections.
Transportation: The board reapproved the purchase of two school buses under the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) State Clean Diesel Grant program. The reapproval was needed to ensure the purchase fell within the same school year as required by state purchasing rules, the district's transportation executive director said.
Property leases: The board approved a 16th-section lease agreement between Jackson Public School District and Hafid Mohammed II for property at 1623 South Galveston Street, which the presenter said will be used as a pallet sales and distribution business. The trustees also approved cancellation of another 16th-section lease with Michael Bailey for failure to pay taxes, as reported by the district's assets and property office.
Contracted services: The board approved a contract with Reconstruction U.S., Inc., to provide reading tutoring support for 60 scholars. Superintendent Doctor Green said the program's tutoring services will be funded by the Barksdale Foundation and target third-grade scholars; the course configuration is 10 total sessions (two weekly sessions for five weeks) or another configuration as determined by the school.
Field trips and grants: The board approved two Legacy Scholars grant agreements with the Equal Justice Initiative: Jim Hill High School received an $18,000 award to cover a March 2025 visit for 200 scholars and 20 chaperones to the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery; Provine High School received $9,723 for an April 2025 trip for 87 scholars and 9 chaperones.
Consent and personnel: Information-action items C through H were approved as a group on the board's motion, and the personnel consent agenda was approved with the usual voice votes; the board then voted to close the meeting for executive-session items.
Motions and votes: Several items were approved individually or as part of a slate; the transcript records voice votes of "Aye" for approval. For items approved as a slate, the board recorded multiple "Aye" responses; no roll-call tallies were read aloud in the transcript.
