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Vestavia Hills school board approves package of routine and business items at June 23 meeting
Summary
The Vestavia Hills City Schools Board of Education voted to approve the agenda, minutes, financial statements, multiple policy revisions, contracts and personnel items during its June 23, 2025 meeting. Several items were routine consent approvals; policy changes required to reflect new state law were also adopted.
The Vestavia Hills City Schools Board of Education approved a package of consent and business items on June 23, 2025, including the agenda, previous meeting minutes, the May 2025 financial statement, multiple policy revisions required by recent state law, contracts and personnel actions.
The board opened the meeting by approving the agenda and the minutes from the June 3, 2025 meeting by voice vote. Superintendent Todd Freeman then presented the financial statements and check register for the period ending May 31, 2025, noting 98.3% of budgeted applicable tax revenues had been collected and that general fund expenditures and transfers were 72.7% of budget at that point in the fiscal year. Board members approved the financial statement.
The board approved the consent agenda, which covered disposal of board property and a list of planned field trips (in-state and overnight and out-of-state and overnight). The board also approved the 2025–26 salary schedule, a student fee schedule for 2025–26, and property insurance coverage with Gallagher (see separate article for discussion on property insurance). Revisions to board policy 6.2o (wireless communication/devices), policy 4.90.4 (Internet safety and technology use), policy 7.3 (academic standards) and policy 6.1 (admissions and attendance) were approved to align district policy language with recent state law and handbook language.
Other actions approved by the board included a soft-drink vendor agreement with Coca-Cola for athletic services, a principal contract for Lori Belsky, a contract for services for Dr. Amy Rainey, and a trademark license agreement with Deere Emeline LLC. The board approved routine personnel items as submitted. The meeting also included an informational update on the new parental-leave law and a presentation of a systemwide communications plan (see separate article).
Votes were taken by voice for the items listed above; no roll-call tallies with named yes/no votes were recorded in the meeting transcript. Where the transcript records only voice agreement, the outcome is recorded here as approved by voice vote.
Ending: The board concluded the business portion of the meeting and heard an administrative communications report before opening the meeting for public comment. No additional formal actions were recorded after the administrative report.
