Votes at a glance: Warren County Board approves personnel, budgets, contracts and policy updates

Summary: The Warren County Board of Education took multiple formal actions at its June meeting, including personnel decisions, budget amendments, contract renewals and policy approvals. The items below are taken from the meeting record supplied in the transcript excerpt.

Key decisions and formal actions

- Tenure: The board approved tenure for three employees—Jessica Acres, Steve Hillis and Heather Yates—on a motion recorded during operations (agenda item 7a). The motion passed; the transcript records “motion passes”/“motion carries.”

- School calendar (Warren County High School): The board approved moving parent-teacher conferences for the 2025–26 school year to Tuesday, Sept. 2025, and the spring conference to Tuesday, March 2026, and granted authority to apply the same adjustment to the 2026–27 calendar (agenda item 7b). Motion by Mr. Johnson; motion carried.

- Regular meeting schedule: The board voted to move regular board meetings from the fourth Monday of the month to the fourth Thursday and approved a policy amendment to reflect that change (agenda item 7c and related policy amendment). Motion to amend policy language to “fourth Thursday” carried.

- Salary schedules: The board approved the 2025–26 salary schedules, which set starting pay lines the board reviewed (custodial starting pay cited at $25,200; maintenance starting at $32,400; nutrition starting at $12/hour; certified starting at $50,500 for teachers with a bachelor’s and no experience). Motion carried (agenda item 7d).

- Sports-field lighting proposal (agenda item 7e): Staff presented an ESG turnkey LED proposal for five fields at $975,007.10 with an estimated one-time TVA rebate of roughly $130,000; a motion to accept the ESG proposal was called for, but the transcript excerpt does not record the final vote on that motion (see separate article for discussion).

- General-purpose schools budget amendment FY25 number 8 (GP141): The board approved a $263,003.05 amendment to cover building and contents insurance under plant operation (agenda item 7f). Motion carried.

- Federal budget amendments (multiple items, agenda items 7g–7p): The board approved a series of federal budget items establishing fiscal year 2026 budgets or budget amendments for the district’s federal programs. Noted amounts and funds in the transcript include: • ATSI (Fund notated in packet): $100,000 (agenda 7g) • IDEA Part B (Fund 901): approximately $1,741,442.41 (agenda 7h) • Title V (Fund 601): $209,001.82 (agenda 7i) • Title IV (Fund 441): $28,009.44 (agenda 7j) • Title III (Fund 301): $40,002.66 (agenda 7k) • Title II (Fund 201): $407,560.69 (agenda 7l) • Title I (Fund 101): listed teacher salaries and a total referenced near $1.9 million for Title I (agenda 7l/7n) • Preschool (Fund 911): $76,103 (agenda 7n) • CTE Perkins Basic (Fund 801): $134,087.28 (agenda 7o) • Consolidated admin (Fund 011): (agenda 7p, amount not restated) All of these federal budget motions were presented and approved in sequence; the transcript records motions and subsequent “motion carries” for these items.

- Durham School Services amendment 2 (transportation): The board approved Amendment 2 to extend Durham School Services for the 2025–26 school year through 06/30/2026 while the district prepares a bid package for future contracts (agenda item 10a). Motion carried.

- School nutrition budget amendment (Fund 143): The board approved moving $15,000 from equipment to contracted services for point-of-sale training and hood cleaning across 10 schools (agenda item 10d). Motion carried.

- Ayers Institute contract (professional development): The board approved a coaching/service agreement to host Ayers Institute professional development on July 16–17 on district campus; other districts were invited (agenda item 10e). Motion carried.

- Policies: The board advanced or approved numerous policy updates in response to state law changes and TSBA model policy guidance. Notable policy items recorded in the transcript include first readings or approvals for: Policy 1.407 (school district records), charter-school policies (1.901, 1.903, 1.905, 1.906), 3.202 (emergency preparedness), 3.204 (threat assessment team), 4.1/4.212 (instructional/virtual education policies), 4.403/4.406 (library materials and Internet use), 5.11/5.305/5.701 (compensation, family medical leave, substitute teacher changes), 6.304 (student discrimination/harassment/bullying), 2.9 (student activity funds), 2.404 (school support organizations), 2.601 (fundraising activities). The transcript records motions and approvals for these items (first or second readings as indicated in the agenda).

Other business and adjournment

The board approved a federal programs revised-budget resolution updating district wording to streamline monthly federal budget submissions to the county commission; the county commission must also approve the resolution as the county acts as a passthrough for federal funds. The board adjourned after a final motion to adjourn.

Source notes: Motions and “motion carries” are recorded in the meeting transcript supplied; where the transcript does not include a recorded vote the article refrains from saying the motion passed.