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Votes at a glance: Bath County Board of Education approves cheer funds, a change order, calendar and routine consent items
Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Bath County Board of Education approved $2,000 to send the high school cheer team to nationals, approved a revised change order PR 23 for the Lavec project, approved consent items (financials, claims, MOUs) and adopted Calendar B after first reading.
The Bath County Board of Education took several formal actions at its Dec. 16 meeting. The board approved motions on routine consent items, funding for the high school cheer squad, a revised construction change order, calendar committee membership and the school calendar for 2024—25 (calendar choice B). Below are the actions recorded during the meeting.
Approved consent agenda and financials - What: Approval of item 6 a through i: November minutes, November financial statement, claims, travel, facility use, review monthly financial reports of all funds, authorization to pay bills through Dec. 31, 2024, University of the Cumberlands Option 9 memorandum of understanding, and memorandum of agreement with Morehead State University nursing programs for the 2024—25 school year. - Motion: Motion to approve item 6 a through i (mover: John; second: Brenda). - Vote: All in favor; motion carried. - Notes: Items treated as a bundled consent/administrative package.
Cheer team assistance approved - What: Board approved $2,000 to assist the Bath County High School cheerleading squad attend nationals (Disney World). - Motion: Motion by John; second by Eric. - Vote: All in favor; motion carried. - Notes: Coaches and several seniors spoke to the board requesting assistance; the board voted to provide $2,000.
Change order PR 23 (Lavec/BG-22-520) - What: Revised change order PR 23 for the Lavec (Chanel) project; the contractor reduced a previously higher proposal to a new price shown in the meeting as $2,530 (down from about $4,025 reported earlier). - Motion: Motion to approve PR 23 (mover: John; second: Eric). - Vote: All in favor; motion carried. - Notes: Board members discussed the proposal and acknowledged it remained higher than ideal but that it provided important access for student plant-sale activity near the greenhouse.
Calendar committee members and 2024-25 calendar (first reading and approval) - What: Approval of calendar committee members and approval of calendar choice B (first reading presented at the meeting and adopted by the board). - Motion: Motion to approve calendar committee members (mover: John; second: Brenda). Motion to approve calendar B (mover: board member; second: John/Brenda as recorded). - Vote: All in favor; motion carried. - Notes: Calendar B differs mainly on whether the district takes local election days as days off; the district—s internal survey favored calendar B.
Adjournment - Motion: Motion to adjourn (mover: Brenda; second: John). - Vote: Motion carried; meeting adjourned.
Ending: Most votes were routine and carried by voice vote; the board acted to fund the cheerleaders— trip, approved a construction change order, adopted a school-calendar option and handled standard consent items.
