Madison County School Board approves calendar, consent items and multiple contracts; votes at a glance

The Madison County School Board on July 7 approved a schedule of upcoming meeting dates and a series of routine and non-routine items, including personnel actions, facility change orders and contracts.

The board unanimously approved a trimmed calendar of meeting dates and the meeting agenda. Trustees approved the consent agendas covering minutes, the 2025–26 school calendar update, the proposed student code of conduct for advertisement and several grants and contracts. The board also approved staff travel requests for three employees to attend professional conferences and panel events.

Board members approved a chiller replacement change order for district facilities and approved personnel recommendations that included resignations, new hires and extra-hour requests; the board excluded one extra-hours request from approval. Trustees also authorized consolidation-related IT work under a contract amendment with Eagle Tree Technologies and approved hiring outside counsel to appeal a FEMA denial on a Central School roof claim.

The board voted to continue the decision on renewing the Blooms parent-communication platform to the July 21 meeting after multiple parent and staff complaints about usability.

Votes at a glance (motions and outcomes taken from the meeting transcript): • Trim calendar: motion by Miss Knight; second by Miss Thompson; outcome: approved 5–0 (motion: accept proposed trim calendar presented). • Adopt agenda: motion by Miss Thompson; second by Miss Knight; outcome: approved 5–0. • Consent agenda (administrative items including minutes, calendar, code of conduct advertisement, grants): motion by Miss Gibson; second by Miss Thompson; outcome: approved 5–0. • Curriculum consent items: motion by Miss Thompson; second by Miss Gibson; outcome: approved 5–0. • ESE consent items: motion by Miss Thompson; second by Miss Knight; outcome: approved 5–0. • Staff travel: motion by Miss Thompson; second by Miss Gibson; outcome: approved 5–0. • Chiller replacement change order (8.1): motion by Miss Thompson; second by Miss Hagan; outcome: approved 5–0. • Personnel changes (8.2), excluding the extra-hours request identified as item 2: motion by Miss Thompson; second by Miss Knight; outcome: approved 5–0 (note: the motion explicitly excluded one extra-hours request). • FSBA advocacy committee representative: motion by Miss Thompson; second by Miss Hagan; outcome: Miss Knight named representative, Miss Gibson alternate; approved 5–0. • Financial report acceptance: motion by Miss Thompson; second by Miss Hagan; outcome: approved 5–0. • Baker Donelson legal services for FEMA appeal (8.5): motion by Miss Knight; second by Miss Thompson; outcome: approved 5–0 (contract not-to-exceed fee stated at $25,000; staff said FEMA denied about $5,000,000 in the claim). • Eagle Tree Technologies consolidation work (8.6) with attorney-recommended amendment to add a contract backstop date (Oct. 31, 2025): motion by Miss Knight; second by Miss Hagen; outcome: approved 5–0. • Blooms renewal (8.7): motion to continue consideration until the July 21 meeting by Miss Thompson; second by Miss Knight; outcome: motion carried 5–0.

The board recorded unanimous votes on all listed motions. Meeting minutes and transcript entries provide the full motion language recorded at the meeting.