Beauregard Parish School Board approves $150,000 for Maryville High boiler replacement, clears routine finance and policy items

The Beauregard Parish School Board voted Nov. 13 to authorize replacement of Maryville High School’s boilers, approving an estimated $150,000 expenditure charged to the district’s 2023 bond funds.

Superintendent Holly characterized the figure as “the high end of the estimate,” adding, “our goal is to come in under, but this will not exceed this.” The motion to approve the work was called, seconded and carried by a voice vote.

The board also approved several block items from the finance committee (items a through f) and the policy committee (items a through c) without separate roll-call tallies after motions to adopt the committee recommendations. The transcript records unanimous voice approval on those items; the meeting did not include detailed descriptions of each item in the public remarks.

On scheduling, board members voted to forgo December committee meetings and hold only the regular board meeting scheduled for Dec. 11, citing a busy recognition agenda that month.

What passed (voice votes): the agenda; minutes of the Oct. 9, 2025 meeting; the Maryville High boiler replacement (up to $150,000, paid from 2023 bond funds); finance items a–f; policy items a–c; and the motion to skip December committee meetings.

The board’s public discussion of the boiler centered on cost certainty: the superintendent described the estimate as a ceiling and said the district hopes to spend less. No individual vote tallies or recorded yes/no lists were provided in the transcript. The meeting concluded with recognitions for Veterans Day programs and adjournment.