Chilton County Schools board elects Ken Harmon as president, approves routine agenda items

Ken Harmon was elected board president at the Chilton County Schools board meeting after a nomination and second; the board chair declared the vote unanimous. The board also moved through routine business, approving the meeting agenda, the 2026 board calendar, the financial report, personnel items A through F, and a consent agenda covering items A through G. The transcript records motions and seconds for those items but does not record individual vote tallies for most motions.

The superintendent offered a brief report thanking board members for their leadership over a “record setting year” for the district and praised staff for work on academics and operations. During board comments, a member relayed praise from Brandon Shanks of Maplesville for the district’s cell phone policy; the superintendent or staff reported 10 total disciplinary incidents the prior week, seven of which were first offenses, and described the policy as effective in reducing repeat incidents.

The meeting concluded routine business and advanced several administrative items; where the transcript did not include a roll-call tally, this article notes the absence rather than imputing results.