Jackson County Board of Education elects officers, approves contracts and personnel changes
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Summary
At its November meeting the Jackson County Board of Education elected Chad Gorm as board chair and Robbie King as vice chair, approved September financial statements and multiple contracts and personnel actions, and noted an embargo on state report-card results pending state release.
The Jackson County Board of Education elected Chad Gorm as board chair and Robbie King as vice chair during its regular November meeting and approved a slate of routine business including financial statements, vendor contracts and personnel actions.
The board approved its agenda and minutes from the Oct. 22 work session and board meeting, then voted to adopt proposed board policy revisions effective Jan. 1, 2026. The district reported total payroll expenditures for September 2025 of $4,779,934 and nonpayroll expenditures of $3,244,873; the board approved the financial statements and bank reconciliations by voice vote.
The board awarded a one-year pest-control contract to Ferguson Pest Control LLC for $6,804 and approved a contract for transportation services for the 2026 school year with a certified school bus driver to serve Jackson County students. The board also approved multiple evaluation and professional-development contracts, including agreements with Donald Yamamoto McQuery and Journey Consulting LLC for evaluation services and a joint contract with the Gunnerville City Board of Education to retain Christy Goodwin for instructional support tied to the district's ongoing Marzano high-reliability work. The board approved a contract with Ramona Evans to provide orientation and mobility services for students with visual impairments.
Personnel actions approved included leaves identified in agenda items a–f, the acceptance of the retirement of Patricia Cosby, a child nutrition employee at Woodville High School, effective Jan. 1, 2026, the acceptance of listed resignations, the transfer of Akaya Wilson from Bryant Elementary to North Sand Mountain (effective Jan. 1, 2026), and the employment of individuals listed in items a–f (the grouped hire carried one abstention). The board approved a temporary instructional-interventionist contract for Zana Ferguson funded by an ARI grant (contract effective date listed in the agenda as Jan. 6, 2025) and named Pierce Porter as wrestling coach at Northside Mountain High School.
Unidentified Speaker 3, a district staff member, told the board the district is under an embargo on state and federal report-card scores from the Alabama State Department of Education and cannot publicly release the data until the state authorizes disclosure: "We are ready to go as soon as they tell us that we can announce that publicly." The board also heard routine announcements about athletics, a military-day career event and a ninth-grade CEO Expo, and confirmed upcoming meeting dates (Dec. 17 and Jan. 28) and the AASB winter meeting in early December.
The meeting adjourned by voice vote.
