Board reviews custodian supplement, insurance-funded furniture replacement and schedules; moves into executive session

During the Nov. 20 Coffee County Board of Education work session the board reviewed several personnel and routine finance items and took a procedural step to move into closed session.

Speaker 3 told the board the state had allocated a $1,000 supplement for custodians and the district planned to pass that amount along to eligible full-time custodial staff. "This is a a supplement from the state department has allocated a supplement for custodians, 1000 dollar supplement for custodians," the presenter said.

The board also heard a furniture-replacement plan for Teal Elementary to replace items damaged by Hurricane Helene; Speaker 3 said insurance will reimburse the district for the purchase. Board members noted that the hurricane caused substantial lost instructional time (about 12% of days) and that the disruption should be considered when reviewing test results.

Proposed 2026 meeting dates were presented for review but not approved; Speaker 3 said approval would be requested at the December meeting. Several policies were tabled because a policy lead (Miss Johnson) was absent for medical reasons and will be revisited in December.

Finally, Speaker 3 asked for an executive session to discuss personnel and real-estate matters. The motion to enter closed session was seconded by Mister Wade and received assent from the board in the transcript; no roll-call vote or recorded tally appears in the transcript.

The items were handled as routine business; next steps include formal approval of meeting dates and policies at the December meeting and administrative implementation of the custodian supplement.