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Cullman County Schools board approves routine personnel and contract items, welcomes new hires
Summary
The Cullman County Schools Board approved a slate of routine personnel, contract and financial items, authorized entering an agreement to pursue a real-estate purchase under due diligence, and heard a superintendent report saying district vacancies are "under 5." New teachers and administrators were introduced.
Cullman County Schools board members approved a package of routine agenda items and welcomed new staff during a meeting in the district boardroom.
The board approved the June minutes followed by grouped approvals of personnel items (Items 2–11), school and central-office requests (12–19), probationary and principal contracts (20–21), team contracts (22), financial statements (23–24), the 2025–26 salary schedule (25), and 2025–26 athletic and academic supplements (26). Each package was approved after a motion and a second; the transcript records voice votes and confirms each motion "passes," but does not record mover/second names or a roll-call tally.
The board also approved a maintenance bid (Item 27) to repair and install handrails at multiple campuses. Unidentified Speaker 2, who presented Item 27, said the district’s insurance company inspected facilities and identified locations that need handrails; the speaker told the board a list of affected campuses exists but was not available at the meeting. "[The bid] allows us to repair and install handrails at multiple campuses across our district that need them," the presenter said.
Child nutrition items (Item 29) were described as recurring annual approvals for groups that receive lunches outside the district’s usual K–12 student service, including Community Action, some pre-K programs located on district campuses and Garden City. The board approved special education contracts (Item 30) and authorized entering into an agreement to purchase real estate subject to a due-diligence period (Item 31).
In the superintendent’s report, the presenter said hiring has progressed and that the district is "down to the single digits," later clarifying that unfilled positions are "under 5." The presenter said board members will be signed up to teach temporarily until permanent hires are in place: "we're gonna be signing our board members up to come teach those classes until we get a teacher in there," the speaker said.
Several newly hired teachers and administrators introduced themselves during the meeting. Among them, Ashley Miles said, "I'm Ashley Miles, and I'm excited to be a part of the West Point community again," and April Burgess introduced herself as the new assistant principal at Cold Spring High School. Several hires thanked the board by name during their remarks.
Votes at a glance (recorded in the meeting transcript as voice votes): approved — Minutes (Item 1); Personnel package (Items 2–11); School/central-office requests (12–19); Probationary/principal contracts (20–21); Team contracts (22); Financial statements (23–24); 2025–26 salary schedule (25); Athletic/academic supplements (26); Maintenance handrail work (27); Transportation request (28); Child nutrition recipients (29); Special education contracts (30); Authorization to enter real-estate agreement for due diligence (31); Adjournment (33).
The meeting concluded with announcements of the next regular board meeting and a capital planning meeting scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in the boardroom.
