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Board approves $1,000 Thanksgiving bonus and several safety and budget measures
Summary
The Nashville School District board approved a proposed 2627 budget, a $1,000 Thanksgiving bonus for every district employee, a visitor-management system pending a grant, and two additional open-gate weapon-detection units; all motions carried unanimously.
The Nashville School District board on Tuesday approved a slate of routine and safety-focused measures, including a proposed long-range budget and a $1,000 Thanksgiving bonus for all district employees.
Mister Graham presented the proposed expenditures for fiscal year 2627, submitted with financial review by Stevens, Inc. Line items in the proposal included a salary fund of $8,827,000; instructional expenses of $5,205,000; maintenance and operations of $1,926,000; transportation at $1,100,000; other operating expenses of $2,400,000; bonded debt payments of $807,001; and a building-fund line shown as "750" in the packet. The board voted to approve the proposed 2627 budget 5-0.
On compensation, Mister Graham recommended a $1,000 one-time Thanksgiving bonus for every employee employed as of the meeting date, saying the payment would cost the district roughly $271,000 and that, if finances remain strong, he intends to make the bonus retroactive and add it to the salary schedule in the spring. The board approved the bonus 5-0.
The board also approved two safety purchases tied to a Stronger Connections grant. Mister Graham described a visitor-management "hall pass" system that reads a visitor's ID, checks for warrants or sex-offender registration and prints a photo badge for approved visitors; the system was discussed as costing about $55,000 under the grant or, if the grant is not awarded, roughly $6,700 to outfit all four campuses. The board approved purchase of the visitor-management system pending grant approval, 5-0.
Separately, the board approved adding two additional open-gate weapon-detection units to district campuses if the grant is awarded, bringing the district's total toward six units. Mister Graham outlined sensitivity settings, staffing challenges for monitoring alarms, and steps to avoid false positives caused by umbrellas or large electronics. The motion to add two units for $49,018.49 under the grant passed 5-0.
Other consent items approved unanimously included payment of bills, acceptance of three resignations (Sean Jackson, Irene Carrillo and Kimberly Torres), employment of two hires (Paul Edwards and Kayla Harris), and a $46,500 bathroom-partition upgrade at the primary building.
No formal action was taken in a brief executive session called to discuss personnel matters. The board adjourned after completing the agenda.
