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Votes at a glance: Cabot board approves budget, Chromebook resolution, joint‑use agreements and expulsions
Summary
The Cabot School Board approved the 2024–25 budget, passed a resolution allowing graduating seniors to buy their Chromebooks for $10, approved employee disclosures and joint‑use agreements, and upheld several expulsions; personnel slate was approved after executive session.
The Cabot School Board took multiple formal actions during the meeting. Key outcomes listed below are drawn from the meeting record.
• 2024–25 operating budget approved (Item 9a). Motion passed by voice vote after the administration presented budget details and a planned $1.4 million transfer from the building fund to balance operations.
• Chromebook resolution approved (Item 9b/8B). The board adopted a resolution authorizing graduating seniors in May 2025 to purchase their district Chromebooks for $10 upon graduation; administrators said audit rules prohibit gifting devices but allow nominal sale.
• Employee disclosures approved (Item 9c). Disclosures for Christine and Jason Rogers and for Jen De LaCue (business affiliations described in board docs) were approved; amounts remain below the $10,000 threshold required for additional review.
• Joint‑use agreements approved (Item 9d). The board approved updated joint‑use agreements with Cabot Parks & Recreation, First Baptist Church (added gym/fellowship hall), and Mount Carmel Baptist Church (cross‑country area), primarily to update legal language and dates and to add new facilities.
• Expulsions approved (Items 9e–9g). The board upheld administration recommendations to expel student 6016 and student 7086 for the remainder of the 2024–25 school year. For student 3066 the family requested a closed hearing under Arkansas Code; the board moved into executive session, held the hearing and then voted in public session to expel the student for the remainder of the year.
• Personnel approvals. Following executive session, the board voted to approve the personnel slate as presented.
Where motions were recorded in the transcript they were passed by voice vote; the meeting record did not include roll‑call tallies for individual members in the public transcript.
