DeSoto school board approves booster-club donation project, vendor payment, multiple policy updates and personnel items
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Summary
Trustees approved a booster-club construction donation for a soccer-field shelter, authorized a vendor payment for Southaven Middle School, adopted several policy consolidations on medication and related topics, and approved a personnel packet that includes supplements and job-description updates.
At its Nov. 20 meeting, the DeSoto County School District board approved a package of consent and action items including a facilities donation by a booster club, a vendor payment, multiple policy revisions, and personnel approvals.
Booster-club donation: A representative asked permission for the Central Most Booster Club to install and then donate a building (concrete slab, awning, benches and related improvements) on the north side of the district’s soccer field. The board recommended approval and voted in favor.
Vendor payment: Southaven Middle School requested approval to pay a vendor for services performed at an Oct. 17 concert; the school reported corrective measures and strengthened procedures and the board approved the payment.
Policy revisions: Administrators presented several policy revisions intended to consolidate medication information and update related procedures. Policies referenced in the meeting included policy codes read aloud as JGCDK, JG CDE, EDAB, GBRMB and JGCDC. Trustees moved and approved rescinding and revising the listed policies to combine medication information into a single updated policy framework.
Personnel packet: The personnel director presented a packet covering personnel changes, memos, supplemental-pay requests for after‑school tutors and activity staff, job-description changes (including several academic and federal-program flowcharts), and compensatory-time requests for employees who worked during break periods. The board recommended and approved the personnel items as presented.
Votes: Each motion reported in the meeting was moved, seconded, and carried by voice vote with members saying 'Aye.' The meeting transcript does not consistently name individual movers and seconders for each item; where names were not provided they are recorded as not specified.