Board approves October financial report, several personnel moves and policy changes
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The board approved the period-4 financial report (October) after a presentation of revenues and expenditures, approved a substitute bus driver contract, accepted a resignation and a retirement, approved a device-exemption policy change for concurrent-enrollment students, and tabled two other policy second readings.
The Gravette School District board approved its October financial report after a staff presentation summarizing revenues, expenditures and cash position.
Finance staff reported October property-tax revenue of $1,700,000 and month revenue of $2,350,000, with year-to-date revenues near $6,000,000 and a cash position of about $7,700,000. The board discussed that the operating fund was over budget at 38% and that the salary fund was at 28% year to date. A board member moved to approve the monthly financial summary and the motion passed (recorded as "Aye" in the transcript; individual vote tallies were not specified).
On personnel matters the board approved several actions. The board approved hiring Marlene Post as a contracted substitute bus driver for the 2025-26 school year on a 245-day contract at step 11 with an hourly rate of $23.65; the motion specified the position as as-needed/daily. The board also accepted the resignation of Renee Brown (district cafeteria worker) and accepted the retirement of paraprofessional Sarah Bolduc (effective date discussed in the transcript as 11/11).
On policy the board approved an addition to policy 4.47 to allow limited possession and use of personal electronic devices for students enrolled in endorsed concurrent-enrollment courses when two-factor authentication is required; the language limited device use to the time necessary to complete authentication. Board members referenced guidance from the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) and described state-level changes that prompted the revision. The board tabled the second reading of two other policies (transcript discussion referenced numbers 3.56 and 8.46/8.56 due to a packet discrepancy) until the January regular meeting and approved the second reading of policy 4.5.
The board announced it entered executive session to discuss employment and legal matters under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act; the meeting record states the executive session dealt only with those items and that no votes were taken during it.
Several of the votes recorded in the meeting transcript are reported as "Aye" without named tallies; the transcript did not provide detailed roll-call vote counts for those motions, so the article reports outcomes as recorded.