Flagler school board approves consent agenda and policy 65.50; public comment raises bus-service and parental-consent concerns

The Flagler County School Board approved routine consent items and a board policy during its December meeting and heard a public comment asking the district to address transportation problems and to add an opt-out permission for classroom visits by elected officials.

Minutes and consent items: The board moved and seconded approval of minutes (agenda items 4.01–4.03) and subsequent consent blocks. Finance consent items 7.01–7.09, academic services items 9.01–9.02 and human resources item 10.01 were each moved, seconded and carried during the meeting. Several motions were announced as carrying "4 to 0" in the transcript.

Policy 65.50: Agenda item 19.01, school board policy 65.50, was moved to approve and seconded; the chair called the vote and announced the motion carried "4 0." The transcript records the mover and seconder for this item as "Ms. Ruddy" and "Ms. Ramirez." No amendments or recorded dissents were noted in the meeting record.

Public comment: Jeffrey Franklin used the public-comment period to raise two concerns: ongoing disruptions to bus service this school year and an elected official's classroom visit last August that he learned about only via social media. Franklin said, "But so far this year, there's been about a dozen or so" disruptions to bus service and asked that the district provide parents with an opt-out permission for visits by elected officials or others.

Board follow-up and requests: A board member asked staff to review adjunct faculty pay at FTC, noting an hourly rate cited in the comment as $17 and requesting analysis of the budget impact and whether pay should be modified. No formal vote on adjunct pay occurred at the meeting; it was requested as a future review.

The meeting ended with student board updates, legislative-watch remarks and holiday closing comments, and the chair adjourned the session.