Cullman County Schools board approves consent agenda, grant-funded FAFSA nights and routine business

The Cullman County Schools board approved a block of routine agenda items during its regular meeting, including minutes, personnel hires, school requests, financial and maintenance items, and out-of-state field trips.

Superintendent Dr. Barnett recommended approval of the Nov. 13 minutes (Item 1) and multiple consent blocks covering personnel (Items 2–9) and school requests (Items 10–23). Board members moved and seconded the motions and the chair announced each motion passed.

Dr. Barnett told the board the district received a CCR grant and recommended spending grant funds to pay organizations to host FAFSA parent nights to help seniors complete financial-aid forms: "It's what every, high school senior has got to fill out to get into college or get money for college," he said. The board approved that payment as Item 24.

The board approved out-of-state field trips listed in Item 25 and financial items in Items 26–27. For Items 28–30, Dr. Barnett described the district preparing to make a final payment on the West Point multipurpose building and noted a contract deduction of 152,000 "making the new contract total 1.3" as recorded in the meeting. The transcript does not specify currency or units for the '1.3' figure; the board approved the maintenance items.

Board members also scheduled training and the next regular meeting for Jan. 15, with training before the meeting. The chair called for adjournment and closed the session.

Votes for the listed items were announced by the chair as passing; the meeting record does not include a numbered roll-call tally in the public transcript.