Votes at a glance: Acadia Parish School Board actions Dec. 9, 2025
Summary
A compact list of motions the Acadia Parish School Board approved on Dec. 9, including minutes, audit acceptance, bridge right-of-way, travel, policy updates, crisis procedures, consent items, and adjournment.
The Acadia Parish School Board took several recorded voice-vote actions at its Dec. 9 meeting. The board approved the following motions and outcomes (voice votes recorded in transcript; exact tallies not provided):
- Approved minutes of Nov. 18, 2025 (motion moved by Higginbotham; motion carried).
- Accepted the FY2025 audit report (auditor issued an unmodified opinion; motion moved by Higginbotham; motion carried).
- Approved a certitude agreement and superintendent authority to sign documents for the Chinaberry Drive bridge replacement project, project H014980 (motion moved by Eigenbaum; seconded by Richard; motion carried).
- Approved out-of-state travel for Rain High wrestling to a tournament in Russell/Van Cleve, Mississippi, January 2026 (coach Patrick Manuel presented itinerary; motion carried).
- Approved policy changes implementing the 2025 legislative revision described in the meeting as "Act 479" regarding cameras in qualifying special-education classrooms (motion carried).
- Approved administrative procedures and guidelines for crisis intervention, including seclusion and physical restraint (motion carried).
- Approved routine consent items including personnel changes and received the November sales-tax report (finance staff reported November collections up 12.71%; fiscal year-to-date up ~12.75%).
- Took a motion to adjourn (moved by Jones; seconded by Higginbotham; motion carried).
Several items were discussed at length (notably the district's property-insurance procurement strategy) but received no formal procurement vote at the meeting. One scheduled expulsion appeal was withdrawn by the student's guardian and did not proceed.
