Cannon County Board of Education approves bids for outdoor classrooms, sets budget and study-session dates
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Summary
At its Dec. 11 meeting the Cannon County Board of Education authorized bidding for outdoor classrooms at the middle and high schools, set three budget meeting dates and approved reopening a pest-control bid and applying for a COPS grant. The board also scheduled a Jan. 26 study session on middle-school planning.
The Cannon County Board of Education on Dec. 11 approved a series of routine and project-related actions, including authorizing the district to solicit bids for outdoor classrooms at Cannon County Middle School and Cannon County High School and scheduling budget and planning meetings for early 2026.
The board voted unanimously to authorize soliciting bids for the outdoor-classroom additions after trustees raised practical concerns about site selection and fire-marshal/code approval. Board member Rebecca Trammell made the motion to bid the project, and Aletha Thomas seconded it. In the roll call, Jessica Curtis, Derek Mullins, Courtney Odom, Aletha Thomas and Rebecca Trammell each voted in favor.
The board also unanimously set budget meeting dates for Feb. 19, March 24 and April 13, 2026, to be held at the Adams Center meeting room at 6 p.m. The motion to add those dates was made by Rebecca Trammell and seconded by Derek Mullins.
On procurement and grants, trustees voted to reopen the pest-control services solicitation for an additional two weeks to seek more applicants. The board also approved authorizing district staff to apply for a COPS (Community Oriented Policing Services) grant; the grant had been explained to the board during the prior Tuesday workshop by district staff. Both motions passed on unanimous roll calls.
The board recorded a separate unanimous vote to schedule a study session focused on middle-school planning for Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Adams Center meeting room. The board described the Jan. 26 meeting as a study session only; no votes would be taken at that session.
The consent agenda — including approval of the Nov. 13, 2025 meeting minutes and permission for an overnight/out-of-state trip (trip 4994CCMS) to the National High School cheerleading competition in Orlando, Jan. 28–Feb. 2, 2026 — passed on a separate unanimous roll call.
All formal motions noted in the meeting were recorded as passing with all board members present voting ‘aye.’ The board did not record any dissenting votes or abstentions during the actions taken.
Next steps: staff will issue the outdoor-classroom bid package based on the board motion; the contest for pest-control services will be reopened for two weeks; and the district will proceed with the COPS grant application process as authorized.