The Marion County School District board approved several routine administrative and capital items during its public meeting, including a contract for stadium lighting at West Marion High School, multiple personnel actions and acceptance of the district's December financials.

Board members moved and passed the agenda as amended to add an out-of-state field trip and an administrative day for West Marion because of a water outage. The board approved the consent agenda and minutes by voice votes before taking up reports and individual motions.

During the superintendent's report, an unidentified district official reported state-issued graduation rates showing notable increases: East Marion High School was reported at 98.2%, West Marion High School at 90.3% and the district's overall rate at 93.3% (an increase from about 87% the previous reporting period). The official also summarized a district math benchmark showing mostly gains and said remediation plans would follow.

The board approved a stadium lighting project for West Marion High School after the administration presented bid materials naming H and H Electric. Packet materials list H and H Electric at $308,900; during the presentation a different figure ($408,900) was also cited verbally. The board made a motion, seconded, and approved the project by voice vote; the transcript records the motion passing but does not provide a roll-call vote or a clear single approved dollar amount in the record.

The board also approved: athletics schedules for 2026 (track, archery and baseball where noted); multiple personnel recommendations (including transfers, interim coaching supplements and clerical hires listed in the packet); an exception payroll item; and authorization to advertise for a new half-time certified librarian position on the East Side to address accreditation needs.

Financial staff presented reconciled bank statements and a cash-flow report for Fund 1120 showing an ending cash-flow balance reported in the meeting materials as 6,500,000 for December. The board moved to accept the financials by voice vote.

Other approved items included fixed-asset deletions and district-recommended land/forestry items presented by a district representative (items included a Mississippi Forestry Commission reforestation recommendation for Matamap Park, 67 acres). The meeting adjourned following motion and voice vote.

Not all numeric details were consistent in the spoken record. For example, the baseball lighting packet lists $308,900 for H and H Electric while the presenter later requested approval for $408,900; the transcript does not resolve that discrepancy. The board's motions were recorded as passing by voice vote; where the transcript does not attribute individual roll-call votes, this article reports the outcomes as stated in the meeting record.