Votes at a glance: Tangipahoa Parish School Board actions, Jan. 6, 2026

Key board actions taken at the Jan. 6 meeting:

- Approval of minutes (Dec. 2, 2025): Motion to adopt by Mister Westmoreland; second by Miss Dominguez; voting opened by Amanda and motion carried.

- Addition and approval of personnel meeting minutes (Item E, personnel meeting 01/06/2026): Motion to add by Mister Piazza; seconded by Mister Westmoreland; no public input and vote carried to approve.

- Capital outlay committee recommendations (12/02/2025): Motion by Mister Piazza; second by Mister Westmoreland; motion carried.

- Family engagement designee stipend: Motion to adopt administration’s recommendation by Mister Duncan; second by Miss Richards; board approved adding a $750 stipend to the salary schedule for campus family engagement designees (administration to revisit duties document as requested).

- Referral of policies to policy committee: Miss Stilley presented several policies (BCBB, DFK, DJE, EBBC, FEA, GBC, GBN, GBRA, JGCF) for referral; motion to refer by Mister Westmoreland, second by Mister Piazza; motion carried.

- Ponchatoula Athletic Park lease: After Mayor Daniels described about $2,094,131.46 invested in the park, the board voted to table consideration to allow administration and counsel to negotiate and return a final lease for approval (motion to table by Mister Toler, second by Mister Piazza; motion carried).

- Executive session (litigation): The board moved into executive session to discuss Esmeralda Mendez v. Herland Guillory; upon return Mister Duncan moved to adopt the council’s recommendation; the motion was seconded and carried.

Notes: The transcript does not include individual roll‑call vote tallies for most actions; where tallies are not listed the article records the outcome and flags missing vote details for follow up.