Taylor County board approves year-end bonuses, several personnel actions and Title I family engagement plan
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Summary
At its Dec. 9 meeting the Taylor County School Board approved Christmas/end-of-year bonuses for administrators, multiple personnel appointments and job changes, memoranda of understanding with unions covering bonuses, and the district's Title I Parent & Family Engagement Plan. The board also adopted an interagency information-sharing agreement with the sheriff's office.
The Taylor County School Board voted on a package of consent and action items at its Dec. 9 regular meeting, approving year-end bonuses for administrators, several personnel appointments and job descriptions, memoranda of understanding with unions on bonuses, and the district Title I Parent & Family Engagement Plan.
Bonuses and union agreements: The board approved Christmas and end-of-year bonuses for administrative employees; board members clarified that principals and district office administrators received a flat rate while assistant administrators were paid according to years of service. The board also approved memoranda of understanding with the Taylor County non-instructional union (TCNIU) and the Taylor County Education Association to extend the bonus program to represented employees. Payroll timing for bonus distribution was noted (around Dec. 19).
Personnel and positions: The board approved the appointment of Casey Castle (the minutes also reference the spelling 'Cassell') as administrative assistant to the director of instruction effective Dec. 8, 2025. The board created a full-time, 11-month post-secondary professional nursing (LPN/RN) instructor position and approved the related job description for career and technical education.
Title I Parent & Family Engagement Plan: Jill Rudd presented the district'level Title I parent and family engagement plan for 2025'26. Board members asked whether references to FSA (Florida Standards Assessments) remained in the plan and raised FERPA-related questions about outreach to grandparents who are not legal guardians. The board clarified that references to FSA refer to state assessments (reading, math, civics, science) and approved the plan.
Interagency agreement: The board approved an interagency agreement with the Taylor County Sheriff's Office designed to broaden data collection and information-sharing for CAT-team threat assessments so that all participating entities have access to necessary information (the agreement was presented by Ms. Ball and was approved by motion).
Votes at a glance: - Adoption of agenda with exceptions (personnel item #7 and parent engagement pulled for discussion): approved. - Approval of minutes (11/18/2025 and 12/18/2025): approved. - Approval of Christmas and end-of-year administrative bonuses (4.1): approved. - Approval of Title I Parent & Family Engagement Plan (7.02): approved. - Approval of interagency agreement with Taylor County Sheriff's Office (agreements & contracts item): approved. - Appointment of Casey Castle as administrative assistant to the director of instruction (12.05): approved. - Creation of full-time post-secondary nursing instructor position (12.13) and approval of job description (12.15): approved. - Approval of memoranda of understanding with TCNIU and TEA regarding bonuses (17.0x): approved.
The board did not record roll-call tallies in the public transcript; each listed motion was seconded and the chair called the items "carried" or "approved." The board also asked staff to provide supplemental committee findings and recommended spreadsheets or district comparisons where relevant (notably for insurance savings claims).