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Board approves donations, personnel hires and budget adjustments including $120,000 food-service appropriation
Summary
The board approved community donations (sports drinks, clothing, food-pantry items), accepted a coach's resignation while retaining him as a teacher, confirmed several new hires including a cook and a bus driver, and passed financial items including the October report and changes to appropriations that include a $120,000 addition to the food-service fund.
At their regular meeting, Fremont City Schools board members approved a slate of routine business items: community donations, personnel actions, and financial adjustments.
Donations and recognition: the superintendent asked the board to accept several donations — including Gatorade and bottled water for wrestling, donated clothing and medical supplies for the nurse's station, and contributions to the district food pantry — and the board approved the gifts after a motion by Miss Lewis. The superintendent singled out a local donor, thanking him for delivering donated cases on a trailer: "He brought it in on a trailer, pulled a trailer in with his truck." Board members praised community support for student programs.
Personnel: the superintendent announced the resignation of head football coach Chad Long from coaching duties after 10 years; the superintendent said Long will remain with the district in his teaching role and other supplemental positions. The board also approved several hires and status changes, including Victoria Biggs as a cook at Ross High School and Paul Lottage as a regular-route bus driver, and supplemental assignments for staff and coaches. A motion to approve personnel items 44 through 49 passed by roll call.
Policies and first readings: the board took a first reading on policies listed as items 2 through 43 (most updates traceable to recent legislative changes) and moved them forward to the next meeting for formal consideration.
Financial approvals: the treasurer presented the October fiscal-year '26 report; the board approved item 50 after discussion of revenue trends and the five-year forecast. The board also approved item 51, which adjusted permanent appropriations primarily to reflect athletics fundraising and included a $120,000 addition to the food-service appropriation to address rising costs. The treasurer emphasized that the food-service fund is federally constrained by allowable uses and that the district is conservatively monitoring balances.
Voting: where roll-call votes were recorded for motions on minutes, donations, personnel items and fiscal actions, the recorded votes were unanimous among present board members (Miss Lewis, Missus Bloom, Miss Lehman, Mister Nally and Mister Price).
What’s next: policies will return for formal votes at subsequent meetings; staff will continue routine onboarding and implementation steps for approved hires and will monitor the food-service appropriation as costs evolve.
