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Morgan County Board of Education approves vehicle and program purchases, introduces new head football coach
Summary
At its regular meeting the Morgan County Board of Education approved multiple procurement and program items — vehicle purchases for transportation and maintenance, seven school buses, summer K–3 reading and K–5 math programs and a special-needs playground — approved personnel items, and introduced new head football coach Blake Dean.
The Morgan County Board of Education approved several procurement and program items and introduced a new head football coach during a regularly scheduled business meeting.
Board members voted to accept a proposal from Stivers Ford Lincoln for two 2026 Ford F-250 trucks for the district’s transportation fleet and approved quote #525 from McSweeney Auto for a 2026 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD truck for the maintenance department. The board also approved bus purchases from Southland International (seven buses) and South Thomas (two buses). Each of those motions was moved, seconded and "passes unanimously," according to the meeting record.
The board approved the district’s summer programs for 2026 — a K–3 summer reading program and a K–5 summer math program — and approved a quote (listed in the meeting materials as quote #107336-01-01) from Game Time for a special‑needs playground at Priceville Elementary School. The board approved the Morgan County Board of Education’s December 2025 financial statements and the board check register covering Jan. 1–31, 2026.
Superintendent recommendations for personnel items numbered 1 through 40 were presented and approved in a single motion.
Dr. Ellis introduced Blake Dean as the district’s new head football coach. Dean thanked the superintendent and the board and said he was excited to join the district. "I'm coming to Danville to take over the football program, but I'm coming to Danville to make Danville High School better," Dean said, adding he looked forward to working with students and the community.
All formal motions recorded in the meeting minutes were adopted unanimously. The chair closed the meeting after a motion to adjourn.
The board did not record roll-call vote tallies by individual member name in the meeting text; each approved item is noted in the record as passing unanimously. Where agenda documents or quote numbers were cited, the meeting referenced those documents (for example: Stivers Ford Lincoln proposal, McSweeney Auto quote #525, Game Time quote #107336-01-01).
