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Alexander Local board approves donations, hires, calendar change and routine finances
Summary
At its meeting the Alexander Local Board accepted a $6,500 donation to athletics, approved personnel hires and supplementals for 2025‑26, ratified a $18,003.82 invoice (one abstention), and amended the school calendar to add a Feb. 27, 2026 two‑hour early dismissal.
The Alexander Local Board of Education approved a package of routine financial and personnel items at its meeting, including a $6,500 donation to the Alexander Athletics Fund, several personnel hires and supplemental assignments for the 2025‑26 school year, and an after‑the‑fact invoice.
The board unanimously accepted a $6,500 donation from Mark Porter Auto Group to the Alexander Athletics Fund; trustees and a community member praised the donor's countywide support for schools. “If you're looking to buy a vehicle... I'd support him as well,” a speaker said in support of the donor.
Trustees approved employment motions: a one‑year fair professional contract for Ashley Thaxton for the 2025‑26 school year (pending state and local requirements) and the employment of Tessa Hill as a paraprofessional effective Sept. 2, 2025. The board also approved a slate of substitutes, paraprofessionals and teachers recommended by the Athens MEGS/ESC superintendent.
The board approved an after‑the‑fact invoice of $18,003.82 for Athens Meg's EFC; the record shows one abstention recorded during that vote. Trustees also approved supplemental positions for athletics and related extracurricular posts; one trustee registered an abstention on a supplemental vote.
The board amended the 2025‑26 school calendar to add a two‑hour early dismissal for students on Feb. 27, 2026, and set the next regular meeting for Wednesday, Oct. 8, at 7:00 a.m. at the library.
What to know: motions were presented by the chair and passed on roll‑call votes. The meeting record records names called in roll call (Aaron, Blake, Jay, Josh, Steven) and the board's votes on each item. The invoice and supplementals had at least one abstention recorded in the meeting minutes.
