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Mountain Brook board approves Media Arts and AP Personal Finance curricula, accepts December financials and OKs personnel and surplus items
Summary
At its Jan. 12 meeting, the Board of Education of the City of Mountain Brook unanimously approved the MBHS Media Arts Course of Study and an AP Business/Personal Finance curriculum framework, accepted financial statements for December 2025, and approved personnel and surplus recommendations.
The Board of Education of the City of Mountain Brook, Alabama, unanimously approved several routine governance items at its Jan. 12, 2026, meeting at Mountain Brook Junior High School, including two curriculum matters, district financials for December 2025, personnel recommendations and surplus declarations.
Dr. Richard Barlow, the district superintendent, recognized Kari Austin, the district’s chief school finance officer, who presented the financial statements and cash balances for the month ending Dec. 2025 and recommended the board approve them as submitted. On a motion by Mr. Jeffrey Brewer, seconded by Mr. Daniel Odrezin, the board voted unanimously to accept the financials (amounts not specified in the minutes).
The board approved the MBHS Media Arts Course of Study, which Dr. Barlow said had been tabled at the Dec. 15, 2025 meeting and was now ready for adoption. Mr. Daniel Odrezin moved to approve the course of study; Mrs. Anne Schilleci seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.
Also returned from being tabled was the AP Business/Personal Finance Course Curriculum Framework. Dr. Barlow recommended approval; Mrs. Anne Schilleci moved to adopt the framework and Mrs. Anna Comer seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Under new business the board approved personnel recommendations “as submitted” after a motion by Mrs. Anna Comer and second by Mr. Jeffrey Brewer; the minutes record unanimous approval. The board also approved surplus items recommended by the administration following a motion by Mr. Jeffrey Brewer and second by Mr. Daniel Odrezin.
The board had entered a work session at 2:00 p.m. with no action taken and reconvened the regular meeting at 3:41 p.m.; the meeting adjourned at 4:06 p.m. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Feb. 9, 2026, at Mountain Brook High School (2:00 p.m. work session, 3:30 p.m. board meeting).
