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Board allows teacher resignation without penalty, directs staff on driver-pay procedures and moves Lumberton High graduation
Summary
In executive session the board agreed to allow teacher A.C. to resign without penalty, directed administrators to address a bus-driver pay/procedure request from L.R., instructed counsel and superintendent to draft policy language on emotional support animals, and voted to move Lumberton High graduation to a Sunday in May (7 p.m.) with indoor backup.
The Lamar County Board of Education met in executive session Oct. 14 to consider attorney and personnel matters.
Board counsel provided updates on potential litigation and requested documents related to several matters. The board considered a request for release from contract by teacher A.C.; on motion by Lance LeFan, seconded by Jordan Carlisle, the board agreed unanimously to allow A.C. to resign without penalty. The transcript notes the board obtained information and voted on the resignation during executive session.
A participant identified as L.R. spoke to the board about substitute and bus-driver pay and the transportation department’s procedures; after extensive discussion the board concluded the matter was procedural rather than policy and directed the Director of Operations, Director of Transportation and the Superintendent to handle it. Counsel and the superintendent were directed to prepare proposed additions to the district’s service-animal policy clarifying emotional support animals versus service animals.
After exiting executive session, the board reconvened and, on motion by Jordan Carlisle and seconded by Lance LeFan with unanimous vote, moved Lumberton High School’s graduation to a Sunday in May beginning at 7:00 p.m. with a gym backup plan for inclement weather.
