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Gulf County School Board approves 2025–26 handbooks, personnel hires and credit-card limit increases
Summary
At its July 21 meeting the Gulf County School Board unanimously approved the 2025–26 Employee Handbook and the Student Handbook as amended, authorized credit-card limit increases for four schools and the district office, approved the PAEC Risk Management invoice for 2025–26, and confirmed two staff hires.
The Gulf County School Board unanimously approved the district Employee Handbook for 2025–26 and the Student Handbook/Code of Conduct as amended at its July 21 meeting in Port St. Joe.
Chairman Brooke Wooten presided over the meeting, which began with an agenda-review workshop at 7:30 a.m. and the regular session at 8:00 a.m. Vice Chairman Ruby Knox moved to adopt the July 21 agenda packet; Equillar Gainer seconded the motion and the board voted unanimously to approve it.
On consent, the board approved Centennial Bank credit-card limit increases for the district office and the four schools, and approved the PAEC Risk Management invoice for the 2025–2026 policy year. Those financial items were taken together under the consent agenda and passed on a unanimous vote.
The board also approved two personnel actions on consent. Amber Jones was approved for the PSJHS Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) position effective July 21, 2025. Rebecca Simpson was approved for a WES paraprofessional position effective August 1, 2025. Both hires were approved unanimously.
In program matters, Equillar Gainer moved to approve the 2025–26 Employee Handbook; Ruby Knox seconded and the motion carried unanimously. The board also approved the Student Handbook/Code of Conduct with amendments; the transcript notes the approval but does not specify the drafted changes.
Superintendent Norton delivered the superintendent’s report as part of the meeting record; the transcript excerpt does not list substantive items from that report. There were no public comments recorded in the excerpt. Chairman Wooten adjourned the meeting at 9:16 a.m.
The board noted that District 1 remains vacant (TBA). The transcript does not specify amounts for the credit-card limit increases or the PAEC invoice nor does it list the text of the student-handbook amendments.
