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Etowah County Schools board approves 2026–27 calendar, several contracts and enters executive session on student discipline
Summary
At its Feb. 3 meeting in Gadsden the Etowah County Schools Board of Education approved the 2026–27 school calendar, awarded multiple facilities and service contracts, approved personnel actions (one abstention noted), and moved into executive session to discuss student discipline after certification by the board attorney.
The Etowah County Schools Board of Education met Feb. 3, 2026, in Gadsden and unanimously approved a slate of routine business including the 2026–27 school calendar, multiple construction and service contracts, and personnel actions. Board President Jay Freeman called the meeting to order; Mrs. Scarlett Farley opened in prayer.
Superintendent Dr. Alan Cosby recognized attendees before the board moved through recommendations for approval. The board approved minutes of the Jan. 6 and Jan. 23, 2026 meetings on a motion by Mrs. Scarlett Farley, seconded by Mrs. Amanda Johnson. Financial statements were approved on a motion by Mr. Danny Golden, seconded by Mrs. Farley.
The board voted unanimously to adopt the 2026–27 school calendar after a motion from Mr. Tim Womack and a second from Mrs. Susan Spiker. Two bids for HVAC and related work were awarded: Bid #26-005 was awarded to Modern Heating & Cooling for work at Southside High (office area), Sardis High (weight room) and John Jones Elementary (modular classroom); Bid #26-004 was awarded to Dixie Heating & Cooling for Highland Elementary office area. Both awards passed unanimously with the motions and seconders recorded in the minutes.
Members authorized the superintendent to enter into a property agreement with the City of Southside and approved the start of Release Time Bible Education at Hokes Bluff Middle. The board also approved a contract for services with Extended Family for Kids and a change order for the Staley Technologies intercom project (Bid #25-206).
Administrative and student-support items approved as a group included the Refocus Center recommendations and travel requests. The board approved personnel actions as presented; Mrs. Amanda Johnson abstained specifically from the vote on the Sardis tennis coach, and the minutes otherwise record voting results as unanimously approved.
Before adjourning, the board voted to enter an executive session to discuss student discipline after Board Attorney Jim Turnbach certified the matter was an exception to the Alabama Open Meetings Act. The minutes list participants in the executive session as Matt Kennedy, Julie Talton, Kristy Towns, Dr. Alan Cosby and the board members. The meeting was adjourned on a motion by Mr. Tim Langdale.
The minutes, as recorded, do not provide additional detail on the substance of personnel items beyond categories (resignations/retirements; leaves; employment recommendations; supplements; substitutes; other personnel items; reassignments) nor specifics discussed during the executive session.
