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Boyle County Board adopts 2026–27 calendar, accepts planning report and approves consent agenda including performance, travel and payroll items
Summary
At a Dec. 11 special meeting, the Boyle County Board of Education approved the 2026–27 draft school calendar, accepted the local planning committee report for submission to the Kentucky Department of Education, and approved a broad consent agenda that included performance and licensing contracts, travel contracts and donations; payroll and claims were ratified.
The Boyle County Board of Education met in a special session Dec. 11, 2025, at the Boyle County High School library and approved several administrative and budgetary items, including the 2026–27 school calendar and a consent agenda of contracts, travel arrangements and donations.
Chair Jennifer Newby called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and noted members present; Ruth Ann Elliott arrived shortly after the meeting began. Superintendent Mark Wade thanked Boyle County High School for hosting the session.
The board voted to accept the local planning committee hearing report for submission to the Kentucky Department of Education. Board Member Cara Adkins moved the measure, and Board Member Ruth Ann Elliott seconded it; the minutes record the vote as unanimous "of those present."
The board then approved the draft 2026–27 school calendar. Board Member Stephen Tamme moved the calendar and Board Member Cara Adkins seconded; the minutes record the motion as approved unanimously "of those present." The draft calendar language in the record references 173 instructional days and 187 staff days in the draft materials presented to the board.
A broad consent agenda passed next, again recorded as unanimous "of those present." The consent items authorized Requests for Proposals for advertising rights (a multipurpose field media board and a gymnasium scoreboard) and approved multiple contracts and agreements, among them:
- A performance agreement with Voctave for "It Feels Like Christmas" at the Boyle County Performing Arts Center on Dec. 16, 2025, for $20,110 plus 12 hotel rooms for two nights and a hot dinner for 13 following sound check.
- A license agreement with Music Theatre International (MTI) for an amateur production of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" for six performances April 16–25, 2026, for $4,875.
- Travel and lodging arrangements for the BCHS cheerleading team to attend the UCA National Cheer Competition in Orlando, including a VRBO reservation ($3,185.20 total, including extra property protection) and a charter-bus agreement with Miller Transportation ($14,400). The minutes record head coach Abi Dobson's justification for using a charter bus: district buses and drivers are needed for daily routes, certified carriers provide onboard restrooms and CDL drivers for long-distance travel, and overnight charter travel reduces lost instructional time.
The board also accepted donations: $1,000 from Ephraim McDowell Health to support student services and multiple contributions from LaFayette Engineering (totaling $11,250 across listed entries) to support BCHS FFA, TSA, family resource centers and holiday assistance for district schools.
The minutes list several personnel actions (certified extra-service and substitute appointments, classified appointments and a classified resignation). The board ratified payroll and claims, recording payroll checks/direct deposits totaling $1,996,443.66 and general fund claims checks totaling $591,194.99.
The meeting closed after a final motion to adjourn, which the minutes record as approved unanimously "of those present." The minutes are signed by Chair Jennifer Newby and Secretary Mark Wade.
The written minutes supplied to the board list many additional operational details (field trips, coach and assistant assignments, and event recognitions) and provide dates, destinations and dollar amounts for contracts and donations. Where the minutes list figures but do not attribute individual yeas and nays, the record consistently states motions were "voted unanimously, of those present."
