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Hancock County school board approves agenda and consent items, updates policy J and enters executive session on student matters
Summary
The Hancock County Board of Education approved the revised agenda and a consent bundle, recommended changes to policy J, and entered an executive session where actions on student matters were taken for later release. The board also tested new gate lockdowns at campuses.
The Hancock County Board of Education met April 2 at Hancock Middle School and approved a revised agenda that added personnel items (67'72), took routine consent votes and recommended an update to policy J, according to meeting proceedings.
Board leadership announced additions to the agenda; a motion to approve the agenda with those additions passed after a mover and second were recorded. The board identified item 35 for separate consideration; after executive session trustees subsequently moved to table item 35 until a future meeting.
The board voted by voice to approve consent agenda items 1'34 and 36'72. On a motion recorded in the proceedings, members also moved to "spread" the March 2026 financial reports upon the minutes in accordance with Mississippi Code 37-9-18 and State Board of Education rules and regulations; that motion carried by voice vote.
Trustees recommended an update to policy J with reviewed changes presented during the meeting; the recommendation was adopted on a voice vote, with the motions noted in the record.
Commissioner Lats, presenting the construction management report, said the district is testing gate lockdowns as a security measure and asked trustees to watch for operational issues during the tour: "today's first day we're trying to use our gates to lock down our campuses for security purposes and work out any kinks that may pop up," he said.
The board moved and adopted a motion to enter executive session. Afterward, the board reported that it "did take actions on student matters" in the closed meeting and that details would be released by the next board meeting; no specific student names, actions, or vote tallies were made public in the record.
Motions at the meeting were consistently carried by voice vote; the public record in the transcript does not include roll-call vote tallies for these actions. Item 35 was tabled for future consideration and the board departed to tour Hancock Middle School.
What's next: the board said it will release details of the student-related actions taken in executive session at a subsequent meeting and will revisit item 35 at a future session.
