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Ringgold School District board approves multiple contracts, personnel actions and $10,000 gift
Summary
At its April meeting the Ringgold School District board unanimously approved construction and service contracts, personnel hires and ratifications, a four‑year food service agreement, and acceptance of a $10,000 anonymous donation to the high school art department.
The Ringgold School District Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a slate of routine business at its meeting, including construction contracts, personnel actions, training requests and a $10,000 anonymous donation to the district high school art department.
The board approved awarding the general construction contract for the Ginger Hill Transportation and Maintenance Building for $5,975,185 and an electrical contract to A1 Electric Inc. for $491,000, both subject to final solicitor review, the administration said. The motion passed with all seven recorded members voting yes.
The board also approved an intergovernmental storm water management agreement with Dodan Township, confirmed the Hilton Garden Canburg as the prom venue for 2026, and authorized several personnel actions: acceptance of resignations, ratification of hires previously authorized by the superintendent, hires for 2026 summer programs, and appointment of coaches for baseball, track and field (including middle school) and girls’ basketball. Motions on those items were seconded and recorded as carried by the full board.
Separately, members approved a tentative four-year successor food service agreement between the Ringgold Food Service ASME Union and the Ringgold School District covering July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2030, and accepted an Act 93 compensation plan for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031.
The board granted permission for police department staff Rebecca Crawford and Dana Harris to attend instructor certification training April 7–8 at Chargers Valley High School at a cost of $749 per person, and approved an overnight student field trip as listed in the agenda.
The board accepted an anonymous $10,000 donation for art supplies and programming at Ringgold High School. Board members asked whether the gift was restricted; the administration said the donation was intended to be flexible to benefit students and the community and was facilitated by community member Terresa Campa working with a women’s business organization. The board approved acceptance of the gift.
The administration recommended granting tenure to Jonathan Keer in education technology and presented an agreement to exclude student 683 from in‑person instruction under terms negotiated with the student’s parents; the motions were introduced in the meeting but the provided transcript segments do not include final recorded votes for those two items.
Also on the consent-style docket, the board approved facility use requests for youth athletic and youth league events and authorized disposal as scrap of a 2013 72‑passenger school bus (No. 44). The meeting included several procedural motions that were combined as described in the agenda and recorded with unanimous support.
The board’s next steps for items requiring additional documentation include solicitor review of contracts and administrative follow-up as noted in the agenda packet.
