Enterprise City Schools board approves hires and vendor quotes, elects Keith Woods and hears parent call for clearer dual-enrollment evaluations

The Enterprise City Schools Board of Education approved a set of personnel and procurement items, elected new officers for the coming year and heard a public comment urging changes to how dual‑enrollment courses are evaluated.

Dr. Thomas presented the superintendent’s recommendations, including hiring up to 30 co‑op students for the 2026–27 school year to place in career‑appropriate positions across district schools and departments; the board moved, seconded and approved the hiring. The board also approved a CareerTech quote from Southern Educational Systems Incorporated and a technology price quote for the district’s annual Discovery Education renewal after motions and seconds were recorded and votes taken by hand raise. Dr. Thomas asked that several in‑state and out‑of‑state trip requests and inflatable rental requests be approved as a single consent‑agenda item; the board approved that bundled consent package. The board also approved the personnel action list covering transfers, nonrenewals, resignations, new employment and supplements.

The board elected Keith Woods as board president and Don Weaver as vice president for the upcoming year. The transcript records some variation in spelling of Woods’s surname during the meeting; the motion to name Woods president and the motion to name Weaver vice president were both moved, seconded and approved by hand‑raise votes. A member noted the vice‑president nominee was not present at the vote.

During public comment, Dr. Michael Weselek told the board he spoke from personal experience about a perceived lack of an objective, transparent system for awarding extra quality points to dual‑enrollment courses. "There's no appeal process," he said, describing a case in which a course was awarded a half quality point by district review but later evaluated by the University of Alabama at Birmingham as equivalent to a higher‑level course. He asked that the administration 1) evaluate all core dual‑enrollment courses and publish a definitive list so students know which courses carry extra quality points; 2) create a formal appeal process rather than leave decisions to a single gatekeeper; and 3) have Dr. Thomas personally review the email chain and respond to the board. The board acknowledged the comment and thanked him for voicing his concerns.

Separately, the board and Dr. Thomas recognized the district’s inaugural typing bee winners. ECS technology integration coach Stephanie Brumberg introduced six top students from participating elementary schools and described plans to expand the competition next year to a district‑level event and potentially statewide in coming years. The board also honored the district’s 2025–26 retirees and shared routine community announcements, including that graduation is scheduled for May 21 at Wildcat Stadium and that the district’s EL program had a record 77 students pass out of the program this year, 27 more than the previous year.

What happens next: motions and approvals recorded at the meeting are effective as minutes and administrative direction; Dr. Weselek requested that administration review dual‑enrollment evaluations and provide follow‑up to the board. The board scheduled its next regular meeting for June 9 at 5 p.m.