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Board reviews consent agenda: donations, appropriations and contract renewals
Summary
The board reviewed a long consent agenda that included capital outlay appropriations for elementary schools, budget amendments, monthly financials, year-to-date community donations of $474,730.89, a $6,866.41 donation for unpaid lunches, and a renewal contract with Lotus Learning and Arts Center for eligible students.
The Okaloosa County School Board moved through an extensive consent agenda at the March 9 workshop that included appropriations, monthly financial statements, grant and contract renewals, and community donations.
Chair read items including capital outlay appropriations from individual board-member funds (examples cited: Florosa Elementary $5,000; Walker Elementary $3,900; other district floor allocations listed) and a budget amendment for fiscal year 2025'26. Miss Perry presented monthly financial statements and invoices. A board member reported year-to-date community donations of $474,730.89 (fiscal year since last July) and singled out a $6,866.41 donation from Beulah First Baptist Church to apply to unpaid lunch balances.
Consent item 7.23, a renewal agreement with Lotus Learning and Arts Center to provide services for eligible students (used when students need additional supports for trauma or extreme behaviors), was presented by Miss Cathy Art as a renewal of an existing contract. Board members asked whether the contract's six-month term would require a later extension to return to the board; Miss Art confirmed it was a renewal and that extensions would come back to the board for approval.
The chair read another consent item authorizing appropriation of federal impact aid funds and referenced an amount "$3,490" during the meeting; the board paused and corrected the readback, and the precise dollar figure and context should be verified in the official minutes because the verbal readback during the workshop was unclear.
No formal roll-call votes on these consent items are recorded in the workshop transcript; these items were presented for board approval as part of the consent agenda process.
