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Mobile County Public Schools board approves multiple action items, adds and renews CSFO contract
Summary
The Mobile County Public Schools board approved a slate of action items including the long-running MAC reimbursement program and Title I spending, and renewed the contract of the district’s chief school financial officer after adding the contract PDF to the agenda for review and approval.
The Mobile County Public Schools board met in regular session and approved a package of routine and personnel items, including renewal of the district’s chief school financial officer (CSFO) contract after the board voted to add the contract PDF to the agenda for review.
The board approved grouped action items G1 through G20, which included G1 — described by a presenter as the district’s MAC program used to reimburse expenses for Medicaid-eligible students — and which the presenter said has produced about $51 million in revenue over the program’s life. The board then approved action items including a Title I-funded one-day professional development for Hutchins Elementary for $9,050, grouped personnel items G32–G40, consent agenda items H1–H29, flow-through Title I items 1–3 for parochial and private schools, and student expulsions J1–J8.
Board member (speaker 6) raised a broader point during discussion of G41 about statewide CFO mismanagement, saying he had “seen issues throughout the state” with some districts’ CFOs. Chair (speaker 4) and other members responded by praising the district’s CFO. “Ms. Zirlock has been very beneficial to our system,” the chair said, adding that the CFO has “worked diligently and hard to make sure that we are above the norm.”
Dr. Crenshaw (speaker 3) pointed out the CSFO contract PDF was not on the packet for item 41 and asked for it to be added. The board voted to add the contract PDF to item 41 and then called the question; the chair announced the motion carried and the CSFO contract renewal was approved.
The meeting included informational items (K1 monthly financials and K2 purchase orders over $5,000) and a report from the board’s attorney summarizing 11 employment agreements submitted after the previous meeting. The chair reminded members that multiple student hearings are scheduled in June, noting eight hearings beginning at 8 a.m. on June 3, and that the June 10 meeting would be canceled.
The session closed with recognition of the district’s academic work and a statement by the chair that students were awarded roughly $1 billion in scholarships for the school term. A motion and second to adjourn concluded the meeting.
Next steps: the district will process the approved personnel and contract actions per internal procedures and proceed with the scheduled student hearings in June.
