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Magnet Cove board approves safety upgrades, early-childhood MOU and routine financial actions
Summary
At its May 19 meeting the Magnet Cove School District Board unanimously approved safety upgrades for campus exterior doors, an early-childhood MOU with Dawson Education Service Cooperative, routine minutes and financial statements, and authorized electronic fund transfers and assurances for state programs.
The Board of Education of Magnet Cove School District No. 8 unanimously approved a package of contracts and finance actions at its May 19 regular meeting, including campus door safety film and hardware, an early-childhood memorandum of understanding and authorizations tied to the district’s 2025–26 budget.
Board President Jeff McJunkins called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.; all five board members were present. The board approved the April 24, 2025 minutes (motion by Mike Hughes, seconded by David Sulton) and the financial statements (motion by Mike Hughes, seconded by Karen Scott), both by 5-0 votes.
The board approved a resolution appointing the superintendent to serve as Magnet Cove’s representative on the Dawson Education Service Cooperative board of directors through June 30, 2027 (motion by David Sulton, seconded by Mike Hughes, 5-0). The board also authorized removing Superintendent Danny Thomas from district bank accounts effective June 30, 2025 (his retirement) and adding incoming Superintendent Cameron Alexander as a signatory (motion by Mike Hughes, seconded by Karen Scott, 5-0).
On facilities and safety, the board accepted the low bid of $15,206.40 (including tax) from Impact Signs and Wraps to install safety film on exterior doors districtwide and approved purchasing locking hardware (deadbolts, door handle locks, lockset cylinders, lever handles and keys) at a cost not to exceed $12,870. The board further approved a low bid of $14,100 from P & P Locksmith to install the district-purchased lever handles, locks and deadbolts on classroom doors in the middle and high schools and to rekey locks; each vote was 5-0 (motions by Mike Hughes, Samantha Nuckolls and David Sulton as recorded).
The board approved entering a memorandum of understanding with Dawson Education Service Cooperative to provide an early-childhood program for Magnet Cove students in the 2025–26 school year (motion by Samantha Nuckolls, seconded by David Sulton, 5-0).
The board also authorized electronic fund transfers with vendor Aztec Software (motion by Samantha Nuckolls, seconded by Karen Scott, 5-0) and approved the set of assurances required under the Assurances and GEPA State Programs under ESSA & IDEA and authorized the superintendent to sign and submit the 2025–26 budget to the Arkansas Department of Education (motion by Mike Hughes, seconded by Samantha Nuckolls, 5-0).
The meeting record notes reports from building principals and the athletic director but provides no detail on their presentations. The board adjourned at 6:47 p.m.
