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Magnet Cove School Board approves financials, switches mental-health provider and grants student transfer
Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Magnet Cove School District Board unanimously approved minutes and financial statements, authorized payments to Lexia Learning, ended a mental-health contract with Ouachita Behavioral Health and Wellness (effective Jan. 5) and approved a new agreement with Therapeutic Family Services starting Jan. 6; it also approved a legal student transfer to Glen Rose School District and rescheduled the January meeting.
The Board of Education of Magnet Cove School District No. 8 voted unanimously Dec. 16 to approve routine business and several operational changes affecting student services.
The board approved minutes from the Classified PPC meeting on Dec. 10 and from its Nov. 18 regular and Nov. 21 special meetings after motions by Mike Hughes and seconds from Karen Scott and David Sulton, each passing 5-0. It also approved the district financial statements on a motion by David Sulton, seconded by Karen Scott, with a 5-0 vote.
On instructional and student-support matters, the board authorized electronic fund transfers with Lexia Learning for instructional services; the motion was made by Samantha Nuckolls and seconded by Mike Hughes and passed 5-0. The board voted 5-0 to terminate the school-based mental-health services agreement with Ouachita Behavioral Health and Wellness effective Jan. 5, 2025 (motion by Samantha Nuckolls; second Mike Hughes) and immediately approved a replacement agreement with Therapeutic Family Services beginning Jan. 6, 2025 for the remainder of the 2024-25 school year (motion by David Sulton; second Mike Hughes), ensuring continuous services for students.
The board approved a legal student transfer requested by parents Tony and Brittini Frazier for their 16-year-old to attend the Glen Rose School District; Samantha Nuckolls moved the motion, Mike Hughes seconded, and the vote was 5-0. Board members also agreed to move the next regularly scheduled meeting from Jan. 20, 2025 to Jan. 23, 2025 because Jan. 20 falls on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (motion by Mike Hughes; second by David Sulton; vote 5-0).
No public debate or dissent on these items was recorded in the minutes provided. The board listed the building principals—reports to the public earlier in the agenda; those reports were heard but no actions tied to them were recorded in the minutes.
The board's actions affect vendor payment processes, the continuity of school-based mental-health supports, and one student—student placement for the current school year. The board did not include contract dollar amounts or additional implementation details in the minutes.
