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Harrisburg School Board approves routine minutes, financials and insurance; authorizes food-service RFP and accepts staff resignation
Summary
At its Dec. 15 meeting the Harrisburg School Board approved minutes and November financials, accepted a staff resignation effective Dec. 19, authorized an RFP for food services, approved employee disclosure statements (Act 1599) and accepted a 2025–26 liability policy; the board moved its Feb. meeting date.
The Harrisburg School Board met in regular session on Dec. 15, 2025, at the district Central Office board room. President Ryan Murphy called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. and all five board members were present.
Superintendent Julie Isbell presented routine business items including the minutes from Nov. 17 and amended minutes from Oct. 30. Board member Kurt Johns moved to approve the minutes and Ashley Rowton seconded; the motion carried, 5-0. The board then approved the November 2025 invoices and financial statements on a motion from Jeremy Lally seconded by Kurt Johns, 5-0.
Isbell also presented the district’s 2025–26 Educators Legal Liability and Outside-of-Arkansas General Liability policy. Jeremy Lally moved to accept the policy and Kurt Johns seconded; the board approved the policy, 5-0. Isbell presented a Student Academic Achievement report; the minutes note the presentation and record that no action was taken on that report.
During the session the board reviewed a legal transfer (presentation only) and considered employee General Disclosure statements required by Act 1599. Bridgett Hewitt moved to approve the disclosure statements and Ashley Rowton seconded; the motion carried, 5-0.
The board discussed the procurement approach for campus food services and approved moving forward with a request-for-proposals process. Kurt Johns made the motion, Ashley Rowton seconded, and the motion carried, 5-0. The minutes do not specify RFP timelines, scope, or prospective vendors; those details were not provided in the recorded minutes.
The board entered executive session at 5:15 p.m. and returned at 6:10 p.m. Upon return, Kurt Johns moved and Ashley Rowton seconded a motion to accept the resignation of Sarah Kimble effective Dec. 19, 2025; the motion carried, 5-0.
Superintendent Isbell proposed moving the board’s February meeting from Feb. 23 to Feb. 19; Ashley Rowton moved the change, Kurt Johns seconded, and the motion carried, 5-0. The meeting was adjourned at 6:11 p.m. on a motion by Jeremy Lally, seconded by Ashley Rowton.
Votes at a glance: Minutes approval (motion by Kurt Johns, second Ashley Rowton) — carried 5-0; November invoices/financials (motion by Jeremy Lally, second Kurt Johns) — carried 5-0; 2025–26 liability policy (motion by Jeremy Lally, second Kurt Johns) — carried 5-0; Act 1599 employee disclosures (motion by Bridgett Hewitt, second Ashley Rowton) — carried 5-0; authorize food-services RFP (motion by Kurt Johns, second Ashley Rowton) — carried 5-0; accept Sarah Kimble resignation effective Dec. 19 (motion by Kurt Johns, second Ashley Rowton) — carried 5-0; change Feb. meeting to Feb. 19 (motion by Ashley Rowton, second Kurt Johns) — carried 5-0.
The minutes record motions and outcomes but provide limited detail on the content of the public comment period, the Student Academic Achievement presentation, the legal transfer, and the RFP scope. Further details (RFP timeline, specific financial figures or academic metrics) were not specified in the recorded minutes.
