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Harrisburg School Board approves policies, vendor contracts and personnel moves; extends superintendent's contract
Summary
At its Jan. 28 meeting the Harrisburg School Board approved policy updates, vendor contracts for pest control and a new digital sign, approved personnel and payroll-related rates, and voted to extend Superintendent Julie Isbell's contract for one year. Several personnel decisions followed an executive session.
The Harrisburg School Board on Jan. 28 approved a package of policy, vendor and personnel actions and extended Superintendent Julie Isbell's contract for another year.
Superintendent Julie Isbell presented policy updates that the board approved on a motion by Trustee Ashley Rowton, seconded by Trustee Jeremy Lally. The board also voted to approve invoices and financial reports from Dec. 15, 2025. On personnel and compensation matters the board approved a proposed daily pay rate for substitute nurses (motion by Bridgett Hewitt, seconded by Ashley Rowton; vote recorded 4-0 with Trustee Kurt Johns absent for the vote). The board approved an updated HPD SRO pay schedule on a motion by Kurt Johns, seconded by Ashley Rowton (5-0).
Director of Support Services and athletic director Brian Carter presented information about a CNU RFP related to child nutrition; the minutes record the presentation but do not define the acronym or provide further procurement details. Technology Director Daniel Howton presented a proposal to update the FAC digital sign; the board awarded the work to Anderson LED Signs (motion by Kurt Johns, seconded by Jeremy Lally; 5-0). After discussing pest-control quotes, the board approved the Adams Pest Control quote (motion by Jeremy Lally, seconded by Ashley Rowton; 5-0).
The board approved resolutions to designate Picaboo Yearbook as a vendor and to enter into a standing to-do-business arrangement with Food Giant. Both vendor actions were approved while Trustee Ashley Rowton was out of the room; each vote is recorded as 4-0.
The board entered executive session at 5:44 p.m. and returned at 9:34 p.m.; the minutes do not disclose the executive-session subjects. After the closed session the superintendent recommended hiring Zach Benjamin as a 0.5 full-time-equivalent special education paraprofessional; the board approved the hire on a motion by Jeremy Lally, seconded by Bridgett Hewitt (5-0). The board also voted to extend Superintendent Julie Isbell's contract for an additional year (motion by Jeremy Lally, seconded by Bridgett Hewitt; 5-0).
The meeting adjourned at 9:37 p.m.
Actions recorded in the minutes include approvals of policies, vendor contracts (Adams Pest Control; Anderson LED Signs; Picaboo Yearbook; Food Giant), a substitute nurse pay rate, an SRO pay schedule update, the hire of a 0.5 FTE paraprofessional, and a one-year extension of the superintendent's contract.
