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Harrisburg School Board approves minutes, two grants, access-control quote and ASBA policy updates
Summary
At its Nov. 17 meeting the Harrisburg School Board approved minutes and financials, accepted High Impact Tutoring and COPS SVPP grants, approved an access-control quote and adopted ASBA policy updates; all recorded motions carried 4-0.
The Harrisburg School Board approved minutes, accepted grant awards and adopted policy updates during a Nov. 17 meeting at the Central Office board room.
Bridgett Hewitt, a board director, moved to approve minutes from the Oct. 30 regular meeting and the Nov. 6 special session; Ashley Rowton seconded and the motion carried, 4-0. On the same motion pattern, the board approved October 2025 invoices and financial statements after a motion from Hewitt and a second from Jeremy Lally.
WES Principal Pam Hogue presented the High Impact Tutoring (HIT) grant; Hewitt moved to accept the HIT grant funding and Rowton seconded. The board recorded the motion as carried, 4-0. The board also accepted a Department of Justice COPS School Violence Prevention Program (SVPP) grant award after Jeremy Lally moved to approve acceptance and Hewitt seconded; that motion carried, 4-0.
Superintendent Julie Isbell presented an access-control quote for district facilities. Jeremy Lally moved to approve the quote, Bridgett Hewitt seconded and the motion carried, 4-0. Isbell also presented Arkansas School Boards Association (ASBA) policy updates; the board approved the presented policy updates on a motion by Lally, seconded by Hewitt, with a recorded vote of 4-0.
The actions taken were procedural approvals and acceptance of grant funding; the transcript does not list dollar amounts, implementation timelines or specific contract vendor names for the access-control work. Those details were not specified in the record provided.
The meeting adjourned at 5:27 p.m.
