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Cabot School Board approves 2025–26 salary schedules, authorizes disposal of outdated technology and OKs personnel slate
Summary
On March 18, 2025, the Cabot School Board approved the 2025–2026 salary schedules, voted to recycle or dispose of listed outdated technology, and approved the personnel recommendations presented by district staff; all motions passed by 6–0.
Board President Joe Trusty called the Cabot School Board meeting to order on March 18, 2025. The board unanimously approved the district's 2025–2026 salary schedules, a resolution to recycle or dispose of obsolete technology items, and the personnel recommendations presented by staff.
The salary schedules were presented by Michael Byrd as part of the superintendent's pre-action reports. Board member Marvin Jones moved to approve the salary schedules; board member Sarah Owen seconded the motion. The board vote was recorded as 6–0 in favor, with board member James Hertzog noted as absent.
Superintendent Dr. Tony Thurman then presented a resolution to recycle or dispose of identified technology equipment that staff described as broken or outdated and requested that the items be removed from the district inventory. Board member Corey Williams moved to approve the resolution; board member Kevin Tipton seconded. That motion also passed 6–0.
The board then approved personnel recommendations as presented by district staff. The personnel slate appeared in the meeting packet and lists certified retirements, resignations, leaves, transfers, new hires, classified retirements and hires across the district; all appointments and hires are contingent on completion of licensure requirements and successful background and child maltreatment registry checks. Sarah Owen moved to approve personnel recommendations; Marvin Jones seconded and the motion passed 6–0.
Votes recorded in the minutes list the present voting members as Board President Joe Trusty and board members Pam Clem, Corey Williams, Kevin Tipton, Marvin Jones and Sarah Owen; James Hertzog was recorded absent for the meeting. The minutes do not provide individual yes/no votes beyond the 6–0 tallies.
The board recorded no public comment and adjourned the meeting at 8:52 p.m. The meeting record in the posted minutes appears truncated at the very end of the document (the line reads "President for Tran"), and full supporting personnel lists and equipment inventories were provided in the meeting packet (SEG 004'SEG 008).
