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Cabot School Board approves fiscal authorities, food-service contracts, student handbook and upholds two expulsions
Summary
At its June 17 meeting the Cabot School Board approved multiple administrative measures including fiscal signing authorizations, participation in the CACFP snack program, vendor contracts for school food service, the 2025–26 student handbook and upheld two expulsions; most motions passed unanimously.
The Cabot School Board on June 17 approved a slate of administrative and operational measures for the 2025–26 school year, including fiscal signing authority assignments, participation in the federal CACFP snack program, prime vendor contracts for food-service supplies and the district's student handbook.
The board voted to grant fiscal signing authority to Michael Byrd in his role as superintendent and to Kevin Luck in his role as executive director of finance. It also approved naming Board Member Sarah Owen as the board's disbursing officer for 2025–26. Those resolutions were presented by Dr. Tony Thurman and approved by voice vote.
On procurement and meals, the board voted to have the district participate in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) for 2025–26 and accepted recommended food-service vendors: Sysco Foods of Arkansas (prime vendor for food and chemical products); American Paper & Twine (paper); Dawn Wholesale (bread and bottled water); Hiland Dairy (milk); L & J Restaurant Holdings, d/b/a Pizza Pro of Cabot (pizza); and Harris School Solutions (point-of-sale software). The motions to accept the CACFP participation and vendors passed 6–0.
The board also approved the 2025–26 student handbook with the changes presented by administration.
On disciplinary matters the board upheld administration's recommendations to expel two students (identified in the minutes as student 5484 and student 2752) for the 2025–26 school year; both expulsions carry an option for administrative review at the end of the fall semester. The expulsions were approved by recorded motion and carried by unanimous votes where recorded.
The board approved personnel recommendations as presented, including the detailed certified and classified hiring and transfer lists included in the meeting packet; administration noted that hiring remains contingent on licensure requirements and successful background and child-maltreatment registry checks. The meeting adjourned at 7:41 p.m.
Why it matters: these approvals set the district's operational and staffing framework for the coming school year, define who can execute financial transactions on the district's behalf and lock in food-service vendors and programs that affect student meals and school budgets.
