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Smith-Green board approves personnel changes, handbook amendment and 2% noncertified raise
Summary
At its Nov. 24 meeting the Smith-Green Community Schools board accepted two staff resignations, approved an amended Title I parent involvement section of the elementary handbook and approved a 2% pay increase for noncertified employees; vote tallies were not specified in the transcript.
Smith-Green Community Schools’ board on Nov. 24 accepted personnel changes, amended its elementary handbook to add an updated Title I parent involvement policy and approved a 2% increase to the district’s noncertified salary schedule.
During routine business the board announced two resignations: Mrs. Stephanie Bowser, identified in the transcript as a language arts teacher at the high school, with a resignation effective Jan. 15, and a junior high math teacher identified as Brandon with an effective date of Nov. 14. The board moved to accept the personnel report and voted to approve it; the transcript does not include a roll-call tally or named mover/second for that motion.
Board members then considered amendments to the 2025–26 elementary parent-student handbook to add the district’s Title I parent involvement policy and publish the change to the website this school year rather than waiting for next year. A motion to approve the handbook amendment was made and seconded and the board voted in favor; the transcript records the motion but does not record a vote count.
The board also voted to approve a 2% increase to the noncertified salary schedule, which the meeting materials noted would include transportation salaries. A motion to approve the 2% increase was made and seconded and the board proceeded with the vote; no tally or individual votes are recorded in the transcript.
The meeting’s consent agenda included proposed field trips and fundraising requests; one proposed trip mentioned in the discussion was a student trip to Italy in June 2028, which the transcript describes as a request for initial board blessing pending sufficient student interest, not a formal approval of trip arrangements or funding.
What’s next: The transcript provides outcomes (motions approved) but does not show formal vote tallies or specify which board member moved or seconded each motion. Any procedural or budgetary follow-up (for example, whether the 2% raise will require additional approvals in payroll or county-level reporting) was not specified in the meeting record.
