Board approves consent agenda, personnel actions and sale of surplus food-service equipment

The Cabot School Board on Aug. 19 approved its consent agenda, authorized surplus food-service equipment for sale, and approved personnel recommendations as presented.

On a motion by Joe Trusty with a second from James Hertzog, the board approved minutes from the July 22 regular meeting and the Aug. 5 special meeting and accepted July financial statements; the motion passed 6-0. Later in the meeting the board approved a resolution to list surplus food-service equipment on GovDeals and remove those items from district inventory (motion by Kevin Tipton, second by James Hertzog; passed 6-0). The board also approved personnel recommendations as presented (motion by Kevin Tipton, second by Joe Trusty; passed 6-0).

Personnel documents included certified transfers, reassignments, new hires, classified resignations, transfers and new hires; the formal listings appear in the materials recorded in the meeting (see personnel listings). Examples in the materials include certified new hires Holly Burns (speech pathologist) and Ashley Hill (library media specialist), and classified hires such as Ashley Bradbury (bus aide) and Kent Tarvin (bus driver). The personnel recommendations were noted as contingent on required licensure, background checks and child-maltreatment registry clearance.

Board members received curriculum and operations updates: Alana Graham reported 258 total summer-school course enrollments with 21 credits recovered; Andrea Mendoza said Extended School Year (ESY) served 59 students at Westside Elementary under the program’s eligibility rules; and Michael Byrd reported 10 outgoing and 30 incoming legal transfers. Byrd also said punch-list work is being finished on two pre-K buildings and that plans were submitted to the city for a new stacking lane at Middle School South and a press box at Panther Stadium.

The meeting adjourned at 8:16 p.m.