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Alcoa City Schools board approves consent agenda, federal budget allocations and several student activities; access-control project tabled
Summary
The Alcoa City Schools Board approved the consent agenda, several field trips, second readings of three policy updates and recommended federal allocations totaling about $6.06 million; an access-control capital project was tabled pending contract backup. Public commenters asked for an independent review related to recent personnel matters.
The Alcoa City Schools Board of Education on Monday approved routine business items including the consent agenda, multiple field trips and second readings of three policy updates, and accepted recommendations for federal program allocations while tabling an access-control facilities project pending additional contract documentation.
Director of Schools (speaker 8) opened the meeting's business by recommending adoption of Items A and B on the consent agenda (minutes from the April 21 meeting and the January financial report). A motion to approve the consent agenda was made and seconded; roll-call confirmations recorded "Yes" responses from Board members Bledsoe, Brown, Chair Kirk, Marsh and Rochelle and the motion passed.
During the finance section, Tom Shamlin (speaker 7) summarized federal allocations and special-purpose budgets including Title I (consolidated), Title II, Title III, Title IV, IDEA Part B and preschool, Perkins Basic and Perkins Reserve (competitive), local special‑education and school nutrition accounts. Shamlin asked the board to approve allocations described in the packet totaling approximately $6,060,576. A motion to approve those allocations was made and received affirmative votes on the record.
The board also approved two student travel requests: a group from AIS that used an AI homework-support tool to present in Washington, D.C., June 7–10, 2026, and the boys' basketball team travel to Franklin, Tennessee, June 11–13, 2026. Both field trips were recommended by the director and approved after motion and vote.
On policy, the board completed second and final readings and approved updates to Policy 1.404 (appeals and appearances before the board), Policy 2.4 (revenues) and Policy 6.411 (student wellness).
Shamlin presented a summer-learning budget of $269,662.31 for approval (staffing, buses and cafeteria costs). The packet showed program staffing and site supervisory allocations; the board voted to approve this budget item.
Shamlin asked the board to approve an Access Control Improvement Project for the elementary, intermediate and middle schools, but said the scanned backup did not show the required tie to a cooperative contract. The board agreed to table the item until proper documentation is provided.
On personnel business, a motion was made to take Item A (the Director of Schools contract) from the table and a recommendation was read to extend the Director's contract to an end date of June 30, 2030. A board member recorded opposition on grounds of transparency concerns. The transcript records at least one "No" vote and several "Yes" responses during that exchange, but it does not contain a complete, explicit final tally or a statement that the motion passed; the public record in this transcript therefore does not confirm the final outcome of the extension vote.
The meeting closed after the director's report on end-of-year schedules and a round of board members' comments.
Quotes used in this article are drawn directly from the board transcript. Where the transcript contained inconsistent spellings of local school names ("Alcorn"/"Apqua"), this article uses the jurisdiction's standard name, Alcoa City Schools, to match official usage.
