Mississippi / School Districts / MCCOMB SCHOOL DISTRICT
The McComb School District board moved to adopt its Aug. 11 meeting agenda and approved previous meeting minutes and the consent agenda during a short, procedural session.
Mississippi / School Districts / MCCOMB SCHOOL DISTRICT
Trustees considered the 2025–26 crisis response plan for all schools and asked whether the district's incident reporting system would create a database accessible to police; district staff responded that it would not.
Mississippi / School Districts / MCCOMB SCHOOL DISTRICT
At its Aug. 4 special meeting, the McComb School District received a superintendent report noting one newly opened geometry/compensatory-post and prospects for four other certified positions and discussed a 16-session report.
Mississippi / School Districts / MCCOMB SCHOOL DISTRICT
During the Aug. 4 meeting, trustees reviewed a district athletic security plan, curriculum course change, and several vendor agreements including Mississippi Community College, Alon Roofing Services, an HVAC contractor, and Gulf State Fence Company Inc.
Mississippi / School Districts / MCCOMB SCHOOL DISTRICT
Trustees reviewed an agenda item to transfer interest amounts to principal accounts, an FY25–26 budget item described as "new ticket budget," and comments about three open loans the district is paying down.
Mississippi / School Districts / MCCOMB SCHOOL DISTRICT
Superintendent and staff presented the proposed fiscal year 2025–26 budget at a public hearing, noting that salaries and benefits account for roughly 80% of projected expenditures and reporting multi-year fund balances; board members asked for clarifications about maintenance spending and advertising/notice requirements.
Mississippi / School Districts / MCCOMB SCHOOL DISTRICT
Board members raised concerns about the condition of Higgins school and sought clarity on what the district's general maintenance fund covers, touring practices and how maintenance priorities are set within the budget process.
Mississippi / School Districts / MCCOMB SCHOOL DISTRICT
At its June 2 work session, the McCombs School District discussed proposed policy revisions to require board review of district investments and asked staff for clearer, itemized invoices ahead of a June 9 public budget hearing.
Mississippi / School Districts / MCCOMB SCHOOL DISTRICT
The board discussed that minutes indicate the student board member representative item was tabled pending a city conversation, but the item did not appear on the June agenda. Trustees asked staff to clarify and requested the matter be addressed over the summer.
Mississippi / School Districts / MCCOMB SCHOOL DISTRICT
Trustees reviewed proposed handbook revisions including mission/vision wording, table-of-contents numbering, clearer student-fees and hardship language, expanded vaping definition to include THC, and a curriculum name change to an information technology cohort.