The Lebanon Special School District board unanimously approved a new district strategic plan after staff described the document’s mission, vision and four board‑adopted goals.
The Lebanon Special School District board approved several routine items by voice vote, including the TISA accountability acknowledgement, the LEAPS after‑school budget, the disposal of technology surplus and an overnight Beta Club trip.
Instruction staff told the board that district reading specialists will attend a national dyslexia conference and that the district will pilot digital middle‑school report cards via Skyward next semester.
School district staff reported the current enrollment figure and introduced Mary Lee Tice as the district’s first communications director. The board and staff highlighted recent awards for the behavior support team, the start of the Glue League basketball season, a Taste of Wilson fundraiser for teacher grants and upcoming family resource events.
A student, Noah Dixon, accompanied by Rebecca Dixon and supported by Sadler Gallagher, spoke during public comment urging the board to address sidewalks and student safety around schools. Speakers said conversations with city officials and district representatives are ongoing and said some local meetings have already occurred.
The Lebanon Special School District board heard a director's report on enrollment, facility work, transportation and the district strategic plan, and approved the annual agenda, a student field trip and a revision to attendance policy 6.2.
The board heard a student spotlight on three Lebanon students who volunteered with the Family Resource Center this summer to staff feeding sites, distribute books and design a mural for a mobile reading bus; administrators reported the volunteers' time was recorded as in-kind support.
Gary Vandiver, director of Wilson County Teen Court, described the program's adult-judge/teen-jury model, monthly operations, types of sanctions and recent participation levels, and cited Tennessee Code Annotated as the program authority.
The Lebanon Special School District board voted to approve a slate of routine measures including a resolution adopting five school zones, a differentiated pay plan for 2025–26, district fundraisers, Chromebook purchases from fast-growth funds and updates to multiple board policies and plans.
Lebanon Special School District's transportation director reported all buses have drivers, but routes remain long and several run double routes. The board discussed the app-based communication rollout, parent-responsibility walking zones and the district's goal of reducing double routes and early pickup times for youngest students.