001It's called to order. Notices for the meeting were properly posted and provided to those who requested direct notification. Let the record reflect that board members are present except for Ms. Squicciarini and Mr. Young. We will have the prayer by Mr. Hilliard followed by the pledge by Ms. by Dr. Michael. >> Shall we pray? Our Father in heaven, we thank you for the state you've given us in this time that we can come together and discuss the workings of the school system. Father, we're thankful for all of our employees and our students and we pray that you'll be with each of them and give them strength and patience as we end the school year. We pray that you'll be with us as board members that we will make the best decisions for our whole system. We
002ask these things in Christ's name. Amen. >> Amen. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> We have an agenda before us. Do I have a motion to accept the agenda? >> So called. >> Second? >> I'll second. >> Okay, we have a motion by Dr. Herring and a second. Uh any discussion? >> I need to abstain from 5A to 2B. >> Okay, 5A to 2B. Okay. All in favor? We'll turn the floor over to Dr. Sherrard for the superintendent's report. >> All right, thank you, Madam Chairman. It's certainly great to see everyone. What a great um crowd we have tonight. At this time, we're going to have a presentation
003of our fiscal 25 audit. >> Woohoo. >> So, I'm here today to present the public report. I can't answer any questions. If you have any questions, you can direct them to our main office, and I'm just going to read it as is. In accordance with the provisions of Act number Code of Alabama 1975, Section 16-13A-7-3E, commonly referred to as the School Fiscal Accountability Act, I'm here on behalf of the State of Alabama Department of Examiners of Public Accounts to present our audit report on the Limestone County Board of Education covering the period October 1st, 2024 through September 30th, 2025. The financial statement audit report and the single audit of federal awards audit report were both released on April 3rd, 2026. We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and government auditing standards
004for the purpose of rendering an opinion on the financial statements and determine whether the board complies with applicable laws and regulations. We also conducted an audit of the board's federal financial assistance programs in accordance with those same standards and the requirements of Title 2, U.S. Code of Federal Life Regulations, Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards, also known as Uniform Guidance. We issued an unmodified opinion on the board's financial statements as of for the fiscal year ended September 30th, 2025. This means the financial statements are presented fairly in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. In addition, we issued an unmodified opinion on the board's major federal financial assistance programs, which were for the fiscal year with the Title 1 grants to local educational agencies and the special education funds.
005The local schools selected for comprehensive testing were Creekside Elementary and Clements High School. All other schools were subjected to limited testing. We reported the following finding in their report, finding 2025-001. The Code of Alabama 1975, Title 39, commonly referred to as the Public Works Law, contains various legal requirements for public works projects. Public works projects include the construction, installation, repair, renovation, or maintenance of public buildings to be paid in whole or in part with public funds. Contracts that exceed $100,000 in materials and labor combined are required to be competitively bid as provided by the Code of Alabama 1975, Section 39-2-2. Additionally, Title 39 does not provide city and county boards of education authority to use a purchasing cooperative for public works contracts. During the audit period, the Limestone County Board of Education entered into a
006public works contract for the purchase, installation, and removal of bleachers in Tanner High School in the amount of $373,907.88. However, the board utilized a purchasing cooperative for the purchase, installation, and removal of the bleachers. The board did not follow its established policies to ensure public works contracts are carried out in accordance with the Public Works Law. As a result, the result, the board failed to comply with the Public Works Law. The entire report is available on our website at examiners.alabama.gov under the Audits Reports tab. This concludes my presentation, and I would like to thank you and your central office and your staff for your assistance and cooperation during the audit process. >> So, if I I could, I just would like to make one comment about um the audit report. And, you know, the Board
007of Education has utilized purchasing cooperatives um for similar purchase since FY22 um without prior audit exception. And, this method has produced substantial cost savings. So, basically, we purchased items off a cooperative, which is therefore a lower price than what you might get through other means. And so, that includes a 40% discount on this project, and it directly supports our board's responsibility to protect and maximize public funds, which of course is a fundamental purpose of the bid law. Thank you. All right, so we have a lot to do tonight. And I know it's getting close. Let me get the microphone. Getting close to the end of the school year, and I know everyone is extremely excited. And I'm excited because we get to recognize so many individuals tonight, um students, faculty members, and that's what it's
008all about. And um I've been able to to watch many events in the district, and um just really proud of our students um here in Limestone County. And so, a lot of you have participated or been involved in the Scholars Bowl competition. And first, I'm going to talk about the elementary level. But, I'll just say that um as I went out and um I appreciate Allison getting all the readers um out there, the scores. It takes a lot um to go through the Scholars Bowl competition. And you know, I'm amazed at the questions. I I know some of our board members, Ron, you'd really like the math portion of the questions. Dr. Maples, you'd love those science um questions. And Ms. Kilgore, um you know, you might like something when it deals with agriculture or
009something maybe when it deals a little more with history. But, they're tough questions. They are tough questions at all levels, and our students do do really well. So, they're to be commended. Their advisors that help prepare them should be commended as well because um it's an awesome competition and I'm really glad that we continue to do that here in Limestone County and we'll continue to do that in the future. So, I'm going to call your name. If you'll come up and just remain up here, Allison will give you the certificate. The first is the captain from Johnson Elementary School, Eli Ingram. Elementary Division, first place, Johnson Elementary School, Kaylee Bessette. Love those Johnson shirts, too, so. Terrence Brown. Colt Caylor. Nicholas Lopez. Leanna Mitchell. Christopher Enriques Santa Cruz. >> Carson Stinnett Anna Todd Paisley Tune
010Haley Winter Britt Coach And they brought their trophy as well. >> That's right. I was going to get one more. >> Hey, one more. One more. One more taking a picture. >> Okay. Okay. >> And we also have Johnson also had the high score, Eli Ingram, the high score. Come up. Come up. Way to go, Johnson. >> Thank y'all so much for coming. >> Yes, very much so. >> If y'all want to fill in, too, now. We've got room for more elementary or middle school by the door. >> Middle school. >> High school by the door? >> Or both. This is both, not high. >> Not both. Sorry, Charlotte thought it was Okay, for middle school we have the captain, first place, from Ardmore High School, Jimmy Lamb. Elsie Clegg Adelaide Denton Chance Daugherty Ella
011Hampton Wesley Hampton >> Sam Hatchett Knox Mooney Cameron Morris Atticus Naa Avery Trickey Elliott Tucker Mason Weatherford and Elizabeth Hilliard, the sponsor. >> Now, scoot in. Scoot in. Scoot in. Close. Closer. >> Ty, squeeze in tight. Squeeze in tight, Ty. >> Thank y'all so much for coming. >> Yes, congratulations, y'all. I've got some art ones. >> So, the middle school division high score was from East Limestone, Bentley Losh. Bentley? >> They may all be outside. We got high school coming on in. I think they're coming in now. Bentley Losh. Craig, would you come up and get these? Good job. High scores. >> All right. So, for high school, we have Tanner High School on first place, Jason Novalis, the captain. Grayson Allen. >> Isabella Armstrong Caroline Brown Chelsea Harris Caleb Livingston Sedro Mendez Michael Noveless
012Ron Phillips Adrian Weller, coach Also want to say that Tanner also got third place in state in the region 4A. So, we certainly are proud of you guys for representing Limestone County so well. Great job. >> And then of course Tanner had the high score as well, Caroline Brown. Yeah, she got one already so yeah and then you get one so. >> Okay. >> Great job guys, congratulations. >> Awesome. Yes. Good job guys. Good job. >> Thank you. >> Yes. >> Congratulations. >> Yeah, they come on in sit down. They like There's plenty of seats. >> There's plenty of seats. >> Y'all come on in. >> Yeah, there's plenty of seats. >> You got more in? Okay, every year Limestone County Schools is well represented at the Alabama SkillsUSA competition. These students and staff at
013the Career Technical Center maintained high competition standards and continue to bring home medals. This year there was a total of 10 medalists from our system, one state champion, two gold, four silver, and three bronze. All gold medalists have advanced to the nationals, which will be held in Atlanta, Georgia this June. Tonight, I would like to recognize the 2026 State SkillsUSA winners and their instructors. I will be grouping the certificates by programs. So, first, we have Action Skills. And we have a state champion with us tonight, Carson Townsend and his instructor, Danny Pepper. Carson, congratulations. We also have Emergency Medical Technician. And silver, we have Jessica Cannon. Okay. >> I'm copying for >> For always that gets in the way, doesn't it? Yes. Brooklyn Clark. All right. Instructor, Danny Pepper. Firefighting, we have a silver, Camden
014Roberts. >> Fire meeting, okay. Instructor, Danny Pepper. First Aid, CPR, bronze, Riley Brandon, instructor, Danny Pepper. >> Is that cracked up? All right, next we have architectural drafting. We have gold, Erica Alvarado. Silver, we have Caitlin Mesh Meshack? Meshack. And Brian Wallace is the instructor. >> Next to all those girls. Come on. Congratulations. >> Next we have barbering, gold, Jamie Cortez. And the instructor is Glenice Black. >> Mhm. Congratulations. >> Next is heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration. Bronze is Aiden Hughes. Can't be here? All right. Instructor is Jeremy Owen. The prepared speech, Genevieve Winks received bronze. And the instructor is Ms. Lovett. Okay. We got some more folks coming in. Come on in. Okay, 2026 Alabama FCCLA STAR Events competition winners. FCCLA members competed in STAR Events in Montgomery as part of the 2026 Alabama
015FCCLA State Leadership Conference in March. STAR stands for Students Taking Action with Recognition. Once again, Limestone County Schools was well represented. I would like to recognize our state winners along with their instructor Mrs. Lovett. So, in Educators in Training, and we are very helpful and want to help these guys out because we want them to come back in course and be teachers in our system. And we had a great ceremony the other day, which I really enjoyed. So, um it's good to see you guys again. The Career Investigation Silver, Bailey Bennett. Focus on Children Silver Jayla Hines and Elecia Petty. Early Childhood Education Gold and first place Chloe Collins. Look at all those medals, right? Congratulations. Job Interview Skills Gold, Addison Barnett. And Teach or train Gold, Alyssa Hargrove. Love it. Y'all can come on
016up. And I'll just say I wish they would have brought their speeches they gave the other day at the signing ceremony because they did a great job. The whole program was wonderful and um we really want them to come back to Limestone County and teach in our system, so don't don't forget that, okay? Thank y'all so much for coming. Okay, next we have team 34, the Rockets 2026 Rocket City Regional Quality Award winners. In April, team 34, the Rockets first robotics team competed in the 2026 Rocket City Regional. Students put their custom-built robots to the test in fast-paced matches, while also showcasing engineering design, programming, and teamwork skills. Beyond the field, teams connected with peers, industry professionals, and college representatives, while celebrating the excitement of STEM. Team 34, the Rockets, brought home the quality award
017for superior manufac- manufacturing of their robot. Tonight, I would like to recognize team 34 for this achievement. Team 34 is represented represented by Scarlet Moore. Scarlet. Solomon Seaford. Wesley Wasserburger. >> Rocket man. >> And I'd also like to recognize Mr. Damon Ferris, the team sponsor, to come forward and join the group as well. We certainly appreciate their hard work and dedication. Um I've been up several times over there to see you guys compete. I think some of our board members might have saw you compete as well. So, we certainly appreciate your hard work and dedication. Thank you for leading that team. Thank you. >> Thank you. Mhm. So, let me go back to you. So, we talked about giving back. >> Okay, also just like to recognize our 30 or higher on the ACT. That's
018certainly exceptional academic accomplishment. Nationally only about 6% of ACT test takers reach this level, placing these students among the highest performing college-bound students in the country. This distinction reflects not only strong academic ability, but also dedication, perseverance, and a commitment to excellence across a multiple across multiple subject areas. Achieving a score of 30 or above demonstrates readiness for rigorous post-secondary opportunities and is a noteworthy achievement worthy of recognition and celebration. Several years ago the system established the ACT 30 plus club to honor those students scoring a 30 or greater on the ACT. Limestone County Schools currently has 36 members of the 30 plus ACT club as part of the Limestone County School System. Students will be recognized among their peers at their schools award ceremony, but tonight I would like to acknowledge this achievement by
019calling the names of the ACT 30 plus club members along with their school. That is a highlight that I have to get to go to the senior recognition, but also the undergraduate recognitions as these students score 30 or higher. And um it's really a highlight of the year, but I would like to to read some names of the students who have scored 30 or above. Ardmore High School, Aiden Brooks, Alexis Gray, Blake Talbert, Caden Marcy, and Lauren Bates. Clements High School, we have Chloe Tilly and Landon Wells. East Limestone High School, we have Abby Raybon, Adela Mesa, Allie Jansen, and Maria Young, Ava Tillery, Caroline Hines, Dylan Temmingon, Emerson Rose, James Pearson, Kate Shriner, Noah Worker, Peyton Clark, Riley Jennings, Selma Villamonte, and Thomas Cope. West Limestone High School, Brady Bennett and Reagan Heathcoat. Alabama
020Connections Academy, Erin Sanders, Alexander Nacella, Brooke Courtney, Cain McCloud, Drayson Vault, Catherine Swortzer, Madison Coleman, Olivia Edney, Piper Piper Haskell, Ryan Petit, Terry Perry, and Yashonda Sarahchandra. So, that concludes all of them, but quite quite a list there. So, congratulations for all of our 30-plus winners. So, next we have the National Board Certification Certified Teachers NBCTs program, and I know we have a lot of Allisons and National Board Certified Teacher. It's a very rigorous experience to go through, and we would like to recognize our newcomers. The National Board Certified Teachers NBCTs program is a voluntary advanced teaching credential that goes beyond state licensure. The program certified teachers who successfully compete in rigorous certification process. Teachers who achieve National Board Certification have met high standards through study, expert evaluation, self-assessment, and peer review. It is one
021of the most respected professional certifications available in the field of education and provides many professionals benefits to teachers, students, and schools. We currently have 18 NBCTs who are either serving in a teaching or administrator role in Limestone County Schools. We also have six Alabama connections to Academy employees who have earned this distinction. Tonight, I would like to recognize four Limestone County School employees who have attained NBCT status, but have not previously been recognized with a superintendent's commendation during the May board meeting. So, if each one will come up and we'll take a group picture, okay? So, we have Brandy Glenn, teacher at Clements High School. Brandy Hall, Tanner High School. Cassidy Ridgeway, Elkmont High School. No apologies. We're about children here, so you know, we don't we don't mind that at all. And we do
022not mind that at all. I think our youngest audience member in quite some time, so yeah yeah, for sure. I would also like to recognize the following individuals who have attained national board certification, but were unable to attend tonight's board meeting. Nicole Collins, the counselor at Elkmont High School, and Sherry Wade, counselor at Tanner High School. >> All right. Miss Hubbard will have the financial update. >> All right, I handed it out tonight. We're going to look at the March. That put us 6 months halfway through the fiscal year. So, we're 6 more months to go. April through September. If you look at our local revenue sources, we are at $25.3 million in local revenue, and that's 77% of what we have budgeted. Our expenses are at 52%. If we look at our fund balance,
0231 month is 13.1 million, and we're sitting at 50.6 million. And that is 3.85 months. In our capital projects fund, we've also already moved over $3 million in sales tax. And then the other law our little that I call the lawsuit penny, we hit that floor early in March. I've already moved 500,000 over to the table count that will hold to the end of the year, and it'll get reallocated out between the four the four districts. If you look you look on our 2026 local revenues, the big one again, um our money market interest. We got right at $250,000 in the month of March, so we're up to 1.4 for the year on that number. And if you look at our sales tax, we've already collected 8.7 million, so that does not include the 500,000
024that I've already moved over in the payables. If you look on the last page, that's my That's my chart that shows us the general fund balance, that it was relatively flat. It went down just a little bit between February and March. And the cause of that is we're having to shift some of that money over as a payable, and then it also tells me that a lot of my directors and administrators were saying, "You've got state money. Let's get the Let's get our state and federal Let's get our money spent before the end of the fiscal year." >> It's also part of hitting that floor earlier, right? >> When you hit that floor earlier, you're going to see that shift, and you're going to maybe it You're going to see it moving. It's going to
025be flatter quicker, if that makes sense. Do y'all have any questions? >> Item number six, the consent agenda. Do I have a motion? >> I'll offer. >> I'll second. >> All right, I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? >> I need to abstain from 6B, 1D. >> Any further discussion? All in favor? Any opposed? That was everybody, wasn't it? One looking. All right. Item seven, discussion and approval of personnel actions. >> All After hearing offers, do I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Any seconds? Discussion? Hearing none, all in favor? It's unanimous. Item seven, discussion approval 2026 Limestone County Summer School Program for students in grades 6 through 12. Do I have a motion? We're not going to offer summer school this year, I guess. >> I will offer. >> I have
026a motion. Can I have a second? >> I'll second. >> Any discussion? All in favor? It's unanimous. Okay. Before I ask for adjournment, I'm going to turn the floor back over to Dr. Sherrod for just a minute. >> Um thank you, Madam Chairman. I'm so proud to announce the new principal at Sugar Creek, Julie Ann Smith. She's here with us. If you'd like to stand, please, so you can meet her. She also has her husband with her and welcome here to Limestone County. And then we also have the head football coach at um East Limestone, Anthony Simpson. We'd like to recognize him as well. That's all I have. >> Welcome to Limestone County. Thank you. Now, do I have a motion for adjournment? >> You do. >> I have a motion. How about a second?
027>> Second. >> That was easy. All in favor? Not a hard time with that. >> All those in favor? All right. See.