001These are guys. They performed all over the world. They're good. They play guitars. It's more I've seen the sunset. It's not seen. It's called >> and they and you can buy Is that the black jacket? >> No, the Is it the black jacket concerts? Yes, we're doing classical music [snorts] >> all over. >> And sometimes they have things >> that they Call this meeting to order. Ask Mr. the chaplain to lead us in prayer. [snorts] >> Dear God, we thank you for this day. We also thank you for the opportunity to serve our community and our most valuable asset, the children in this community. We ask your blessings on our superintendent and his staff and blessings on all of our teachers, administrators, and staff that work with our children uh every day. Our heavenly father,
002we also ask your protection on our first responders, both foreign and abroad. We also ask for guidance for our national, state, and local leaders, as they make decisions that affect our lives. We ask all these things in thy name. 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. >> M. >> Yes, sir. Go ahead. >> Mr. String, you have a thing? >> Yes, sir. Just a a couple of small things. First of all, I'd like to congratulate I know our superintendent, Dr. Brackens, and all of the staff that work on this, but I was very pleased to see that our student uh grades are continuing to increase and that is significant because
003we are a large the largest system in the state. complex issues that we have to deal with daily, but we are overcoming them. And that's due to the very hard work of all of our teachers and administrators that are on the front line with this every day. So, I want to make sure that u that the public knows how hard we work. You can't compare one district to another because we're looking at apples and oranges and the differences that exist, but we know what our kids, our students are capable of and I just appreciate the hard work and it it's uh it's paying off for us. So, congratulations on that. >> Yes. I would just like to say that uh I think Dr. Brackens and her team as well as our superintendent has done a
004great job in reference to um our report card. State report card was very very good. We went up two points. Um thanks to district 4, but um I just want [snorts] to put that out there. Anyway, but we appreciate everything that you guys have done. Our teachers are working real hard in our schools and and the our score reflects that. and uh just continue what you're doing and we will get there to 100 like the three schools in my district. >> Your district [laughter] [snorts] applause. >> I'd like to add to that also that want to thank all I'm just proud of where we at. We've come up >> from the superintendent down to the plant engineers, the teachers, the bus drivers, our whole system, our organization. U I've seen is is clicking on all
005cylinders and uh it come starts at the top and I I want to thank you for that. >> Mr. Hatchet, >> I echo those remarks. Uh I think it's wonderful to to go up in a report card. We know what it feels like to go down for sure. I wasn't real real happy with that, but uh it is definitely a pleasure to see that we're moving in a very positive direction and [snorts] um we want to thank everybody for that and everybody involved with the school system. Um also at our last meeting I had spoke on uh cameras and prayer. Uh I'd like to uh talk about that for a second. We uh I spoke with uh Frank. Uh we got some probably not the best news uh with a Supreme Court ruling that come
006out Florida. Am I correct Frank? >> Yeah. Out of the Tampa, I believe. [snorts] >> Yes. Uh it was not the best news uh what I'd like to for the prayer. Now the cameras is good news. They say do it. They said do it tomorrow. >> Uh >> well, I want to discuss that. See we have a cost projection with this later. At the end of the day, the it's it's it's not a deal breaker, but it's disheartening. And uh I would just like to ask that the attorneys delve off a little deeper and see if we can't >> I have looked at it carefully. I can talk about it now or I can >> I think I that's probably going to be a discussion for later. >> But anyway, I I would definitely appreciate
007you doing that. Let's you know, keep moving that direction. [snorts] proceed, please. >> Yes, sir. We will start with our action. Oh, go ahead. I'm sorry. >> I meant to talk to you earlier. I >> I think we can treat the consent items and the flow three items as a on uh based on my review of the statute, we don't need to change the actual format of the agenda. But I don't think you have to go through every one of those. >> Flow through and consent. >> Okay. >> Consent. [snorts] >> Yeah. You good with that? >> January. >> Okay. We're ready. >> Yes. >> Okay. All right. We'll start with the action items. I do uh want to pull uh action item C2 resolution request um for the Alabama Attorney General office. We just
008need to um get some more information and have our attorneys um make sure that they're aware of all of that information. So, we will pull action item C2. With that being said, we'll start with action item C1. It's the selection of underwriters. Um we selected Stifle and Piper to serve as our uh underwriters for our bond. Uh there is no um financial um game of that. Right at this minute, we do have Stifle being the senior lead underwriter. That's action item C1. C2 is action items that was pulled. C3 is with Xerox. It's a revision. Uh the Xerox has requested uh some minor language change. Uh so we are in the process of uh getting that language changed for Xerox. That's action item C3. C4 is with the 100 Black Men of Greater Mo Mobile
009Mobile. It is to provide and initiate programs to assist students on all grade levels in developing skills and habits necessary for meaningful and productive lives. Uh that's coming out of district local funds for $400,000. >> Mr. Fred Gil, I uh saw with interest on news uh that something about this where they were going to select like 100 students, targeted students or whatever term you want to use like that u to do some particular program. I'm I'm not saying not this, >> but it shows how much activity they're involved in. Yeah, I think they're at Bishop State today doing a mentoring program with with a lot of our students. >> All right. Action item C5 is LBP interpreting for uh Sunny Callahan School for the Deaf and Blind. It is to provide sign language um for
010the deaf and blind. Uh that's come out of state funds for two $270,000. C6 is level data. It is to provide a one-year return on instruction license. That's coming out of district local funds for 145,278. C7 is with the University of South Alabama Mitchell Center for the 2026 Mobile County Public Schools high school graduation ceremonies. That's coming out of district local funds for $121,300. C8 is with Learning for Theodore High School. It is to provide a one-year classroom license in the subject area of of math, English, language arts, and science, social studies for 925 students. It's coming out of title one funds for $22,432.50. C9 is with Alapoint Health Services for Bayoint residential. that is to provide uh uh transitional services coming out of title one funds for $20,000. C10 is with the Gulf Coast
011Resource and Development Council for Amma Bryant. It is to uh provide funds to implement the project expanding as access and opportunity through wrestling wrestling. It's a community development grant for $15,000. [clears throat] C11 is with learning for Scarboro Middle. It is to provide services of classroom license uh for one year in the subject area of math for 600 students coming out of title one funds for $14,795. C12 is cases associates and associates for Alma Bryant. It is to provide professional development for all teachers and staff for three hours. uh that's coming out of title one funds for $13,500. C13 is with the Mobile County Commission for Callaway Smith. It is to provide funds for the awards pro program. Uh also again coming out of county commission funds for $13,400. C14 is also with the county
012commission for Holloway Elementary. It is to provide funds to help support the Eagles Dance Club. Uh again, it's coming out of county commission funds for $12,000 >> on those two items. >> Yes, sir. >> They're actually the mi they actually mirror each other. The first one is uh the county giving us the money and the second one is taking the money and paying dance 101. So, it's really one matter. Did y'all get that? >> Okay. All right. Action item C15 is dance 101 studio for Holloway Elementary. It is to provide uh ballet and jazz dance classes uh coming out of state funds for $11,950. C16 is with the University of South Alabama Mitchell Center for the uh MCPSS 2026 Signature Academy Showcase uh which will be held Tuesday, January the 6. That's coming out of
013district local funds for $11,800. C17 is also with the Mobile County Commission for Pillings Middle School. It is to provide funds for the athletic pro program. Uh again, it's coming out of county commission funds for $10,000. C18 is also with the county commission for the JRTC STEM leadership academy camp. Um it's um funded by the Mobile County Commission for $10,000. C19 is the global global spectrum uh for Baker High School's 2026 prom, which will be held March 13th. It's coming out of local school funds for $9,412. C20 is solution tree for Collier Elementary. It is to provide a one-day on-site customized professional development coming out of Title One funds for $8,600. C21 is learning for Brightland Elementary. It is to pro provide a a year subscription site license digital platform coming out of title one
014funds for $8,437.50. C22 is also with Learning for Denton Magnet. It is to provide the services of LL classroom license uh for the subject area of math, English language arts, science, and social studies for 325 students. It's coming out of title one funds for $8,332.50. C23 is learning for Williamson High School. It is to provide services for classroom license for 400 students coming out of title one funds for $8,195. C24 is also with Learning for Callaway Smith. It is to provide services of EXL classroom license for 300 students coming out of local school funds for $7,050. C25 is performancebased education company for Alma Bryant High School. It is to provide a 5-day high impact teacher coaching engagement. It's coming out of title one funds for $6,750. C26 is the Mobile Symphony Orchestra for Kate Shepard.
015It's uh to provide music enrichment coming out of state funds for $6,200. C27 is ever way for Augusta Evans. It is to provide a on-site sidebyside coaching professional development. uh coming out of title one funds for $5,250. C28 is with Williamson High School mechanical upgrade uh roof change order number three. Uh it is a decrease with 56,1843. That now brings the grand total of $14,716,560.33. And that's coming out of local funds. C29 is the MCPS video boards uh at eight of our high school campus is a change order number one. It is a decrease of $200,39055. It brings a grand total of $4,688,93345 and that's coming out of 2022 bond money. These are not new video boards. These are our existing video boards that we have a credit of over $200,000. C30 is Central Nail
016High School Athletic Building. Uh there were nine bids. We went with the lowest bidder of Rogers Construction uh for $2,136,000. Um we are still uh I think they received a grant and we're still um trying to come up with the rest of the funds. C20 C31 is BC rain chiller replacement change order one. Uh it's a decrease of $27920 which brings the grand total of $776,620.80. It's coming out of PSCA funds. C32 is Baker High School fieldhouse upgrade. We had six biders. We went with the lowest bidder with Young Bloodood and Barrett Construction. Uh that total is $349,985. Um fund source to be announced. C33 is Alba Middle School Bleachers. We had three bids went with the lowest bidder tendle construction of $190,000 and that fund saw us. So I'm not sure I find out.
017C34 is sale of the rightway and drainage easement of Mobile County of Lumpin Road. Uh that financial impact is $21,775 which we be paid to the board. >> How much of the rightway did they get? >> Not sure. Do you know >> how much how much like a tenth or a quarter acre, anything like that. >> We'll find out. >> We can move on. It's not. >> Okay. A piece. All right. C35 through C42 is personnel listed under separate cover. Are there any questions on the action items? No sir. Hearing none, we will move to the consent agenda D1 with ED puzzle with Mobile County training uh to provide schoolwide ed puzzle coming out of state funds for $4,940. D2 is with Bird Educational Consulting with Scarbor Middle. It is to provide external consulting and
018evaluation for the 21st century uh grant uh that's coming uh out of the 21st century grant for $4,000. D3 is quizzy for Theodore High School. It is to provide teachers and students at Theodore High School with six months of Quizzy school site license for 1,200 students. That's coming out of title one funds for $3,800. D4 is with Learning for Buroughs Elementary. It is to provide a one-year subscription site license digital platform coming out of Title One funds for $3,637.50. D5 is with the local uh Theodore High School's 2026 prom, which will be scheduled on March 13th coming out of local school funds for $3,400. D6 is also with the local for Elma Bryant High School uh 2026 high school prom which is scheduled for April the 10th. Also coming out of local school funds for
019$3,200. D7 is with Renaissance Learning for Indian Spring. It is to provide Renaissance Learning site license for a accelerator reader for 300 students coming out of title one funds for $3,129. D8 is with Tracy Charles uh for Davidson High School. It is to provide a class 101 presenters that will host and conduct three total sessions of professional development for teachers. It's coming out of title one funds for $3,000. D9 is with Renaissance Learning for Grand Bay Middle. It is to provide a school license uh for Renaissance vocabulary for 725 students. It's coming out of title one funds for $2,900. D10 is with also with Renaissance Learning with Mobile County Training. It is to provide a school license uh with Renaissance vocabulary for 499 students coming out of state funds for $2,500. D11 is science for
020everyone with Line Coff Elementary. It is to provide two 45minute interactive STEM program sessions coming out of Title One funds for $2,000. D12 is the holiday in downtown for Williamson High School 2026 prom, which will be held Saturday, April the 18th, coming out of local school funds for $1,929.95. D13 is with Dave and Busters for Callaway Smith uh for governor's turnaround incentives for 82 participants. That's coming out of the governor's turnaround funds for $1,688.36. D14 is with Learning for Dolphin Island Elementary. It is to provide a one-year uh subscription site license for EXL digital platform coming out of coming out of title one funds for $1,668.75. D15 is with Agentics Learning for Collins Road. It is to provide the entire faculty and staff a professional development coming out of title one funds for $1,375. D16
021is learning for pathway K5. It is to provide services of IXL classroom license coming out of title one funds for $1,162.50. D17 is with Dave and Busters for Williamson High School to provide the venue for approximately 30 students coming out of local school funds for $9269. D18 is extra math for CIA elementary. It is to provide a 12 month premium premium license uh coming out of title one funds for $500. D19 is with Starfall Education for Path for Pathway K5. It is to provide a one-year membership software coming out of title one funds for $355. D20 is with Laura Moore um and district choir assessment. Uh it's coming out of the choir director's account for $200. D21 is an agreement between us and Walden University for student teaching placement. Uh there's no financial impact. D22
022is a contract between us and the state department. um to have a nurse manager on loan. That's also no financial impact. D23 is a contract between us and musical beginnings to provide group music lessons to students after school. That's no financial impact. D24 is a contract between us and the University of South Alabama for Tanner Williams uh to provide uh students to obtain field experience. That's no financial impact. D25 is soccer for life. It is to provide soccer opportunities for children whose families face financial barriers. that comes from the legislative grant. D26 is out of county travel. D27 various bids. Are there any questions with the consent agenda items? >> Yes, sir. >> Hearing hearing none, we will proceed with the flow through items you have listed here uh 1 through 12. I know we
023are um in [snorts] January we're just going to lump them together, but I will list them out. Uh flow through item number one is with first guard for Miguel Tulin coming out of title four funds for $34,61328. Uh item two is Kagan PD for faith academy coming out of title two funds for $26,890. Item three is with curriculum and associates for Mobile Christian coming out of title 4 funds for $9,30. Item four is with Learning Corpus Christi coming out of Title 4 funds for $7,257.50. Item five is with Learning for St. Mary's coming out of Title 4 funds for $5,6225. Item six is worldwide for faith academy coming out of title four funds for $4,741. Item seven is with frenzy for heart of Mary coming out of title four funds for $2,112.81. Item eight is
024kids first for McGill Tulin coming out of title two funds for $1,475. Item nine is with HMH St. highest coming out of title two funds for $1,400. Item 10 is also with HMH with little flower coming out of title two funds for $1,400. Item 11 is live school for St. Mary's coming out of title four funds for $1,25960. And finally, item 12 is with Starfile for St. Mary's coming out of title four funds for $355. That concludes our flow through items. Hearing no questions, we move with to information items, our monthly financial as well as our purchase orders over 5,000. And there are no student expulsions. Okay, time for [clears throat] seven employment matters. One's the subject of my uh email to the board of October 31st and they were sent there or six sent
025on 117 that we need to address on Monday. >> All right. Springfield, you have >> Yes, sir. I have a couple things. First of all, I forgot to mention in the my previous early announcements. I was complimenting Mr. Anderson and the facility staff on their efforts to attract uh new employees to our system. I was talking to Mr. Parsons and he can address that. They have a site now on Facebook where they're uh offering uh employment opportunities for tradesmen. And I happened to notice on Fox 10 News uh that they reported the same thing. And I wanted to compliment the facilities division, Mr. Anderson and all of his staff for reaching out. And I think that's hopefully going to pay dividends for us like that. So congratulations on that. And I didn't know if you
026wanted to say anything, Mr. uh Parsons, about what you saw like that. Uh, and then the other thing, uh, I had a question that was asked, the rumor mail going around is that if I was a former bus driver, uh, and I wanted to come back that there would be a $100 bonus. Is there any credence to that, Mr. >> Thread Gil? Thank you, sir. I did not know the answer to that, but I assumed somebody would know the answer to that. Okay. And the last thing I'm going to say, and this is probably after the fact, I was concerned when a lot of the title funds uh were being up held up with what's happening with the national school board. uh the situation, but it seems now looking at this, Mr. Thail that those
027funds are flowing through now. So hopefully there's been no delay in them like that. >> That sounds good then. Thank you, sir. >> Miss McDade. >> No, sir. >> Mr. H. >> Yes. Have we received any monies from the uh governor yet? 60 some odd million. Have they sent that or >> co >> but they've already we've already received that then >> okay well let me clarify I get some clarification on that particular point >> was that it was co money whatever that was Yeah, I remember >> it was in our training thing. We had that same but the amount of it was 53. >> That's correct. >> 58 million. So that was on top of everything else. That was just a one. Hopefully hopefully we can get >> what we've been spending on. I'm
028sorry. So that none of that what you just mentioned is not already built in the budget. >> Is there any other monies that the governor is uh supposed to be allocating? >> Yes, that would be the only monies. Mr. Chair, >> I talked to the senator yesterday and that's why I was I was questioning. >> Mr. Chairman, I mean Mr. Thre. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have two or three um facilities things that are were mentioned here and the funding source had to be determined. What does that mean, Mr. Thail? some of that like donation money and then we have to fill it. >> So we have to >> and would that be facilities monies that we receive from the state that kind of stuff? So we would have to use those monies to complete
029the projects. Thank you. >> On Monday, we held a routine meeting 9:45 >> [snorts] >> say 9:45. I got 10 o'clock on my schedule. So >> 9:45. [snorts] Well, I don't want to miss it. That's what I don't want to do. >> Get here at 10:45. It's over. >> I'll be there. I'll be >> all right. Motion. So move second.