001call this meeting to order. We'll ask the chaplain if he uh needed some prayer and the flag. Yes, sir. Before I do that, I would lot I know we have a lot of distinguished guests here this morning and we're proud to see them. But we have one of our former board members, Dr. Bill Foster. Bill, I know everybody knows you, but raise your hand so they can see you there. Is in our meeting here today. So, we're glad to have him here today. Okay. May we pray? Our gracious heavenly father, we thank you for this day because it means so much. It gives us another opportunity to do good things for the people in our community and especially our school system. And so we thank you for this opportunity. As we end one year and
002actually start another, we ask prayers that you give the strength to our superintendent and his staff and all of our teachers and workers and our system, the strength and the wisdom to go forward in our preparations for the upcoming school year. also our heavenly father. Today we're going to be honoring some very special guests that are here. And they're not here by happen chance or by accident because heavenly father, you have given them the wisdom and the love and the empathy to do the jobs that they do. And they don't judge what they do one day on the harvest that they get. But it's the seeds that they plant that mean so much for the future and we thank you for allowing that to happen. Also our heavenly father uh we pray for and our
003small community family here. We pray for uh some of our loved ones that are infirmed and sick. and we ask you to lay your loving hands and make them whole and bring them back to their loved ones and to our foe and we pray for that. And last but not least, heavenly father, we know that this is Memorial weekend. It's a very special one. We are honoring the people who gave the ultimate ultimate sacrifice so that we can be here today to do the things that we do. So we appreciate this opportunity and we want to show our respect to them. We pray all of these things in thy name. Amen. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God,
004indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We say good morning. Uh as you feel the heat is ambber here and this will be a short meeting. Mr. Uh, Stringfeller, you have anything? No, sir. Miss McDade? No, sir. Mr. Parson? No, sir. Uh, Miss Hatchet, no sir. Mr. Superintendent? No, sir. All right. We will begin with the um approval. Approval of the minutes. I so move we approve the prior minutes. Good. We get a second. Second. All in favor say I. I. Motion carried. Hey. Hey. Before we approve it, I need to add Go ahead. Okay. Uh, as we discussed in the work session that I needed to add the um action item G1 is our board meeting calendar. Our 202526 board meeting calendar that I will be adding to the action item. Uh, that would
005be G1, the 2526 board meeting calendar. Thank you. Okay. I don't have any announcements. Uh, Mr. Chairman. Yes. Uh, I move that um with the adjustment the superintendent made the approval of the agenda adoption as amended. As amended. Yes, sir. We have a second. Second. All in favor say I. I. Motion carried. All right. Uh, announcements and announcements. Okay. Recognitions. Yes, sir. You have one call for coach Harris and Dave and Dr. Just right there, coach. And Miss McDade and Dr. Krenshaw have asked that I read this resolution. Whereas the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners and the Mobile County School System are proud to honor Coach Ben Harris, who has been selected for induction into the National High School Football Hall of Fame with the ceremony scheduled for Saturday, June 14th in Canton, Ohio.
006And whereas Coach Harris, a native of Mobile and an alumnest of Tulmanville High School and Alabama State University, is the first high school coach in the state to receive this honor. Whereas Coach Harris transformed the Blunt High School football program, leading the Leopards to four class 5A state championships in 1990, '92, 96, and 97, and achieving a remarkable 130 record over 10 seasons. And whereas his leadership extended beyond the field, earning him accolades such as Mobile County Citizen of the Year in 1996 and Blunt High School teacher of the year in 1992 and fostering the development of numerous student athletes who have excelled in various fields. And whereas Coach Harris's dedication to high school athletics has been recognized with inductions into the Alabama High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame, the Alabama State Athletics Hall
007of Fame, the Bowwing County Sports Hall of Fame, and the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame. And whereas his upcoming induction to the National High School Football Hall of Fame further solidifies his legacy as a transformative figure in high school football. Now therefore, be it resolved that the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners honors and commends Coach Harris for his outstanding contributions to high school football, the growth of young men in the community, and well-deserved induction into the National High School Football Hall of Fame. [Applause] Congratulations. I just want to say [Music] here sir. Yeah. I I just want to give a special thank for my sister-in-law for being here and also my wife and kid. Thank y'all very much Dr. screenshot. Thank you. Let me u say coach Harris, congrat congratulations. Uh I met this
008man about uh 20 20 some years ago and I watched him take young men's who were uh pretty much hard to deal with. He made all great men out of him. Great men of he appreciated. Uh, true story. We I was over with the booster club and at the time coach Har had a regular truck and he he go around and pick the players up and bring them to practice. And we would give him money for gas and money for take his wife out and he would give it to the players. He said, "So and so need to eat. so and so needs his shoes and he did that and I just want to say congratulations uh coach we proud of you in the community in Mobile and Alabama for the great things you've done
009and your wife been right there with you and that that's important. So we look forward to you uh being inducted at the Hall of Fame and um uh represent Mobia in a great way. Thank you so much. Thank you. Now he went to this high school. What it was name was the floor. Oh, you didn't know that? Yeah, that's St. Steven Road, the university that's in Tville. Yes. Okay. Okay. Now, we always make fun of what was the Ver score again. We don't want to talk about that. Well, the coast don't remember. I know one time we had we had a meeting way back. We were we were trying to get him up on my area up there up top of central nail and of course in the blunt and uh but we had a
010very good meeting. I just appreciate you and what you've done and and your wife for allowing him to do this, you know, but I remember that meeting well. We we tried. I'm just so proud that every time I go to a field or game, you're there. You and your family. I love y'all. I really do. All right. Uh we'll uh begin this meeting brief meeting Mr. Expedited. Yes sir. Mr. Superintendent. Uh yes sir. Uh we'll look at our action items. Um as I told you before, action item G1, uh 2526 board meeting calendar. I ask that you approve action item G1, the 2526 board meeting calendar. What's the pleasure board? Mr. Chairman, yes, sir. I move for approval action items since we vetted them yesterday. Action items G1 through G uh 23. We get a
011second. Second. All right. Move a proper second. All in favor say I. I. Oppos. Motion carried. Next item. Yes, sir. Action item G24 through G37 is personnel listed under separate cover. I ask that you approve action item G24 through G37 which is personnel. What's the pleasure board? I so move for um approval of action items G24 through 37. Yes. Second. Second. Move properly. Second we uh we approve those items. All in favor say I. I. proposals. Motion car. Next item, Mr. Superintendent. Yes, sir. On to the consent. If there are no questions on the action items, H1 is with the Hyde Regency out of Lewisville for Dixon Elementary. It is to reserve rooms uh for two two nights for the archery team. Uh that's coming out of local school funds for $4,770. That's consent item
012H1. Mr. Pleasure Board, Mr. President. Yes, sir. Since we've already vetted these items for the consent agenda, I make a motion that we approve act uh consent agendas one through 17. Okay. Would they get a second? Second. All right. All in favor say I. I. I. Motion carried. All right. The uh consent agenda H18 is out of county travel as well as H19 various bids. All right, Mr. Chairman, I move for approval uh act action items H18 and H19. Get a second. Second. All in favor say I. I oppos the motion. Okay. On to our flow through items uh that are listed there before you that we vetted yesterday of our private schools. That's um flow through items one through four. I have five. Okay, Mr. Chair, Mr. Superintendent, I I have five. Oh, I'm
013sorry. I'm looking at the wrong thing. I apologize. Okay. What's the pleasure of the board? Mr. President. Yes. I ask that this board approve uh flow through items one through four. Get a second. Second. All right. Move second. All in favor say I. I. Motion I mean um opposes. Motion carried. All right. on to student expulsions uh which is also listed under separate cover. Uh we have student expulsion one through five. All right. What's the pleasure board? Uh Mr. Superintendent, I move for uh approval student expulsions one through five. Get a second. Second. We'll probably second. All in favor say I. I oppose the motion car. All right. On to our information items. We have K1, our monthly f financials, and K2, our purchase orders over 5,000. Okay. Turn privileges. Mr. Chairman, we have 18
014employment matters. I emailed them to the board. two of them on April 21st, two on May 1st, four on May 2nd, one on May 8th, four on May 14th, one on May 15th, and four on May 16th. And I want to thank you for that. Last time I said some, but I got them this time. Text, Frank. All right. Um, what's the pleasure of board? Uh, Mr. Chairman, uh, in conjunction with HR and through our attorneys, I move for approval of the, uh, settlements, uh, uh, through the attorney client privilege. Agreed upon by the, uh, uh, persons involved. Yes, sir. All right. You get a second? We second. All right. All in favor say I. I. Oppos. Motion carry. Okay. We have an immediate schedule. June first Wednesday 11. Okay. All right. Uh also just
015to inform the board as well as um the attorneys that during during this month uh as we end the school year, there's some personnel matters. Uh we're still going through advertisements and we still trying to hire uh personnel. So there will be a possibility um that we may have some special call board meetings to get those personnel hired. And if they work restarts when? Uh in a couple weeks. Next week. Is it next week? Okay. And the you were really started uh pulling together the whole board training. Say it again. Now you started pulling together items. Yes. Yes. Whole whole board training. Yes sir. Okay. All right. Um Mr. Stringfellow, you have the matters. No sir. Mr. McDade. No sir. Mr. Parson? No sir. I just want to take All right. Before we return. All
016right. Motion during second motion to adjourn. Get a second. I'm ready, ma'am. All right. Motion car. Thank you all being patient with AC. All right. Meet the journ. That's it.