001happens to be out of town today and Dr. Krenshaw will be arriving late this morning. So that's why I am not Dr. Krenshaw for the folks that normally look at this situation here. Uh before we start the meeting, I'm going to ask uh u Mr. Parsons if he would lead us in prayer and also the pledge of allegiance if he would please. Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. I pledge
002allegiance 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. All right. this April 16th uh 18th I'm sorry 2025 board meeting will come to order. Uh before we start are there any addition or changes to the agenda today Mr. No sir. Okay good uh Mr. Frank Gilly any uh points of order you need to bring to attention before we start today sir. No sir. No sir. Mr. Hatcher any announcements you No sir I have none. Thank you Mr. Parsons. No. Okay. I do. I would like to say that I attended uh the learning and leading program last night and Miss Phillips, I want to commend you and your staff for an excellent excellent job. Uh and
003also all of the people that were there. One of the things that uh makes me feel so good and I had told this to Mr. thiel was that I like to go and see programs like that because you hear so much negativity and stuff and it makes my soul feel better when I see all of the wonderful kids and people that work um and do so much for this school system because we do an awful awful lot of good stuff like that. So, congratulations to the people that are here this morning that got awards because these are the people that work behind the scenes to get things done and uh I and I know this board appreciates what you do. So, I wanted you to know that I thought y'all did a wonderful job and
004congratulations on it. And now I'm looking forward to the um teachers of the year Bley. That That's another good one coming up. Yes, ma'am. Okay. So, I just wanted to make those comments right there. All right. Do I hear a motion for approval of of the prior meeting minutes? So, move. Second. All right. There's a motion uh to approve and a second. Any further discussion? All in favor say I. I. All right. The uh minutes have been approved. Agenda adoption. Uh, do I hear a motion to uh accept the agenda as as printed today? Uh, motion. Okay, have a motion. Do I hear a second? Second. There's a second. Any further discussion? All in favor say I. I. Okay, we've already gone through announcements. Uh, Miss Phillips, any reports and recognitions? None today. None today.
005I'm guess that means future. Yes. Okay, Mr. Superintendent. Any citizens requests today, sir? No, sir. Okay, then if that's the case, we will go to the action items if you would please, sir. Yes, sir. Uh, beginning with action item G1 is with the learning tree uh through the Alabama Department of Education. It is to provide an appropriate education in the least restricted environment to school age children who have been identified and evaluated as handicap or elig eligible for special education. Uh that fund source is through the state department uh flow through funds uh for $2,578,744.39. I ask that you approve action item G1 with the learning tree. Okay. Okay. Do I hear a motion from the board? Mr. Chairman, I'd like to go ahead and accept action item 1 through 35, considering we have vetted
006these at the previous workshop meeting. Okay. 1 through 35, Mr. Hatcher. Yes, sir. Okay. All right. There's a motion to approve action items G1 through G35. Do I hear a second? Second. There's a second. Any further discussion on any of these items? No further discussion. Then all in favor say I. I. Those opposed. Motion carries. Mr. Redgill. Yes sir. On to the consent agenda. H1 is our textbook adoption recommendation for AP and I IB science. Uh it is to approve the adoption of advanced placement and IB science textbooks. The fund source would be through the uh Alabama State Department textbook allocation. Uh that's consent item agenda H1. Okay. Do I hear a motion from the board on this item? I'd like to make a motion that we go do one through 15. H1 through H15.
007Carson. Yes. Okay. All right. There's a motion to approve action items H1 through H15. Do I hear a second? Second. There's a second. Any further discussion on any of these items? All right. No further discussion. All in favor say I. I. Those opposed. Motion carries. Mr. Thail. Flowth through items. Yes, sir. On to our flowthrough items. We have nine of our private schools that um have taken advantage of our federal funds. Uh they're listed under separate cover. We we vetted at the work session. That's um flow through items 1 through nine. Okay. Do I hear a motion from the board? Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a motion to accept one through nine on the flow through items. Okay. We have a motion to approve uh items one through nine on the flow through uh
008agenda. Uh do I hear a second? Second. There's a second. Any further discussion on these items? No further discussion? All in favor say I. I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Uh, Mr. Superintendent, student expulsions. Do we have any today? We don't have any student expulsions. Okay. K. Information items. Information items. Monthly financials, purchase orders. Uh, those are for board information there. Mr. Attorney, a uh any items that you need to bring to us, Mr. Chairman? We have uh nine employment agreements. I send emails to the board on March 26, March 28th, five on April 9th, one on April 11th, and one on April 14th. Uh the administration is also pulling the uh item that was the subject of my email to the board members on 3:31. Okay. So, we have clarified for we have nine today.
009Is that correct? Right. I assume that all of our board members have had an opportunity to vet those. Okay. I have not vetted them. You have not had an email. I didn't get your emails from some reason. You didn't get the emails? Well, I'll start doing what I do to Commissioner Hatcher. Uh, I'll text you also. Okay. Okay. I want to check your email address after this meeting. Men, I will say this. Uh, regretfully, I I need to say this. It had nothing to do with you. It had all to do with my incompetence with my uh uh electronic device. I was not getting your email. Do I keep needing to text you? You don't have to. Okay. I'm getting the bill. But you can provide Yeah, he get the bill. You can provide that
010service to Commissioner Parson if you like. Okay. I'll make sure I've got your email correct, Mr. Parson. Well, Mr. Attorney, if Mr. Parsons has not had an opportunity to see those items, is it appropriate for him to vote on this particular? Yes, sir. I think so because there's only three of you here today. So, yes, sir. Okay. Is that okay with you, Mr. What are they related to? They they were suspensions of uh employees for specific actions that they occurred and uh of course they were under separate cover letter but they but they agreed to these are all agreed to suspensions. Am I right? Correct. Okay. Okay. All right. So we have nine u u items for the attorney client privilege. Do I hear a motion in this case? Uh Mr. Mr. Chairman, I'd like
011to go ahead and make a motion to approve. Okay. Do I hear a second? Second. Okay. Any further discussion? All right. All in favor say I. I. Those opposed? Motion carries. Okay. So, we did not continue then. We voted on them. Yes, sir. Okay. Uh, scheduling meetings, Mr. Thiel. Okay. U Well, Mr. Hack is not here, but I assume we don't have to worry about anything over the next week or so like that, sir. Sir. Yes, sir. Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Hack. I didn't see you there. Okay. All right. Um, I'd like to say uh before I ask for an adjournment, uh I hope everybody in this holy of holiest weeks have a uh blessed uh Easter weekend. And I hope it's good not only for our school system and our employees and our children,
012but our world as a whole. Do I hear a motion for adjournment? Motion a second. Second. All in favor say I. I. I. We are adjourned.