001call the meeting to order. We ask our chaplain to lead us a pledge and a prayer. That's what he says. Our gracious father, thank you for this beautiful, wonderful day. May we remember it forever. We ask that you bless this board with the wisdom and guidance it needs to vet the decisions that we have to make. We also pray for our first responders and the work that they do. And we also ask your blessings on our school system, our superintendent and his staff and all of our teachers and our children. Make sure they're safe and that they are doing the wonderful job that we expect of them. These things we ask in thy precious name. Amen. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it
002stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. Mr. Stringy Fellow, you have anything? No, sir. All right. Made. Yes. Oh, go ahead. On Monday, Mr. string fellow and I had an opportunity to um visit at council traditional school and we had a conversation with congressman Shamari figures and he brought us up to speed of some items and some things that were taking place and making sure that Alabama was covered and um it was a learning experience for me. Uh Miss Stringfeller came in with some some questions that Mr. Congressman Figus was able to answer in reference to us. Um, we just had a concern and like I shared, my concern with him was making sure that our school had fundings to make sure that we continue with our SNAP program
003and and feeding our children because if children are hungry, they're not going to burn. So, we want to make sure that all of that is, you know, it was a good experience and a learning experience for me. All right, Mr. Parson. No. No sir. All right, Mr. Hatchet. No, sir. All right, Mr. Sinner. No, sir. All right, proceed. Yes, sir. Uh, so we will begin our action action items C1, uh, learning tree, uh, 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 handicapped and eligible for special education services. Yes. Uh those funds are coming out of uh the state department of education and that it's for 2,578,744.39. C2 is Henderson Beach Resort. It is to provide uh
004selected meals, conference rooms, and resort activities for professional development uh for the administrative retreat for this summer. That's coming out of federal funds for $155,580. Question. See, sir, go ahead. Question. I'm sorry. Where's that at? Henderson. Uh that's in Destiny. Yes sir. Action item C3 is Waterford Research Institute. Uh it is to provide uh Waterford Early Learning uh reading, math, and science um an annual license for approximately 1,668 students. That's coming out of federal funds for $83,400. C4 is brainfuse. uh for Strickland Youth Center. This is a this is an a revision. Uh it is for online tutoring. Uh it's coming out of federal funds for $76,274. C5 is the lodge at Gulf State Park for Chestang uh Middle. It is for meeting and event space uh for their um school retreat that's coming out
005of the governor's turnaround funds for $50,99360. Is that for the the faculty or children or No, no, no. That's just for the faculty and and staff. That's part of that governor governor's turnaround fund. C6 is the flipping group also for chastang. It is to provide capturing kids heart uh for two consecutive sessions for up to 50 participants. Uh that's also coming out of the governor's turnaround funds for $35,500. C7 is for Franklin CVY for McDavid Jones to provide a one-year school membership uh for leader in me. It's coming out of the Kern family foundation for $16,3828. Also coming out of title one funds, $12,498.72 for a grand total of $28,87. C8 is for the Renaissance Riverview for Davidson High School homecoming dance, which is scheduled for Friday, October the 17th. It's coming out of local
006school funds for $20,28125. C9 is for the Mobile Arts Council for Chesang to provide teaching art the amped up art summer class program for students. That's also coming out of the governor's turnaround funds for $17,650. C10 is David Burgess Consulting for Mayor G. Montgomery. It's for the entire feeder pattern, a professional development for approximately 600 teachers. It's coming out of title one funds for $15,000. C11 is with the Mobile County Commission for ISO merch. It is to provide funds to purchase educational resource safety upgrades and teachers teacher appreciation of awards. That's coming out of Mobile County Commission funds for $15,000. C12 is all American entertainment. It is the keynote speaker at our administrative retreat uh for professional development conference coming out of federal funds for $14,500. How long is his sermon? I don't know, maybe
007an hour. C13 is with the Mobile County Commission for Callaway Smith. It is to provide funds for the school band pro program. That's also coming out of county commission funds for $9,945. C14 is global spectrum which is the con convention center. It is uh to be used for our teacher career fair which is going to be held Wednesday, April the 30th. That's coming out of district local funds. Um the rental fee was waved by the city. Uh but there's a $13,950 charge for food and beverages and audio setup. C5 is for middle to elite con consulting. It is to provide a professional development session uh coming out of title 2 fund for $6,315. C16 is renaissance learning for CIA elementary. It is to provide uh renaissance learning site license for accelerator reading reading for 700
008students. That's coming out of local school funds for $6,31. C17 is with the Bailey Education Group for St. Elmo. It is to provide a professional development um for four for four days. It's coming out of local school funds for $6,000. C18 is with Franklin CVY for ISO merch. It is to provide a one-year school membership per student for leader in and me. It's coming out of title one funds for $5,748.75. C19 is Renaissance learning for council. It is to provide Renaissance learning site license for star 360. It's coming out of title one funds for $5,637.50. C20 is with DBQ company. It is to conduct a 4-day professional development for 30 social studies teachers. It's coming out of title two funds for $5,500. C21 is for the Brian Career Tech Center re- roof change order one.
009There's a decrease of $56,292 making the grand total uh of that project to be 1,532,28. and that's coming out of PSCA funds. C22 is the sale of property on Herby Street. Uh it's a vacated parcel um in Pritchard. Uh that financial impact is for $75,000. C23 is execution of hunting lease for Deer Creek Farms uh for Thomas Leagen Lagen for Big Creek of $46 acres. Uh that financial impact total total payment is $6,394.50 over two years. C24 is a revision of grazing lease uh with Bert Driscoll uh Driscoll Cotton Farm. Uh there's a total of 68 acres and 20 acres um wanting to be used as farming uh land. There's no financial change. C25 through C35 is listed is personnel listed under separate cover. Are there any questions? No, sir. Well, no question. Okay. Go
010ahead. Uh I spoke to you a while back. I guess we're still working on a piece of property up in the old school house in Tanner Williams. They want Yes, sir. re redo it and all that. Where we at on that? uh the historical um um been working with their uh people, our attorney. So, we're actually waiting on them to respond back back to us. So, as soon as we get that back from them, we can move forward with it. Thank you. All right. On to the consent. D1 is the textbook adoption for AP and IB science. It is to approve the adoption of the advanced placement and IB for science textbooks. That funding source would be the Alabama State Department of Education textbook allocation. D2 is also a textbook adoption for career tech education
011uh to approve the CTE textbooks and that u funding source is also the Alabama State Department textbook allocation. D3 is the Hope Institute for Alba Middle. It is to provide professional development for uh four administrators uh coming out of title one funds for $5,000. D4 is with the Greater Gulf State Fair for Mayor G. Montgomery for their 2026 prom, which will be held Friday, March 20th, coming out of local funds for $3,934. D5 is with Renaissance Learning Tanner Williams Elementary School. It is to provide Renaissance Learning site license for accelerator reader for 320 students. That's coming out of title one funds for $3,9560. D5 is uh with the local for Philips Preparatory uh for their 20 uh 2025 8th grade social which will be held Friday, May 616th. That's come out of local school funds
012for $2,600. D7 is with Dave and Buster for Whitley Elementary School trip for approximately 103 students. That's coming out of the Mobile County Commission funds for $2,176.78. D8 is wall wash for Nan Grey Davis Elementary. It is to provide uh school sitewide subscription for 17 teachers and students uh for 340 students. Uh that's coming out of title one funds uh for $1,700. D9 is with Clare for Viga High School uh athletic award banquet which will be held Sunday May 18th. It's coming out of local school funds for $1,500. D10 is surf score for Hutchkins Elementary. It will provide a one-year schoolwide site license that's coming out of title one funds for $1,360. D11 is IXL learning for lot middle. It is to provide the services of classroom license to have access in the subject area
013of science. It's coming out of title one funds for $1,360. D12 is with Dura Franklin Finley African-American Heritage Trail for Pathway uh middle. It is to provide a guided tour for seventh and eighth grade students attending Pathway Middle. That's come out of title one funds for $1,200. C13 is with CDD vending for Barrows Elementary. It is to provide vending machines at Barrows Elementary. Uh funds will be based on sales. D14 is out of county travel and D15 are various bids. Are there any questions with the consent agenda? Mr. Superintendent, what happened to Spiro Behavioral? Which which number was that? Number nine on the screen. Mine was Carol Jag. Huh? Nine was Carol J. That on my screen. Oh, he's looking at Oh. Oh, never mind. Never mind. We haven't got there yet. All right. Are
014there any questions with the consent? All right. Moving to the flowth through items. We have nine flow through items. Um the first one is uh Prime Rationale Learning for St. Mary's Catholic School. Uh that's coming out of title two funds for $6,900. Um item two is with HMH for St. Ignatius coming out of title two funds for $2,800. Item three is with curriculum and associates for Pritchard Prep come coming out of title one funds for $2,745. Item four is curriculum and associates for Heart of Mary coming out of title one funds for $2,745. Item five is Ron Clark Academy with Mobile Christian coming out of title four funds for $2,400. Item six is Curriculum and Associates for Government Street Christian coming out of title one funds for $2,290. Item seven is curriculum and associates for
015Revelation Christian Academy coming out of title one funds for $2,185. Item eight is also with curriculum and associates for Safe Haven Christian Academy coming out of title one funds for $1,940. And number nine, Spiro behavioral coaching for Corpus Christi coming out of title two funds for $1,000. Those are our flow through items. And we for our information items, we have the monthly financials as well as purchase orders over $5,000. And I believe there are no Mr. attorney you have in I u I've sent the board nine employment agreements on the 26th 28th five on the 9th one on the 11th and one on the 14th we also sent one on March 31st that the administration wants to pull I'll discuss that person's name in executive session Understand the chairman wants an executive session for good
016name and character. Another matter. Yes. Schedule of meetings. Mr. Next one is scheduled for April 30th. Um but negotiations are ongoing and I think it's a good chance we'll resolve. Okay. And and also um we originally had this meeting uh the regular board meeting scheduled for the Monday coming back for spring break. Um we changed that meeting for this this Friday to try to get it done before before spring spring break. Okay. All right. We go in executive session to discuss the matters u have a motion. Second. All in favor say I. I motion. So what uh about 15 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes. What we have We got awards tomorrow night at Murphy. That's tomorrow night. Yeah. I'll be there at 5:45. So make sure you don't tell Mr. Hendrick. Okay, we'll go to
017we get a meeting. Motion to journ meeting. Motion. Get a second. Second. All in favor say I. I. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned. Okay.