001Board of Education May 14th meeting to order. Mr. Gray, would you lead us in invocation? Bow our heads. Heavenly Father, thank you for blessing us today, Lord. Thank you for bringing us together to represent our schools, Lord. This prayer is for our students, teachers, and faculty for the remainder of this school year as that you keep them safe, Lord. In your name I pray. Item C is Pledge of Allegiance. Attention, salute, pledge. 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. Item D is to establish a quorum, and I see all members are here. Item E is to approve the agenda. Do I hear a motion to approve the agenda? I'll make a
002motion. Do I hear a second? >> I'll second. Everybody had a chance to look over it? Any questions? Additions? Hearing none, all in favor, raise your right hand. All opposed, say "No." Motion carried. Item E is unfinished business. Mr. Scott, do we have any unfinished business? >> No, sir. Item G is new business. I'll turn it over to Mr. Scott for recommendations. I'd like this board to approve participation in a state bid something on a grocery bid with the Colbert County Schools. Do I hear a motion on item number one? I'll make a motion. Do I hear a second? I'll second. Any discussion? It'll make it cheaper for us. Okay. Hearing none, all in favor, raise your right hand. All opposed, say "No." Motion carried. Item number two. I'd ask the board to approve the
003proposed CNP meal pricing for the 2026-2027 school year as follows. I'll let y'all look over those. About 25, 50 cents more than it was, right? Mhm. Or that at the house. Good. What do we have to do to make sure we keep it free? Everybody What's important? Everybody has to eat the meal. Yes, I'd like to give you a review. So, we're currently under the community eligibility eligibility provision. I'll get that out in a moment. From 4 years ago, we get to do that through next year. After that, we have to reapply. The key to this thing working and keeping it free is for all people to participate. Um all students need to get a meal. We receive reimbursement for each meal that's served to a student. So, even if a student brings their own
004lunch, they can still participate by picking up that meal. And and if they choose not to utilize it, they can put it on a share table, things that are allowable we share and other students can come and do that. So, our percentages are going to be somewhere this year they were somewhere around 87%, which gives us a little bit bigger shortfall than what we had prior. We're currently operating on about 94. So, we're making up a 6% variance with with all the cart sales and things of that nature. So, obviously when we drop from 94 to 86, we've got more to make up if we make the decision or you guys make the decision to continue CEP. So, the more people we can get to participate, the better that's going to offset the offset, if
005you will. >> more people that go through the line and get a lunch, the less we have to sell to break even. >> If you've got you're never going to have, unfortunately, 100% participation every day cuz you're going to have folks who are sick. But, if you want to say on average if we have a 95% attendance rate, if 100% of those 95% of those kids will go through and get a meal, we get reimbursed for those meals. There's a 6% amount that we're short, but when we've only got an average of 75% of our people participating, we're leaving a big gap there that we probably would not have to be making up. So, ultimately, we're going to work on that. Mr. Scott has asked some administrative team to put together some plans to maybe
006change the way we start our days next year and and some procedures to do that that'll be forthcoming. So, you give us a You give us a rundown of that while Yes, sir. I can and I can get you a another I thought I I've got it. I thought I'd say it. The big thing we have an issue with right now more than anything is our breakfast participation. Uh a lot of that is because people are just struggling to get there and there's a lot going on. What we're hoping is if we can figure out ways to maybe capitalize on a unified place that they start their day with or maybe trying to get it into the classrooms for the upper grades and let them just go ahead and get their day started. A captive
007audience is usually much more receptive to what we're trying to get them to do. So. Do I hear a motion on item number two? I'll make a motion. Do I hear a second? I'll second it. Any other discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. I'll vote in favor of it. Mr. Shannon, thank you for that. Yes, sir. Item number three. I'd like to ask the board to approve the public sale of a 2021 Chevrolet 2500 HD for a minimum of $44,000. Do Do hear a motion on item number three? I'll make a motion. Do I hear a second? I'll second. Any discussion? We don't have the service bed. Yes. It's still a good price. Yeah, they drove home but it's still Is three and four the same vehicle or are they two
008different ones? Same vehicle but three has a higher mileage with new tires. Over when they tire and it's got higher mileage. All in favor of item number three. I'm voting for it. Item number four. I pass forward to approve the sale of a 2021 Chevrolet 2500 HD to Hueytown City Schools for $43,000. Do I hear a motion on item number four? I'll make a motion. Do I hear a second? I'll second it. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. I'm voting for it. Item number five. I pass forward to approve the following catastrophic leave for William Cornelius, bus driver Glenn, effective April 27th, 2026. Do I hear a motion on item number five? I'll make a motion. Do I hear a second? Second. Any discussion? What kind of issues here? He's
009had He's like narcoleptic and he falls asleep. He's having problems. I think putting him on vacation is the best way to go. Any other discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. I'm voting for it. Item number six. I pass forward to approve the resignation of Jennifer Gray, teacher at Addison Elementary School, effective May 22nd, 2026. Do I hear a motion on item number six? I'll make a motion. Do I hear a second? I'll second. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right I'll vote it for. Item number seven. I'd like to ask the board to approve the retirement of Laura Davis, counselor at William High School, effective June 1st, 2026. Do I hear a motion on item number seven? I'll make motion. Do I hear a second? I'll second it.
010Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. I'll vote it for. Item number eight. I would like to ask the board to approve the retirement of Wayne Wilkes, teacher at Winston County High School, effective June 1st, 2026. Do I hear a motion on the item number eight? >> I'll make a motion. Do I hear a second? >> I'll second. Quit. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. I'll vote it for. Item number nine. I'd like to ask the board to approve the retirement of Tammy Burn, bus driver at Addison, effective June 1st, 2026. Do I hear a motion on item number nine? I'll make a motion. Do I hear a second? I'll second it. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. I'll vote it
011for. Item number 10. I'd like to ask the board to approve the retirement of Peggy Manasco, special education bus driver, effective June 1st, 2026. Do I hear a motion on item number 10? I'll make a motion. Do I hear a second? I'll second. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in raise your right hand. I'll vote it forward. Item number 11. I would like to recommend Josie Riddle for employment as special education teacher at Addison High School effective August 3rd, 2026. Do I hear a motion on item number 11? I'll make a motion. Can I [clears throat] hear a second? I'll second it. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. Item number 12. I would like to recommend Bailey Kelley Humphrey for employment as teacher at Double Springs Middle School effective [snorts] August
0123rd, 2026. Do I hear a motion on item number 12? I'll make that motion. Can I hear a second? I'll second it. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. I'll vote it forward. Item number 13. I would like to recommend Chloe Reynolds for employment as teacher at Lynn Elementary School effective August 3rd, 2026. Do I hear a motion on item number 13? I'll make a motion. Do I hear a second? Second. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. I'll vote it forward. Item number 14. I would like to ask the board to approve the transfer of Lang Tubb from teacher at Addison Elementary School to teacher at Addison High School effective August 3rd, 2026. Do I hear a motion on item number 14? I'll make [clears throat]
013a motion. Do I hear a second? I'll second. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. I'll vote it forward. Item number 15. I would like to ask the board to approve the transfer of Rita Rita Lovelace from lunchroom worker at Double Springs Elementary School to custodian at Double Springs Elementary School effective August 3rd, 2026. Do I hear a motion on item number 15? [clears throat] I'll make the motion. Do I hear a second? I'll second it. Any discussion? >> [snorts] >> Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. I'm voting for it. Item number 16. I'd like to ask the board to approve the transfer of Jason Woods from teacher at Meek Elementary School to teacher at Addison Elementary School effective August 3rd, 2026. Do I hear a motion on
014item number 16? I'll make the motion. Do I hear a second? >> I'll second that. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. I'm voting for it. >> [clears throat] >> Item number 17. I'd like to ask the board to approve the transfer of James Garrison from bus driver at Haleyville to bus driver at Double Springs effective August 3rd, 2026. Do I hear a motion on item number 17? [clears throat] I'll make the motion. Do I hear a second? I'll second it. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. [clears throat] I'm voting for it. Item number 18. I'd recommend Marissa Lawson as junior high softball coach at Meek High School. Do I hear a motion on item number 18? I'll make that motion. Do I hear a second?
015[clears throat] Second. Any discussion? Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. I'm voting for it. Item number 19. I'd like to ask the board to approve the following overnight out-of-state field for Winston Career Academy to the National Skills USA Cos- Cosmetology competition in Atlanta, Georgia on June 1st through the 5th, 2026. I hear a motion on item number 19. I make a motion. I hear a second. I'll second it. Any discussion? >> [clears throat] >> Hearing none, all in favor raise your right hand. I'll vote it for it. Before we adjourn, I think we set a meeting for next Thursday morning at 7:30. So, that's going to be 23 days from today. May 21st at 7:30 in the morning. Anybody got anything else? I'll be out of town on that day. Okay. One
016question. How does the summer feeding affect the regular school? So, summer feeding is a it's a Yes and no. The quick answer to that is it's a separate program. However, at the end of the summer, just like last summer, we were able to take funding excess from what we had and transfer it back into the national school, which is your regular program to offset deficit numbers to try to keep us in the black. >> So, extra money made on summer can help us in the regular school year. >> That's right. I can tell you that we are doing bulk feeding this year, which you guys have already talked about in the past, and it's going to be different. It's going to be better, I think, for our folks. Um we're going to have a cap
017on that of 1,600 people. You have to cap it because you have to order in bulk, so you have to order accordingly, and it'll be first come, first serve, uh and they'll have to sign up through the QR codes that are available, uh starting on the 22nd next week. So, the sign-up starts next week. >> That's correct. And all of that information is on our district webpage. We've contracted with an organization called C level social media. They're going to manage all of that for us. If you will check the district webpage, we've got or not webpage, I'm sorry, Facebook page. We've already had multiple FAQs and and flyer information with QR codes and and if they don't have if they don't have a ticket, they or a QR code to scan, which is what that
018ticket is, we're not going to be able to serve them until we we're basically complete. And then if we have some no shows, we can try to backfill, but I would not bank on that. I know our neighboring districts, by the time they got their communities used to this, were capping out and selling out within about 3 hours. And they were looking at numbers of 1,400 and 1,500 last year. So, Only kids in our district sign up or is this like more open to what it's It's open to households and a lot of that's on that FAQ. Households under the age of 18, 1 to 18. I'm not I don't want to exclude anyone, but I hope that our kids get to take advantage of it first. The big thing that we have to do
019is make sure that we're not replicating. So, a kid cannot participate in Hayables and also participate in ours or vice versa. That's a violation of federal law. So, hopefully the way it's set up, if the folks will go to the districts they're in to receive that service, everyone will get that opportunity. We have some nearby districts who don't participate, but we have received, as has Hayables, patronage from those communities because they work in our county, but maybe live in a neighboring county, and so those are opportunities for us. >> basically touch 1,600 families countywide? Our plan is to serve 1,600 meals each time we do it. We're going to have a total of seven different service dates. They'll be receiving 10 meals, 10 breakfasts, 10 lunches. They'll they'll receiving seven on the last day because
020of the start of school. Uh and by doing it this way, we've applied for a bulk waiver so we can serve in bulk and we can also provide food for weekend dates as well within that 10-day period. So, doing it this way has created a lot of work on the front side, but hopefully it's going to expedite it on the short side. Um maps will go up tomorrow if they haven't already. >> They've already been up. I've seen them. Showing the pickup locations. It's a really good thing and it could really do a lot for not just the CNP program, but our system as a whole. So, is it okay to tell our folks to be looking for that link next week? >> It'll go up on May 22nd at 10:00 a.m. I saw the
021map and I was like, I don't really know what it's Yes. And we've got each school has a certain amount allocated to them based on last year's sales. >> What I hope is that we're I don't want to run out, but I'd love to know we run out. That means it's a an automatic success and next year we can increase that number even more. But we can't we can't take that financial risk of trying to get ready for 2,000 people and and fall well short of that. So, it's a great way for our kids to um receive food throughout those summer months and for those who participate in our literacy and numeracy programs as well, the summer camps that are required by the state, you know, we don't feed them in addition cuz that would
022be duplication as well. But they've all been instructed they're more than welcome to take that stuff and then bring it back on the days that they're part of that as well. So, a lot of potential for some some good things. And of course, as you all know from trainings, any funding that we can not have to pass back through the child nutrition funding is funding that we can use to resolve other financial needs. You have the schedule posted? Yes. >> Yes, it's on there. Yes, it's on It's on our Facebook page. Okay, cuz I can pull it off there When this starts again, >> if you could appreciate it. It'll be identical to in my hands, but but I'll get yours. You got a chance. We'll do. Anything else? Do I hear a motion to
023adjourn? I hear a second. Second. All right. All in favor, raise your right hand. All voted for. I declare this meeting adjourned. Yeah. Yeah. One more. I'm sure you're good. Yeah. One more light. That's what? She closed That's what I think I'm going to call the floor. So I'm going to Is that the thing about it? That's what I'm saying.