Virginia L Hart

The board meeting agenda includes a public hearing on the TAPR report, the Superintendent's and Legal Counsel reports, and a closed session for personnel, student, real estate, and legal consultation matters. Additionally, the board will review and approve bad weather and low attendance waivers, the annual financial audit, and various consent items, including EOP approval, religious text reading declination, the 26-27 food coop interlocal agreement, and the continued use of legal counsel.

The board agenda includes a Superintendent's report and a review of the contract for financial software and reporting. Legal counsel will provide a report, and the board will enter a closed session to address personnel, student, real estate, and legal matters. Additional agenda items cover a consent agenda for student, staff, and grant-related matters, approval of low attendance waivers, a CFO financial report, and potential adoption of budget amendments for the school year.

The board meeting agenda includes the review and adoption of updated special education policies and the approval of the Targeted Improvement Plan. Key administrative actions involve appointing an alternate approver for the TEAL/TSDS system, reviewing personnel, student, real estate, and legal matters in closed session, and addressing consent agenda items such as contracts with counsel and staff, grants, and miscellaneous expenditures. Additionally, the board will review updates to the Edgar Manual, designate new bank signatories, ratify pay scales with leadership stipends, review financial reports, and adopt budget amendments for the 2025-2026 school year.

The board meeting agenda includes the Superintendent's report covering staffing, enrollment, and academic performance data. The Board plans to address leadership transitions involving the resignation of the CEO and Board Chair, the approval of a transition plan for executive roles, and the employment continuation of the Assistant Superintendent. Financial items include the adoption of the 2025-2026 school year budget and amendments for the 2024-2025 budget. The consent agenda features several policy adoptions, including parental notification regarding misconduct, concussion response, personal device bans, and prohibitions against DEI practices. Additional actions include approving the 2025-2026 pay scale, ratifying contracts for staff parking and professional services, authorizing campus improvement goals, and establishing a Health Advisory Council.

The meeting commenced with the approval of the previous meeting's minutes. Key discussions and actions included updating the board's signing authority, which was unanimously approved. The Board then entered a closed session to discuss personnel, student, real estate matters, and consultation with the attorney, returning to open session later. Following the closed session, the Board unanimously approved a Targeted Improvement Plan. A significant personnel action involved the approval of Virginia Hart as Superintendent and Carl Roberts as Assistant Superintendent, both effective January 1, 2026. The Board also accepted the resignation of Walter Muse as Acting Superintendent, effective December 31, 2025, while he retains his position as a Board Member. Finally, the Board approved a policy related to the delegation of hiring authority and approved Carl Roberts as an alternate approver for the TEAL/TSDS system.