West Carroll to Lease Vehicles to Sheriff’s Office

ATWOOD (July 11) — The West Carroll Special School District will lease three school safety vehicles to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department for use at the three school campuses.
During Thursday’s meeting in the junior/senior high cafeteria, Director of Schools Preston Caldwell presented the idea to board members. He noted that, since the vehicles were purchased with federal money, they couldn’t be sold for profit. He stated that the district had “no interest” in keeping and maintaining the vehicles, but offered a novel solution: lease the vehicles at no cost to CCSD to be used by the full-time resource officers stationed at each school. After brief discussion, the board unanimously approved the measure.
Members also approved a bid from Atlas Greenhouse for additional repairs following hail damage to the greenhouse. Atlas is the original supplier of the greenhouse materials.
The board approved the resignations of Kayla Benson, Melissa Glow, Lindsey Morton and Melanie Scates; yearly memberships in TSBA, TSSE, AIM’s and Sam’s Club; the yearly field trip list; and the consolidated application for IDEA/ESEA.
The district’s Student Disciplinary Hearing Authority (DHA) will include: Regina Alred, Jennifer Hames, Crystal Polinski, Kellie Rollins, Jaxon Stringer, Joe Tetleton, Brandi Tolley, Jackie Wester, Jessica Williams and Adam Douglas. Prior to unanimous approval of the DHA, there was brief discussion of inclusion of a parent on the authority. District attorney Chris Hayden discouraged this due to liability issues. “I’ve seen it go wrong in a lot of different ways,” he said.
Policy amendments were approved on the first of two readings. Notable changes include:
*A new Code of Conduct for visitors to the schools.
*A new procedure for identifying the source of a fire alarm prior to evacuation.
*The addition of Family Life Education to Wellness class.
*Policies regarding artificial intelligence, including a list of approved AI programs.
*The addition of voluntary retention as an option for third and fourth grade students.
*The prohibition of substitute teachers who have lost their teaching licenses in any state.
During his monthly report, Director Caldwell announced that the new budget was on schedule to be approved during the August 8 meeting. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. and will include a reception for new hires.
Approximately one hour into the meeting, Attorney Hayden, Director Caldwell and board members went into executive session.
The meeting adjourned following the session.