Mobile County school board approves consent agenda and awards several contracts including Mardi Gras and bleacher repairs
January 29, 2026 | Mobile County Public Schools, School Districts, Alabama
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The Mobile County Board of School Commissioners met in January 2026 and approved a consolidated consent agenda and several grouped action items, including a time-sensitive contract for the Mardi Gras Association, a graphic-design services contract, and structural repairs at a high-school stadium.
Board members voted to add item H36 — a contract enabling bands to participate in this year’s Mardi Gras — to the consent agenda because of the event’s timing; the entire consent package (H1–H36) was approved by voice vote.
As part of grouped action approvals, the board approved G1–G15, which included beginning the public-input process on the 2026–27 school calendar, and approved G16–G33, which included awarding a $13,600 contract to Cynthia Corral for graphic-design services for an educational planning guide. The presenter said the design contract will be paid from Title funds (referred to in the meeting as "title 4" funding). Board members asked about the fund source for related facilities work and discussed potential partnerships; one presenter noted, “I think Mayor Montgomery had some sort of grant for $200,000,” as a possible external funding source to reduce local share.
The board also approved action items G34–G50; among them, G34 awarded a contract for structural improvements to the football bleachers at Centraldale High School to the lowest bidder identified in the packet as RHD’s Building, at $79,971, with local funds listed as the source.
Flow-through items 1–6, which the presenter described as allocations for private and parochial schools, were consolidated and approved. The board heard routine information items — monthly financials and purchase orders over $5,000 — and voted to accept settlements described in attorney correspondence under attorney-client privilege. The meeting concluded with the board scheduling its next meeting for Feb. 11 and adjourning.
The board’s votes were by voice; the meeting record shows motions made, seconded and passed with the customary "aye" responses and "motion carried" announcements. Specific individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript.
Board members voted to add item H36 — a contract enabling bands to participate in this year’s Mardi Gras — to the consent agenda because of the event’s timing; the entire consent package (H1–H36) was approved by voice vote.
As part of grouped action approvals, the board approved G1–G15, which included beginning the public-input process on the 2026–27 school calendar, and approved G16–G33, which included awarding a $13,600 contract to Cynthia Corral for graphic-design services for an educational planning guide. The presenter said the design contract will be paid from Title funds (referred to in the meeting as "title 4" funding). Board members asked about the fund source for related facilities work and discussed potential partnerships; one presenter noted, “I think Mayor Montgomery had some sort of grant for $200,000,” as a possible external funding source to reduce local share.
The board also approved action items G34–G50; among them, G34 awarded a contract for structural improvements to the football bleachers at Centraldale High School to the lowest bidder identified in the packet as RHD’s Building, at $79,971, with local funds listed as the source.
Flow-through items 1–6, which the presenter described as allocations for private and parochial schools, were consolidated and approved. The board heard routine information items — monthly financials and purchase orders over $5,000 — and voted to accept settlements described in attorney correspondence under attorney-client privilege. The meeting concluded with the board scheduling its next meeting for Feb. 11 and adjourning.
The board’s votes were by voice; the meeting record shows motions made, seconded and passed with the customary "aye" responses and "motion carried" announcements. Specific individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript.
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