DeSoto County School District board approves multiple contracts, bids and personnel requests
February 20, 2026 | DESOTO CO SCHOOL DIST, School Districts, Mississippi
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The DeSoto County School District board approved a package of contracts, procurement awards and personnel items during its meeting.
Speaker 2 opened several procurement items and Speaker 3 recommended specific awards. The board approved a motion to contract for architectural services for the CareerTech Center West project after a recommendation naming "Alan Marshall" for the work; the procurement text in the packet also references "Allen and Hochul PLLC," a discrepancy evident in the transcript. The board approved the motion by voice vote (tallies were not specified in the transcript).
The board accepted the lowest-and-best bidder for classroom furniture for the Lewisburg High School addition; the transcript notes a reverse auction was conducted Feb. 10 to determine the award. The board also approved entering a contract with "Barbie and Sons" for a restroom renovation at Olive Branch Middle School and approved reimbursement to a Shadow Oaks Elementary principal for a Sam's Club charge documented in the packet.
On personnel and pay matters, Speaker 5 reviewed calendar and staffing requests, including recommending June 26 be observed as a holiday for 230-day employees and proposing up to three additional secondary assistant principal positions for the next school year. The packet included supplemental-pay items: a PSATS summer boot camp stipend at $30 per hour for up to 90 hours (Feb. 20 through June 30) and examples of dual-credit instructor stipends of $2,500 per section (one example totaling $7,500 for three sections). The board voted to approve personnel "as presented."
Several motions were recorded as passed by voice vote in the transcript; the audio/text does not include roll-call vote counts or named vote tallies. Toward the end of the transcript Speaker 2 requested a motion to consider entering a second session to address additional matters; a motion was made and seconded and the transcript ends shortly after that action.
Speaker 2 opened several procurement items and Speaker 3 recommended specific awards. The board approved a motion to contract for architectural services for the CareerTech Center West project after a recommendation naming "Alan Marshall" for the work; the procurement text in the packet also references "Allen and Hochul PLLC," a discrepancy evident in the transcript. The board approved the motion by voice vote (tallies were not specified in the transcript).
The board accepted the lowest-and-best bidder for classroom furniture for the Lewisburg High School addition; the transcript notes a reverse auction was conducted Feb. 10 to determine the award. The board also approved entering a contract with "Barbie and Sons" for a restroom renovation at Olive Branch Middle School and approved reimbursement to a Shadow Oaks Elementary principal for a Sam's Club charge documented in the packet.
On personnel and pay matters, Speaker 5 reviewed calendar and staffing requests, including recommending June 26 be observed as a holiday for 230-day employees and proposing up to three additional secondary assistant principal positions for the next school year. The packet included supplemental-pay items: a PSATS summer boot camp stipend at $30 per hour for up to 90 hours (Feb. 20 through June 30) and examples of dual-credit instructor stipends of $2,500 per section (one example totaling $7,500 for three sections). The board voted to approve personnel "as presented."
Several motions were recorded as passed by voice vote in the transcript; the audio/text does not include roll-call vote counts or named vote tallies. Toward the end of the transcript Speaker 2 requested a motion to consider entering a second session to address additional matters; a motion was made and seconded and the transcript ends shortly after that action.
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