Nassau County School Board approves consent items, job descriptions and a utility easement; posts tentative summer meeting dates
May 14, 2026 | Nassau, School Districts, Florida
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The Nassau County School Board on May 14 approved a slate of consent and action items affecting district operations, facilities and personnel.
Superintendent Dr. Doug Burns asked the board to add a late item to the consent agenda: a proposed easement from Florida Public Utilities to supply power for a new transformer needed to support recently ordered chillers at a district high school. The board added the easement and adopted the agenda on a motion and voice vote.
The board then approved the consent agenda and multiple action items on voice votes. Actions recorded on the record included approval of a concurrency mitigation agreement for Wards Creek PUD; a request that district staff submit to the Florida Department of Education a proposal allowing weather makeup days to be delivered virtually if needed; adoption of recommended World Language instructional materials; updated job descriptions for career technical education positions; a new district threat‑management lead job description; a memorandum of understanding between the Nassau High School District and an entity identified in the materials as “NCM;” and a school‑impact‑fee waiver for property in Callahan that staff said created no student impact in this case.
On the threat‑management item, Dr. Burns said information provided at the workshop included counts for the 2025–26 school year (the transcript cites 158). On the impact waiver, staff explained the district’s past practice of approving waivers when construction yields no net student impact and noted applicants remain responsible for town or county fees. Dr. Burns repeatedly recommended approval during the meeting, saying, for example, “Recommend approval of the memorandum of understanding” and similar phrasing for other items.
Votes were taken by voice and recorded as “Aye”; the transcript does not include roll‑call tallies or individual member votes. Where the transcript lacked numeric vote records, the board’s voice votes were treated as approved on the record.
Superintendent Burns also distributed preliminary elementary testing results by grade level and asked the board to consider advertising one or more additional meeting dates in June and July to avoid summer scheduling delays; board members agreed to advertise tentative dates (the transcript discusses June 18 and July 20 as possible meeting dates). Burns requested an executive session on bargaining following the meeting.
The meeting closed after brief recognitions for new principals and teacher appreciation announcements. The board adjourned with no further business recorded.
Superintendent Dr. Doug Burns asked the board to add a late item to the consent agenda: a proposed easement from Florida Public Utilities to supply power for a new transformer needed to support recently ordered chillers at a district high school. The board added the easement and adopted the agenda on a motion and voice vote.
The board then approved the consent agenda and multiple action items on voice votes. Actions recorded on the record included approval of a concurrency mitigation agreement for Wards Creek PUD; a request that district staff submit to the Florida Department of Education a proposal allowing weather makeup days to be delivered virtually if needed; adoption of recommended World Language instructional materials; updated job descriptions for career technical education positions; a new district threat‑management lead job description; a memorandum of understanding between the Nassau High School District and an entity identified in the materials as “NCM;” and a school‑impact‑fee waiver for property in Callahan that staff said created no student impact in this case.
On the threat‑management item, Dr. Burns said information provided at the workshop included counts for the 2025–26 school year (the transcript cites 158). On the impact waiver, staff explained the district’s past practice of approving waivers when construction yields no net student impact and noted applicants remain responsible for town or county fees. Dr. Burns repeatedly recommended approval during the meeting, saying, for example, “Recommend approval of the memorandum of understanding” and similar phrasing for other items.
Votes were taken by voice and recorded as “Aye”; the transcript does not include roll‑call tallies or individual member votes. Where the transcript lacked numeric vote records, the board’s voice votes were treated as approved on the record.
Superintendent Burns also distributed preliminary elementary testing results by grade level and asked the board to consider advertising one or more additional meeting dates in June and July to avoid summer scheduling delays; board members agreed to advertise tentative dates (the transcript discusses June 18 and July 20 as possible meeting dates). Burns requested an executive session on bargaining following the meeting.
The meeting closed after brief recognitions for new principals and teacher appreciation announcements. The board adjourned with no further business recorded.
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