Bibb County school board approves personnel changes, student trips and vendor payments

The Bibb County Regular School District board voted to approve a lengthy consent agenda at its May meeting, endorsing personnel contracts and transfers, authorizing student field trips and approving payments to outside contractors and extracurricular vendors.

The board approved a revised job description for a special education support specialist (received 05/12/2026) and moved forward multiple personnel actions for the 2026–27 school year: probationary principal contracts for Charles Steiner (effective 07/01/2026–06/30/2028), David Steele (07/01/2026–06/30/2028) and Heather Lawley (07/01/2026–06/30/2028); new hires including Lacey Givolin (teacher, Randolph Elementary) and CNP staff hires; and several transfers of teachers and paraprofessionals between Brent Primary, Brent Elementary, Randolph Elementary, West Lawton Middle School and other schools. These items were introduced by the superintendent and moved and approved by board members on voice votes.

The board approved student travel for CAST 20 programs: a one‑day field trip to the University of West Alabama biodiversity center on June 17, 2026 (agenda notes that some activities will occur in knee‑deep water), and a multi‑day trip to Mobile, Dolphin Island and Gulf Shores, Ala., June 29–July 1, 2026, with visits to the University of South Alabama and Coastal Alabama Community College. Centerville Middle School’s cheer squad was approved to attend University of Alabama cheer camp in July 2026.

Athletics appointments were included on the consent agenda. The board approved Michael McMillan Cooner as head volleyball coach at Bibb County High School; a member recorded an abstention during that vote. The board also approved Shavarz James as assistant boys and girls basketball coach.

The board approved a number of contract payments and hourly service agreements. Notable items approved from the agenda include:
• $8,237.50 to Robert S. McPherson, PLS for surveying, topography, engineering design and drafting for a sewage system at Woodstock Elementary School (from A&T funds).
• Hourly agreements paid from IDEA and district special education funds for testing administration, eligibility reporting, scoring and homebound services (example rates in the agenda: $40/hour for testing services up to specified weekly hour caps; $50/hour for direct instruction and IEP support for hearing‑impaired students up to specified weekly caps).
• Extracurricular vendor payments from local school funds, including $1,000 to Meredith Green for halftime drill composition, $600 to Russell Green for halftime music writing, $700 cap for color guard instruction, $500 for percussion instruction and $300 for majorette practice instruction, among others.

Superintendent remarks followed the consent agenda. Mister Cotner thanked attendees, noted ongoing hiring efforts and congratulated Coach Kevin May and the Duke County baseball program for finishing runner‑up in the state championship.

The board set its next work session for Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. and its next regular meeting for Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 5:00 p.m., then adjourned.

What the board did not do: the agenda items were passed as presented; no substantive debate, committee reports or policy changes were recorded in the transcript beyond the items described above.