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LGS February Board Meeting

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Date and Time

Wednesday February 18, 2026 at 12:00 PM

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Directors Present

A. Clanton, B. Grimes, C. Compton (remote), D. Val (remote), J. Mosley (remote), N. Candis, S. Covington (remote), T. Holmes

Directors Absent

A. Crowe, K. Hampton

Guests Present

B. Petty, K. Jones, Kim Nickelson, M. Harbour, Shann Hart

I. Opening Items

A.

Record Attendance

B.

Call the Meeting to Order

B. Grimes called a meeting of the board of directors of Liberty Grove Schools to order on Wednesday Feb 18, 2026 at 12:06 PM.

II. Approve Board Minutes From November 2025

A.

January Board Minutes

N. Candis made a motion to approve the minutes from LGS January Board Meeting on 01-21-26.
A. Clanton seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

III. Committee Meetings Report

A.

Governance Meeting

House Bill 23 and how it effects Liberty Grove Schools

  • Transportation

Middle School Expansion 

  • 7th Grade

Incident Reporting

  • Will have an update at the next meeting

 

Tracking Board goals

  • Start in April

 

 

B. Grimes made a motion to approve the minutes from.
A. Clanton seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

B.

Academic Meeting

Benchmark Data

  • BOY VS MOY
  • Beginning of the day strategic study
  • Teacher development

 

B. Grimes made a motion to approve the minutes from.
A. Clanton seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

C.

Finance Meeting

N. Candis

Met last week

  • Correctly code categories/line items
  • Nurse - Outsourcing vs in house
  • Grant Tracker
  • funding with adding 7th grade
  • adding afterschool learning electives
B. Grimes made a motion to approve the minutes from.
A. Clanton seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.

IV. Executive Director Report

A.

Liberty Grove Schools Staffing Update (February 2026)

Staffing Update - No New Hire

Position Needs 

Sped Teacher(Self Contained)

Sped Teacher(4-6 Grades)

 

Staff Intention to Return going out before spring break

 

V. Network Updates

A.

Network Updates

Our student totals are consistent 

Adding 3 students next week

Moving attendance rate to the 90% and steps to increase our number 

VI. Organizational and Operational Update

A.

Summer School Program Planning

  • Expand program to more grade levels
  • Enrichment classes offered
  • Extra curricular
  • Arts
  • Hours 1-3
  • June 1st- 31st
  • Looking for staff
  • funds are available

VII. School Events And Activities

A.

February and March Events

 

March 24th -Kindergarten Kick off 4-6

Social Media Push - Wish TV

Radio -May, June, July

VIII. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 12:35 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
B. Grimes