DeKalb BOE Approves $118M Budget

DeKalb BOE Approves $118M Budget

By Marla Jones

Managing Editor

marla@southerntorch.com

RAINSVILLE, Ala.--The Dekalb County Board of Education held its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, September 8. 

Chief School Financial Officer Anthony Cooper presented the second budget hearing of the 2023FY Budget.  The Board approved the FY2023 budget of $118M.  The budget includes a 4% state-mandated raise with the board deciding on adding another 1%. A percentage breakdown of expenditures are as follows:

• Instructional -51%

• Instructional support -14%

• Operations and Maintenance -9%

• Transportation-7%

• Child Nutrition- 8%

• General Administrative- 4%

• Capital Outlay- 5%

• Debt Services 1%

• Other (which includes extended day programs, preschool and tutoring) 2%

In other business the Board approved the following resignations:

• Lindsey Cofield - CNP Worker - Geraldine High School - 8/30/22 

The following Leaves of Absence were approved:

• Rebecca Guinn - Store Worker - Fyffe High School - 8/1/22-9/12/22 (Extended from 8/26/22) 

• Traci Roper - EL Teacher - Sylvania High School - 8/16/22-5/26/23 (Intermittent) 

The following On the Job Injury was approved:

 • Nicole Travis Green - Pre-K Auxiliary - Fyffe High School - 33 days 

The following  placements were made: (All placements are made pending a background review meeting suitability criteria and negative, pre-employment drug screen and appropriate certification) 

Certified:

 • Levi Maness - Business Education Teacher (Leave from 9/6/22-5/26/23) - Crossville High School  (Effective 9/6/22) 

• Hannah Paddock McCurdy - Elementary Teacher - Sylvania High School  (Effective 9/12/22)

• Alisha Kieper - Itinerant Special Education Teacher - Ider Special Services Center  (Effective 9/6/22) 

• Dallas Dodson - Family Consumer Sciences Teacher (Leave from 9/19/22-12/16/22) - Valley Head High School (Effective 9/19/22) 

Support: 

• Carol Goodridge - Itinerant Special Education Paraprofessional - Ider Special Services Center (Effective 9/9/22) 

• Ricky Templeton - Bus Driver - Crossville Elementary School (Effective 9/6/22) 

• Randall Johnson - Custodian (12 months) - Geraldine High School (Effective 9/7/22) 

The following Volunteer Coaches were approved:

• Ider High School - Cody Feltman - Baseball 

• Sylvania High School - Gary Talley - Basketball 

 • Valley Head High School -Jared Hulgan - Football 

The Coaching Supplement for Sylvania High School was approved. 

The following Contracts were approved by the Board: 

• Luette Benefield - Contracted Band Teacher - Collinsville (Summer, School year) 

 • Jordan Todd King - CNP Worker (1 hour) - Henagar Jr. High School 

The date of the next meeting of the DeKalb County Board of Education will be held on  October 18, 2022 A Work Session will begin at 4:30 P.M., and the regular meeting at 5:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room at the Facilities Building.

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