Walker County Planning Session October 6th, 2026

Walker County Board of Education planning session, titled October 6, 2026; meeting metadata is dated October 8, 2026. The board considered and approved the Lemonex (doing business as GoGuardian) contract for LaFayette Middle School, a platform for quizzes and assessments, at a stated cost of $3,000. It also approved increasing school bus driver pay for field trips and athletic events from $15 to $20 per hour, with administrators explaining that the increase would be managed within already allocated budgets. The board approved listed field-trip authorizations, including out-of-state trips, and discussed applying the approval requirement to such trips going forward. A contract for math consultant Terry Haney was also brought forward for approval. Administrators reported that a review following a purchasing-procedure change found no other improper signatures, while identifying a need to improve documentation when three vendor quotes cannot be obtained.

Facilities staff reviewed the upcoming fieldhouse project at Ridgeland High School, with work expected to begin after contractors complete preparations and a target completion date of January 25; a summer phase is also planned. Roof assessments and cost estimates are being pursued for Cherokee Ridge Elementary and North, but no award or project amount was reported. The financial report cited fiscal-year revenue of about $127.1 million and expenditures of about $131.9 million, and reported $14.3 million in the 2026 construction fund at the end of June. Several additional vendor agreements—including transportation, online learning, student photography, portraits, and fundraising—were described as items for a later meeting’s consent agenda, not as approvals at this session.