Hardeman County School Board August 25, 2026

The Hardeman County School Board met on August 25, 2026. The board approved an addendum to the City of Bolivar baseball-field lease, following prior work-session discussions. It also reviewed plans and estimates for lighting four fields, including PCHS baseball and Middleton High School football and softball, and discussed moving funds to Fund 177; the transcript does not clearly capture a vote on the lighting item. A separate $1.5 million transfer from the general-purpose budget to Fund 141 for renovations was included in the school-year budget amendments, which passed. Other approved amendments included a $7,400 reduction in Perkins CTE funding and a $138,000 special-education preschool grant for an elementary school. The board also approved the annual consolidated federal funding application covering Title programs and IDEA.

The board approved several policy updates, including changes reflecting state law, and an updated teacher salary schedule. The insurance committee recommended changes to employee health-plan contributions and plan options; the district also budgeted for an outside firm to provide employees with insurance education, though the transcript does not clearly record a separate vote on the plan changes. No vendor was named for that service. The superintendent also reported on school operations, a new automatic-admissions partnership with Jackson State Community College, and an expanded K9 detection partnership with Interquest; no new contract award or price for those partnerships was stated.