MCPSS SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION - OCTOBER 21, 2026

Mobile County Public Schools held a school board work session on October 21, 2026. The board reviewed numerous procurement and contract items, including education, special education, therapy, mental-health, and software services funded from state, federal, Title I, and local sources. Notable items included a $918,124 Strickland Youth Center education-services agreement; a $545,400 Unlimited Instruction contract; a $308,962 Learning Tree residential education contract; and a $101,948.25 PowerSchool Schoology subscription funded with district local funds, alongside a separate $99,897.32 Title III contribution. The agenda also included multiple IXL Learning licenses and other school-specific services and subscriptions.

Major facilities awards presented included Tindall Construction’s $7,575,000 bid for the Mary J. Montgomery gym, selected as the lowest of six bids and funded by supplemental grant money; Bagsby and Russell’s $687,000 bid for the Vigor High School auditorium roof, selected from nine bids; and the same vendor’s $602,870 bid for Seelye Elementary’s fire-alarm replacement, for which one bid was received. Other items included a $553.38 elevator change order and a $20,000 decrease to the Sentinel High School bleacher-repair contract. The $959,275 AltaPointe/BayPointe item, funded by state funds, was moved from the consent agenda to the action agenda; the transcript does not record a vote on these procurement items. The board also reviewed consent items covering travel and bids, Title I flow-through items, and monthly financial and purchase-order reports.