CMSD Regular Board Meeting - 11/09/2026

The Columbus Municipal School District Regular Board Meeting was held November 9, 2026. Procurement and capital-project discussion included design updates for Stokes Beard and Columbus High School, with further work expected on brick matching and engineering details. The board also received schematic-design materials and a cost estimate for Franklin; a motion was made to approve a letter of intent related to review by the state archives and history office, but the transcript does not capture the vote outcome. In executive session, the board opened one proposal for Fairview Elementary, from the vendor transcribed as “the Prayer Corner,” for $127,500. Following a motion and second, the proposal was approved; it had been solicited through a newspaper-advertised request for proposals.

The board unanimously approved submitted personnel items, financial reports, bank-statement reconciliation, fixed-asset disposal, donations—including a Steel Dynamics donation to Hunt Intermediate School—and the listed agreements, contracts, memoranda of understanding, out-of-state travel, field trips, and student transfers. No contract numbers were stated. The meeting also included academic performance, attendance, discipline, and school-safety reports; no additional procurement awards or dollar amounts were identified.