Russellville City Schools receives clean auditor's report
The Russellville City Schools Board of Education renewed its participation in a joint purchasing agreement with eight other school systems at the board’s March 17th meeting.
The Child Nutrition Program Joint Purchasing Agreement establishes a cooperative bidding process for Child Nutrition Program purchases, including groceries, produce, bread, dairy products, chemicals and small wares.
While each school system remains financially responsible for its own orders, the agreement creates better value in purchasing the above items in bulk, rather than an order just for one school system.
In other agenda items, the board:
—Heard a presentation from Buddy Johnsey with Watkins, Johnsey Professional Group, Accountants, on the system’s FY2025 financial audit report. There were no issues of non-compliance and a clean audit was presented.
—approved facility use requests for the Russellville High School Auditorium and Band Room on July 17-18, 2026, for the Franklin County Watermelon Pageant, the entire campus on September 19, 2026, for the RHS Band to host the annual Northwest Alabama Marching Classic and the RHS Fine Arts Building on March 15, 2026, for CSU to host a music class for special needs children.
—personnel items including: Leave of absence for Madison Booth, RHS art teacher, from March 17-April 28, 2026; Karly Carothers, WES teacher, February 18-April 21, 2026; Kathryn Hines, WES teacher, from March 23-May 22, 2026; Dalia Gerardo-Rendon, WES teacher, from January 18-March 18, 2027; Carly Channell, WES teacher, from March 13-May 15, 2026; Chandler Allen, RHS teacher, from March 13-May 15, 2026. Resignations of RHS health teacher Torey Baird; Resignation in supplemental position for Patrick Odom, RHS varsity basketball coach; Sara Goodwin, RES/RMS counselor. Retirement for Sharon Robinson, RHS library aide; Rachel Pickett, RMS Child Nutrition Program Manager. Employment of Lauren Parrish, CNP worker at WES; Ashley Saint, Parks and Rec Concession Manager; Kenia Greenawalt, substitute bus driver.
—enacted the emergency clause in the Alabama School Code, due to significant damage to the Media Center as a result of a severe hailstorm on February 26, 2026, and retained PH&J Architects to prepare drawings, coordinate with engineers and ensure compliance with all applicable codes and Clean Image Restoration for cleanup, water removal and odor mitigation and Next Level Roofing’s installation of a full roof overlay to protect the damaged sections of the center.