The Bells City Board of Education met Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at 6:30pm at Bells City School in regular session. The following were in attendance: Gary Emison, Bill Van den Bosch, Shellee Johnson, Charlotte Gaines, Boone Parlow, Keith Curl, Miranda Bonds, and Lionel Hughes
Agenda 1: Call meeting to order
Gary Emison called the meeting to order. Boone Parlow led the board in prayer.
Agenda 2: Public Comment
Gary Emison opened up for public comment. No updates.
Agenda 3: Approval of May 5, 2026 Minutes
Gary Emison made a motion to approve minutes from May 5, 2026 meeting. Seconded by Bill Van den Bosch
Agenda 4: Lionel Hughes - TNRMT
Mr. Hughes discussed upcoming changes for the new year - he has not received the new premium rate but he believes that it’s not going to increase as much as last year. Mr. Hughes gave each school board member a packet of information outlining what the City of Bells pays versus BES pays. BES has building coverage on blanket limit which pays 100% of replacement cost: floods insurance, medical malpractice, equipment breakdown coverage, cyber liability, workers compensation (based on payroll) and student accident coverage (pays second to students’ primary insurance). Mr. Hughes explained that BES has roughly $17 million in coverage for building and contents.
Agenda 5: Budget Amendments
Miranda Bonds presented budget amendments along with the summer learning camp budget. Bill Van den Bosch made a motion to approve budget amendment. Shelle Johnson seconded the motion. Passed 4 to 0
Agenda 6: TSBA Updates
Mr. Parlow discussed about board policy rules - due to Julie Camarillo going to The Board Secretaries Conference and they stated to her to refresh the board members on the board policies.
Agenda 7: School Board Calendar 2026-2027
Mr. Parlow presented the 2026-2027 board meeting calendar. October meeting got pushed back a week because of fall break but other than that the other meetings are pretty standard for what they normally are.
Agenda 8: Pre-K Classes
Mr. Parlow stated that in the past we have had two Pre-K classes that were funded by the state, but this year the state is only going to fund one Pre-K classes. We decided that the school is still going to do three Pre-K classes. The 3rd class will be funded by us and it’s going to be more for special needs kids or kids that don’t have to go as long during the day. Mr. Emison added that we can always requalify next year to get the funds back from the state.
Agenda 9: FY27 Consolidated Application
Mr. Parlow explained that the Consolidated Funding Application must be approved and signed stating that the funds have been budgeted and are good. Gary Emison made a motion to approve. Charlotte Gaines seconded the motion. 4 to 0.
Agenda 10: Playground Canopy
Mr. Parlow discussed that the canopy on the big playground that was destroyed by the storm was replaced by Mr. Keith, Mr. Shawn and himself. They are going to do the same thing with the little playground canopy which is a bit bigger than the other canopy. They can hire someone to put the canopy up, but they are in Georgia and the expense will be too much.
Agenda 11: Summer School
Mr. Parlow explained summer school is going well and they have done a lot of learning activities. We are making progress with the students that need it. Mr. Keith added that they have a post test for some of the summer school student to test out and that will be 16 and 17 of June.
Agenda 12: School Updates
Mr. Keith stated that on July 24th we will have three new teachers coming in for In-service/ orientation and along with the new teachers we are going to have a new male assistant that is going to help us with more in the self-contained room for the high-risk students. On July 27th is when teachers will be back. Mr. Parlow discussed that he has an interview for cafeteria manager position on the 10th of this month and he is really hopeful about her. Mr. Emison explained that we may need to allow Mr. Parlow to get some quotes for sealing on the parking lot to maintain school appearance. Mr. Gary explained to the board that we need to find some funds in the budget to get some chrome books because the state is not allowing TCAP testing on paper anymore. It all has to be done online.
Motion to adjourn the meeting by Gary Emison. 2nd by Bill Van den Bosch. Motion passed 4 to 0.
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Gary Emison, Chairman Boone Parlow, Director
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