CULLMAN, Ala. – The Cullman City School Board recognized two educators as 2024 Teachers of the Year at its regular meeting that had been rescheduled to Tuesday, Jan. 23 due to the previous week’s ice storms.
“It is my honor tonight to recognize our two 2024 school system teachers of the year,” said Superintendent Kyle Kallhoff, calling Cullman Middle School English Teacher Cassie Bowen and West Elementary Gifted Program Teacher Miranda Gunter to come forward to receive a bouquet and a round of applause.
Kallhoff touched on each teacher’s accomplishments, noting the dedication that each educator has demonstrated over her years with Cullman City Schools and sharing that both educators serve in different areas of each school, noting Bowen’s involvement as an interventionist for students with dyslexia and Gunter’s long career in different capacities with Cullman City Schools.
In other business, the board:
- Approved November 2023 financial report. Of note, there has been a 20% decrease in sales tax revenue from the previous year for the month- this is expected to trend downward, but Cullman City Schools Chief Financial Officer James Brumley is hopeful the Ad Valorum income stream will help compensate for the loss of potential income.
- Approved the 2024-2025 School Calendar
- Approved the 2024-2025 Employee Contract Calendars
- Approved a contract for McKenzie Kennedy for Parent Training/Listen Spoken Language from Jan. 17, 2023- May 31, 2024.
- Approved a contract for Miracle Corley as a tutoring aide from Jan. 16, 2024- May 24, 2024.
- Approved a stipend to the CCPS Leadership Team for Parent Night on Jan. 23, 2024 for the following teachers: Krista Johnson, Blakely Burns, Courtney Peed, Amanda Stidham, Carrie Byrd, Hilary Nix, Caroline Tidmore, Tera Thomas, Marci Watts, April Jochum, Jennifer Helton, Jane Ann Chambers, Mary Beth Cleveland and Hannah Hunt.
- Milestones ABA Classroom Program Contract from Jan. 1, 2024 to Oct. 1, 2024.
- Approved the use of a specialized Bearcat and logo for Cullman City Primary School
- Approved for the Cullman High School Varsity Softball Team to travel to Murfreesboro, Tennessee March 25-26 to compete in the Southern Warrior Classic.
- Approved for the Cullman High School Band to travel to Orlando, Florida Nov. 9-13 to perform in the Festival of Fantasy parade at Walt Disney World.
- Approval for the Cullman High School Jazz Band to travel to Pigeon Forge, April 5-6 to perform at The Island.
- Permitted to conduct a pre-k and kindergarten camp at CCPS Aug. 7-8
- Approval to discard the following books from Cullman Middle School: Teen Health 1-42 copies and Teen Health 2-52 copies.
- Approved Cullman High School to salvage a Dell Precision T1700 computer.
- Approved Cullman City Head Start to salvage two cannon printers.
The next regularly scheduled Cullman City School Board meeting will be Tuesday, Feb. 20, at 5 p.m. at Cullman Middle School.
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