The Jackson Parish School Board took measures to upgrade the sports facilities at area schools as part of the action taken during their regularly scheduled monthly meeting that was held on Monday, December 1st, in the Conference Room of the Jackson Parish School District Central Office. 

The improvements agreed upon by Gerry Mims (President), Mary Saulters, Rick Barlow, Paulette Belton, Wade McBride, Dennis Clary, and Calvin Waggoner were:
(1) Installation of gym lockers at Quitman High School by Insight Inc. for a cost of $51,400.00 to be paid from the Quitman District Fund.
(2) Upgrade of restrooms at the JHHS baseball/softball fields by Dodson Enterprises for a cost of $45,750.00 to be paid from Jonesboro-Hodge District Funds.
(3) Installation of a new scoreboard at the JHHS baseball field by Dodson Enterprises for a cost of $11,375.00 to be paid from Jonesboro-Hodge District Funds.

Material for the repair of restroom stalls at Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School was also agreed to be purchased from Decker Equipment/School Fix in the amount of $11,308.71 to be paid from Jonesboro-Hodge District Funds.

In additional action, Rick Barlow was named Vice-President by a unanimous vote, and the Board recognized Amy Hay, District Testing Coordinator, who presented information on the 2024-25 School Performance scores. 

Board members then moved to revise the Disciplinary Hearing Officer list and hearing procedures for employee discipline. For the names and locations of the Hearing Officers on the updated list, along with a complete description of the hearing procedures now in place, go to the Classifieds Section under Public Notices of this edition of the Jackson Parish Journal.

In final action, it was agreed to allow Derek Shields of Weston High School to go to Nashville, TN, on December 8-12 to attend the National Association of Agriculture Educators convention. Expenses will be paid by the La. Agriculture Teachers Association and the La. Department of Education.