In other business, the board:

•Approved the January 2013 financial statements and bank reconciliations of the Central Office, as well as the January 2013 payrolls and accounts payable, as presented by Yeargan.

•Approved the minutes from the Jan. 15 board meeting.

•Approved substitute employees and leave requests for Angela Sanderson at Isabella, Ellen Doughty at Thorsby, Rachel Argent at Thorsby and Dwight Swindle at Jemison.

•Approved to request bids for telephone services for the school system and to give Hayden permission to accept the lowest bid on services on March 1 so that the bid can be awarded prior to March 14 for E-Rate grant funding purposes.

•Approved to request bids on projector maintenance.

•Approved Child Nutrition Program requests.