Meeting Preview: Spotsylvania County School Board - February 10, 2024

By Martin Davis
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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The next meeting of the Spotsylvania County School Board is Monday evening at 5:30. The meeting includes seven recognitions, three information items, six consent agenda items, and three action items. A closed session meeting will occur prior to recognitions.

Recognitions

• February Superintendent's Visual Arts Recognition

• Student Leaders in Action

• Fall Band and Choir Awards

• February 15, 2025 as National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day

• February as Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month

• School Board Member Appreciation Month

• Clerk and Deputy Clerk

Information Items

• Head Start Items

  • 2024 December Credit Card Purchases

  • FY 25 In-kind Spreadsheet 2024-2025

  • YTD Budget Report December 2024

  • Head Start Program Report

• Discipline Report for December 2024

• Vacancy Report (No supporting documents affixed to the agenda

Consent Agenda

• Approval of Minutes (Supporting Document)

• Approval of Donations (Supporting Document)

• Approval of Contract for Architectural and Engineering Services for Chancellor High and Middle School HVAC Project

• Approval of Phase VII Access Controls

• FY 2025 Budget Amendment #20: Categorical Transfer (Supporting Document)

• Approve use of Cooperative Contract with Boxx Modular for the Relocation of the Existing Modular Classroom Unit to two other School Locations—Lee Hill Elementary and Spotswood Elementary Schools

Action Items

• That the School Board adopts Governor Youngkin's Certificate of Recognition and that February is hereby recognized as Black History Month in Spotsylvania County Public Schools. (Supporting Document 1 and Governor’s proclamation)

• Approval of the Revised FY 2026-FY 2030 School Board Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Budget - No supporting Documents.

• Discussion and Approval of the Superintendent's Proposed FY2026 Budget and Capital Improvement Plan - No supporting documents

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