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DTSTAMP:20260903T114606Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241209T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241209T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
LOCATION:Central Services Board Room 468 Renaissance Drive
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County Schools' Board of Education spent much of its meeting recognizing staff and students\, including an EC Educator of Excellence award and monthly Champions of Character and Power of One honorees. On business\, the board approved an American Rescue Plan Act-funded contract to air condition six of nine district gymnasiums\, leaving three schools waiting until the 2028-29 school year\, and formalized a longstanding field-sharing agreement between Jordan-Matthews High School and Siler City Parks and Recreation.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDb_Gi7r-M0\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2593
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=JNzNSIe16goeqIaE2sS8aA==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20260903T114606Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250113T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250113T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
LOCATION:Central Services Board Room 468 Renaissance Drive
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County Schools' Board of Education accepted a $20\,000 WolfSpeed donation for the district's robotics team\, approved a no-cost partnership with United Way of Chatham aimed at moving families out of poverty\, and renewed a three-year\, roughly $135\,300 contract with security consultant Risk and Strategic Management. The board also got its first look at anticipated FY2025-26 budget priorities ahead of a retreat the next morning\, including salary increases\, rising retirement costs\, and a roughly $6 million pass-through to charter schools that board members questioned for lack of accountability.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPZ0sP3WP6E\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2594
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=BVU9Vz4VOBerhChslsh7Uz6fQ==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20260903T114606Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
LOCATION:Central Services Board Room 468 Renaissance Drive
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nEight action items\, most of them spending. The board accepted a $225\,000 school safety grant\, authorized security camera and server replacements against it\, bought 1\,500 Chromebooks and classroom displays\, approved the capital outlay request going to the county commissioners\, and renewed the teletherapy contract that has served 218 students since early 2024.\n\nTwo accountability items also came up: the alternative grading model for One Academy\, the district's alternative school\, and an amendment letting schools re-give end-of-grade and end-of-course tests during the school year rather than only over the summer\, after the state changed the rule ten days earlier.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-9sC0c5jcM\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2599
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=Ik0zpAgRslshCMZqfgV6unGSg==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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DTSTAMP:20260903T114606Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T173000
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SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
LOCATION:Central Services Board Room 468 Renaissance Drive
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nTwo things dominated the September meeting: a demographer's forecast that Chatham's school enrollment turns sharply upward once Pittsboro and Siler City finish their sewer work in 2027\, and last year's testing results\, in which every school in the district met or exceeded growth.\n\nThe board also adopted its budget resolution for 2025-26 with about $2.8 million of federal money still not appropriated\, corrected two policies\, and passed a resolution marking Arts and Education Week. First readings covered a new policy on wireless devices in schools required by state law\, along with twelve other policy updates.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPMnWkUzZY4\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2602
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=R9x0MkoG204v94pkEU0Qng==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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