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Special Session

Chatham County Schools · Board of Education
Monday, April 27, 2026 at 6:00 pm · Chatham County Schools Central Services Building 468 Renaissance Drive

Special or emergency meeting Schools and education

This board published no item list for this meeting, so the subjects above were read from the write-up rather than from an agenda.

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What's on this agenda

Chatham County Schools' Board of Education held a special called meeting largely devoted to finalizing an employment contract for a district administrator. The only record available is an automatic caption transcript that begins several minutes into the meeting and is broken up enough in places that the specific position and contract terms cannot be confirmed from it.

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Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Recording

The board took up and passed a motion described as making a contract 'official.' The person whose contract was addressed then thanked the board, saying he was honored to continue serving Chatham County Schools and looked forward to working with the board, staff, students and community. The board adjourned shortly after on a voice vote. Because the transcript is a partial, auto-generated caption feed rather than minutes, this account cannot confirm who the contract covers or its terms; a fuller record should come from the district's own minutes once published.

How the votes went

A motion to adjourn passed by voice vote (aye, no recorded opposition). An earlier motion making a contract official is referenced in the transcript but its exact tally is not recoverable from the available captions.

Full transcript

Automatic captions from the recording, "April 27, 2026 - Board of Education - Special Called Meeting". Runs 16 min. These are machine transcriptions, not a court record. They misrender names and figures — "Kildaire" comes through as "kill dare", and case numbers arrive as noise. Each timestamp opens the video at that moment, which is how a passage here gets checked against what was said.

Read the transcript (3 passages)
[0:06:39]

I have a motion on the floor, Mr. All right. No turns. You lost it. I know. I don't think I'm able to do that. So, one more One more One more One more One more One more Mhm.

[0:12:39]

We pay taxes. And if we might have the privilege of operating this public school system. And the thing about that we share the responsibility as a professional, and financial, and even moral. And we really can't talk about that without talking about exceeding their expectations. That's the responsibility to expand the access and opportunity for each student. That's the responsibility to fulfill the opportunities and benefits for each employee. And that's the responsibility for being accountable to the public we serve. So, let's maintain the positive activity toward the department. One problem is each of us can reach our full potential. I'm honored and grateful to continue to serve the Chatham County Schools. I look forward to working together with our Board of Education, our staff, our students, and our community as we write the next chapter of our shared story. I think of responsibility as that and opportunity. Responsibility and accountability. We know that we must remember what we must accomplish today. But we know what we must do. We know what we are called to do. Thank you for your partnership. Success and opportunity to Chatham County Schools. Thank you.

[0:14:40]

Um for future members of the team on the Board of Education, that we are one. I was putting them within the You've got 35 minutes. And you really need to develop So, we got to turn that in. We ended up You have your readings within three minutes. We did a little bit of talking in the first 45 minutes. So, that's That's a great thing. And all you're doing is making this contract official. And with that, he is our district principal. Who is he? That's That's the man who has been learning things in our school system. He'll be around waiting in the airport. And thank you again for all of everybody being here. I will entertain any motion to adjourn. The motion The second. All in favor, say "Aye." All opposed, "No." The motion is carried. Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Thank you. We appreciate all of you being here again. Not too Not too much longer.

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