Special Session
Chatham County Schools ·
Board of Education
Monday, April 27, 2026 at 6:00 pm
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What's on this agenda
Chatham County's school board called a special meeting on 27 April for one decision: to announce and vote on the election and contract of a new superintendent.
Nothing else was on the agenda beyond the call to order, the adoption of the agenda and adjournment.
Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.
Meeting recap
What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Recording
The board made the appointment and the incoming superintendent spoke, framing the job as a responsibility that is professional, financial and moral: widening access and opportunity for every student, meeting obligations to staff, and being accountable to the public that pays for the schools. He said he was honoured to continue serving the district.
The meeting ran about sixteen minutes and adjourned on a voice vote. This account comes from automatic captions, which are poor on this recording; they carry the acceptance remarks but not a usable record of how the vote on the contract was taken.
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)
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.
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.
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.
Agenda items (4)
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Call to OrderProcedural
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Adoption of AgendaProcedural
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Announce and Vote on the Election and Contract of a New SuperintendentThe election of a new superintendent and approval of the contract, taken as one item at a meeting called for it.
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AdjournmentProcedural
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