The Bladen County Board of Education will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on July 19th, 2021. The meeting will be open to the public. Due to COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting will also be broadcast virtually.
This is an official meeting and action items and personnel matters will be on the agenda, as per NCGS 143.318.11 (a) (1) and to consult with an attorney, if needed, as per the NCGS 143.318.11 (a) (3).
A hyperlink will be activated prior to the meeting to allow the public to listen to the meeting virtually. The meeting link will be published and accessible on the Bladen County Schools’ website at www.bladen.k12.nc.us, and on the Bladen County Schools’ Facebook and Twitter social media pages at https://www.facebook.com/BladenCountySchools/ and https://twitter.com/BladenCountySch
Following are items on the agenda for today’s meeting. Anyone interested may visit the Bladen County Schools website to find the complete agenda under the BoardDocs link on the right side of the Board of Education page.
The Bladen County Schools website states, “We invite you to attend the public meetings about our schools. Board meetings are held on the second Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m. Meetings are held in the Board Room of the administrative office located at 1489 US Hwy 701 South, Elizabethtown, NC. Dates and times are subject to change.
Those wishing to address the Board should contact the superintendent’s office at 862-4136 at least two weeks in advance to be placed on the agenda.”
At 6:00 p.m. Chairman Carroll will call the meeting to order. Mr. Clark will give the Invocation and Mr. McKoy will lead in the Pledge of Allegiance. Next Chairman Carroll will call for approval of the agenda for tonight’s meeting and he will call for approval of the minutes for the June 7th Special Called Meeting, the June 14th Regular Meeting and the June 28th Special Called Meeting.
The remaining agenda is as follows according to BoardDocs.
Summer Learning Program Update – Ms. White-Smith
Maintenance Update – Mr. Worley
Consent items:
EC Contracts
Child Nutrition Contract – Amy Stanley
Action items:
Approval of Schematic Design for New Tar Heel School Project – Mr. Worley
Approval of CM at Risk Contract – Mr. Worley
Approval of Emergency Consent to Purchase from Bid for Replacement Chiller at West Bladen HS – Mr. Worley
Approval to Purchase Replacement Bleachers for Condemned Sets at Bladenboro Middle, and Elizabethtown Middle – Mr. Worley
Approval of Classified Employee Experience Credit and Supplemental Pay for Certifications – Superintendent Dr. Jason Atkinson
Spring Custom Policy Updates – Dr. Atkinson
Closed session:
Closed session for the purpose of discussing personnel, as per NCGS 143.318.11, (a) (1),to consult with an attorney, if needed, as per NCGS 143.318.11 (a) (3), and to discuss student reassignment/discipline, per the 1974 Family Rights and Privacy Act
Student Transfers
Legal Issues
Closed session action items:
Approval of Classified Pay Scale Classifications – Dr. Beatty
Personnel Action Items – Dr. Beatty
Before the Board adjourns the agenda will allow for the following:
Board Member Concerns
Chair’s Report
Superintendent’s Report
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