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January 1, 2021

 Happy New Year! I hope everyone has taken time to relax over the holiday break. 

Earlier this week, I was able to complete the North Carolina School Boards Association's Core Training. The 12 hours of training included:

  • Leadership--basic dos and don'ts, board and superintendent roles and responsibilities, school finance, and school board liability,
  • Advocacy --board members' advocacy work, update on current legislative issues, NCSBA's member-approved legislative agenda, and tips on effectively engaging legislators, and  
  • School law--NC's open meetings and public records law, entering and amending contracts, the board's oversight role in personnel and finance, maintaining legally-compliant policies for schools, required ethics training, and parliamentary procedure.

Remember you can now sign up to receive an email to alert you of upcoming board meetings. All you need to do is complete this Google Form. Please take advantage of this exciting new feature.

This upcoming week, we have two meetings scheduled. Both of these meetings will be live on the WCPSS YouTube Channel:

  • Tuesday, January 5th at 4 pm- Work Session; agenda can be found here.
  • Tuesday, January 5th at 5:30 pm- Board Meeting; agenda is located here.
If you are interested in submitting public comments, you have two options: written and video. You have until noon on Tuesday, January 5th, to submit your comments. For more information on these options and how to submit them, please click here.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at kcarter3@wcpss.net. 



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