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January 13, 2021

We have a Special Called Board Meeting tomorrow, Thursday, January 14th, at 3:30 pm. You can watch the meeting on the WCPSS YouTube Channel. 

The following documents have been posted for the January 14th Special Called Board Meeting:

Please review the documents and contact me at kcarter3@wcpss.net if you have any comments. Additionally, if you are a District 9 community member, I am holding the first D9 Connection Meeting tonight, Wednesday, January 13th, at 7 pm. This will be a very informal meeting for me to listen to community members. Please join the meeting using this link.



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