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August 12, 2022

On Thursday, I attended the Cary Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Dinner. On Friday, I enjoyed UNC Health's Annual Stuff the Bus School Supply Drive. 

This week as a Board, we had one meeting: Facilities Committee. 

At the Wednesday, August 10th Facilities Committee Meeting:

  • Shane Webster, Senior Facility Planner; Alice Reese, Senior Site Planner; and Elizabeth Sharpe, Director, Facilities Design and Construction; presented the schematic design of Bowling Road Elementary School. To view the presentation, click here.

  • Shane Webster, Alice Reese, and Elizabeth Sharpe, presented the schematic design of Pleasant Plains Elementary School. Use this link to view the presentation.

  • Douglas Congdon, Program Executive, Facilities Design & Construction; provided an overview of the impact of the current market volatility (longer time to get some materials, specialized labor is harder to find, and more) is having on project schedules.

  • Dr. Martin, Chair of Facilities Committee, led a discussion on possible new business. Several areas were mentioned. Touring some schools with County Commissioners is supposed to be happening. Date to be determined. I voiced my concern about all three schools being magnet schools and in Raleigh. I believe we need to also tour a non-magnet school.

  • Douglas Congdon shared the Facilities Three-Month Forecast. Click here to view the forecast.
Use this link to watch the recording of the August 10th Facilities Committee Meeting.

Please note this school year's first District 9 Board Advisory Council Meeting will be on September 13th at 6 pm. Location TBD.

Next week as a Board, we have the following meetings (Please remember these meetings will be streamed live on the WCPSS YouTube Channel.):
  • Tuesday, August 16th at 2:30 pm- Work Session. Items on the agenda are update on Work Together Community Partnership, Work in Support of the Strategic Plan, Proposed 2022-23 Salary Schedules and Transportation Update. Click here to view the agenda.

  • Tuesday, August 16th  at 5:30 pm- Board Meeting*. Some of the items on the agenda are proposed updates to the year-round 2022-23 instructional calendar, 2022-23 Budget Reconciliation Recommendations, proposed updated 2022-23 Salary Schedules, and more. Use this link to access the agenda. 

*Full audio via phone is available for the Board Meeting. The phone number will be posted at this link the day of the Board Meeting. 

If you are interested, you can submit written or video public comments. The forms to submit comments will be live from 5 pm on Friday until noon on Tuesday.

If you are interested in making in-person public comments, please visit this page and scroll down to click on the appropriate form. The form will go live 48 hours prior to the start of the meeting (on Sunday) and close at 5 pm on Monday.

I will be hosting a D9 Connection Meeting on Sunday, August 28th at 7:30 pm. This is an informal meeting for me to listen to you. If you live in D9, work in a D9 school, or have a student in a D9 school, please join us using this Google Meet Link.

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





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