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On finance matters, staff presented an auditor contract for fiscal year 2025 and a renewal of the district’s Link software program. A committee member moved to approve the financial contract and the Link renewal for consideration by the full board; the committee voted in favor and the items were carried forward. The motion on the record combined both the auditor contract and the Link renewal for referral to the full board.

The committee approved forwarding a $6,000 request to the full board to pilot a girls’ flag-football program for the upcoming fall season. Presenters said the pilot would cover four district high schools, fund athletic training presence and first-responder coverage, and that athletic directors at the four high schools had expressed support. The presenter said the program would be a short, eight-week fall season and that the district is seeking grant funding in addition to the requested $6,000.

Staff gave a brief RFQ update for a planned new school: five firms submitted responses and all five passed the first phase; interviews are scheduled next month and the results will be presented to the project focus group and then the full board. No final vendor selection was made at this meeting.

Facilities and maintenance reported progress on several capital and in-house projects, including renovation of concession and restroom buildings at Rocky Mount Middle School, window replacement at Rocky Mount Middle that required weekend work, seating and sound upgrades in the auditorium, a fieldhouse and concession improvements at Northern Nash, tile-flooring and mechanical upgrades at Willowford Early Learning Center, and ongoing drainage and mechanical work at Hubbard and other campuses. Staff said they expect some projects to be completed this fiscal year and discussed a planned May ribbon-cutting for the Northern Nash fieldhouse so seniors can see the facility before graduation.

Academic services reported approval of 10 out-of-state or overnight field trips; the committee noted there was no additional cost to the district for those trips. The field-trip motions were approved by the academic committee and carried.

Several motions in committee were recorded as carried without detailed roll-call tallies in the transcript; staff and board members followed standard procedure to move items to the full board or approve pilot funding at the committee level. The committee adjourned after the reports.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","NCPS BOE Meetings 03/31/2025 5pm","oneSentenceSummary","The Administrative Services and Operations committee voted to send an auditor contract and Link software renewal to the full board, approved forwarding $6,000 for a pilot girls’ flag-football program, heard an RFQ update for a new school and received a facilities progress report covering multiple campus projects.","taxTitle","Nash County Public Schools, School Districts, North Carolina","taxId",39056,"location","North Carolina","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_46":81,"_48":82,"_50":83,"_52":84,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":85,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":86,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6619730,"Nash County Schools transportation staff outline pay scale conversion, benefits thresholds and staffing challenges",176,1088000,1264000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2828993-1dd87cf8bc0554128445f5a89b1d9b01&start=1088&end=1264","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2828993-1dd87cf8bc0554128445f5a89b1d9b01/thumbnail_1088000.jpg","/articles/6619730/North-Carolina/Nash-County-Schools-transportation-staff-outline-pay-scale-conversion-benefits-thresholds-and-staffing-challenges","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6619730-5333629124f85702762d77b7c8bc79a3/orig.mp4?Expires=1771152674&Signature=aHQcsRttYmNm23UEJkZDzmJLxGUG2uy0-kKHv4gDhB8HMxbhL7jClZzjtpo3TwZh5V4CIgl9zt1BOgUPVVFTppQjfLCX-OWspAA1j7c1ehU3vLpfAww5o2oXQMViCTCfGUchuSMJi~SRpzN3Bf9AA6fQfWPPHJfCytmw8bANedv-e8mHXOmYwZRiPFls7GuZTM70fJVb3vvW2BuJgtMCPgLsmQadZgsRoAuAfRZVck29pvkRATKB3EGCdRxvA39xLXGu1UpZMF0QQtGUMwcWvkSCMXPt96sJmFfeLHVaYD-X9nX4ge~zNBngSVvcRf~wjnDfvIDnbTQyYrdyjNsg1g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Nash County Public Schools staff told the board’s committee that the district has converted classified employee pay from the old grade-step system to the State Board of Education’s new grade-and-range salary schedule and reviewed pay ranges, experience-credit rules and how the conversion affected individual drivers.

Brittany Barnes, identified in the presentation as an HR specialist, walked the committee through the rules the district uses to award experience credit from prior public-sector work: state/city/county jobs are counted year-for-year; federal full-time work gives one year of credit for every two years; and most other experience counts at one year of credit for every three years — all subject to verification from previous employers. The presentation repeatedly cited guidance from the State Board of Education and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI).

Ms. Barnes and a colleague (Miss Wallace) presented current pay figures for drivers and monitors. For the district’s drivers they listed a top pay rate of $23.82 per hour and a starting rate of $16.79 per hour; the reported average driver hourly rate was $18.09. For monitors they reported a highest pay of $17.00 and a starting pay of $15.63, with an average of $16.19 per hour. Transportation staff also said the district has paid $45,700 in attendance bonuses to drivers so far this school year.

Staff explained the conversion steps taken last summer to ensure no employee’s pay decreased during the change to the grade-and-range schedule and described how the 2024–25 state-approved percentage increases (including a 3% classified increase cited in the presentation) were applied to determine current rates. \"Our intent was to ensure no one's salary decreased,\" a presenter said while describing the conversion process.

The presentation covered benefit-eligibility thresholds and administrative enrollment. Staff said employees accrue sick and annual leave when they work at least 20 hours per week for a sustained period (three months), and that employees become eligible for health benefits and retirement after working 30 hours per week consistently for three months. Transportation staff explained that enrollment and benefit activation require personnel action from the transportation office and human resources; the district said it will monitor drivers’ hours every three months to ensure eligible employees are enrolled.

Training opportunities and makeup-pay options were described as ways to increase drivers’ paid hours. Presenters listed three courses available to make up time: a roughly 12-hour NHTSA online training, an eight-hour North Carolina de-escalation/intervention (NCDI) course, and a five-hour CPR/first-aid session. Completing those trainings can generate roughly 25 hours of paid time in total across the opportunities, presenters said.

Transportation staff described a persistent driver shortage and the operational impacts. Budget slides showed that salaries consumed roughly 73%–79% of the transportation budget in recent years; staff calculated that a hypothetical $3-per-hour across-the-board raise would increase salary costs to approximately 91% of the transportation budget and estimated a $3 increase would cost the department just over a half-million dollars. The presenters noted a $1-per-hour increase would cost roughly $200,000 and a $2-per-hour increase roughly $381,000 based on current-year estimates.

On staffing counts, transportation staff said a recent list showed 13 drivers and monitors currently receiving retirement benefits and about 40 drivers and monitors who work at least six hours per day but were not receiving retirement (staff said they are reviewing records to correct inconsistent enrollments). The district also said it is tracking CDLs and medical certifications more closely and that recruitment continues; staff reported adding one or two licensed drivers per month and holding bus classes to license new drivers.

The transportation presentation was informational; staff said they would hold additional driver-facing meetings to share individual grade-and-range assignments and to clear up misinformation. Board members asked questions about hours required for benefits, CDL tracking, and how route changes affect benefit eligibility; staff said they would continue quarterly reviews of driver hours and improve communications through district emails, Thrillshare notifications and direct phone contact to drivers.

No committee action or vote on salary increases occurred in this meeting; presenters asked only that the committee accept the informational update.","District HR and transportation staff presented a detailed explanation of the new state grade-and-range salary schedule for bus drivers and monitors, benefit-eligibility thresholds, training and makeup-pay opportunities, and the budgetary impact of proposed hourly increases.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_46":93,"_48":94,"_50":95,"_52":96,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":97,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":98,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":71,"_72":73,"_74":73},6619732,"Rocky Mount Police describe 29-year school resource officer partnership with Nash County Public Schools",937,133000,1070000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2828993-1dd87cf8bc0554128445f5a89b1d9b01&start=133&end=1070","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2828993-1dd87cf8bc0554128445f5a89b1d9b01/thumbnail_133000.jpg","/articles/6619732/North-Carolina/Rocky-Mount-Police-describe-29-year-school-resource-officer-partnership-with-Nash-County-Public-Schools","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6619732-26690b6fc1c4990141fdf7d93bc77002/orig.mp4?Expires=1771152674&Signature=aiVJ5d5Z7AL0OCcnhM5aqhj4KWg2zJuZor0GWW91Pl1j9uZTW6XVmoTF3vh7T8fMr15onqoqrMGtkziUUPJlobiWqX4n-~-uuMAsTriOYh9Gzuum8ADssZ9UtL8EwPxGnpWTTdtxlpplRifCudqeveUR08sWHjSbhYF5v06tb-uV-dNvaEOxNCgpYWZTliQBGA-Hyr4frQjcBrtsaupQutGkzK7~2XxgfYMBHMIHmfVjyjgXF4dwGOSxwU6ztZknOKs6XCqSnz2ETj91CV7YxF~TdXX4jK9VevEiSyxVmq6sZ-T1WXvHLyWnP6HXu6T0XxAByWvpQWSCf4k1bokwlA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Chief of the Rocky Mount Police Department gave the Nash County Public Schools Board of Education an update on the department’s School Resource Officer program, saying the city’s partnership with the school system has run nearly three decades and that officers now work full time in city elementary, middle and high schools.

The chief told the board the program includes eight dedicated SROs assigned permanently to schools, state certification for new SROs within three to six months, and a focus on mentorship, crisis intervention and bullying prevention. \"Our partnership has been going on with the Nash County Schools for nearly 3 decades, 29 years to be exact,\" the chief said.

The presentation emphasized consistency and relationship-building. The chief said officers are not routinely rotated and that permanent assignment helps students and administrators build trust: \"We don't rotate our SROs. Those SROs are assigned to those administrators in those schools, and they are permanently assigned to those locations.\" He added that those relationships make students more comfortable reporting bullying or suspicious activity to an officer assigned to the school.

The department described collaborative safety planning with administrators, access to school floor plans for responding officers, annual joint lockdown drills, and specialized training in youth mental-health, crisis intervention, fair/impartial policing and first aid. The chief said officers can provide a rapid unified response in emergencies and that the department can mobilize additional resources quickly if needed.

Speakers also highlighted outreach and preventive programs led or supported by officers, including DARE instruction, \"lunch with a cop\" events, reading programs and an annual \"Packer Patrol\" supply drive that raises roughly $10,000 each year to buy backpacks and school supplies for students and teachers.

The chief closed by stressing the department’s commitment to continue the partnership: \"We welcome that continued partnership, and I hope to see that for decades to come.\" The board took the presentation for information; there were no committee actions tied to the SRO update.

The presentation included introductions of Captain Ron Hepler, Lieutenant Meadows and Sergeant Summerlin as staff who work directly with the Nash County Schools in Rocky Mount.","Rocky Mount Police Department presented an update to the Nash County Public Schools board describing a nearly three-decade School Resource Officer (SRO) partnership, eight permanent SRO assignments in city schools, state certification and training, collaborative safety planning, and student outreach programs.","actionData","errors"]

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Board committee advances auditor contract, Link renewal and $6,000 pilot funding for girls’ flag football; facilities and RFQ updates provided

Nash County Schools transportation staff outline pay scale conversion, benefits thresholds and staffing challenges

Rocky Mount Police describe 29-year school resource officer partnership with Nash County Public Schools