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The board presented a rookie all‑star award to the Whirly Bots, a districtwide high‑school robotics team that includes students from multiple campuses. The award — given by judges at the Wake County competition — singled out the team for teamwork, innovation and sportsmanship. The board encouraged other students to join and said information about joining the Whirly Bots would be on the district website and social channels.

The board announced Shannon Campbell, a history teacher at Wilson Early College Academy, as the 2025–26 Wilson County Teacher of the Year. The board noted Campbell has been a district teacher since 2011, began at Wilson Early College Academy in 2016 and is entering her 15th year of teaching; board remarks credited her with a 100 percent AP pass rate in two years of AP history instruction. \"Miss Campbell, you are truly deserving this honor and you will represent us well,\" the announcer said.

The district named Annette Faison, principal of Vick Elementary, as 2025–26 Principal of the Year. The board said Faison has more than 20 years in education, 11 years as an administrator and is beginning her fifth year as Vick principal; the presentation credited a 22‑point increase in the school’s academic achievement rating over two years.

Tiffany Ellis, foods and nutrition teacher at Frank High, was named the district’s 2025–26 Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year. The board noted Ellis was selected through a competitive process of middle‑ and high‑school CTE teachers with at least five years’ experience, and described her as a product of Wilson County Schools who pursued culinary arts after a high‑school CTE guest presentation.

Board members and attendees applauded the students and staff; the recognitions were presented before the committee reports and business portion of the meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Copy of Wilson County Schools BOE Meeting - August 18, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The board honored the rookie Whirly Bots robotics team, named the district’s teacher and principal of the year and recognized the career‑technical education teacher of the year.","taxTitle","Wilson County, School Districts, Tennessee","taxId",13503,"location","Tennessee","headline","","shortSummary",{"_32":76,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":77,"_40":78,"_42":79,"_44":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},6483699,"Wilson County Board approves playground mulch contract, mental‑health plan and nominations; enters closed session",1152,1729000,2881000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5600464-5865d059c50aa0a9e6d815805575f6ca&start=1729&end=2881","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5600464-5865d059c50aa0a9e6d815805575f6ca/thumbnail_1729000.jpg","/articles/6483699/Tennessee/Wilson-County-Board-approves-playground-mulch-contract-mentalhealth-plan-and-nominations-enters-closed-session","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6483699-46ecb21f9e906357a8bf4ee264362b37/orig.mp4?Expires=1769966154&Signature=RLcu5IM8XIx5FDxN5-AlcF~gcRGjHonK3xmUz-6TUOs1A6zI2f8fNNMYMbzq9PprUDjsGNoLMVhEdtyUkZeviVH7ulLNhJNhTC8mN6RbVuAG5cyQTaMOW61y~w-8QWTQR3wre0-Y3WvO~5pqvt1fHWxXMZmcorFVti5i5JGdITvQGzoUHPXhEtS1lwudmu5uFNMafgLE8PssOxprxaEWLzn53GVa-YAypUHBSqYX~uwktMKy74PZCy~cQO4bWKNR1eW~8KI-IUE8gHpk1Ioz6Anemn2U9gkI6ZktbZOwV7JfviNCzWOcMxGkd3UycOD3X9WBdJ-3TBqypWXpqDaC8Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At its Aug. 18 meeting, the Wilson County Board of Education took several unanimous procedural and administrative votes, including approving a contract to supply playground mulch, adopting a district school mental‑health plan covering 2025–2030, and forwarding nominations to the North Carolina School Boards Association. The board then approved a motion to go into closed session citing North Carolina statutes and federal student‑privacy law.

On a motion made and seconded in committee, the board approved a contract with Moy Fence Company to supply playground mulch for all district playgrounds in the amount of $130,774. The administrative-services committee presented the contract for approval; the motion was described on the record as recommended by administration. The motion was moved by Mister Breen and seconded by Dr. Fitch and Mister Batts; the board recorded the motion as carrying unanimously.

The Instructional Services Committee presented a five‑year school mental‑health plan covering 2025 through 2030. Miss Baggett presented the plan’s data, strengths and needs to the committee; on a motion by Board Member Beverly Boyette, seconded by Deborah Powell, the board adopted the school mental‑health plan by a recorded voice vote described as unanimous.

The board also approved nominations to the North Carolina School Boards Association awards. Board members nominated Beverly Boyette for the Raleigh Dingman award and Deborah Powell for the Champion of Education award; members also voted to nominate the district’s Racing to Success summer program for the Innovation and Excellence in Public Education award. The nominations were moved and seconded and recorded as approved unanimously.

Before adjourning the open portion of the meeting, the board voted to enter closed session “to consider confidential personnel matters, to consider confidential student matters and to consult with the board attorney to preserve attorney‑client privilege,” citing North Carolina General Statute 143‑318.11 (closed‑session statute), provisions cited in the meeting that address personnel and student‑privacy exceptions, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g). The motion to move into closed session was made by Deborah Powell and seconded by Beverly Boyette and carried unanimously.

Several other contracts were reported for information only, including a $37,500 contract with Wheeler Electric Company for winterizing outdoor restrooms and a $34,330.80 contract with Smith and Company for rental bleachers; these were presented as committee notifications and not acted on by the full board at the meeting.

The transcript recorded the motions and that each carried unanimously; the meeting record did not include a roll‑call count of yes/no votes in each instance.","The Wilson County Board of Education unanimously approved several administrative motions including a $130,774 playground mulch contract, a district school mental‑health plan for 2025–2030, and nominations to the N.C. School Boards Association; the board then voted to enter closed session.",{"_32":88,"_34":35,"_36":37,"_38":89,"_40":90,"_42":91,"_44":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},6483703,"Wilson County credits summer programs with test gains, warns cuts could end services",481,1901000,2382000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5600464-5865d059c50aa0a9e6d815805575f6ca&start=1901&end=2382","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5600464-5865d059c50aa0a9e6d815805575f6ca/thumbnail_1901000.jpg","/articles/6483703/Tennessee/Wilson-County-credits-summer-programs-with-test-gains-warns-cuts-could-end-services","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6483703-f41db70f6d3626245604b8a07c6a2ea5/orig.mp4?Expires=1769966154&Signature=ggamiVlGtik0jzQiUSwxojpATRSys5FeNM1z7OOfPMY87Ig2di6Flt0OFSsQfj1UhH9CQry2H7ejvbchRQ9q-t87Ey7rlmZhxlOn5ta3LUlc3GunNkzI57njgNnJrcjZsVhf9JfD8ZsRrm6FTsbNgcf9oN9KqykuChLSK1lzTvYenHTRk8o~qYkZTuh-YG~f5Q3lqFFygDG8r6l3EzPvPZpdx5SFFwqCOa4-qosluSvRBtqlCleVnOPRMo1ffbiYu17PfzuQVWWFQ4jY6ryXw2lL7y7gzQtLTRIAoYtz-uYslcBuuBmICBoSBeTw6QYg~FLxu2iKrO~P~LlHPUCV-Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At its Aug. 18 meeting, the Wilson County Board of Education heard results showing that this year’s summer programs produced measurable test-score gains and helped hundreds of students recover credits — and district leaders warned cuts to federal funds could threaten those programs.

District staff reported that summer retesting produced 699 new proficient scores — students who passed after attending summer sessions and would not have passed otherwise. “699 students passed that would not have passed without summer school,” said Miss May, a district staff member, during the Instructional Services Committee presentation. The district also reported a combined EOG and EOC gain of 6.3 percentage points from summer interventions.

The district provided a breakdown of summer work across grade bands. Kindergarten through third-grade reading instruction, delivered over three weeks, produced gains for most participants: kindergarten showed a 68.75 percent increase in the assessed group’s performance; first grade showed a 65 percent increase; second grade had an average gain of 29.3 Lexile points and 16 students moved to reading proficiency; and third grade had 42 students reach reading proficiency for the state Read to Achieve requirement. Middle-school math gains ranged from about 12 to 25 percentage points on the district pre/post assessments. High-school summer school enrolled about 140 students who recovered 113 course credits; district staff said summer programming added 21 graduates to the class of 2025.

District officials also highlighted career and college outcomes tied to summer and year‑round programming: the district reported 909 college credits earned under the College and Career Promise program this year, and staff said graduates received roughly $18,000,000 in scholarship offers with $6,000,000 accepted; staff noted that students at W.A. Fike (referred to in the presentation as “Waco”) received about $10,000,000 in scholarship offers.

The board heard examples of hands-on summer programming, including partnerships with Johnson & Johnson and the Smithsonian that let middle-school students perform biotechnology activities. Staff described summer CTE offerings in health science, drones, computer science, agriculture, carpentry and culinary and said industry partners participated in several programs.

While staff emphasized the programs’ academic impact, members raised financial concerns. “All of this shows what you can do when you have money that you can use to keep these programs going,” said Board Member Beverly Boyette. She and others said that many summer initiatives this year relied on one-time federal funds (ESSER), Title I carryover and other temporary dollars. The board was told those federal funds are being reduced for the coming year, and district leaders expressed concern the district will not be able to sustain the breadth of summer offerings without new or continuing funding.

Board members asked staff to highlight which parts of the program are state‑funded and therefore likely to continue (for example, some second- and third-grade summer courses tied to state funding), and which rely on federal carryover. The presentation did not include a complete itemized budget for all summer programming; staff said funding sources and sustainability were topics for further planning.

The summer results presentation included praise from board members and the administration and was offered as evidence that targeted summer instruction and community partnerships can produce measurable gains. District staff recommended continued pursuit of partnerships and external funding to preserve programs as budget planning continues this fall.","Wilson County Schools officials told the school board that summer classes and retesting produced measurable academic gains for hundreds of students but said federal funding cuts could force the district to reduce or end many summer offerings.","actionData","errors"]

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