Board approves shortened school week for a student

The Pendleton County Board of Education voted Aug. 18 to approve Superintendent Buerkley's recommendation to allow a shortened school week for a student. The motion to approve was made by Mr. Derek Brown and seconded by Mrs. Laura Schack. The board voted unanimously (Griffin-Yes; Schack-Yes; Barnard-Yes; Beebe-Yes; Brown-Yes). The minutes record the action as approval of a shortened school week "for this student at this time." The district's minutes do not specify the student's name, grade, duration of the shortened week or the educational accommodations associated with the change. This item was a formal personnel/education accommodation action; no further details or discussion were recorded in the meeting minutes.