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Board approves consent items, calendar addition and two new high‑school courses
Summary
The Radford City School Board approved consent items, added a teacher workday on April 1 for safety/reunification training, and approved two new high-school courses — Chemistry 2 and a dual-enrollment Sports Medicine/Athletic Training course. The board also convened and certified a closed session addressing personnel and student matters.
The Radford City School Board approved several administrative items during the meeting’s action session: routine consent items, a calendar change adding a teacher workday on April 1 for safety and reunification training, and two new high-school course offerings: Chemistry 2 and a dual-enrolled Sports Medicine and Athletic Training course.
Consent items: The board voted verbally to approve consent items that included field-trip requests; the board chair called for a motion and members voted aye. The meeting record does not contain a roll-call tally for the consent vote.
Calendar addition: The board added April 1 as a teacher workday to allow full-day safety/reunification training with partners including the university and the police department. The motion to add April 1 as a teacher workday passed on a verbal aye vote.
Course approvals: The board approved two course additions for the high school — Chemistry 2 (to expand science offerings) and a dual-enrollment Sports Medicine/Athletic Training course (which would include certification in first aid, CPR and AED and hands-on skills instruction). The dual-enrollment course description included course topics (anatomy and physiology, injuries and illnesses, nutrition, medical terminology) and competencies (emergency care, taping/wrapping). Board members moved the courses from information to action and approved them. No roll-call tallies were recorded in the meeting record.
Closed session and certification: The board convened into closed session under Virginia statute to discuss appointment, resignation, retirement of school employees and student admission/disciplinary matters. After closed session, the board reconvened and voted to accept matters discussed in closed session; the record indicates the motion carried on a verbal aye vote.
Nut graf: Each of these approvals was recorded as a verbal motion with aye/oppose prompts rather than a roll-call vote; the meeting minutes reflect approval but do not list individual vote tallies. The board did not adopt any new district-wide policy in these votes; the calendar and course approvals change operational schedules and course offerings for the district.
Ending: Board members moved on to schedule the next regular meeting for March 4 and noted the district will track banked instructional hours and snow days in finalizing the school calendar.
