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Board approves calendars, learning plan and transportation purchases; several items tabled
Summary
At its April meeting the Pender County Board of Education approved the Penderlea 2026–27 calendar, a revised 2024–25 summer learning plan, purchase of an activity bus and bus radio equipment, and several personnel and administrative motions; the new K-8 naming and the three-tier bell schedule were tabled.
The Pender County Board of Education took a series of routine and operational votes at its meeting.
The board approved the consent agenda and then voted to approve the Penderlea Elementary proposed 2026–27 calendar as recommended by the school improvement team and staff. The board also approved a revised summer learning plan for 2024–25 that adjusts re-administration and remediation windows to May 12–22 for elementary and middle grades and maintains high-school remediation after the summer start.
On transportation, the board approved purchase of one new activity bus to expand the district’s fleet and reduce use of aging vehicles. Staff described the district’s goal of buying roughly one activity bus per year for the next five years to keep pace with enrollment and the new K-8 opening. The board also authorized…
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