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Board approves personnel moves, contracts and several procurement items; votes at a glance
Summary
The Pittsylvania County School Board approved a series of personnel actions, contracts and procurement items by roll call, including a retirement waiver, personnel appointments, athletic training services contract, a bus lease and a sanitary sewer extension for Chatham Elementary.
The Pittsylvania County School Board approved a package of personnel changes, contracts and procurement items during its April 8, 2025 meeting. The actions passed by roll call included a retirement waiver, personnel appointments, athletics-related items and several procurement actions.
Among the motions the board approved: a one-student release from compulsory attendance; a waiver under board policy GBA-PC allowing Mary East to take an early retirement incentive effective June 30, 2025; personnel changes dated April 8, 2025, and 2025-26 appointments for classified and certified staff subject to Virginia licensure by June 30, 2025; the appointment of Tara Taylor as assistant principal at Gretna Elementary School; and the appointment of Dr. Eric Moon as assistant superintendent for operations for Pittsylvania County Public Schools.
The board also approved an athletic training services contract, an assistant coaching supplement request for boys and girls soccer for the 2025-26 school year, a request to submit three VSBA legislative proposals (to be finalized at the May meeting), revisions to school board policies for first reading, an application for literacy loans for construction, a procurement bid to renew a bus lease (11 buses), and a procurement award for a sanitary sewer extension at Chatham Elementary School. Each motion was approved by roll call; board members present recorded “yes” on each item.
Key personnel and personnel-related items cited in discussion included: - Mary East — waiver to retire under the district’s early retirement incentive, effective 06/30/2025. - Tara Taylor — recommended for assistant principal at Gretna Elementary School; the board approved the appointment. - Dr. Eric Moon — recommended and approved as assistant superintendent for operations.
The board completed the consent agenda and concluded the meeting with a motion to adjourn, approved by roll call.
The motions and roll-call approvals are recorded in the meeting minutes and the public packet.
