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Votes at a glance — Suffolk City School Board, March 13, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal motions and recorded votes taken by the Suffolk City School Board on March 13, 2025, including ordinances, a budget transfer, a resolution supporting the U.S. Department of Education, personnel/payroll approvals and a disciplinary action.
Below are the formal actions recorded during the March 13, 2025 meeting of the Suffolk City School Board. Counts and motions are drawn from the meeting record. Where the transcript recorded roll‑call tallies, those are shown.
1) Motion to go into closed session (initial) — purpose: to discuss a disciplinary matter regarding a board member under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, Va. Code § 2.2‑3711(a)(1). Motion made by Vice Chair McGee; seconded by Board Member Jenkins. Recorded vote: all participating members voted yes (motion passed to move into closed session).
2) Certification of closed meeting — motion to certify the closed session pursuant to Va. Code § 2.2‑3712. Motion moved and seconded; roll call certified (motion passed).
3) Motion alleging violation of school board norm 2‑2.6 (first charge) — motion moved by Vice Chair McGee (seconded by Board Member Slingluff); vote tied (no action). Transcript shows Board members Fields, Jenkins, Riddick voted yes; Slinglove, McGee, Howell voted no; motion tied.
4) Motion alleging violation of school board norm 2‑2.6 (second charge: interfering with day‑to‑day operations) — motion moved by Vice Chair McGee and seconded by Board Member Slingluff; vote recorded as tied (multiple abstentions recorded for some members). Outcome: motion tied.
5) Motion alleging violation of protocol 2‑2.6(1)(b)(5) (communicating with subordinate administrators without superintendent) — motion moved by Vice Chair McGee, seconded by Board Member Fields. Vote: passed (recorded yes votes included Fields, Jenkins, Howell; Riddick abstained; Slinglove and McGee voted no). Outcome: motion passed.
6) Ordinance amending Rules of Order (Ordinance 2024/25‑85) — moved by Board Member Riddick, seconded by Board Member Jenkins; vote passed (majority recorded; Vice Chair McGee voted no). Outcome: ordinance adopted on first reading.
7) Approval of budget transfer #1‑2024/25 (Innovation Center renovation funding) — motion moved by Vice Chair McGee and seconded by Board Member Jenkins. Vote: passed (recorded yes votes: Fields, Jenkins, Riddick, Slinglove, McGee, Howell; Brittingham voted no). Outcome: approved; funds to come from salary/benefit savings lines as described by CFO.
8) Resolution 24/25‑22 expressing support for the U.S. Department of Education — motion moved by Board Member Riddick, seconded by Vice Chair McGee; vote passed (yes: Fields, Jenkins, Riddick, Brittingham, Howell; no: Slinglove, McGee). Outcome: approved; district to send copies to Senators Kaine and Warner and Congresswoman Kiggans.
9) Ordinance amendments to board norms and committee appointment rules (Ordinances 24/25‑83 and 24/25‑84) — motions to approve both ordinances passed after motions and seconding; both recorded as approved by the board.
10) Payment of bills and payroll (02/28/2025) — motion to approve moved by Board Member Jenkins and seconded by Board Member Fields; recorded vote passed (yes votes included Fields, Jenkins, Riddick, Howell; Slinglove and McGee recorded no). Outcome: approved.
11) Bus driver VDSS acknowledgment form (applicants) — board discussion led to a motion to table action until March 27, 2025 to allow additional review. Motion to table passed by recorded vote.
12) Scheduling: joint meeting with City Council on April 9, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. — motion to approve date passed (majority yes votes; Riddick recorded no). Outcome: date approved.
13) Cancellation of November 27, 2025 board meeting — motion passed (unanimous recorded vote among members present). Outcome: meeting cancelled; call meeting option retained if necessary.
14) Second closed session and certification — board entered a second closed session and later certified it; the record shows the board issued an oral reprimand (verbal warning) in the closed meeting as the action taken. Motion to certify the session passed on roll call; the chair announced the outcome. Action recorded in open session: a verbal warning was issued to the board member as described.
Notes: This roundup does not attempt to paraphrase every question asked during discussion; it lists formal motions, movers/seconders (when recorded), voting results as provided in the meeting transcript and the resulting outcomes. For detailed quotes, agenda language and the full roll‑call transcript, see the meeting minutes and posted agenda attachments.
Provenance: each action above appears in the meeting transcript; specific discussion and vote moments are recorded in the meeting audio/transcript and are cited to the March 13, 2025 meeting record.
