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Superintendent says Clinton schools and Sampson County signed five‑year funding formula; board invited to June 13 county budget workshop
Summary
Superintendent Wesley Johnson told the board that a five‑year funding formula was signed and that Clinton City Schools and Sampson County will receive 25% of county revenues, and he asked for volunteers to attend a June 13 budget workshop with county commissioners.
Superintendent Wesley Johnson told the Clinton City Schools Board of Education on June 3 that Sampson County government and the district had signed a five‑year funding formula and that, as described in his remarks, “Sampson County, and Sampson County Schools in Clinton City will be receiving 25% of the revenues of our county.”
Johnson said the agreement was reached at a recent unified event between the county and the schools and that the district appreciated the work of county officials. He also said the board was invited to a county budget workshop and continuing discussions between Clinton City Schools, Sampson County government and the Sampson County Board of Commissioners on Friday, June 13 at 2:00 p.m. at the Sampson County government complex. Johnson asked that fewer than a quorum of board members attend that meeting to comply with open‑meetings guidance.
Why it matters: Johnson framed the agreement as a multi‑year funding arrangement; the board was asked to send two or three members and staff representatives (Johnson, John Lowe and Nicole Hayes were named) to a June 13 meeting to continue budget conversations. The district’s enrollment figures, presented elsewhere in the meeting, closed the school year at 3,018 students — a number the superintendent said the district worked to hold steady while budget talks continue.
Discussion and next steps: Johnson said the June 13 session was intended as an informative conversation and that the county had not asked the district to present materials. He asked board members to let him know if they could attend, and he suggested a small delegation from the district cabinet join the meeting. The district’s next regular board meeting is scheduled for June 24 at 5:30 p.m., and the superintendent noted a county budget timeline could affect district planning ahead of school‑year budget deadlines.
Transcript context and legal procedures: Later in the meeting the chair asked for a closed session under North Carolina statutes GS 143‑318.11(a)(3) and (a)(6); the transcript records a motion made by Board attorney Jeremy Edgerton and seconded by Dr. Oscar Rodriguez to enter the closed session. The transcript does not record details of the closed session’s contents.
