The Randolph County Board of Education approved its agenda, accepted the minutes of its March 27 meeting and accepted financial reports during its regular meeting on April 17, 2025. During the superintendent’s report, the superintendent said architects are working on plans for a new central-office storage building to hold textbooks and other materials, and said the county career center project is “winding up.”

The board’s presiding officer asked for motions at the start of the business portion of the meeting. A motion to approve the agenda was moved and seconded and was approved by voice vote. A subsequent motion to approve the minutes of the March 27, 2025 meeting was also moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. Financial reports presented to the board were accepted without further discussion; board members were told to contact “Miss Bethany” with questions about the reports.

On operations, the superintendent said the central office needs storage space for incoming books and other materials. “They send them they may send next year's books next month or they may come tomorrow. So we need a storage area for that,” the superintendent said. The superintendent described the proposed building as “about the size of this right here,” adding that staff at the career center already have a building that is “pretty much filled up with his stuff.”

Regarding the Randolph County Career Center, the superintendent said the initial phase of the project is complete but that follow-up work remains. “That project is winding up. The initial project is through, but we're looking at why they're there to go ahead and and work,” the superintendent said. The superintendent said architects will produce drawings for the proposed central-office storage building and that the board will receive further details when they are available.

Board members did not record roll-call vote tallies by name during the motions; the presiding officer announced the motions carried by voice vote. No funding amounts, timeline for construction or additional firm names were provided at the meeting.

The board did not take additional formal action on the storage building or on specific construction contracts during the April 17 meeting. Staff were instructed to continue work with architects and to provide drawings and updates to the board.