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Votes at a glance: Caldwell County Board approves personnel items, transfers, EPP creation, policy and mental-health contract
Summary
The board approved routine personnel and finance items, authorized creation of an educator preparation program, adopted revisions to Policy 5010, and approved an Empower You mental-health agreement. All motions recorded as passing during the Feb. 10 meeting.
At its Feb. 10 meeting the Caldwell County Board of Education approved a series of routine and substantive motions. Below are the motions, movers/seconds where the transcript records them, and outcomes as stated at the meeting.
- Approve agenda as presented. Motion: approve agenda. Outcome: approved (voice vote: aye; no opposition recorded). Mover/Second: motion made and seconded during roll call; transcript does not specify names.
- Approve minutes from Jan. 7 work session and Jan. 14 regular session (items 3b and 3c). Motion: approve minutes as presented. Outcome: approved (voice vote). Mover: board member (name not specified). Second: board member (name not specified).
- Approve Human Resources "usual and customary" action items related to contracts (item 6a). Motion: approve HR contracts. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Approve Human Resources substitute personnel list (item 6c). Motion: approve substitute list. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Approve February board transfers for 2024'025 (item 6d). Motion: approve transfers. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Approve creation of an Educational Preparation Program (item 6e). Motion: authorize staff to design and pursue creation of an EPP and seek required state board approvals. Outcome: approved (voice vote). Mover/Second: motion made by a board member and seconded; specific names not recorded in the transcript excerpt.
- Approve revisions to Policy 5010 (parent organizations) (item 6f). Motion: adopt revisions including faculty sponsor requirement, prohibition on leave-earning employees serving as officers, and mandatory background/sex-offender checks for officers. Outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Approve agreement with Empower You to provide mental-health services at targeted schools (item 7a). Motion: approve agreement with Empower You. Outcome: approved (voice vote). The superintendent said state funds tied to Hurricane Helene would cover the current cost; the board approved for the remainder of the school year.
All actions listed above were recorded in the meeting as passing by voice vote; the transcript does not provide a roll-call tally for each individual member beyond unanimous "aye" votes announced during the session.
