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Votes at a glance: Davidson County Schools Board actions, Feb. 3, 2025
Summary
The Board passed a set of routine and substantive items Feb. 3, including personnel appointments, contracts for international teachers and nutrition software, a policy rollback of Title IX regs, purchases for athletics and a change order for a welding shop. The AI pilot with Evident was approved conditionally (third‑party risk assessment).
Summary of formal actions taken by the Davidson County Schools Board of Education at its Feb. 3, 2025 meeting. Items are listed as recorded on the meeting transcript and board packet; motions and seconds were often made orally without a roll‑call vote recorded in the transcript. When the transcript did not name a mover or seconder, the fields are marked “not specified.”
Votes at a glance - Consent agenda: Approved (motion and second on record; no roll‑call tally specified in transcript).
- Appointment: Approval to name Natasha Bumgarner as assistant principal at Ledford High School on a two‑year contract beginning Feb. 17, 2025. Motion and second recorded; outcome approved.
- Calendar revisions for 2024–25 (traditional schools): Board approved emergency/inclement‑weather revisions presented by Dr. Williams (moving an annual leave day and optional teacher workdays); motion and second recorded, outcome approved.
- Calendar revisions for 2024–25 (Davidson Early College / Yadkin Valley Regional Career Academy): Approved; motion, second and vote recorded as “all in favor.”
- 2025–26 Calendar B (early start): Board approved Calendar B for 2025–26 after debate. The board directed cabinet to draft policy changes to address payroll timing, attendance/credit rules, substitute staffing, and Infinite Campus implementation (details to return to the board). Motion and second recorded; outcome: approved.
- Contract approval: Global Teaching Partners (international teacher placement, J‑1 exchange) for 2025–26 — approved. Motion and second recorded; outcome approved.
- Policy rollback (Title IX): Board voted to roll back Title IX policy language to pre‑2024 regulations (effectively reverting to 2020 language) and waived the usual 25‑day waiting period for adoption. Motion and second recorded; outcome approved.
- Audit presentation: The board received the 2023–24 audited financial statements from Anderson, Smith & Wike; auditor reported an unmodified (clean) financial audit opinion and summarized fund balances and risks. (Presentation accepted; not a voteable contract in this item.)
- Safety/AI pilot with Evident: Board approved the Evident pilot (cost as presented: $1,969,323.40) contingent on completion and review of an independent third‑party cybersecurity/risk assessment; the motion passed after a second.
- School Nutrition software: Board approved purchase of Link software for school nutrition (multiple modules) at a cost of $164,529.67 to be paid from School Nutrition funds; motion and second recorded; outcome approved.
- Central Davidson High School lockers: Board approved purchase of 70 lockers (JC Sports LLC) at $48,150, to be paid by the Central Davidson High athletic booster club; motion and second recorded; outcome approved.
- South Davidson welding shop change order: Board approved a change order related to increased electrical service demands for the South Davidson welding program; the transcript lists the change order figure in the packet (number recited in meeting text). Motion and second recorded; outcome approved.
- Executive session: The board moved into closed session under North Carolina General Statute 143‑318.11 (listed subsections) for attorney‑client privilege, personnel and litigation matters; motion and second recorded.
Notes about the record: The transcript does not contain roll‑call tallies with individual yes/no/abstain votes for most actions; the minutes show motions, seconds and unanimous or no‑opposition language for several items. Where dollar amounts were read aloud, those appear above. If fuller vote records or motion authorship are required for legal or audit purposes, the board clerk's official minutes should be consulted.
