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Votes at a glance: Dinwiddie County School Board actions, Jan. 14, 2025
Summary
A consolidated list of motions and outcomes recorded at the Dinwiddie County School Board meeting, including organizational appointments, approvals of personnel and expenditures, field trip permission, security projects, policy adoptions and course catalog changes.
The Dinwiddie County School Board took the following formal actions during its Jan. 14, 2025 meeting (motions carried unless otherwise noted):
- Reorganization and appointments: Elected Mary Benjamin as chair for 2025; elected Dwayne Walker as vice chair; reappointed Bonnie Golsan as board clerk and Hannah Burnett as deputy clerk (with a $1,200 annual supplement to be set at contract renewal); named Amanda Clay designee to attend meetings in the superintendent's absence and named Amanda Clay and Bonnie Golsan designees to sign documents in the superintendent's absence.
- Meeting calendar and advisory boards: Adopted the 2025 regular meeting dates/times and approved advisory board appointments as presented (voice votes).
- Personnel and consent items: Approved the personnel list and accepted expenditure reports (consent agenda), and approved minutes of Dec. 10, 2024.
- DECA trip: Approved a trip for 12 DECA club members to the State Leadership Conference in Virginia Beach (late February), with travel by activity bus and county car; students funded costs through fundraising per presenter.
- Security projects: Approved Sunnyside Elementary vestibule and access-control project ($263,555 total; funded by $171,046 recurring state security grant, ~25% local match and CIP to cover a $48,000 overage) and approved Southside Elementary security vestibule/structural project ($340,838 total; funded by $143,754 one‑time state/federal grant, county CIP $189,000 and local CIP ~$8,084).
- Internet safety policy: Adopted the district Internet safety policy aligning district practice with Virginia Department of Education guidance and federal requirements (CIPA); policy includes filtered access, network monitoring and a K–12 instructional plan.
- Course catalog: Approved secondary course updates and additions (data science, video production, sports medicine/athletic trainer, agricultural fabrication and other revisions) for inclusion in the course catalog for the coming year.
Votes were taken by voice unless otherwise noted in the transcript. Specific roll‑call tallies were not provided in the audio transcript for most motions.
