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Board adopts strategic plan, several policy updates and a $600,000 fund-balance request; tables public-participation language
Summary
The Newberry County Board of Trustees on April 28 adopted the district’s updated strategic plan, approved multiple policy changes, authorized a $600,000 fund-balance request for school repairs and safety equipment, and accepted personnel actions from executive session.
The Newberry County Board of Trustees on April 28 approved the district’s annual strategic-plan update, adopted multiple policy changes, approved a $600,000 appropriation from the fund balance for repairs and safety equipment, and accepted personnel actions recommended in executive session.
Key votes at the meeting included approval of Policy KA (School-Parent-Community Relations) and the second reading of Policy AC (Nondiscrimination, updated contact emails). The board approved Policy DIEA (anti-fraud) on second reading after a board member requested insertion of the term “whistleblower” in parenthesis after language protecting persons who report wrongdoing. The board tabled Policy BEDH (public participation at meetings) for further wording clarification of a final paragraph that board members said could be misinterpreted.
The board approved the…
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