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Votes at a glance: board approves personnel report, exchange students, designees and MOUs
Summary
The Isle of Wight County School Board approved multiple motions on Aug. 7, 2025, including a personnel report from closed session, exchange-student enrollments, superintendent designees, the Western Tidewater MOU and the SRO MOU.
The Isle of Wight County School Board recorded several formal actions and roll-call votes during its Aug. 7, 2025 meeting at Westside Elementary School. The board approved the items below; roll-call votes for recorded items show Mr. Kollek, Mr. Cunningham and Mr. Marsh voting "Yes" on each listed item unless otherwise noted.
Personnel report and addendum (closed session) - Motion: "I motion to approve the personnel report and addendum as presented, a copy of which can be obtained from the School Board Clerk." (mover not specified in transcript) - Vote: Mr. Kollek — Yes; Mr. Cunningham — Yes; Mr. Marsh — Yes. - Outcome: Approved. Notes: Routine personnel matters were acted on in closed session; clerk retains the personnel report and addendum for public records access.
Exchange-student enrollments - Motion: Approve enrollment of two exchange students for the 2025–26 school year. - Vote: Mr. Kollek — Yes; Mr. Cunningham — Yes; Mr. Marsh — Yes. - Outcome: Approved.
Student-matter recommendations (multiple) - Motion: Approve superintendent recommendations for student matters EA-25265, EA-25266, EA-25267, EA-2526-08 and EA-2526-09. - Vote: Mr. Kollek — Yes; Mr. Cunningham — Yes; Mr. Marsh — Yes. - Outcome: Approved. Notes: These were consolidated by the board into a single motion on matters discussed in closed session.
Superintendent’s designees (action item 13.1) - Motion: Approve Christopher Coleman, Deputy Superintendent for Operations, and Susan Getz, Deputy Superintendent for Instruction, as the superintendent’s designees through 09/01/2026. - Motion moved and seconded in open session; roll-call: Kollek — Yes; Cunningham — Yes; Marsh — Yes. - Outcome: Approved.
Memorandum of Understanding with Western Tidewater Community Services Board (13.2) - Motion: Approve memorandum of understanding with Western Tidewater Community Services Board to provide behavioral health staff in alternative-education settings (parent permission required for student participation). - Vote: Kollek — Yes; Cunningham — Yes; Marsh — Yes. - Outcome: Approved. Notes: Staff said parental consent is required for students to receive therapeutic counseling services under this agreement.
SRO MOU renewal (13.3) - Motion: Approve the SRO MOU for 2025–26 as presented. - Vote: Kollek — Yes; Cunningham — Yes; Marsh — Yes. - Outcome: Approved. Notes: Board discussion requested clearer reporting language and parental-notification language; staff will return with clarifications.
Consent agenda and policy actions - Motion: Approve consent agenda (donations, routine items) — Passed by roll call (Kollek, Cunningham, Marsh — Yes). - Motion: Approve policy JEC (second read) — Passed by roll call (Kollek, Cunningham, Marsh — Yes).
Why it matters: The votes conclude personnel actions agreed in closed session, place staffing and designee decisions on record for the coming school year, and implement partnerships and safety protocols. Board members asked staff to follow up on clarifying language for some adopted agreements and to provide documentation for closed-session items that are publicly accessible as allowed by law.
