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Board approves superintendent contract and routine personnel, policy and organizational changes
Summary
At its April 14 meeting Dorchester County School District 2board approved a three-year employment contract for Charles David Daugherty and voted to accept several personnel, policy and organizational recommendations. The board recorded multiple unanimous votes and one adjournment vote with one dissent.
The Dorchester County School District 2 board approved a three-year contract for interim superintendent Charles David Daugherty and carried votes on personnel, policy readings and an organizational chart change during its April 14 meeting.
The board voted 7-0 to authorize the chair to execute an employment contract with Charles David Daugherty as superintendent effective April 14, 2025, for a three-year term through June 30, 2028, at an annual salary of $210,000. The motion was presented in open session following an executive session and carried unanimously. The board also approved the consent agenda and several policy readings earlier in the meeting by recorded 7-0 votes.
In other formal actions, the board voted 7-0 to remove the chief of military community relations position from the district organizational chart for the 2025-26 school year; those responsibilities will move to the public information office. The personnel recommendations listed in the board packet were approved 7-0 as presented. At the meeting end the motion to adjourn carried 6 in favor with 1 opposed.
The board recorded standard motions and seconders on the floor for each action and identified the movers and seconders for several motions. The superintendent contract motion included language prepared by the district's attorneys and was explicitly read into the record before the vote.
Votes at a glance - Approve consent agenda: motion by Mr. Guthrie, second by Ms. Bates; outcome: approved, 7-0. - Approve policy readings (EA, EC, ECB, EDE, ARJRA, GBAA, JIAA E1, IKE): mover and second recorded; outcome: approved, 7-0. - Remove chief of military community relations from org chart: motion by Mr. Lee, second by Ms. Bates; outcome: approved, 7-0. - Approve superintendent employment contract for Charles David Daugherty (effective 04/14/2025, through 06/30/2028, salary $210,000): mover recorded in open session; outcome: approved, 7-0. - Approve personnel recommendations as presented in board packet: motion by Mr. Guthrie, second by Mr. Farnsworth; outcome: approved, 7-0. - Motion to adjourn: outcome approved, 6-1.
The meeting included a period of executive session before the superintendent contract motion. Board members offered short remarks about the incoming superintendent's leadership and relationships during the discussion that followed the motion. No litigation or legal rulings were announced in open session.
