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Hoke County Board approves consent agenda, calendar, budget amendment, mascot and summer plan
Summary
The Hoke County Board of Education approved multiple routine items — including the consent agenda, a school calendar, a state budget amendment, the high school mascot and the summer program plan — and voted to enter closed session at its March 11 meeting.
The Hoke County Board of Education on March 11, 2025, approved a series of routine items by voice vote and moved into a closed session for personnel and attorney-client consultation.
Actions recorded in the meeting transcript include approval of the agenda and the consent agenda (which included minutes of Feb. 11, 2025, and a second reading of Board Policy 1010, Board Authority and Duties and Policy 1100, Governing Principles), approval of the San Hope Early College 2025–26 school calendar, approval of State Budget Amendment No. 4, approval of the Hoke County High School mascot, and approval of the 2024–25 summer program plan. The board also voted to enter closed session “to prevent the disclosure of confidential personnel and student matters,” citing consultation with the board’s attorney.
State Budget Amendment No. 4: A district fiscal presenter told the board that the amended budget total after Amendment No. 4 is $77,745,754.24 and that the amendment included an adjustments line of $274,062. Affected allotment accounts described in the presentation included classroom teachers (a reduction), driver training (increase), children with disabilities (increase), literacy intervention (increase), and health-career promotion (increase). The presenter asked the board to approve the amendment and the board approved it by voice vote; the transcript does not contain a roll-call tally.
San Hope Early College 2025–26 calendar: The transcript records a motion to approve the calendar and a second; members voted “aye” and no opposing votes were recorded in the provided transcript.
Summer program plan 2024–25: Staff described planned summer administrations of EOG and EOC tests and remediation for students who passed course work but were not proficient on state assessments. Staff said 942 tests were administered last year in elementary and middle grades, with 287 resulting in proficient scores (~30%) that contributed to school performance calculations. The board approved the district’s summer plan by voice vote.
Closed session: The board voted to enter closed session under statutory justification provided in the meeting (personnel and attorney-client consultation). The transcript records the motion and a second and a voice vote to enter closed session; no further details are in the public portion of the record.
Where the transcript records only a voice vote or does not provide roll-call results, this summary notes outcomes as recorded in the meeting: motions were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote with no opposers recorded in the provided excerpt.
