Pulaski County School Board recognizes students and staff, approves minutes, agenda, consent items and field-trip changes

The Pulaski County School Board opened its meeting with student and staff recognitions and then handled several routine procedural approvals.

During the recognitions segment, the board named six Pulaski County High School students who earned placements at the Southwest Virginia Governor's School science fair, including Swati Agarwal, Andrew Clark, Ethan Easter, Aidan Marshall, Heather Holman and Matthias Wright. The board also honored employee of the month Andrea Jerrells (a rotating substitute) and teacher of the month Becky Roseberry (early childhood education). Hope Cook was named the February senior of the month.

Following recognitions, the public-comment period produced no speakers on agenda items. The board then moved to approve the minutes from the January 14 regular meeting; a motion and second were made and the board affirmed the approval. The meeting agenda and the consent agenda were subsequently moved, seconded and adopted without recorded opposition.

In action items, the board approved spring semester field-trip additions and changes after a motion and second. Later, the board approved the 2024–25 testing calendar and related school calendar dates (elementary testing May 13 and 15; middle school May 22; high school May 21–23 for subject-specific tests). Administrators noted summer-school plans would expand toward 24 days (versus 12 last year) but that enrollment would be capped at 500 due to funding and staffing constraints.

The meeting concluded after a brief recognition-of-citizens opportunity and adjournment.