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Residents urge clarity on Infinite Campus behavior reporting; superintendent outlines House Bill 805 compliance
Summary
Public speakers raised concerns that discipline write‑ups are no longer visible to teachers and coaches; district staff presented a House Bill 805 compliance approach requiring searchable teacher book inventories and offered follow-up on several implementation questions.
Public commenters at the Aug. 25 Catawba County Board of Education meeting pressed district leaders for clarity on student-discipline notifications and curriculum materials.
Kimberly (identified in the record as Dr. Turk) told the board that a district module of Infinite Campus called Behavior Management no longer displays disciplinary write-ups to teachers and coaches, which she said previously helped staff prepare for students who arrive ‘‘amped up.’’ She said advisors for extracurricular groups and coaches have been told that it is the student’s responsibility to report disciplinary write-ups to their coach and that advisors cannot see those records. Turk said she was told the change ‘‘deals with FERPA’’ and that the district described it as a local decision; she asked staff to confirm whether the change was local and to clarify access for teachers currently instructing a student.
Separately, Lee Gibbs warned the board against removing books or curriculum content that depicts slavery, race or LGBTQ identities, saying such removals erase people from the curriculum and deny students historical truth. Resident Vicky Baker thanked board members who attended a voluntary prayer event and urged them to continue reflecting their values.
On policy implementation, Lee Miller briefed the board on House Bill 805 and the district’s compliance approach. Miller said the bill requires classroom teacher collections that are not part of the approved curriculum to be included in a searchable database parents can use to restrict access for their child. He emphasized that textbooks and district‑cataloged class sets used for instruction are excluded from that teacher spreadsheet requirement. Miller credited media coordinators and Amanda Moose for quickly creating school-level spreadsheets with teacher tabs; he advised teachers who cannot inventory their classroom collections immediately to remove or block access to unlisted books until they can be added.
Miller said the district will follow up on unresolved questions — for example, whether school book-fair items (e.g., Scholastic purchases) require special handling — and he asked principals and media coordinators to continue adding inventories during the school year. The presentation was informational; the board received the briefing and proceeded with other business.
