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Board approves routine personnel and procedural items; denies a naming request and donates a World War II plaque

Pittsylvania County School Board · January 12, 2026

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Summary

At the Jan. 13 meeting the Pittsylvania County School Board approved personnel changes, the consent agenda, a plaque donation, a policy text revision by waiver of second reading, and rescheduled a meeting; the building-committee recommendation to name property was denied. Several motions were approved by roll call; specific vote tallies were not consistently recorded in the transcript.

The Pittsylvania County School Board approved a series of routine and committee-recommended items at its Jan. 13 meeting, including personnel changes dated Jan. 13, 2026, the consent agenda, a donation of a World War II plaque to the Whitmore Community Church of Faith, a minor textual revision to policy ALBD (home instruction) by waiver of the second reading, and the rescheduling of a Jan. 27 meeting to Jan. 29 at 6 p.m.

The board also denied a request to name a school property after a particular group because the request did not meet the board's criteria for naming (the building committee recommended denial on the grounds that naming ordinarily recognizes an individual or group who has made a significant, documented contribution). The board discussed the plaque's provenance: a maintenance worker found a bronze memorial plaque from the former Whitmore/Woodmont School honoring World War II veterans; the committee recommended donating it to the nearby Whitmore Community Church of Faith where it could be displayed for local historical recognition.

Motions and outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript (text as spoken or summarized): - Motion to reconfirm and certify closed-session actions: moved and seconded; roll-call affirmation recorded (transcript does not capture a full, named tally). - Motion to approve personnel changes for 01/13/2026 "as presented and discussed": moved, seconded and approved by roll call. - Motion to approve the consent agenda as presented: moved, seconded and approved by roll call. - Motion to deny a naming request (building committee recommendation): moved, seconded and approved by roll call. - Motion to donate the World War II plaque to Whitmore Community Church of Faith: moved, seconded and approved by roll call. - Motion to reschedule the Jan. 27 meeting to Jan. 29, 6 p.m.: moved, seconded and approved. - Motion to implement a minor revision to policy ALBD (home instruction) by waiver of second reading: staff described the change as purely textual (clarifying that an alternate form of instruction satisfies a code requirement); the board approved the waiver and the policy move forward.

Where the transcript records roll-call responses, members answered verbally when their name was called. The transcript does not consistently capture full vote tallies or identify the mover/second by full name in every instance; where that information was not explicitly recorded in the transcript, it is listed as "not specified."