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Southampton County School Board approves routine items, hears acting superintendents BTSS plan and schedules closed session
Summary
The board approved routine business including payment of bills, an external-review policy and several facility and broadcast motions, heard Acting Superintendent Dr. Ashanda Harris Mohammed outline BTSS goals, ordered buses and discussed a mental-health MOU; the meeting recessed to closed session on personnel, student and legal matters.
The Southampton County School Board on Jan. 12 approved a slate of routine items, heard an instructional report from Acting Superintendent Dr. Ashanda Harris Mohammed outlining immediate goals under the Virginia Tiered System of Support, and voted to enter closed session to consider personnel, student and legal matters.
Board action at the meeting included approving the agenda as amended (motion by Miss Lane, seconded by Mr. Rogers), accepting minutes from multiple December meetings, approving payment of December bills after Finance Director Miss Carr presented preliminary expenditure and revenue reports, adopting an external-review policy on second reading, and approving a facility-use request from the Miss Weston Tidewater pageant for Feb. 15, 2026. The board also adopted the Virginia School Boards Association code of conduct and approved broadcasting the public-comment…
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