Carroll County board approves agenda, shifts Thursday meeting time and approves personnel actions after executive session
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Summary
At its January 2026 meeting the Carroll County Board of Education approved the agenda, minutes and consent items, voted to move Thursday meetings to 6 p.m., went into executive session on several exempt matters and approved personnel actions on return.
The Carroll County Board of Education approved routine business items, voted to shift its Thursday meeting start time to 6:00 p.m., and approved personnel actions after a brief executive session during its January 2026 meeting.
An unidentified board member (recorded in the transcript as Speaker 6) moved to approve the meeting agenda; Speaker 2 seconded the motion and the board approved it by consensus. The board then approved minutes from Nov. 20, 2025, the Dec. 9 board advance and a Jan. 12 work session; those approvals were moved and seconded and recorded as unanimous. The superintendent presented a consent agenda recommended by staff; the consent agenda was moved, seconded and approved without recorded opposition.
During the business portion of the meeting Superintendent Scott Cowart raised a previously discussed proposal to change the start time for Thursday meetings from 6:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. A board member moved to make the change, the motion was seconded and the board voted in favor. Cowart said staff would update the district's calendar and public notifications to reflect the new time.
Later in the meeting the chair asked for a motion to meet in executive session "to discuss the future acquisition of real estate, safety and security, personnel, pending or threatened litigation, and recommendations that are exempt from disclosure under the Open Records Act." The board moved into executive session; after returning, the chair recommended approval of personnel actions as presented by the superintendent. A motion to approve those personnel actions was made, seconded and carried.
The transcript does not record roll-call vote counts or the names of each member voting; votes are described in the record as taken by voice or hand-raise and described as unanimous. The transcript also does not provide details of the personnel actions, citing only that they were presented by the superintendent and approved.
Votes at a glance:
- Agenda approval: motion moved by Speaker 6; seconded by Speaker 2; result: approved (unanimous, no roll-call in transcript).
- Minutes approval (Nov. 20, 11/20/2025), Dec. 9 board advance, Jan. 12 work session: moved by Speaker 2; seconded and approved (unanimous in transcript).
- Consent agenda: moved by Speaker 6; seconded by Speaker 4; approved (unanimous in transcript).
- Meeting time change: motion moved by Speaker 4; seconded; approved; staff instructed to update public notices.
- Executive session: entered on motion to discuss acquisition of real estate, safety and security, personnel, pending or threatened litigation, and recommendations exempt under the Open Records Act; personnel actions approved after return.
The board adjourned at the end of the meeting. The transcript does not specify the exact calendar date of the meeting beyond "January 2026;" the district should publish the finalized calendar and any public-notice updates to reflect the new Thursday meeting start time.