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Board hears multiple administrative recommendations: homeless policy revision, promotion/retention waiver, Legacy Park payment and benefits broker selection

Barrow County Board of Education · January 28, 2026
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Summary

Trustees received recommendations to adopt a revised homeless students policy (JBC1) aligned with McKinney‑Vento changes, to temporarily waive promotion/retention policy IHE through July 31, 2026, to pay $250,000 to the City of Winder for Legacy Park maintenance, and to designate YOS as benefits broker beginning Jan. 1, 2027.

At the Jan. 27 work session the board considered several administrative recommendations brought by district staff:

Policy JBC1 (homeless students): Dr. Christina Lowe presented a proposed revision prompted by the most recent federal McKinney‑Vento Homeless Assistance Act update and recommended removing the policy from public review and adopting the revision as presented. The policy had been previously…

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