Pittsylvania school board approves personnel changes and places one classified staffer on probation

The Pittsylvania County School Board approved personnel actions Feb. 10 that the board said had been discussed in closed session and voted to place a classified staff member from Dan River Middle School on probation from Feb. 11, 2026, through June 30, 2027.

An unnamed board speaker read a motion to "approve personnel changes for 02/10/2026 as presented and discussed." The motion was moved, seconded and approved on a roll-call vote. Later in the meeting a separate motion placed a classified staff member at Dan River Middle School on probation effective Feb. 11, 2026; that motion was also moved, seconded and approved on a roll-call vote.

Board procedure items approved without substantive public discussion included the meeting agenda and the consent agenda. Votes were recorded by roll call; members present and recorded as voting “yes” in these item votes include Mister Fitzgerald, Mister Henderson, Mister Mills, Mister Moon, Miss Merrick and Mister Shields. Several members were recorded absent for portions of the meeting.

The minutes and official personnel particulars beyond what was read into the record were not provided in the transcript; the motions and their effective dates are what the board placed on the public record. The actions recorded were procedural approvals and personnel actions; the board did not provide additional detail in open session about the rationale for probation in the transcript.