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Warren County board revises meeting policy and votes to relocate meetings to auxiliary building
Summary
The Warren County Schools board voted Feb. 11 to revise Policy 2300 (regular meetings language) and to move its regular meeting location from Warren County Middle School to the Warren County Schools auxiliary building, with the change to take effect in March.
Chair Layman opened the Feb. 11 Warren County Schools board meeting and the board approved a revision to Policy 2300 and a separate motion to change the official meeting site.
Dr. Whitaker presented the second review of Policy 2300, explaining edits to the section on regular meetings, work sessions and a new sentence added to allow the chair, with board approval, to schedule a fall and spring public forum and an annual educational summit “to encourage communication and dialogue between the community and the school system as needed.” He told the board legal review found it was not required to embed a fixed meeting location in the policy because the meeting schedule is published separately.
Vice Chair Sims moved to adopt the policy revision; Board Member Long seconded and the motion carried. Later, Vice Chair Sims made a separate motion to change the Board of Education’s meeting location from Warren County Middle School to the Warren County Schools Auxiliary Building; Board Member Long seconded and the motion carried. Chair Layman said the location move will begin in March on the board’s regular meeting date (the second Tuesday), because the first Tuesday in March falls during spring break.
The board did not publish a roll-call tally in the transcript; the record shows the motions carried after voice/hand votes and that at least one dissenting vote was recorded during the location motion. The board did not set a specific date beyond the March start month when the auxiliary building will host meetings; staff indicated the change would be scheduled once implementation steps are completed.
What changed in the policy: the language clarifies what constitutes regular meetings and work sessions and adds the public forum/educational summit provision. What did not change in the policy text: legal counsel advised removing a hard-coded meeting location because the district publishes meeting schedules separately.
The board handled the policy revision and the site change as two distinct actions and will reflect the revised language and the new meeting location on upcoming agendas and the published schedule.
