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Smyth County School Board approves curriculum changes, adds behavior therapist and awards bleacher contract
Summary
At its Feb. 9 meeting the Smyth County School Board unanimously approved changes to the program of studies, added a Registered Behavior Therapist position, awarded a bid to Dant Clayton Corp. for Chilhowie High School visitor-side bleachers, amended past minutes to reflect public comment, and ratified multiple personnel actions following closed-session deliberations.
The Smyth County School Board on Feb. 9 approved a package of action items including changes to the division’s program of studies, the addition of a Registered Behavior Therapist position and a contract award for bleachers at Chilhowie High School.
The board voted unanimously on each item. Dr. Paul Grinstead moved to approve revisions to the program of studies as presented by Dr. Kelli Hughes; Joe Johnson seconded the motion and the board voted 7-0 to adopt the changes. The board also approved adding a Registered Behavior Therapist to the staff roster (motion by Lynn White; second by Mac Buchanan; vote 7-0).
On facilities and procurement, the board approved the bid from Dant Clayton Corp. for the visitor-side bleachers at Chilhowie High School. Ben Adams moved the motion, Lynn White seconded it, and the motion passed 7-0.
The board amended minutes from its Aug. 11, 2025 meeting to reflect that Bill Stamper participated during the public-comment portion of that meeting; the amendment passed 7-0 on a motion by Ben Adams and second by Lynn White.
Following closed-session deliberations, the board announced and approved a set of personnel actions (retirements, resignations, hires and extracurricular staffing changes). The board recorded the retirement of Ann Chambers, accepted resignations from staff including Madison Barnes and Tara French, and approved hires including Stacey Ashby (bus driver), Lucy Cruz-Camacho (instructional aide) and Pamela Moran (bus driver). Multiple extracurricular coaching resignations and hires were also recorded.
All motions on the action agenda passed on recorded 7-0 votes. No public testimony tied to these specific motions is recorded in the meeting transcript.
What’s next: implementation steps for the program changes, staffing additions and the bleacher procurement will proceed under the authority of the superintendent and relevant school administrators; the transcript does not specify contract value or installation timeline for the bleachers.
