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Votes at a glance: school board approves personnel appointments, policies, bank resolution and student rep appointments
Summary
The Pittsylvania County School Board approved routine personnel actions and appointments, adopted a digital accessibility policy and a cell-phone policy, authorized a finance resolution with Cogent Bank and set a disciplinary committee meeting date.
At its May 12 meeting, the Pittsylvania County School Board approved a series of routine personnel and governance items, including appointments and policy updates.
Key actions recorded by roll call included approval of personnel changes submitted 05/12/2026 and appointment of Mary Kate Wells as assistant principal of Southside Elementary effective July 1. The board also approved a motion to release three students from compulsory attendance on religious-exemption grounds.
In policy actions, the board adopted a new digital accessibility policy intended to help ensure district web and digital content comply with accessibility requirements; administrators recommended naming a responsible official to oversee compliance. The board also waived the second reading and granted final approval to the 2026-27 cell phone and electronic devices policy, which narrows language to prohibit student use during the school day while retaining possession rules and school protocols.
The board authorized a finance resolution with Cogent Bank and scheduled the disciplinary committee review for June 15 at 6:00 p.m. Roll-call sequences in the transcript show affirmative responses for the motions above; no recorded defeated motions were reported in the transcript.
Motions moved and seconded were noted in the minutes; individual movers and seconders were identified by speaker cues in the transcript but the formal roll-call outcomes were recorded by the clerk on the record.
