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Votes at a glance: May 11 Prince George County School Board
Summary
On May 11 the board approved consent items, FY26 staff bonuses, a request to seek a styrofoam waiver from the Board of Supervisors, insurance renewal, a seat-time waiver and several personnel items; adult education funding was moved and later waived as requested.
Below are the primary formal actions the board took or moved into action during the May 11 meeting. Vote specifics (roll-call names when recorded) are listed where the transcript provided them.
- Remote participation for Sherry Taylor (motion to allow remote participation): approved (motion and roll call recorded during opening). (motion recorded SEG 019–036)
- Motion to enter closed session to discuss personnel and student-residency matters: approved by roll call. (SEG 050–078)
- Personnel matters and student-matter recommendations from closed session: Doctor Martin presented recommendations for employee requests and assistant-principal appointments; motions to approve individual recommendations passed by roll call (transcript lists each roll-call affirmation). (SEG 098–166)
- Approval of the consent agenda (including minutes with a noted amendment): motion carried by roll call (yes votes recorded; one board member requested an amendment to an April 13 minute). (SEG 3200–3218)
- Moved adult-education funding request to action and later waived the fiscal-agent fee: Board voted to move the request to action and subsequently approved waiving the adult-ed fiscal-agent fee as requested by the presenter (roll call recorded). (SEG 3318–3336; SEG 3929–3945)
- FY26 staff bonuses: Board approved one-time staff payments of $1,500 for returning full-time staff and $750 for part-time staff; finance noted state funds would cover part of the expense and local funds would cover an estimated $619,000 shortfall based on current contracts. (Motion carried by roll call.) (SEG 3578–3675)
- Styrofoam waiver request to the Board of Supervisors (to allow a one-year waiver for food-service containers): motion approved to present the request to the Board of Supervisors. (SEG 3686–3711)
- Renewal of divisionwide insurance coverage with VACOR (12% increase, partly due to underreported payroll in recent years): board moved to renew coverage; motion carried. (SEG 3713–3776)
- Seat-time waiver for high-school credit-bearing courses (compliance with state seat-time code): motion carried by roll call. (SEG 3823–3840)
- Policy updates (February 2026 VSBA revisions): Board approved the policies with recorded yes/no votes; one board member explained reasons for voting no on some language edits. (SEG 3860–3927)
These items were recorded in the meeting transcript and reflected as motions with roll-call votes where noted. For detailed roll-call records, see the transcript segments listed above.
