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Edgecomb board approves $12.3 million local budget request, accepts summer feeding grant and several MOAs
Summary
Board approved a $12,295,261 local budget request to the county, accepted a $10,000 No Kid Hungry grant for summer feeding, authorized state supplemental teacher payments, and approved several memoranda of agreement for summer programs and learning labs.
The Edgecomb County Board of Education on May 11 approved the district's local budget request for fiscal year 2026–27 and a slate of consent items that included a summer-feeding grant and agreements with nonprofit partners.
"The top local expense priority for the ECPS board of education is to retain and attract the most qualified individuals to teach and support students," Superintendent Dr. Brian said while presenting the local current-expense and capital needs message, which recommends a local request of $12,295,261 to the Edgecomb County Board of Commissioners. The request includes salary supplements for certified and classified staff, bus drivers and athletic coaches and capital priorities (the presentation identified more than $3.3 million of east-area facility needs including boilers, roofs and HVAC projects).
During the public comment period, Angela Bryan of Edgecomb United urged transparency and asked the board to "prioritize the $1,000 a year increase for your classified staff who did not receive an increase last year," naming teacher assistants, maintenance, transportation and food service workers.
On consent items, the board voted to accept $10,000 in grant funds from No Kid Hungry to support a non-congregate summer feeding model that will purchase food and supplies for households in rural parts of the county; staff said the summer feeding program will start June 8. The board also approved the district's request to distribute $2,660,918 in state PRC 071 supplemental payments to eligible teachers and certified instructional support staff; board members discussed the need to communicate eligibility clearly after issues with prior rounds.
The board approved memoranda of agreement with SparkNC to establish Spark Labs (SparkNC will contribute staff funding) and with Meaningful Industries Collaborative Corporation to provide a summer camp program at district sites; both motions were passed with the caveat that some agreements are pending attorney review or available funding as noted in the motions.
Other actions taken included approval of open-session minutes for April 13 and April 22, a calendar amendment designating May 1, 2026 as an optional work day rather than a regular school day, and a motion to enter closed session under state law to consult with counsel and discuss confidential student and personnel matters. Following the closed session, the board voted to approve personnel and extracurricular items discussed in closed session.
Where the transcript did not record roll-call tallies, board approvals were recorded in the meeting as voice votes ("All in favor... I"). The board did not attach named vote tallies to those motions in the public transcript.
