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Board sends revised policies on director qualifications, facility use and appeals to 1st and final reading
Summary
The board advanced three Policy Committee–recommended revisions (5.802, 3.206, 1.404) on first and final reading: tightening Director of Schools qualifications, clarifying community use of facilities (restricting private profit events while permitting leased day‑care), and formalizing appeals and public comment procedures.
The Campbell County Board of Education moved on first and final reading three policy revisions recommended by the Policy Committee.
Policy 5.802 (Qualifications and Duties of the Director of Schools) as drafted lists minimum requirements: a professional educator's license; a master’s +30 or Ed.S. degree in education with a preference for a doctorate and a stated requirement for an educational leadership degree; and five years of successful school administration experience, with preference for central office experience.
Policy 3.206 (Community Use of School Facilities) was revised to prohibit use of school facilities for private profit and private events, while allowing unused facilities to be leased for private day‑care centers that provide educational and childcare services to the community. The policy also directs the board to maintain and periodically review a fee schedule and allows fee waivers for legally registered non‑profits with a majority of participants who are Campbell County students.
Policy 1.404 (Appeals to and Appearances Before the Board) clarifies that appeals must have exhausted administrative remedies before the board will hear them, establishes a public comment period limited to agenda items (15 minutes total, three minutes per speaker), requires sign‑up prior to the meeting, requires speakers to state their name and relationship to Campbell County Schools, and gives the chair authority to terminate remarks that violate rules or law.
The Policy Committee voted Nov. 17 to forward these revisions; the full board approved them on Dec. 9 as part of a bundled motion. During committee discussion, board member Brandon Johnson stated he opposed private use of school facilities for profit (arguing schools "should not be for private use"). The board adopted the committee's recommendations and sent the policies forward on first and final reading.
