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Elizabeth City-Pasquotank board accepts Teaching Fellows recruitment grant, approves calendar, architect contract and several program purchases
Summary
The board accepted a renewable recruitment grant from the North Carolina Teaching Fellows commission, approved the 2025–26 Early College calendar, awarded a $141,800 architect contract for an early childhood center, and unanimously approved contracts for Rivermont, transportation, Scholastic summer books, and a Participate Learning proposal (transcript shows an ambiguous cost figure).
The Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools board on Feb. 24 accepted a recruitment grant from the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, approved the Early College 2025–26 calendar and approved several contracts and purchases, all by recorded unanimous votes.
Bennett Jones, director of the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program, told the board the commission selected 20 districts for recruitment grants and described a district recruitment grant of $55,000 annually, renewable for up to three additional years, to support teacher-cadet and Teaching Fellows recruitment activities. Jones presented a ceremonial check and said the funds are intended to help the district implement teacher-preparation and recruitment strategies.
On calendar and contracts, the board approved the early college calendar for 2025–26 (teacher days July 31–Aug. 7, first student day Aug. 11, and graduation May 16, 2026) following a motion and unanimous vote (noting board member Bolen/Bowen absent for some votes as recorded). The board awarded an architect contract to Oakley Collier Architects for $141,800 to design and engineer an early childhood center at the former Pasquotank Elementary School; Ann Collier described a two-phase scope including preliminary design and full construction documents and said state review timelines make an immediate fall opening unlikely.
The board also approved an updated contract for Rivermont (a therapeutic private-day program) and a transportation contract with Skyrocketing Dreams to move a student to Rivermont after an earlier program in Currituck collapsed. Both motions passed unanimously.
Vice Chair (Peraza/Perez) presented a Scholastic quote for the district’s summer reading program: $53,996.81 before tax and an estimated $57,776.59 with tax; the board approved the purchase. The transcript also records a board motion to approve a Participate Learning proposal for global-leaders programming across elementary schools and dual-language immersion with a cited cost in the transcript that reads as "320 325,000"; the figure in the record is ambiguous and should be clarified in official procurement documents.
All procurement and contract approvals were recorded as motions with seconds and unanimous board votes. The administration noted that some items require further operational work (scheduling, state reviews, or vendor finalization) and will be coordinated through the district’s offices.
The meeting concluded following a motion to adjourn.
