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Beaufort County school board discusses waiving a makeup day, schedules dual-enrollment update
Summary
At an Jan. 29 agenda-setting meeting, the Beaufort County Board of Education approved its agenda and Jan. 22 minutes, reviewed executive-session topics, and heard Superintendent Frank Rodriguez say the district will likely ask the board to waive one makeup day after storm-related closures. A dual-enrollment presentation and a school-safety update were added to future agendas.
The Beaufort County Board of Education’s agenda-setting meeting on Jan. 29 approved the meeting agenda and the Jan. 22 committee minutes and previewed items for the public Feb. 4 session, including executive-session topics and a superintendent’s recommendation on makeup days.
“We will have used all the storms this year. We will have used all of our elearning days,” Dr. Frank Rodriguez, the district superintendent, said, explaining that March 17 is already scheduled as a makeup day and the district has an additional date to make up. He told the board it likely needs to waive one day and that the board has the authority to waive up to three days only after e-learning and makeup days have been exhausted.
The board’s agenda-setting vote moved the Feb. 4 public session to be held at Hilton Head Island Middle School, with an executive session tentatively at 5 p.m. and a public session to follow at 6 p.m.; the meeting will be hybrid and livestreamed. The committee approved the agenda and minutes by voice vote; the chair announced the agenda motion carried and the minutes approval was recorded as unanimous.
A board member asked for a future presentation on the district’s dual-enrollment program — including which schools use it, how credits transfer and the program’s budget ties to USCB and TCL — and staff agreed to prepare that overview for the second meeting in February. Board member Chloe Gordon also requested an update on school safety, asking that Miss Henderson present an update in March; the request was added to future agenda topics.
Superintendent Rodriguez noted that legal advice concerning construction projects is likely to take more time in the planned executive session, while other executive-session items — employment matters, adult education and legal updates — should move more quickly. He said staff will circulate supporting documents for the Feb. 4 meeting but asked for flexibility into Friday if there are delays in posting materials.
The meeting closed by unanimous consent after board members confirmed an earlier agenda-setting time on Feb. 19 to accommodate travel plans.
