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The Pender County Board of Education approved a cloud‑hosted video retrieval system for school buses to speed access to footage; board members and the public asked detailed questions about data security, costs and ownership before the purchase was approved.
North Carolina / School Districts / Pender County Schools
After extensive public comment urging recognition of a local family business, the Pender County Board of Education voted to suspend its location‑based naming policy and approve J.H. Lee Elementary and J.H. Lee Middle School for the new Hampstead K‑8 campus.
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Public commenters asked the board for clearer plans on a proposed three‑tier bell schedule, bus routes and staffing; the board removed the 3‑tier schedule from the agenda and heard requests to study redistricting and additional bus drivers to ease capacity and transportation concerns.
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District staff showed draft generative AI guidance and related policy changes intended to safeguard student data, academic integrity and provide training for educators, parents and students; staff plan further review with legal and regional partners before formal adoption.
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Policy staff compared Pender’s existing staff and student dress policies to neighboring districts and the NCSBA draft, recommending updates that add legal references (ADA, Title VII), clarify disciplinary consequences and balance specificity with broader guidance.
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Finance staff updated the board on state budget projections that could reduce staffing — including eight teaching positions and a 5% cut to the central office allotment — and presented a first-pass local budget request that includes pay increases, new teaching and support positions and a $7 million capital outlay ask.
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Instructional staff updated the board on CTE program expansion and outcomes, the district's three‑year AIG plan and an esports pilot at Pender High School designed to expand STEM pathways and student engagement.
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Student services staff proposed aligning the district's homeless student education policy with updated state policy language and recommended replacing the current tribunal appeal structure for long‑term suspensions with a standing appeals committee of district directors to improve consistency.
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Staff recommended a three‑tier bell schedule for the Topsail feeder to reduce traffic and improve instructional time, proposed a cloud‑based bus video platform with a first‑year capital cost, provided pay application and change‑order updates for the K–8 project and presented a proposed natural gas easement for the new school site.
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At a special called meeting of the Pender County Schools Board of Education, an unidentified board member moved to go into closed session to consider confidential personal matters; the provided transcript does not record a vote or final outcome.