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The New Hanover County Schools Policy Committee discussed proposed changes to Policy 2230, including keeping Section 9 (sustainability committee) unchanged pending staff input and tabling a board member proposal to create an employee retention/support committee for further study and potential ad hoc review.
North Carolina / School Districts / New Hanover County Schools
An Ashley High School senior described designing a house and a manufactured metal cart as part of New Hanover County Schools’ CTE pathway; industry partners including Wilmington Grill and Cape Fear Home Builders Association cited advisory boards and manufacturing tours as examples of hands‑on workforce training.
North Carolina / School Districts / New Hanover County Schools
District staff told the board that per‑child state funding of $5,593.34 and a 13% funding cap leave roughly 101 students unfunded this year (an estimated $564,927 gap); the board agreed to press the General Assembly for a weighted Exceptional Children funding model and to ask the county to join advocacy.
North Carolina / School Districts / New Hanover County Schools
Board members sparred over a proposed employee‑retention standing committee and a new social‑media restriction on use of school names/logos; the board voted to send committee policy (22‑30) back to policy committee for revision and to revert the proposed social‑media language in policy 2127.
North Carolina / School Districts / New Hanover County Schools
The board approved amended agenda items and consensus items (including a revised MOU expanding the Brooklyn Arts Music Academy to three schools), carried policy 2235 changes, scheduled budget and town‑hall dates and approved the personnel report after a closed session.
North Carolina / School Districts / New Hanover County Schools
Board members differed over proposed language (policy 21.27) that would limit use of school names/logos on personal social media where it could be construed as political endorsement; several members said the draft is vague and asked attorneys and the policy committee to refine it.
North Carolina / School Districts / New Hanover County Schools
District staff told the board an optional North Carolina Department of Public Instruction endorsement will allow high-school students to request an oral citizenship exam (10-question pool; must pass 6) to earn the endorsement; board members asked for clarity on voluntary participation and equitable administration.
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Board members probed the change-order summary after seeing a 'CO total' entry and a line where change orders pushed a project over the $300,000 board-approval threshold; staff said money had been moved between projects and added percentages on change orders increased totals.
North Carolina / School Districts / New Hanover County Schools
Board reviewed a revised MOU for Brooklyn Arts Center Academy that expands participation to include Forest Hills Elementary, converting a renewal into an amendment to add the school to an existing pre-K partnership.
North Carolina / School Districts / New Hanover County Schools
The New Hanover County Schools policy committee voted to forward an amended Policy 2230 to the full board that would add two board members to the Soil and Water Conservation Committee as sustainability responsibilities are consolidated; the committee agreed to check with the outside Soil and Water body before finalizing representation.