The Pittsylvania County School Board approved submission of the draft 2026–27 division budget and the school nutrition budget for a public hearing on March 26, and voted to approve summer school salary rates and out-of-district tuition rates. Finance staff said the proposal is based on the governor's December 2025 plan and local funding projections.
At its March 10 meeting the Pittsylvania County School Board approved several routine motions including personnel changes, retirements under ERIP, the expulsion of one student (no continuing services), the immediate release of a bus driver, a waiver to allow additional donated sick leave for an employee, and the naming of Dan River High School's baseball field for Sammy McCormick. All motions carried on roll call.
A representative of the Pittsylvania Education Association told the school board it "vehemently opposes" exploring AI measures for school safety and urged consideration of metal detectors. The speaker also asked the board to evaluate redistricting to address enrollment disparity tied to planned residential development at the Berryhill site.
Board members heard a presentation celebrating Career and Technical Education Month, with examples from PCTC and high schools including a 93% pass rate on a ServSafe exam and regional competition winners advancing to state conferences.
The board approved personnel changes from closed session and voted to place a classified staff member at Dan River Middle School on probation effective Feb. 11, 2026 through June 30, 2027. Several other routine approvals (agenda, consent) also passed by roll call.
The Pittsylvania County School Board voted Feb. 10 to send about $4.5 million in 2026–27 budget priorities to the Board of Supervisors, including a proposed 3.5% salary increase and capital maintenance items. Staff said they will ask the county for roughly $900,000 in additional local funding.
At the Jan. 13 meeting the Pittsylvania County School Board approved personnel changes, the consent agenda, a plaque donation, a policy text revision by waiver of second reading, and rescheduled a meeting; the building-committee recommendation to name property was denied. Several motions were approved by roll call; specific vote tallies were not consistently recorded in the transcript.
Mister Stone, a licensed bail bondsman, told the board Jan. 13 that rising gang activity and easy access at athletic events warrant immediate security steps — including metal detectors at entrances — and urged the board and county to find funding for such measures.
The superintendent told the board Jan. 13 that under Virginia's new accountability framework all 18 Pittsylvania County schools are accredited, seven earned "distinguished" ratings, and the division placed well in several regional top-5 categories for mastery, growth and readiness.
A district staff member summarized Governor Youngkin's 2026-28 introduced budget and its local implications: updated revenue estimates, lower retirement rates, a 2% SOQ pay increase effective July 1 each year, an ADM projection of 7,068.7 (about 300 fewer students than assumed), and roughly $30 million in staffing/position requests with an estimated $2 million in new local money depending on county funding.
