16:48 → 17:23(35s)
The chair opened the operations meeting, welcomed a standing-room audience and led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Brunswick County Schools operations meeting covered a design-development approval request and change order for the Jackie's Creek school project, enrollment and capacity forecasts from UNC Chapel Hill demographer Nathan Dollar, a student leadership-team proposal, midyear assessment results (DIBELS, I-Ready/Schoolnet/NC Check‑Ins), several consent items (contracts, calendars, procurements), a teacher-housing land-setaside motion that the board approved, and a capital outlay/budget workshop outlining maintenance and growth-driven projects.
