Fairfax County School Board Meeting, Thursday, January 9, 2025

What was decided · How each member voted

• 5.01 5.01 Certification of a Closed Meeting (Exhibit E): Motion: In order to comply with Section 2. 2-3712 (D) of the Code of Virginia, it is necessary for the Baard to certify that since the Fairfax county School Board convened a closed meeting on January 9 2025 to the best of each member 's knowledge only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting reguirements and only such public business matters as were identified in the motion convening the closed meeting were heard discussed or considered by the Board during the closed meeting. Motion by Ilryong Moon, second by Rachna Sizemore Heizer. · Motion Carries 12-0 Official approved minutes (FCPS BoardDocs, scanned PDF)
• 5.02 5.02 Confirmation of Action Taken in Closed Meeting (Exhibit F): Motion: That the School Board move to deny the school reassignment appeal of a student, who possessed a Schedule /ll controlled substance with the Intent to distribute, and to confirm the disciplinary decision of the Division Superintendent. Motion by Marcia St. John-Cunning, second by Melanie K. Meren. · Motion Carries 12-0 Official approved minutes (FCPS BoardDocs, scanned PDF)
• Motion: That the School Board ratify the Tentative Collective Bargaining Agreements between Fairfax County Public Schools and the Fairfax Education Unions for the Licensed Instructional and Operational Bareaining Units with an effective date of July 1 2025. Motion by Karl Frisch, second by Melanie K. Meren. · Motion Carries 12-0 Official approved minutes (FCPS BoardDocs, scanned PDF)
• 6.01 6.01 Facilities and Transportation (EL-11) Monitoring Report (Exhibit H): Motion: That the School Board finds that the Superintendent is in compliance with Executive Limitation # 11: Facilities and Transportation. I further move that the School Board approve the monitoring report based on the Superintendent's reasonable Interpretation of Executive Limitation #11: Facilities and Transportation asautlined In the Strategic Governance Manual Motion by Kyle McDaniel, second by Rachna Sizemore Heizer. · Motion Carries 10-1 (No: Ricardy Anderson; Not Present at Vote: Robyn Lady) Official approved minutes (FCPS BoardDocs, scanned PDF)
• 7.01 7.01 Facilities and Transportation (EL-11) Policy Review (Exhibit l): Motion: That the School Board maintains Executive Limitation 11 Facilities and Transportation as it is currently detailed in the Strategic Governance Manual. Motion by Kyle McDaniel, second by Rachna Sizemore Heizer. · Motion Carries 12-0 Official approved minutes (FCPS BoardDocs, scanned PDF)

Moments worth watching

• 00:26:16

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