2nd Tuesday School Board Meeting, Tuesday, Jan 14, 2025

School Board meeting · video 4h 31m

What was decided · How each member voted

3.01–3.12 Items 3.01–3.12 (adopted together): That the Loudoun County School Board adopt the January 14, 2025, Consent Agenda. · 8-0 (Approved: Kari LaBell, April Chandler, Linda Deans, Anne Donohue, Arben Istrefi, Melinda Mansfield, Sumera Rashid, Lauren Shernoff; Not Present at Vote: Deana Griffiths) Jan 14, 2025 BoardDocs minutes
13.01 Finance & Operations Committee: Revision of Policy 6120, Wellness: That the Loudoun County School Board approve the revision of Policy 6120, Wellness, as amended. · 8-1 (Approved: Kari LaBell, April Chandler, Linda Deans, Anne Donohue, Arben Istrefi, Melinda Mansfield, Sumera Rashid, Lauren Shernoff; Opposed: Deana Griffiths) Jan 14, 2025 BoardDocs minutes
14.06 Department of Student Services: Recovery School Special Programs Proposal: To Suspend the Rules · 8-1 (Approved: Kari LaBell, April Chandler, Linda Deans, Anne Donohue, Arben Istrefi, Melinda Mansfield, Sumera Rashid, Lauren Shernoff; Opposed: Deana Griffiths) Jan 14, 2025 BoardDocs minutes
14.06 Department of Student Services: Recovery School Special Programs Proposal: That the Loudoun County School Board approve the proposal for the LCPS Recovery School and direct staff to continue planning and provide regular updates to the board through the Special Programs and Centers Committee. · 8-1 (Approved: Kari LaBell, April Chandler, Linda Deans, Anne Donohue, Arben Istrefi, Melinda Mansfield, Sumera Rashid, Lauren Shernoff; Opposed: Deana Griffiths) Jan 14, 2025 BoardDocs minutes

School Board: Donohue, Chandler, Griffiths, Svenson, LaBell, Pepper, Shernoff, Rashid, Riccardi. Member-by-member votes will be listed here from the official record.

Moments worth watching

00:00:06
Meeting called to order. Post
00:41:01
Item 5.01 FY26 Superintendent’s Estimate of Needs. Post
00:48:02
Item 3.07 Specialized Programs & Centers Committee: Review of Policy 5150, Adult Education. Post
01:14:05
Item 3.06 Finance & Operations Committee: RFP #R25314 Auditorium and Black Box Dimmer System Services. Post
04:30:58
Adjournment. Post

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On the agenda

Items as listed by the county, with staff reports. Not results.

Agenda items as published (BoardDocs)

Listed as published; these are agenda items, not results.

1.01Attendance
2.01Disclosures
3.01Minutes of the November 26, 2024, 4th Tuesday School Board Meeting
3.03Minutes of the December 10, 2024, 2nd Tuesday School Board Meeting
3.04Minutes of the December 12, 2024, Special School Board Meeting - Closed Session Only
3.05Personnel Actions
3.06Finance & Operations Committee: RFP #R25314 Auditorium and Black Box Dimmer System Services
3.07Specialized Programs & Centers Committee: Review of Policy 5150, Adult Education
3.08Department of Student Services: National School Counseling Week Proclamation
3.09Office of the Superintendent: International Holocaust Remembrance Day Proclamation
3.10Office of the Superintendent: No Name Calling Proclamation
3.11Department of Teaching and Learning: Proclamation for Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month
3.12School Board Advisory Committee Membership
4.01Gifted Education Advisory Committee (GEAC) Update
5.01FY26 Superintendent’s Estimate of Needs
6.01The School Board will recess for dinner and reconvene at 6:30 p.m.
8.01Eagle Ridge Middle School Chamber Orchestra
9.01One LCPS Spotlight: Elementary Gifted Education - Rosa Lee Carter and Sterling Elementary Schools
10.01Noah Peiken, Independence High School
11.01Superintendent's Report
12.01Procedures for Public Comment
13.01Finance & Operations Committee: Revision of Policy 6120, Wellness
14.01Finance & Operations Committee: Revision of Policy 6320, Playgrounds
14.02Legislative, Audit & Policy Committee: Revision of Policy 1040, Equal Opportunity for Equitable, Safe and Inclusive Environment
14.03Legislative, Audit & Policy Committee: Revision of Policy 2420, Meeting Procedures
14.04Legislative, Audit & Policy Committee: Revision of Policy 2450, Board Minutes
14.05Department of Teaching and Learning: Certification Requirements for New Five-Year Head Start Preschool Grant
14.06Department of Student Services: Recovery School Special Programs Proposal
15.01Board Members' Comments and Committee Reports (3 minutes each)