Pocahontas Board of Education Selects Andrew McNabb as Interim Board Member
At the August 29th Special Pocahontas County BOE Work Session, the members began by going into an Executive Session to interview three candidates who applied to be the interim Board Member to serve in the seat left vacant when Board Vice President Becky Campbell resigned in July due to health issues. Following the interviews the members came back into open session and voted 3 to 1 to select Andrew McNabb as the interim member, with Board Member Sam Gibson being the only member to vote against McNabb’s selection. McNabb will serve on the board until the winner of the election of a new board member is announced following the counting of the votes for a full replacement member is complete following the November 5th General Election.
The members then unanimously elected Board Member Sue Hollandsworth as their new Vice President.
Next, the members assigned McNabb to serve as their representative on the Pocahontas county Day Report Board.
The members then approved the Superintendents Goals for the 2024-2025 school year. They are:
- To increase English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social studies student performance in all levels by 5%, while also striving to have 100% of students to being proficient at their grade levels.
- To increase the rigor and relevance of leadership support to include, but not limited to: strategic planning, scheduling, evaluation process, and instructional leadership.
Following that, the members presented and approved the goals they are setting for themselves as a board, for the 2024 school year. Those are to:
- Monitor individual schools strategic plans.
- Conduct surveys of professional and service employees.
- Attempt to hire Police Resource Officers at the high school.
- Meet with staff at each school at least once during the school year, at the LSIC meetings and with each community.
- Purchase a van for the sports teams and the school clubs to use.
They approved sending a refund check to an individual who purchased a used school bus from the schools during an auction. The bus broke down shortly after the purchase, the buyer asked for his money to be returned, and the school’s attorney advised them it would be best to return the money the buyer paid for the bus to him.
Finally, they voted to accept the Architectural & Engineering Design Services of William Sheive Architects for the Major Improvement Project for electrical upgrades and gym floor replacement at PCHS.
The next board meeting will be held Hillsboro Elementary School on Tuesday, September 3rd, beginning with a LSIC Meeting at 3:30 pm followed by the regular meeting beginning at 4:45 pm.