Albemarle County Public Schools board meeting, date not confirmed yet
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Albemarle County school board approves consent agenda 1:23:29
- Several speakers at public comment asked the board for more transparency and communication, and Rebecca Berlin said 17 people had signed up, so each had 2 minutes. 40:21
- The board's consent agenda passed. 1:23:39
- The board heard the School Health Advisory Board's annual recommendations and a quarterly update on a special education comprehensive review. 1:24:02
- One board member said the board's code of conduct needs better enforcement and said the board would aim to discuss a new version at its December 10th meeting. 2:06:54
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Item by item (10)
- Opening and agenda 0:16
- Rebecca Berlin said a new at-large school board representative had taken the oath of office earlier that day. 0:16
- Ellen Osborne moved to certify that only lawfully exempt public business was discussed in the closed meeting. 0:49
- A statement read on behalf of the board said the board had a second seat to fill following a second resignation in the past 2 months. 4:31
- Hispanic Heritage Month spotlight 10:18
- Students and staff from Albemarle High School presented on Hispanic Heritage Month, which a presenter said runs from September 15th to October 15th. 10:18
- Students described a schoolwide assembly, a dance, a door contest and a spirit week held to mark the month. 18:23
- A student said elementary and middle schools should do more to help students feel comfortable sharing their roots. 20:12
- Student representative and board member reports 28:17
- The student representative for Western Albemarle High School raised student concerns about inappropriate comments about other students, schedule changes, a retake cap of 90 in the grading policy and the shift to ParentSquare. 28:34
- A board member reported attending a PTO meeting at Murray Elementary, which has 266 students, and Ellen Osborne reported that a historical marker had been placed outside the Yancey Community Center. 30:34
- A board member described the Ace Lambs Lane facility as extraordinary and encouraged anyone interested in public education to attend open houses there. 32:54
- Accreditation update and announcements 35:19
- A staff member said all Albemarle County schools are fully accredited, with 8 schools identified as having a distinction of distinguished, and that chronic absenteeism is improving. 35:23
- The same update said the board and cabinet would hold a retreat the next day and that the board would work with Parent Council on town halls for end of October to early November. 35:59
- An update to the board said the board had hired a national firm, HYA, for the superintendent search and that the firm would present its process and timeline on October 22nd. 36:44
- Public comment 40:21
- A speaker at public comment said Western Albemarle High School band students in ACE studios were unable to take band because of the A/B schedule. 47:38
- A speaker at public comment asked the board to protect daily recess separately from lunch and to review scheduled and actual recess by school. 48:44
- Several speakers at public comment asked the board for transparency, direct communication and town halls. 56:38
- Consent agenda 1:19:18
- School Health Advisory Board annual report 1:23:39
- A district staff member presented recommendations including enforcing limits on fragrance diffusers, reducing plastics, moving food fundraisers after lunch, setting a hard date for school health entrance requirements and funding AEDs and stop-the-bleed kits. 1:24:02
- Ellen Osborne asked whether the entrance requirement recommendation meant following existing policy to a T, and a staff member said it did, without exception. 1:31:56
- David Storm asked whether additional AEDs would require more staff training, and a staff member said new legislation requires every school to have a cardiac emergency response team that runs drills. 1:37:27
- Special education comprehensive review update 1:42:48
- District staff said the review produced 12 recommendations under a 3-year plan with quarterly updates, and that a related services pay scale recommendation had already been accomplished. 1:45:06
- Rebecca Berlin asked staff to identify metrics for the plan, and a staff member said an on-site state visit is expected in March. 1:52:02
- A board member asked what reviewing the BASE program meant and how successful it was, and a staff member said the program was established about 15 years ago and would be reviewed and strengthened if needed. 1:56:41
- Board norms, protocols and code of conduct 2:06:54
- One board member said the board's current code of conduct is not as thorough as it should be and needs better enforcement, and said another board member had been asked to draft a new version. 2:09:24
- One board member said the code of conduct is aspirational with no mechanism to hold members accountable other than public pressure, and said a draft combining the Prince William and Richmond versions had been sent to members. 2:12:29
- Rebecca Berlin said the goal was to discuss the code of conduct at the December 10th meeting. 2:16:44
- Other business 2:24:59
- Rebecca Berlin asked staff to look at band access for Western students in ACE Academy and to audit how much recess students actually receive. 2:24:59
- Asked by Rebecca Berlin about the policy against taking away recess for a behavioral issue, a staff member said it used to be in policy but was removed and that staff were working to realign the policy with best practice. 2:24:59
- David Storm thanked a person for bringing forward information about what was going on at Western Albemarle. 2:28:01
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Video: posted by the district as “ACPS School Board Meeting-October 8th, 2026”