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King George County Public Schools board meeting, Sep 21, 2026

2 h 03 min · 0 public speakers

Chronic absenteeism ▶ 4:44Enrollment ▶ 34:03Reading and test scores ▶ 4:27

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Board approves policy updates, hears preliminary state accountability data 4:44

  • A district staff member presented preliminary state accountability results, saying official results do not come from the state until the beginning of October. 4:44
  • A staff member told the board that all schools in King George County will be fully accredited for the '26-'27 school year. 25:06
  • The board approved a $50 donation and a set of policy updates. 31:56
  • A staff member reviewed a set of state-driven policy revisions, and the board discussed how parents are notified about sexually explicit instructional material before the policies were passed. 56:31

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Item by item (11)
  1. Opening and Pledge of Allegiance 0:00
    • The Pledge of Allegiance was led by the Potomac Elementary School Safety Patrol, and students from the patrol described their duties to the board. 0:00
    • A staff member said there were no public comments. ~4:03
  2. State accountability and accreditation 4:27
    • A staff member said preliminary figures showed King George Elementary School rising from 79.7 to 85.3, Potomac Elementary from 83.6 to 88.2, Sealston from 77.9 to 82.9 and the middle school from 81.6 to 87.7. 4:44
    • The staff member said the high school had a 97.4 last year and would be at 101.2 this year, and outlined state testing changes including a new passing mark of 446 in the '29-'30 school year. 11:21
    • Ed Frank asked whether All In funding had contributed to lower chronic absenteeism and whether money remained, and a staff member said All In money is gone. 22:05
    • A staff member said the state notified the district that all schools in King George County will be fully accredited for the '26-'27 school year. 25:06
  3. Student representative reports 27:12
    • A high school student representative reported on a football win, a marching band competition sweep, a drama club play October 21st to 24th and graduation scheduled for May 25th. 27:34
    • A student representative mentioned an art show on September 25th and a pickleball tournament after school. 29:09
    • Carrie Cleveland welcomed the student representatives and thanked them for the updates. 30:45
  4. Consent agenda 30:53
    • Cathy Hoover moved to approve minutes from August 17th, August 24th and September 11th meetings. 31:22
    • Ed Frank moved to approve a donation of $50, and a staff member said seven transportation vehicles valued greater than $500 were no longer cost effective to maintain. 32:07
    • A staff member said five policies on the consent agenda were mainly grammatical updates. 33:25
    • The donation and the surplus declaration were each approved. 32:18
  5. Student enrollment 34:14
    • A staff member said enrollment was down 121 students from last year, with a graduating class of about 385 and an incoming kindergarten class of about 285. 34:14
    • One board member raised a staffing ratio concern from the Commonwealth Governor School, and a staff member said that school would like an additional math teacher. 38:30
    • Ed Frank asked how many homeschoolers the county has, and a staff member said about 560, with the official number due October 1st. 39:32
  6. Policy manual updates 41:02
    • A staff member reviewed revisions including annual reporting of school meal debt, mental health awareness training and sickle cell disease training for school nurses. 41:58
    • A staff member said the sexually explicit instructional material policy now requires written notice to parents at least 30 days before use. 50:45
    • Carrie Cleveland asked how that notification is sent to parents, and a staff member said the information would be handled as procedure and provided to the board. ~51:30
    • The policies were passed. ~59:15
  7. Committee reports 59:18
    • Carrie Cleveland reported from a September 17th Commonwealth Governor's School meeting that 1,320 AP tests were taken, the highest AP test taking for the program. 1:00:08
    • Carrie Cleveland said the program maintained a 94% retention percentage over the last 2 years. 1:01:54
  8. Governor's school recognition at graduation 1:02:50
    • Ed Frank asked what progress had been made on graduation recognition involving governor's school students. 1:02:53
    • One board member asked about adding dual enrollment and said they would like to see something happen this year. 1:04:08
  9. Superintendent report 1:05:03
    • The superintendent said committee meeting schedules would be provided at the October 12th meeting and a final meeting with a prospective architect for a VoTech project was set for October 2nd. 1:05:15
    • The superintendent said a new state law allows localities to impose a 1% sales tax for school construction, which an analysis estimated could provide around $4 million a year. 1:05:15
    • Ed Frank asked about using existing fuel tanks, and a staff member said buses were paying $6.40 for a gallon of diesel fuel. 1:09:37
  10. Board comments 1:14:12
    • Carrie Cleveland asked for a preschool transition update on an upcoming agenda and raised faded paint at the middle school. 1:16:19
    • Ed Frank thanked teachers and staff and said high school classrooms were working on 9/11 lessons on September 11th. 1:17:51
  11. Closed session and adjournment 1:21:09
    • The board went into closed session to review hires, resignations, reassignment, substitutes and stipends. 1:21:09
    • A motion was made to approve the personnel as presented. 2:01:30
    • The board adjourned until October 12th. 2:01:45

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