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What happened at this meeting

School board tables letter K, approves consent agenda without it 2:33:48

  • The board heard presentations on the teacher working conditions survey, the beginning teacher support plan and a summer leadership conference. 20:13
  • The board voted to table item K, a request to approve curriculum renewals exceeding $80,000, until the August meeting, when a presentation is planned. 2:27:56
  • The board then approved the consent agenda minus letter K. 2:34:32
Item by item (12)
  1. Call to order and agenda 3:42
    • The chair called the meeting to order and asked for a motion to adopt the agenda, and the board held a voice vote. 3:42
  2. Reflections 4:20
    • Angela Smith read an inspirational poem called Do It Anyway for the board's reflections. 4:30
  3. Pledge and recognitions 6:32
    • Special guests led the Pledge of Allegiance and received certificates. 6:32
    • A staff member said employees of the year are nominated at the school level and selected by voting at the central office, and the staff member recognized a Bus Driver of the Year and an Employee of the Month. 14:05
    • A speaker said a district teacher was recognized as the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the NCDPI Outstanding Elementary Mathematics Teacher. 17:01
  4. Public comment 19:39
    • No one signed up for the public comment period. ~19:39
  5. Teacher working conditions survey 19:53
    • A staff member said the survey takes about 20 minutes, is given every 2 years and that Montgomery County had 100% completion at all schools. 20:20
    • The staff member said results for small schools should be read with the number of teachers in mind, since one person out of 9 would show as 11%. 28:04
  6. Beginning teacher support plan 30:51
    • The district's beginning teacher coordinator said the plan was updated to include residency, initial, permit to teach and emergency license teachers, and that beginning teachers go through a 10-day orientation before they can be with children. 31:10
    • The coordinator said 10 BT1s would attend next week and that the district has 29 beginning teachers within the 3 years. 39:16
    • A staff member said the one-to-one mentor program had been funded by a TSL grant that the district lost, and that the district is looking at 2 mentees to 1 mentor with compensation in its Title II plan. 40:15
  7. Summer leadership conference update 43:02
    • A speaker summarized a session on financial oversight and fraud prevention, including recommendations to rotate auditors and to receive monthly reports from the financial office. 43:49
    • Angela Smith described a budget exercise with members from other districts and sessions on advocating for public schools and on AI in schools. 48:10
    • Angela Smith said this was the first year out of 4 years on the board attending the summer leadership workshop and offered to email the board self-evaluation questions. 1:02:31
  8. Superintendent's update 1:06:50
    • A staff member said the state passed a budget with raises for all state employees and that most of a $325,000 additional county allotment would go to those raises. 1:06:56
    • The staff member described a bus driver supplement of a $750 annual stipend paid out monthly, said a transportation director would start next week and said installation of a voice over IP phone system started today. 1:06:56
    • The staff member said the employer healthcare cost is now $8,925 per employee per year and the retirement contribution rose to 26.1%. 1:08:44
  9. Closed session 1:12:23
    • The chair asked for a motion to go into closed session, and the board held a voice vote. 1:12:23
  10. Curriculum renewals 2:27:25
    • A speaker asked how iReady is used, and a staff member said it is predominantly used for screeners and diagnostic tools. 2:28:07
    • Anne Evans made a motion to move the item to the August meeting, pending a presentation. 2:30:53
    • A staff member said the math curriculum renewal would cover only K-5 because expected gains were not seen in middle school, and that a quote for a middle school platform was less than $50,000. 2:31:18
    • The motion to table letter K until the August meeting carried. 2:33:48
  11. Consent agenda 2:34:14
    • The chair asked for a motion on the consent agenda minus letter K. 2:34:32
    • The motion carried. ~2:34:48
  12. Adjournment and announcements 2:34:48
    • The chair said the next board meeting is August 3rd and that the back-to-school bash is July 21st. 2:34:59
    • A speaker announced a backpack giveaway in Mount Gilead on August 1st. 2:35:59

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Video: posted by the district as “Montgomery County Schools Board of Education Meeting - July 13th, 2026”