Paulding County School District board meeting, Aug 18, 2026
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Paulding County school board approves information-sharing agreement with sheriff, county government 2:09:41
- District leaders introduced 8 new principals and a new director of the New Hope Education Center to the board. 1:32:40
- Staff presented the 4th quarterly financial report for fiscal year '26 and assessment results, including 79% of Paulding students scoring levels 2, 3 and 4 on the new math assessments. 1:51:28
- The board unanimously approved the consent agenda, the personnel report and a memorandum of understanding on information sharing with the Paulding County Sheriff's Office and the Paulding County government. 2:09:03
Item by item (9)
- Opening and executive session 26:51
- The board voted to enter executive session to discuss personnel, safety, land and legal matters, with no votes to be taken other than the minutes from August 4th. 26:57
- The Hiram High School JROTC presented the colors and led the Pledge of Allegiance, and the unit's senior Army instructor introduced 4 cadets. 26:57
- The minutes from August 4th were approved unanimously. 1:32:20
- Introduction of new principals 1:32:40
- A district staff member said the district had 8 new principals to introduce, along with a new director of the New Hope Education Center. 1:32:40
- Another staff member said the district had a lot of retirements last year. 1:33:17
- Executive directors for elementary, middle and high schools introduced the new leaders at their levels. 1:34:08
- Start of the school year 1:46:15
- A district staff member said the school system has almost 30,000 students and cited an average of 23,000 miles driven a day. 1:46:15
- Another staff member said the maintenance team readied around 5 million square feet of facilities and the district served 35,000 meals in the first 2 weeks of school. 1:48:18
- The staff member said the next meeting will be a board work session on Tuesday, September 8th, starting at 8:30 AM at the district offices. 1:50:46
- Quarterly financial report 1:48:18
- The chief financial officer reported a 0.8% revenue variance and a 1.2% expenditure variance to budget in the general fund, with fund balance enough to cover 1.7 months of expenditures. 1:51:47
- The chief financial officer said the district had 34 grant awards over $10,000 totaling $57.3 million for fiscal year '26 and 3 bonds with outstanding principal payments of $119.2 million at year end. 1:51:47
- The chief financial officer said financial statements will be submitted by November 15th to the Department of Audits, with the audit report released by the end of March. 1:55:20
- State assessment results presentation 1:55:55
- The associate superintendent over teaching and learning said 46% of high school algebra students scored proficient or advanced in 2026, up from 16% before new materials were adopted. 1:56:31
- A second presenter said ELA scores are anticipated to be released in December, with CCRPI scores to follow. 2:01:40
- A speaker asked whether the state data would allow staff to identify long-term trends to help plan shifts in resources, and the associate superintendent said scores under new standards are not directly comparable but other measures such as SAT and AP scores would be used. 2:06:06
- Consent agenda 2:08:12
- Personnel report 2:09:15
- Information-sharing memorandum of understanding 2:09:41
- Board member comments 2:10:10
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Video: posted by the district as “August 18 2026 Paulding County School District Board of Education Meeting”