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Polk County Schools board meeting, Aug 10, 2026

47 min

Phones in school ▶ 45:31

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Polk County board sets out-of-district tuition at $3,363 per child 31:26

  • The meeting opened with district staff recognizing departments and directors who work behind the scenes, on the first day of school. 0:42
  • A district staff member reported that 2,486 children came through the summer food giveaway over 6 weeks. 19:09
  • The board voted 7⁠-⁠0 to approve a year-end budget amendment and a micropurchasing resolution. 32:12

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Item by item (14)
  1. Call to order and pledge 0:07
    • The meeting was called to order and attendees said the Pledge of Allegiance. 0:07
  2. Recognition of district departments 0:42
    • A district staff member recognized food service, maintenance, transportation, technology and other departments for their work to start the school year. 0:42
    • The staff member who leads the technology team said the team had over 230 tickets in one week and had it down to 10 still open as of that day. 7:43
    • A speaker said the after-school program has been grant funded for 22 years and the district will reapply in October. 13:33
  3. Approval of June minutes 16:23
    • The board considered the June 8th and June 30th minutes. 16:23
    • The motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 16:45
  4. Pre-K half days 16:45
    • A district staff member said pre-K runs from 7:30 in the morning to 11:30 the first week. 16:53
    • The staff member said trainings that week include CPR, behavior training and playground safety. 17:14
  5. Summer food giveaway 17:35
    • A district staff member said 2,486 children came by over the 6 weeks of the program. 19:27
    • The staff member said $15,000 to $20,000 would come out of $95,000, leaving about $70,000, $75,000 made. 20:58
    • The staff member said the offsite part of a 3-year administrative review of the summer program had no findings. 25:16
  6. Summer programs 26:31
    • A district staff member described AIG summer camps on paper cutting and Lego robotics, and Gear Up camps at the middle school. 26:37
    • The staff member said the after-school program served 150 students in pre-K through 5th grade and a new 3-day Bridge Program was held at the Early College. 29:27
  7. Out-of-district tuition 31:20
    • A district staff member said, based on a local current expense appropriation of $7.1 million, the recommendation was to set out-of-district tuition for '26-'27 at $3,363 per child. 31:26
    • The motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 32:12
  8. Year-end budget amendment 32:11
    • A district staff member reported additional revenue of $102,137 in Fund 2, $28,062 in Fund 4 and $49,797 in Fund 8. 32:20
    • A district staff member said the cooler outage was at Polk County High School. 33:58
    • The motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 34:23
  9. Micropurchasing resolution 34:23
    • A district staff member said the micropurchasing resolution must come before the board every year and makes smaller purchases more uniform with the state. 34:31
    • A district staff member then thanked the finance staff for their work at the end of the fiscal year. 35:25
    • The motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 35:22
  10. Facility update 36:49
    • A district staff member said summer capital projects had averaged about $1.1 million in recent years and were $600,000 this year. 37:00
    • The staff member said the maintenance team installed new gym lighting at Tryon and Saluda and a new playground was put in at Sunnyview Elementary School. 37:00
  11. Lottery reimbursement request 39:21
    • A district staff member said the state asks for an individual request for each project and the total request would come from the PSBRRF. 39:31
    • The motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 40:38
  12. Superintendent update 40:33
    • A district staff member said 2,087 students were enrolled across the district, compared with 2,107 after 10 days last year. 40:47
    • The staff member said 98 students were absent or did not show on the first day and pre-K enrollment was 121. 40:47
  13. New business on student technology 43:40
    • One board member asked the board to start a conversation on the best use of tablets in the schools and asked members to do research. 43:59
    • A district staff member offered a presentation in the coming months on Chromebook use. 44:51
    • A district staff member said middle school students put cell phones in lockers and high school students used pouches. 45:38
  14. Closed session 46:06
    • The board took up a motion to go into closed session to discuss personnel and attorney-client privilege. 46:06
    • The motion carried 7⁠-⁠0. 46:35

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Video: posted by the district as “Polk County Schools BOE Meeting - 8/10/26”