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Roanoke County Public Schools work session, Oct 1, 2026

43 min · 0 public speakers

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Roanoke County School Board hears RCCTC construction update and year-end financial reports 16:15

  • The board heard a construction progress update on RCCTC, including questions on how commissioning and warranty service would work after the building opens. 16:15
  • A district staff member presented year-end financial items, including a student activity fund audit with zero comments at the individual school level and preliminary results showing $5.8 million that will roll over. 28:07

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Item by item (11)
  1. Call to order and roll call 15:59
    • The chair called the October 1st, 2026 work session to order and asked the clerk to call the roll. 15:59
  2. RCCTC construction progress update 16:15
    • A presenter reported that crews finished the topcoat and striping on the site, installed the sliding gate and started phase 2 of landscaping. 16:42
    • A speaker asked whether commissioning would return once people occupy the building, and a staff member said commissioning will come back until things are corrected and that equipment carries a year's warranty. 18:02
    • A staff member said the building will open in the winter, so cooling performance will not be known until March or April, and any issues would be pursued through warranty service. 19:56
  3. Music department equipment surplus 24:25
    • A staff member asked to declare instruments beyond repair as surplus and exchange them with the contracted repair shop, Star City Music, for credit toward repairs or used replacement instruments, and asked that the item be added to the consent agenda. 24:31
  4. BCAT instructional items surplus 25:20
    • A staff member requested surplus of items from the welding motorsports, auto service and culinary arts programs and said the items may bring in $500 or above. 25:29
    • The staff member said a 3rd list would likely come at the beginning of the year after the move into the facility. 25:52
  5. Long-term facility use agreements 26:24
    • A staff member recommended approval of long-term facility use agreements for the YMCA at Mason's Cove and Fort Lewis Elementary Schools and for the Child Evangelism Fellowship at Mountain View Elementary School. 26:31
  6. Student activity fund audit 27:30
    • A staff member said this was the first year in 16 years that the audit had zero comments at the individual school level, following the implementation of a new accounting system. 28:58
    • The staff member said the auditors issued an unmodified opinion, which the staff member described as a clean opinion. 31:27
  7. OPEB trust fund financial report 31:51
    • A staff member reported just under $390,000 in investment income over the past year, bringing total trust assets to $2.47 million, and said the funded ratio went from 16% to 18.4%. 32:22
  8. Annual school report 33:38
    • A staff member said the report submitted to the Virginia Department of Education showed $303.5 million of expenditures and per pupil spending of $15,736. 33:45
  9. Preliminary year-end financial results 35:30
    • A staff member said state revenue was short by $340,000, tied to not meeting budgeted ADM, for a total revenue shortfall of $466,128. 35:36
    • The staff member reported a $2.7 million personnel surplus and a $1.6 million departmental surplus, with $5.8 million to roll over and $1.8 million each going to major and minor capital. 36:42
  10. Grant awards and fund appropriations 37:45
    • A staff member presented grant awards and asked that $62,500 be appropriated from minor capital special projects for the local match on the Security Equipment Grant. 37:58
    • A staff member asked whether the match would come from the new $1.8 million, and another staff member said it is out of last year. 39:14
  11. Board member comments and adjournment 39:31
    • One board member said the dedication of Cundiff went great. 39:39
    • One board member said board members should notify the chair and the superintendent before making changes to agendas or processes and should not make such changes arbitrarily on their own. 39:39
    • The chair adjourned the meeting. ~41:01

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Video: posted by the district as “Roanoke County School Board Work Session - October 1, 2026”