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Virginia Beach City Public Schools board meeting, Sep 22, 2026

3 h 58 min · 2 videos · 4 public speakers

AI in schools ▶ 24:50

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Part 2 · 1 h 21 min

Board hears 2026 employee input survey results 3:33

  • The board heard results of the 2026 employee input survey, which a staff member said drew 5,069 responses, or 48% of division staff who received the invitation. 3:02
  • Matt Cummings asked about differences in survey scores between leadership and staff, and Dr. Alveta J. Green asked about the professional development reimbursement program. 23:10
  • The chief information officer reported that staff ChatGPT and Claude accounts using division email addresses would move into division-managed environments on October 5th. 44:57
  • The board recessed with no closed session and planned to return at 6 PM for a formal meeting. 1:19:42

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Item by item (4)
  1. Opening and board reports 1:23
    • A clerk announced the roll of board members present in the chamber. 1:33
    • Kathleen Brown listed board administrative matters, including the VSBA annual convention sign-up and October one-to-one meetings with the superintendent. 1:47
    • Melinda Rogers said marching bands were fundraising and invited support through links on a social media page. 2:27
  2. Employee input survey results 3:02
    • A staff member said all benefits items declined in satisfaction from 2024, with decreases ranging from 2 percentage points for salary and compensation to 31 percentage points for health plan premiums. 8:19
    • The Director of Employee Relations said instructional employees received an average pay increase of 5.23% and unified pay scale employees 4.17% effective July 1st, 2026, and that the board voted to raise professional development reimbursement to $2,000. 16:50
    • One board member said a gap between leadership and staff scores was an area of concern, and another board member said salary increases were being eaten up by healthcare costs. 23:10
  3. Artificial intelligence tools for staff 44:57
    • The chief information officer said more than 7,600 ChatGPT accounts and more than 100 Claude accounts had been created with division email addresses, outside division management. 51:55
    • The chief information officer said the division entered agreements with OpenAI in April of 2026 and Anthropic in September of 2026, both free to the division, and that continuation of the contracts is not assumed. 55:07
    • Melinda Rogers asked how student data would be protected, and the chief information officer said the contracts bar the vendors from using division data to train their AI or sharing it. 1:06:00
  4. Second quarter meeting forecast 1:16:28
    • A staff member said a follow-up on vaping would come no later than February. 1:17:11
    • The staff member said a school calendar workshop was set for October 27th, with board action on November 23rd, and said the division was fully accredited. 1:18:22

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Video: posted by the district as “School Board Meeting, September 22, 2026”