II. BUSINESS ITEMS (including amendments and rescissions):

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1. Regular Business

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A. Approval of Agenda

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action	X
Excellent Educators		Information
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

A motion is in order to approve or revise the Agenda for June 16, 2025.

Public Attachments:

Agenda Index.pdf

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School Board

B. Special Recognitions

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i. Current Retirees (2024-2025)

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action
Excellent Educators	X	Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

Each June, the Transylvania County Board of Education formally recognizes employees who have retired or who will be retiring during the current school year. Some retirees have spent their entire careers with the Transylvania County Schools, and some have worked in other school systems in addition to Transylvania. The 11 people being recognized at this meeting represent a combined total of 310.5 years in public education. Please join the Board in honoring the following individuals for their dedicated years of service to the education community:

Transylvania County Schools Retirees 2024-2025
Jill Barger	Office Support	Plant Operations	34 years
John Brinkley	Teacher	Rosman Elementary School	22 years
Travis Buchanan	Teacher	Davidson River School & Brevard Elementary School	28 years
David Corn	Plumber	Plant Operations	12 years
Jenny Hunter	Office Support	Morris Education Center	36 years
Connie Newman	Teacher	Brevard Middle School & Rosman High School	26 years
Tracie Owen	Office Support	Rosman High School	26 years
Audrey Reneau	Director	Morris Education Center	41.5 years
Nancy Sanders	Teacher	Rosman High School	30 years
Linda Underwood	Teacher	T.C. Henderson Elementary School	27 years
Jennifer Worley	Teacher	Rosman Elementary School	28 years

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C. Facilities Update

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School Board

i. Joint School Bond Projects Update

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

County Manager Jaime Laughter will provide updates on the Joint School Bond Projects.

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School Board

D. Consent Agenda:

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action	X
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

The following items are submitted for consent approval:

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i. Minutes (May 19, 2025) (Regular & Closed Sessions)

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School Board

ii. Personnel Report (June 16, 2025)

Public Attachments:

Personnel Report.pdf

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School Board

iii. Budget Amendment No. 8 for Fiscal Year 2024-2025

The Budget Amendment No. 8, the corresponding Memorandum, and the Fiscal Year 2024-25 June Budget Amendments and Revisions Resolution are viewable on our website.

Public Attachments:

Budget Amendment #8.pdf

Memo for Budget Amendment #8.pdf

June Budget Amendments Signatures.pdf

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School Board

iv. 2025-2026 Interim Budget Resolution

Annually in June, the Board adopts an Interim Budget Resolution to fund salaries and normal

operating expenses for the period beginning July 1^st of the new fiscal year until a final budget

resolution is approved. The Interim Budget Resolution for the 2025-2026 fiscal year is available for review on our website.

Public Attachments:

TCS 2025-26 Interim Budget Resolution.pdf

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School Board

2. Old Business

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A. Substance Abuse Prevention Initiatives & Data - Resolution discussion

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students	X	Discussion	X
Operations and Support	X

At the April 21, 2025, Board Meeting, Kristen Gentry of the CARE Coalition presented the Youth Substance Use & Behavioral Health Survey data results. The Board requested that the CARE Coalition draft a Resolution regarding a joint drug-prevention effort with the Board of Education. On June 10, 2025, the Transylvania County Board of Health formally resolved to support legislative changes through which North Carolina may protect children and youth from addiction to intoxicating products. A copy of the June 10^th Resolution is available for viewing on our website. At the June 16th meeting, the Board may discuss the creation of a similar Resolution exhibiting its support of drug-prevention measures.

Public Attachments:

CARE BOH Resolution signed.pdf

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School Board

3. New Business

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School Board

A. Policy Custom Updates

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action
Excellent Educators	X	Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students	X	Discussion	X
Operations and Support	X

Assistant Superintendent Dr. Brian Weaver will present Special Update 2024, Fall Update 2024, and Spring Update 2025 PLS (Policies to Lead the Schools) Custom Updates as first-read information. Dr. Weaver will answer questions from the Board.

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4. Public Comment

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion
Operations and Support	X

The Board of Education, as an elected representative body of the school system, wishes to provide a forum for citizens to express interests and concerns related to the school system. In order that the Board may conduct an orderly meeting while providing an opportunity for input, individuals or groups may be heard by the Board in accordance with policy 2310, Public Participation at Board Meetings, or policy 2300, Board Meetings (subsection D.3).

Each month, a part of at least one regularly scheduled Board meeting will be set aside for citizens to address the Board through public comment. Board meetings, which include public comment, are a limited public forum. The Board limits public comment to issues relevant to, and within the jurisdiction of, the Board of Education. The Board will not discriminate based on the viewpoint expressed by speakers on permissible topics.

A sign-up sheet will be available 30 minutes before the meeting begins for any individual or group to indicate their desire to address the Board.

Each speaker will receive three (3) minutes to present comments. Time will begin when the speaker reaches the podium. The public comment session will not exceed 30 minutes total, except by majority vote of the Board.

The Board Chair will recognize speakers in the order in which they signed in. Substitute speakers will not be permitted, and speakers may not donate any portion of their time to another speaker. If a speaker is unable to present all of his or her information within the specified time limit, the speaker may provide the Board with additional information in written form. If an unusually large number of people request to speak, a majority of the Board may decide to reduce the time for each individual or to require the designation of a spokesperson for each group of persons supporting or opposing the same positions. At any time, the Board may establish additional procedures to ensure that public comment sessions proceed in an efficient and orderly manner.

Public comment is not a time for dialogue between individuals and Board Members or amongst individuals. Board Members will not respond to individuals who address the Board, except to request clarification of points made by the presenter. The Board does not transact any official business during public comment.

Individualized personnel and student matters are confidential as provided in applicable federal and state law. Such matters are within the jurisdiction of the Superintendent or designee to investigate and resolve or to make recommendations to the Board in accordance with law and Board policy. In such matters, the Board of Education serves as an avenue for appeal and/or final decision in accordance with law and Board policy. Therefore, public comment is not the appropriate forum for complaints related to identified school employees or students.

The Superintendent or designee shall make available policy and other relevant grievance procedures to any individual or group wishing to submit a complaint regarding an identified school employee or student. In addition, nothing in policy prohibits the ability of a citizen to send the Board of Education comment in writing, which may be maintained as confidential in accordance with applicable law. State and/or federal law may require disclosure of a written comment or complaint to any employee, student, or parent(s) of a student identified in the comment or complaint.

Except in cases of emergency, information received during presentations will not be acted upon at the time it is received. It will take unanimous vote of the Board Members present to act on a presentation considered to be of an unusual or emergency nature at the time it is presented.

Personal attacks on school employees or Board Members are prohibited, and disruptions by any person or persons of a public meeting will be subject to action in accordance with G.S. 143-318.17.

If the Board does not hold a regular meeting during a month, the Board will not provide a time for public comment at any other meeting held during that month, unless a majority of the Board votes to allow public comment at the meeting or unless the purpose of the meeting is a public hearing.

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5. Superintendent's Report

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship	X	Action
Excellent Educators	X	Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students	X	Discussion
Operations and Support	X

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A. Good News Report

Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Grant

Brevard High School teachers Matthew Tuckey (Physical Science) and Rebecca Walkup (Math) received the prestigious Excite Award from the Lemelson-MIT Program. Mr. Tuckey and Ms. Walkup have been invited to refine and resubmit their application for the final round of the InvenTeam Grant competition. If selected, Brevard High School will receive funding to support a student team in designing and building an innovative technology solution to address a real-world problem. Through the grant, Brevard High School students would identify a challenge, develop a prototype, and test their solution. At the end of the 2025-2026 school year, the team would travel to MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts to participate in EurekaFest, which is a national event at which student teams present their inventions and connect with other young innovators. Please join us in congratulating Mr. Tuckey and Ms. Walkup for this very impressive honor.

2025 Free Summer Meals Program

Beginning the week of June 9, 2025, and continuing through August 14, 2025, Transylvania County Schools will again provide its Summer Food Service Program. Two meal pick-up sites will be available, with one at Pisgah Forest Elementary School and the other at Champion Park Pool in Rosman. From noon (12:00 p.m.) until 2:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday, each site will provide a hot lunch and a breakfast for the next day. On Thursdays, weekend breakfast and lunch meals will be provided. Meals are free to all children of Transylvania County under the age of 18. Children do not have to qualify for free or reduced lunch to participate, and they do not have to attend Transylvania County Schools. We request that each family limit itself to just one of the two sites daily. In addition to the foregoing, the Department of School Nutrition Services is providing meals to 14 other summer program sites in the County between June 9, 2025, and August 22, 2025. Please see the Free Summer Meals flyers (English and Spanish) on our website for contact and schedule information.

Transylvania County Schools Track Teams

Both Brevard and Rosman High Schools’ track teams traveled to Greensboro for State Track meets in May. RHS senior Makynna McDonald came in third place in the 1A girls state championship long jump with an impressive 17’ 3” jump. The BHS girls 4x800 relay team came in 8th place in the 2A state meet. The BHS boys team finished with their best ever finish as runner up for the NCHSAA 2A team title! They had the following stats: 4x800, 3rd overall with a new school record; 4x100, 2nd overall; 4x400, 2nd overall with a new school record; Braylon Thompson placed 7th in the 100m and 200m dash; Eli Griffin placed 4th in the 100m dash; Avan Hinkle placed 3rd in the 1600 and 3200m; Keaton Campbell placed 4th in the 1600 and 3200m; Leo Murray placed 2nd in the 800m; and Ezra Stubbs placed 5th in the 800m. The following students were recognized as All State athletes: Sebastian Duncan, Silvan Guidry, Leo Murray, Ezra Stubbs, Avan Hinkle, Keaton Campbell, and Braylon Thompson. Additionally, Leo Murray received the 2025 2A NC Farm Bureau Sportsmanship Award. We congratulate the coaches and the team members for their successful seasons.

Congratulations, Class of 2025!

The Class of 2025 celebrated the culmination of their K-12 educational careers with family and friends in three commencement ceremonies held at the Brevard Music Center earlier this month. Davidson River School held its ceremony on June 5th, followed by Brevard High School on June 6, and ending with Rosman High School on June 7. To view these livestreamed ceremonies, please visit https://youtube.com/tcsnc.

For more good news from Transylvania County Schools, please visit us at:

Home Page: www.tcsnc.org ǀ Facebook: facebook.com/transylvania.schools

Twitter: twitter.com/transylvaniasch ǀ Flickr: flickr.com/tcsnc

Instagram: Instagram.com/transylvaniaschools ǀ YouTube: youtube.com/user/tcsnc

Smartphone App: Transylvania County Schools on Play Store and iTunes

SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/transylvaniacountyschools ǀ WSQL Radio: bit.ly/TCSYesRadio!

Public Attachments:

TCS Summer Meals Flyer 2025.pdf

TCS Summer Meals Flyer - Spanish.pdf

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B. Important Dates/Announcements

June 16	REGULAR MEETING	6:00 p.m.	MEC
June 20	4 day work weeks begin for Central Services/Administration
July 3	Central Services/Admin Closed in observance of Independence Day	All day
July 21	REGULAR MEETING	6:00 p.m.	MEC
Aug 18-22	Teacher work days
Aug 18	REGULAR MEETING	6:00 p.m.	MEC
Aug 18	Central Services/Admin resume normal work schedule
Aug 25	First day of school for students

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6. Closed Session

Strategic Priority		Reason for Consideration
Graduates Prepared for Work, Higher Education and Citizenship		Action	X
Excellent Educators		Information	X
Healthy, Safe and Responsible Students		Discussion	X
Operations and Support	X

The Board will entertain a Motion to go into closed session pursuant to N.C.G.S. § 143-318.11(a)(1) to discuss a confidential personnel matter pursuant to N.C.G.S. 115C-319-321; and pursuant to subsection (a)(3) to discuss a judicial action brought by J.S.-K. by and through parents J.S. and A.K. against the Transylvania County Board of Education.

A Motion is in order to go into the closed session.

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