The Shadow
The Alleghany County School Board will meet Monday at 6 p.m. at Alleghany High School.
The regular March meeting will be held in the school’s cafeteria.
School board commendations will include:
— Balchem Industries- Jon Fitzgerald and Jeremy Anderson.
— State wrestling tournament: region champion and fourth-place finish- Justin Hall.
— State indoor track meet: seventh place in triple jump-Maggie Thompson.
— Division spelling bee winner: Jason Kang, Clifton Middle School.
— Spelling bee individual school winners: Clifton Middle School/Grade 6: Keegan Morris; Clifton Middle School/Grade 7: Jason Kang; Clifton Middle School/Grade 8: Analea Heinze; Callaghan Elementary School: Caleb Flenner; Mountain View Elementary School: Drake Gibson; Sharon
Elementary School: Brenden Seckner.
— Above and Beyond the Call of Duty Awards: staff awards- Teresa Reed, Adrienne Young, Joanna Masters, David Vanderford, Amanda Sprouse, Sadie Dickson and Sarah Blevins.
Under budget and finance, the school board will consider approval of the 2019-2020 school division operating budget.
Superintendent’s recommendations and comments will include:
— Calendar information.
— A Studer survey on parent satisfaction and student engagement.
— Jackson River Technical Center trends in career and technical education certifications completers and dual enrollment.
— A Jackson River Governor’s School update-Eddie Graham.
— An intellectual waiver presentation-Lisa Pritt.
— A special education annual plan.
— A nursing time study.
— An extended summer school schedule.
— Trends in advanced placement, dual enrollment, governor’s school and virtual classes.
— Review of a staffing plan for K-12 summer school.
— A resolution for the Virginia School Boards Association Business Honor Roll.
— A resolution in support of Local Government Education Week.
— A career and technical education local plan.
— An update on the One-to-One Computing Initiative.
— A transportation report on road closures.
— Sharon Elementary School roofing invitation for bids.
— Alleghany High School flooring information for bids.
— New Tech project invitation for bids.
— New Tech furniture information for bids.
— AHS bathroom information for bids.
— An update on capital improvements and operational maintenance.
— An overview of the school resource officer program.
— Youth risk behavior survey.
There will be a closed session after the conclusion of the regular meeting to discuss: Personnel matters, students matters and school safety reports.
