BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//govwatch//local government meetings//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Local government meetings: chatham-county-schools
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:19701101T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU
TZNAME:EST
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:19700308T020000
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU
TZNAME:EDT
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2594@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T012153Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250113T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250113T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
LOCATION:Central Services Board Room 468 Renaissance Drive
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board takes up a memorandum of understanding with the United Way of Chatham on its Big Bold Goal initiative\, a donation from Wolfspeed to a district robotics team\, and renewal of its risk and strategic management contract. It also hears a preview of budget priorities for 2025-26 and takes the first reading of updates to the 1000-series of its policy manual.\n\nThe district publishes item titles only for this meeting\; no agenda document\, attachments or minutes are available.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2594
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=BVU9Vz4VOBerhChslsh7Uz6fQ==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-2599@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T012153Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250414T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
LOCATION:Central Services Board Room 468 Renaissance Drive
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nThe Chatham County Schools board took up school safety money and technology purchases on 14 April 2025. Two grants from the state Center for Safer Schools were on the agenda: $150\,000 for security equipment and $75\,000 for students in crisis. The board also had the 2025-26 capital outlay budget\, a contract renewal with Daybreak Health for teletherapy\, and annual purchases of Chromebooks\, classroom displays and video servers.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2599
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=Ik0zpAgRslshCMZqfgV6unGSg==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3082@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T012153Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250908T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board adopted its 2025-26 budget resolution on 8 September and awarded contracts for gymnasium HVAC installations. Staff presented the district's 2024-25 accountability results with the school support plans that follow from them\, and an enrollment update from the research laboratory the district uses for projections.\n\nThe board also passed a resolution marking Arts in Education Week\, two months before arts staff came to a meeting over stipend cuts.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3082
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=R9x0MkoG204v94pkEU0Qng==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3080@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T012153Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board hired a design consultant for three new gymnasiums on 6 October and reviewed proposed capital projects running from 2027 to 2033. It also took a budget update\, agreements with the YMCA for its Y Learning and Power Scholars programs\, and a memorandum with Chatham Living Well Earth Stewards.\n\nSmaller business included Chatham Education Foundation donations\, business advisory council bylaws\, voting delegates for the state school boards association\, and National Principals Month.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3080
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=0bNMrSgaBzDjZ4WggfSApA==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3079@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T012153Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251103T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board took a first reading of state policy updates\, the year's first budget amendment\, and the district's 2025-26 school improvement plans on 3 November. Staff briefed it on implementing House Bill 805 and on NC College Connect\, and the board went into closed session on school safety and crisis plans.\n\nTen people signed up to speak\, and every one of them came about the same thing: arts stipends cut in the middle of the school year\, and how the district handled pay for teachers with master's degrees.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3079
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=wKqZEn1r9tIqWJDsvtXvUA==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3076@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T012153Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260113T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260113T103000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Mid-Year Board Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board spent a day-long January retreat on growth and on what it costs. The morning covered a district overview\, early considerations for the 2026-27 budget\, and what charter schools are doing to the district's enrollment and its money. A half-hour block was set aside for the effect of immigration policy on students and school operations\, including what it is doing to graduation cohorts and attendance.\n\nThe afternoon was building. Staff presented enrollment projections from the research laboratory at NC State\, a Chatham Park update\, municipal development trends\, a new elementary school at North Village\, a modular classroom pod at Margaret B. Pollard Middle School\, and three gymnasium replacements. The board was also briefed on future redistricting\, on theme schools and the programs pulling parents elsewhere in the region\, and on annual revisions to the district's mental health plan. The district publishes an item list and no agenda document or minutes\, so what the board settled on is not on file here.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3076
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=BCpWbC2n8mxqBplMkeCxPg==
CATEGORIES:Retreat or planning session
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3072@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T012153Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board went on record against Raleigh twice on 13 April. It passed a resolution urging the General Assembly to pass a state budget\, and a second opposing changes to county property tax authority — the mechanism that funds its local current expense budget. It set its 2026 legislative priorities the same night.\n\nThe board also saw schematic designs for new gymnasiums\, took a draft local appropriations request and a capital outlay budget for 2026-27\, and heard a measles update. Smaller business included an accountability model for ONE Academy\, a donation to the Neon Krakens robotics team\, and inclement weather dates. The district publishes an item list and no agenda document or minutes\, so vote counts are not on file here.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3072
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=6tpx3hzRq6z7muRrs3GIpA==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3070@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T012153Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260511T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260511T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nBudget night. Chatham County's school board took its 2026-27 local appropriations request to the county commissioners\, along with a proposed school nutrition budget and a proposed local current expense budget. It also set a proposed academic calendar for 2027-28 and renewed the district's custodial contract with The Budd Group.\n\nOther business included a mutual aid agreement with charter and private schools\, a beginning teacher support plan\, summer work hours\, and a first reading of state school boards association policy updates. Student recognitions filled the front of the meeting. The district publishes an item list and no agenda document or minutes\, so vote counts are not on file here.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3070
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=YvFST0Vb96UXXMMQK1ybtw==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3069@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T012153Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nThe Chatham County Schools board renewed most of its outside partnerships for 2026-27 at its 1 June meeting. Memoranda with Communities in Schools\, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Carolina\, the Hispanic Liaison\, Spark NC\, the county health department and the Department of Social Services were all on the agenda\, along with the Teach Chatham scholarship agreement and requests to use yellow school buses.\n\nThe board also took up the third amendment to the 2025-26 budget\, a request to surplus property\, the local plan application for career and technical education covering 2026 through 2028\, and updates on Opportunity Culture\, mental health and the UNC Tar Heel Business Academy. The rest of the evening was recognitions: the parent and educator advisory councils\, a state music education award\, a congressional art competition\, a state athletics championship\, and the monthly character and staff awards. The board met in closed session beforehand on student records\, personnel and a matter with its attorney.\n\nThe agenda item list is the only record available for this meeting. Chatham County Schools publishes no agenda document or minutes that can be read from outside its portal.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3069
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=s3FShXYGNFgb1vUXn422iA==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:meeting-3869@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T012153Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260914T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260914T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board adopted its 2026-2027 budget resolution on Monday evening and took up the proposed academic calendar for 2027-2028. It also received the 2025-2026 accountability results and an overview of school support plans\, which is how the district tracks the schools it has identified for extra help.\n\nThe board opened in closed session on student records\, an attorney-client matter and personnel\, and returned to open session for public comments. Other items were an innovative programming update\, the Tar Heel Business Academy\, a resolution for Arts in Education Week\, the August Power of One award and a revision to the board's own meeting calendar. The district publishes item titles through its portal but no agenda document\, so this account comes from the item list.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3869
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=plZrxnMmy4aBlsgieXplusYIQ==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR