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UID:meeting-3079@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
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
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UID:meeting-3078@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251215T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251215T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board reorganized itself for the year on 15 December\, awarded a roofing contract for Siler City Elementary\, and took a class size report and waiver. Staff briefed it on digital learning and artificial intelligence\, and it signed an addendum to its memorandum with United Way of Chatham County.\n\nSix people signed up to speak. All six came about classified staff — bus drivers\, instructional assistants\, custodians\, cafeteria and office workers — and a request the board carry a $2 an hour raise for them to the county commissioners.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3078
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=EtxB79drdx4slshfXslsh2yEU4fA==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3077@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260112T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260112T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board received its 2024-25 audit report on 12 January and took a first reading of the state school boards association policy manual update. Staff briefed it on dual enrollment\, Career and College Promise\, and benchmark and NC Check-In testing results.\n\nThe board also amended the employment calendar\, accepted a donation to Moncure athletics\, and heard a presentation from a Chatham Central High School class. It announced its mid-year retreat for the following morning. Closed session covered student records\, an attorney-client matter and personnel. 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/3077
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=wnplusFditA6hyxnhBs8Q5S1A==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3076@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
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
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UID:meeting-2607@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260121T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260121T130000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Walk For Peace Stop at Jordan - Matthews High School
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nThe listing gives the title only: "Walk For Peace Stop at Jordan - Matthews High School". No agenda\, item list or minutes are published for it. The recording that had been attached was a One Academy winter graduation from 20 January 2025\, a year earlier\, and it has been detached.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bajzR_zN5cE\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/2607
URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bajzR_zN5cE
CATEGORIES:Other
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UID:meeting-3075@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board announced a joint special meeting with the county commissioners at its 9 February session\, and took a second reading of the state school boards association policy manual update. Staff briefed it on dual language instruction and on Infinite Campus\, the district's student information system.\n\nThe rest was recognition and routine: clean schools awards for the first quarter\, state academic recognitions\, Career and Technical Education Month\, a Champions of Character award\, and inclement weather dates on the school calendar. Closed session covered student records\, an attorney-client matter and personnel. 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/3075
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=MFHS0cU8tPS1WettHjIPeQ==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3074@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T200000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Special Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nThe Chatham County Schools board held a special session on 2 March 2026 about growth. The agenda is a single subject in four parts: an update on Chatham Park\, enrollment projections prepared by OREd\, school growth across the district\, and how capital and long-range planning line up against those numbers.\n\nThe session closed on next steps and future coordination for school planning. Chatham Park is the largest development in the county and the enrollment it generates is the pressure behind every school siting decision the board faces.\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/3074
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=btLDv43stR5vr4LkuWP1rA==
CATEGORIES:Special or emergency meeting
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UID:meeting-3073@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board amended its retainer agreement in the social media litigation on 9 March\, the coordinated case school districts have brought against social media companies over their effect on students. It also signed an audit contract with Anderson\, Smith & Wike and took the second budget amendment of the 2025-26 year.\n\nMost of the night was recognition: National Board certified teachers and state performance bonus recipients\, a spelling bee\, a state art award\, and an honor for a 2026 Tar Heel Trailblazer. The board signed a memorandum with the Chatham County Historical Association\, set inclement weather dates\, and accepted a donation for the Neon Krakens robotics team. 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/3073
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=bzZYc5B0OJvXuHSrzXUwJg==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3072@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
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
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UID:meeting-3071@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260427T200000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Special Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board called a special meeting on 27 April for one decision: to announce and vote on the election and contract of a new superintendent.\n\nNothing else was on the agenda beyond the call to order\, the adoption of the agenda and adjournment.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3071
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=vv0BdplustBoAsqv72kWh8TlA==
CATEGORIES:Special or emergency meeting
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UID:meeting-3070@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
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
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UID:meeting-3069@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
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
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UID:meeting-3068@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260629
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260630
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Personnel Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board took more than personnel at its 29 June session despite the name. It approved the 2025-26 year's fourth budget amendment\, a set of operations contracts for 2026-27\, a driver education update\, and business with the North Carolina School Boards Action Center.\n\nClosed session covered personnel and an attorney-client discussion. The district publishes an item list and no agenda document\, so this account stops at what the items name.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3068
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=0LYqxL6plusnUDuEQVslsh2slshyUUw==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3067@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260713T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260713T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board swore in its new superintendent\, Dr. Kelly Batten\, at the 13 July regular session\, and passed a resolution honoring outgoing Sheriff Mike Roberson. The board bought MacBook Neo computers and signed technology contracts with KNC Technologies and Applied Network Consulting Group.\n\nIt also took the fifth budget amendment of the 2025-26 year and a memorandum of understanding with United Way of Chatham County. The meeting opened in closed session on student records\, an attorney-client matter and personnel before returning to open session. What the district publishes for these meetings is the item list\; no agenda document\, minutes or recording is on file here\, so this account stops at what the items name.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3067
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=FfrJv02jCfQsqpqFKl1UVg==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3066@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T140000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Personnel Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nA personnel session. Chatham County's school board met on 23 July to go into closed session on personnel under the state open meetings statute\, return to open session and act on the personnel agenda. Nothing else was listed.\n\nThe district publishes an item list and no agenda document for these meetings\, so what the board decided is not on file here.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3066
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=RqzbFHuaAcK6f6AcKEJplusMg==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3065@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260803T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's school board opened the 2026-27 school year at its 3 August session\, taking the consolidated federal grants package for the year and a student code of civility. It signed four contracts: speech and language therapists for exceptional children through Speech Inspirations\, the Advanced Teaching Roles program with Public Impact\, Invision Services\, and a renewal with North Carolina Driving School.\n\nThe board also pre-approved a Chromebook purchase\, renewed its memorandum of understanding with the YMCA\, revised its own meeting calendar\, and took a first reading of a state school boards association policy update. Closed session covered student records\, an attorney-client matter and personnel. The district publishes an item list and no agenda document\, so this account stops at what the items name.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3065
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=O0UZzDZLo9Drf58ofbonIQ==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3064@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260819T140000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Personnel Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\nChatham County's board of education met at midday on 19 August for a personnel session\, going into closed session under the state's personnel exception before returning to open session to act on the personnel agenda. Two other items were on the list: a second reading of the NC School Boards Association's summer policy update\, and an agreement with the Chatham County Sheriff's Office for school resource officer services.\n\nWhat this record carries is the item list and nothing behind it. The district publishes through Simbli\, whose meeting pages return a permission error to anyone not signed in\, so there is no agenda document\, no staff report and no minutes to read. The titles are the whole record. The sheriff's office agreement is the item a reader would most want the detail of\, and the detail is not published.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/3064
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=PDmT5gMczXbFLhuuspxkMg==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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UID:meeting-3869@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
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
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UID:meeting-4768@govwatch
DTSTAMP:20261014T014035Z
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261012T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261012T193000
SUMMARY:Chatham County Schools: Regular Session
DESCRIPTION:Board of Education\n\n28 agenda items posted.\n\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/@ChathamCountySchools/streams\nDetails: https://ncgovwatch.com/meetings/4768
URL:https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/SB_Meeting.aspx?S=WRDnq5hf4PuArDJJDg7LsQ==&MID=bu6iYKoFQUjh0cGeNwvR5w==
CATEGORIES:Regular meeting
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