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 * Objective 40: Attend a school board meeting and record actions taken and reasons for the actions**

The first speaker was the WCEA President. The WCEA represents the local teachers' union. The WCEA President thanked the school board for the raises and retirement funding that was approved by the school board for the 2012-2013 school year. Following the remarks by the WCEA President was a presentation on a new safety campaign to be sponsored by Washington County Public Schools. The video presentation featured a mascot, slogan, and ideas on how to promote the new safety campaign. The focus of the campaign is to promote safety awareness. Buttons, posters, t-shirts and billboards will be funded by Washington County to promote safety. Emergency contact numbers will be featured on all of the campaign ads that students can contact to provided information to the local authorities. The school board unanimously approved moving forward with the campaign by providing funding for the posters, buttons, t-shirts, and billboards.The reason for this new campaign was not stated but it could be in response to an incident of two students bringing a gun to a Washington County middle school last year. A representative from the maintenance department spoke next to request funding for a new roof for the NEFF center. Several schools in Washington County have had their roofs replaced within the last couple of years. It has been over 20 years since the roof of the NEFF center had been replaced. Two bids were received and the school board approved the lowest of the bids. Following the maintenance request the Superintendent brought forth bids from the milk suppliers. Flavo-O-Rich had the lowest of the bids and was unanimously approved by the school board. The Superintendent also provided a brief update on the NCLB waiver that was recently approved for the state of Virginia. Mr. Sullivan stated that the term AYP would no longer be used for schools. Due to the recent approval Mr. Sullivan stated that more information would be forthcoming as it becomes available. The school board then went into closed session to discuss personnel and discipline matters. Only one school administrator was present for this school board meeting. Despite the low turnout there are several roles that an administrator can play at school board meetings. When students are recognized for academic achievements an administrator from their school should be present during the award ceremony. Students that are present for discipline and attendance problems would also require the presence of an administrator. During closed sessions the school board will meet with the student and their family to discuss the events that have occurred which led to the specific problems. During this discussion an administrator needs to be present to represent the school's side of the argument and provided details into the situation when questioned by the school board. ||
 * Date || Time started || Time ended || Number of hours || Description of activities ||
 * 07-16-12 ||= 6:30 ||= 8:00 ||= 1.5 || Attended a Washington County School Board meeting. ||
 * 07-16-12 ||= 8:00 ||= 10:00 ||= 2 || Compiled report from the school board meeting. ||
 * Reflections and learning |||||||| Once introductions were conducted and the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance completed the school board meeting commenced.
 * Reading(s) |||||||| Morgan, N. (2012). //School board document agenda//. Abingdon: Washington County Public Schools. ||