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Guest ContributorNorthumberland County residents are seeing everyday the failure of the school administrators and many on the School Board. Students and teachers in the school are evaluated on their progress in learning, teaching, and managing. The School Board should lead...
In Case You Missed This:Two Northumberland citizens have initiated the process to move from an elected to an appointed School Board. While NCSBWatch takes no position on this issue – we feel it is important for the information to be...
The School Board met on April 14th for a regular meeting. The agenda, as a PDF (with hyperlinks to relevant documents) is available for review HERE.Dr. Leslie, Acting Superintendent, presented another proposed 2025-26 budget which totaled $22,416,875, a decrease of over...
On March 27th, the Board of Supervisors received a briefing from Mr. John Kost regarding the school’s corrective action plan submitted after the forensic audit. The briefing included observations and recommendations for immediate action. Mr. Brann and Mr. Kost also...
St. Patrick’s Day has come and gone and there is still no approved budget from the Northumberland County school leadership for the Board of Supervisors to consider. The clock is ticking and if past is prologue, we’ll soon start hearing...
The regular meeting of the Northumberland County School Board was held March 10, 2025. The meeting included presentations, reports, and dynamic discussions regarding new motions and asks.A shorter highlight video is forthcoming and timestamps for agenda items are below: and...
What is a Strip Search? According to American Heritage Dictionary:The search of a person for illegal or contraband articles, such as drugs or weapons, by requiring the removal of enough clothing to allow the inspection of normally private parts of...
On March 5, 2025 the Board of Supervisors held a special meeting to discuss the corrective action plans filed by County divisions in response to the findings of the recently completed forensic audit. One hour earlier the Joint Finance Committee...
This week, for your viewing pleasure (and mission should you choose to accept it), we have:- a 5 minute recap of the 2.5 hour Northumberland County forensic audit results HERE.- a Joint Finance Committee meeting on March 5, 2025, at...
In response to the appointed vs. elected School Board poll here, a reader has submitted this thoughtful response:As a resident of Northumberland County, where my husband and I have chosen to raise our family we entrusted Northumberland County Public Schools...