The Board of Supervisors and School Board met for a joint marathon meeting on June 17, 2025.  The agenda included a discussion of the memorandum of understanding for the County to take over financial operations, an overview of how bankrupt the County is, and the old EVB bank building.  The MOU discussion lasted over 2 ½ hours.  The full video has been viewed over 750 times and is located at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bun5gg_VB0Y&t=9201s. 

The Cliff Notes version of the discussion is just over 20 minutes and is located at https://rumble.com/v6v7dxb-joint-meeting-board-of-supervisors-and-school-board.html

In short, the Board of Supervisors wants accountability for taxpayer funding, the school board leadership and one additional member swear they had no idea what was happening, prioritize protecting two jobs over fixing the $1,300,000 in overspending this year, and the UHY finance team at the school has found more unaccounted spending and tax errors.

Progress was made and at the end of the day, leaders on both boards stepped up to demand passage of an MOU so the hard work of transition and fixing the problems can begin. A win for all students and County residents.