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Highlights from Aug. 11, 2026, School Board meeting

Here are highlights from the Aug. 11 meeting of the School Board. Full presentations and a video of the meeting are available on BoardDocs.

Work session presentations

• Capital improvement plan and facility condition assessment update

• 1% sales tax referendum

• Fiscal year 2027 budget update

• 2025-26 successes and the school year ahead

• Intentional technology use in CCPS

Administrative appointments

New administrators were announced:

• John Palco as director of Finance and Payroll

• Dr. Elaine Gould as director of Special Education

• Dr. Whitney Wells-Corfield as principal of Wells Elementary

Awards and recognitions

Recognizing students

Curtis Elementary fifth grader Karina Funes Ocampo (now a rising sixth grader at Elizabeth Davis Middle) was honored for acting quickly to keep everyone on her bus safe during an urgent health situation in May. 

Recognizing schools

Two teams from Chesterfield County Public Schools excelled in the Stock Market Game, an annual game organized by the Virginia Council on Economic Education: 

• Swift Creek Middle placed first in Virginia for middle school teams this spring. 

• Manchester High bested more than 1,000 other teams across Virginia.

The Matoaca High softball team won the VHSL Class 5 state championship — the first girls team to win a state title in the school’s 63-year history.  

Clover Hill  High won the VHSL Class 5 state championship in debate. 

For outstanding success in VHSL academic activities, Clover Hill High won the 2025-26 National Guard Cup presented by the Virginia Army National Guard. This is Clover Hill’s fourth cup, having also won in 2024-25, 2021-22 and 2015-16. 

Recognizing staff members

The board recognized custodial staff members for winning districtwide awards.

Celebrating our partners

The board celebrated Chesterfield County Prevention Services.

Thanking advisory committee members

The board thanked volunteers for completing their terms of office on advisory committees.

Board actions

The consent agenda was approved, including these items:

• Recommended personnel actions

• Acceptance of new grants

• Acceptance of donations

• Review and approval of FY 2027 tuition rates for nonresident students

• Approval of local plan for the education of the gifted

• Approval of adjustments to student fee schedule for 2026-27

• Appointment of members to School Board advisory committees

The board authorized the appropriation of a general obligation bond net premium of $12,569,748 to the Grange Hall Elementary replacement project.

The board approved amendments to the FY 2027 financial plan.

The board approved a resolution connected to capital improvement priorities and this fall’s 1% dedicated school sales tax referendum.

The board approved changes to policy 3130 related to safe schools.

Superintendent’s report

The superintendent’s report included a meaningful moments video of an art partnership between Swift Creek Elementary and Capital One. He thanked people who spoke in the public comment section of the meeting, congratulated everyone who was recognized earlier in the meeting and spoke appreciatively about the work of staff members preparing for the start of the 2026-27 school year.

Items for review

At each meeting, a number of items are shared with the School Board for review and for public consumption. These do not require School Board action. This month’s packet included:

• Magisterial district improvement funds FY 2026

• Magisterial district improvement funds FY 2027

• May 2026 budget change request summary across categories

• June 2026 budget change request summary across categories

• Board committee reports

• CCPS strategic plan progress review

• January expenditures vs. appropriations FY 2026

• February expenditures vs. appropriations FY 2026

• March expenditures vs. appropriations FY 2026

• April expenditures vs. appropriations FY 2026

• May expenditures vs. appropriations FY 2026