CorpusRecord 11981

April 2, 2026 School Board Work Session

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Source
YouTube / FCPS SocialMedia
Date
2026-04-02
Location
Franklin city, VA
Material
Transcript
Extent
298 words · about 2 min
Collected
2026-06-03

Transcript

Verbatim source text

001I call this meeting to order at 6:03 p.m. on April 2nd, 2026. We do not have a quorum present. So, as everyone knows, we cannot proceed. So, we cannot go over the agenda. I will say this, people in this community, you have taken your time to come out to stay informed, to listen, maybe to offer something, and to know what's going on with your children and your school system. So, I apologize that I'm saying this now. I don't know if you had plans. I don't know if you came from work or what the situation is, but we do not board members present do not take your time for granted. So, we do apologize for that. This was a work session, and many things was supposed to get achieved tonight, so we can move forward on

002things for our children and our community. I would say that I could have informed you earlier, but I did not know. Certain courtesies was not given to me that I could inform that we would not have a quorum. Had I known, I would have done that. I do not take anybody's time for granted, nor would I advise you to take mine. So, I would not do that. At this time, before we do dismiss, cuz we cannot proceed. We don't have a quorum, so we cannot vote on anything. I will allow citizen time. If any citizen wants to speak, you will have your 3 minutes that's allotted. It is not normal, but you coming up here to support, to stay involved and engaged is not normal, either, and not seeing your board. So, I will allow

003citizen time for any citizens who would like to speak. After that, I will allow uh board comments for the board that is here. Uh what So, at this point, would any citizens like to speak? Not at this time? Next time. Received. John, do you have any comments you'd like to make as the board members board member? >> I don't have any comments. Neither do I. So, again, we thank you. We do apologize, and um we will be here. We're scheduled to be here for our next meeting. I do believe it's on the 16th. Is that correct? We are scheduled. And some of us do take our responsibilities to this community quite seriously. We don't make excuses, but we do take it seriously. So, again, I apologize, and we will see all who choose to participate

004on the 16th. Thank you.

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