001Mhm. >> Mhm. >> Good evening, everybody. Uh we've got uh approximately 4 minutes to gavel. Just giving you a time frame. Hope everybody's doing well. We'll see you in a few minutes. >> Good evening. Good evening, everyone. Once again, welcome to the meeting this evening. Uh it is 5:30. Um you now do have the ability to unmute yourselves. I do recommend that we remain unmuted unless we are going to speak. Uh Dr. Patillo, you now have the gavel. >> Thanks so much, Dane. Good evening again, everyone. I want to welcome you all to our special call work session of the Portsmouth City School Board. I now call this uh virtual meeting to order. As we pray, uh please bow pause briefly for a moment of silence. Thank you so much. Agenda item 2.3 is a
002pledge of allegiance to be led by Ms. Shumate. >> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you so much. Agenda item 2.4, Ms. Shoemaker's out of mission statement. Ms. Shoemaker, are you ready for our mission statement? Oh, okay. >> My apologies, chair went black. The mission of the Portsmouth Public Schools is to engage in all students in learning that will foster academic excellence and responsible citizenship. >> Thank you so much. Agenda item 2.5 is a roll call for attendance, Madam Clerk. >> Ms. Addison? I can't see. >> She is not in uh in the meeting. >> Mrs. Boone? >> Absent. >> Dr. Cotton? >> Present. >> Ms. Uzzle? >>
003Here. >> Ms. McSwain? >> Present. >> Ms. Sessoms? >> Present. >> Ms. Shoemaker? >> Here. >> Dr. Walker? >> Here. >> Dr. Petillo? >> Present. >> All ready. >> Thank you so much. Agenda item 2.6 is roll call vote for our internal motion to approve the agenda for June 11th, 2026. >> Move for approval. >> Second. >> I'll second. >> I believe motion is made by Miss Boone. And be a second was Miss Shumate. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, roll call, Madam Clerk. >> Mrs. Boone? >> Yes. >> Dr. Cotton? >> Yes. >> Miss Futrell? >> Yes. >> Miss McSwain? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Sessoms? >> Yes. >> Miss Shumate? >> Yes. >> Dr. Walker? >> Yes. >> Dr. Pattillo? >> Yes. >> The vote is unanimous. >> Thank you so much. Agenda item
0043.1 is the annual Title I, Title II, and Title III, and Title IV grant application. It is listed uh in your board docs. I know Miss Hales is present at this time. Do we have any questions for her in reference to the grant application? Miss Hales, do you have anything you want to add in reference to the grant application from what's already listed? >> No, unless anyone has any questions. There's a presentation in the board docs as well as um the actual applications. >> All right. Want to thank you, Miss Hales and your team for putting that together as always every year. Uh Uh agenda item 3.2, Mr. Falk, this is really why we're meeting. It's a update on the current status of our budget uh for 2026-2027. >> Uh good evening, Chair Pattillo, uh
005Vice Chair Cotton, school board members, all assembled. Um as I've been saying for the past 2 months, I really don't have a lot of um good news, but we do know from news reports that the General Assembly will adjourn back uh in Richmond the house on June 18th, the Senate on the 22nd to negotiate and deliberate a budget bill by state law. They have to have at least 3 days to legally consider that budget and then Governor Spanberger has about 30 days to recommend any changes. So at this point we're waiting for the General Assembly to come together and hopefully we can have a past budget by June 30th so we can go on with the business of loading budgets for our July 1st in the 2026-2027 school year. >> Okay, and so I know
006we so we really can't do anything as far as with uh any plans for the next school year until we do have a official budget. So I guess we will try to assemble a convening for a meeting once the budget is passed by the General Assembly. All right. Did anyone have any questions Mr. Fulton in reference to the budget budget process update? All right. Lastly, we have consent agenda items listed on board docs consent agenda items 4.1 through 4.14. And if we didn't have any questions, I would entertain a motion to pass the consent agenda items. >> Move for approval. >> Second. >> We have a motion made by Ms. Shoemake and a second by Ms. Boone. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, uh roll call Madam Clerk. >> Mrs. Boone? >> Yes. >> Dr.
007Cotton? >> Yes. >> Ms. Futrell? >> Yes. >> Ms. McSwain? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Sessoms? >> Yes. >> Ms. Shoemake? >> Yes. >> Dr. Walker? >> Yes. >> Dr. Patillo? >> Yes. >> The vote is unanimous. >> All right, thank you so much. And I want to thank you all again for making time your schedule to receive this update. I know we were scheduled to have a meeting previously, but with no budget there was nothing we can do as far as the next school year is concerned as of right now. We will reach out to you all as soon as we receive a budget that is passed by General Assembly that so we can get a consensus on a meeting date for us to proceed further to actually pass a budget preferably by June 30th.
008So, if there are no other questions by board members at this time, thank you all again for joining us and I consider this meeting now adjourned. Thank you. >> Have a good evening. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. >> Take care. >> Goodnight.