Beth O. Onley

The Accomack County Public Schools' Strategic Plan outlines a roadmap to prepare students for a complex, interconnected world by maximizing their growth and ensuring an inclusive learning community. It is built upon five key goals: fostering a culture of critical thinkers and productive citizens, recruiting and retaining high-quality diverse staff, instituting safe and positive learning environments, establishing fiscally responsible and transparent resource allocation, and enhancing communication and stakeholder engagement.

The Accomack County Public Schools Strategic Plan 2026-2031 outlines a five-year roadmap to ensure every student thrives and is prepared for success in college, careers, military service, and life. It is structured around five strategic pillars: Academic Excellence and Student Achievement, Workforce Excellence, Organizational Learning and Continuous Improvement, School Climate, Culture, and Engagement, and Community Partnerships and Opportunity. The plan aims to improve student achievement, strengthen organizational effectiveness, support employees, and deepen partnerships within the community.

This Division Literacy Plan for Accomack County Public Schools aims to foster a culture that embraces reading, writing, and critical thinking, cultivating literate, curious, confident, and effective communicators who contribute meaningfully to a global society. Key strategic areas include providing equitable access to high-quality instructional materials, offering explicit foundational reading instruction and tailored interventions, engaging with the community, implementing appropriate assessment practices, and consistently engaging students with complex texts to build vocabulary, knowledge, and communication skills.

The committee held a closed session to review and discuss four specific disciplinary cases identified as case numbers 2026-02-09 A, 2026-02-09 B, 2026-02-09 C, and 2026-02-09 D.

The committee meeting included a finance update regarding the 2025-2026 operations and grant fund, covering expenditure and revenue details, as well as a financial report on federal grant-funded programs. Additionally, the committee reviewed expenditure status reports for Fund 102 and Fund 260, along with a revenue status report.