📢 PSRC Board Meeting Highlights ✨
📅 February 11, 2025
- Pledge of Allegiance Leaders
Rosenwald Beta Club
📅 Black History Month
Jamal Campbell, PSRC Assistant Superintendent of HR, shared that schools across the district will hold various observances and events in honor of Black History Month.
🚌 DEQ Buses & School Bus Driver Appreciation
🚍 Love the Bus Month & Driver Appreciation Week
🔹 PSRC Transportation Director Dr. Rob Guzman emphasized the importance of school bus drivers:
"They are the first and last faces our kids see (during the school day). Oftentimes, they are not given the credit for the impact they make on our students."
🔹 New Buses on the Way!
✅ The district will soon deploy the last 2 buses received from NC Department of Environmental Quality grant funding. The district has received 4 brand-new DEQ-funded buses.
✅ 5 yellow buses will be converted to activity buses for:
Robeson County Career Center
Pembroke Middle
Orrum Middle
St. Pauls Middle
Lumberton Junior High
🔐 Cybersecurity Grant
💰 The school system has been awarded up to $1,010,330 as part of the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program through the Federal Communications Commission (E-rate). The funding will allow the district to enhance its cybersecurity measures.
🎓 Class of 1960 Donation
💛 The J.H. Hayswood High School Class of 1960 is celebrating its 65th graduation anniversary by making a final donation to the Public Schools of Robeson County. (Photo header features Southerland, PSRC superintendent and PSRC Board of Education members)
📍 Donations:
🏈 $700 to Lumberton Junior High Football Program
📚 $2,032.12 to W.H. Knuckles Elementary for student needs
🗣️ Dr. Thomas Southerland:
"We do this with great joy and pride, knowing the importance of education and how blessed we were to have had help when we were in school."
🎉 Donations were received by:
📌 LJHS Principal Dr. Jamane Watson
📌 W.H. Knuckles Elementary Principal Dr. Renee Steele
📅 2025-26 Academic Calendar
📌 Traditional Schools: No agreement was reached. Discussions focused on testing before Christmas break. The board will reconsider an academic calendar next month.
📌 PSRC Early College High School Calendar: ✅ Approved
🚧 NCDOT Lumberton Senior High Easement
📏 An error in the original property survey led to a request for additional easement.
💰 Compensation: $26,030
✅ Easement was approved by the board.
📝 Other Approvals & Reports
✅ Summer Testing Plan
✅ Green Grove Property Declared as Surplus
✅ EC Service Contracts - Speech Services Amendment
📊 Monthly Financial Report
🔒 Closed Session & Personnel Report
💰 Juul Settlement Funds
⚖️ Attorney Richard Schwartz announced the district will receive $48,487.89 from the Juul Settlement.
📅 Upcoming Meetings
📆 Board Work Session: 🗓️ Feb 21, Noon - 5 PM (Lunch at Noon)
📆 Finance/Construction Committee Meeting: 🗓️ March 10
Rosenwald Beta students lead pledge at February board meeting.