Following a lengthy discussion during Monday morning’s end-of-year meeting, the Mathews County School Board voted to remain as a member of the Virginia School Boards Association, at least for the coming year.
By a 4-1 vote during the meeting, which was held in the Mathews High School media center, the board approved the payment of $1,509.07 in 2025-2026 dues and another $500 in the VSBA legal assistance fee fund.
At its June 17 regular monthly meeting, the board voted by a 3-2 margin to turn down renewal of the division’s VSBA Policy Services Agreement for 2025-2026. That contract, which expired Monday, provided the division with updated sample policies based on statutory law, case law and Virginia Attorney General opinions.
At that meeting, school board chair Dr. Mari Gibbs brought up concerns she had that VSBA devotes much of its efforts to lobbying the General Assembly on behalf of its members.
She expanded on that during this week’s end-of-year meeting. “This is a huge part of what...