Plan for Wicomico County Board of Education Meetings on February 8 and March 8

WCPS

The next monthly Wicomico County Board of Education meeting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 8 in the Board of Education Auditorium at 101 Long Ave., Salisbury.

The Board will convene at 1 p.m. and immediately vote to go into closed session. The open portion of the meeting will begin at about 1:30 p.m. Masks will be required and physical distancing guidelines will be in place for all attending the meeting, in accordance with state health and safety protocols.

Members of the public may provide in-person public comments as part of the meeting. Comments are limited to 3 minutes per speaker, as monitored by staff. Signups for public comment will take place as the public enters the building. Please include all requested information in case the Board or school system staff need to follow up after the meeting.

The meeting will be livestreamed on the school system’s website, on the Watch Board Meetings page, by clicking on “WCBOE General Meetings”. The page is easily accessible from the “Watch Board Meetings” button on the home page at www.wcboe.org.

The agenda for this Wicomico County Board of Education meeting will be available by the Friday before the Board meeting by clicking on Meetings at the following link: https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/wcboe/Board.nsf/Public.

Following the regular monthly meeting, the Board of Education will meet at 3 p.m. Feb. 8 in a Budget work session is open to the public. The work session will also take place in the Board Auditorium. The meeting will be livestreamed on the school system’s website, on the Watch Board Meetings page, by clicking on “WCBOE Work Sessions”.

The Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. will be held at West Salisbury Elementary School, which will accommodate approximately 125 members of the public based upon current COVID protocols. The Board will begin the March 8 meeting at 6:30 p.m. in open session and immediately vote to go into closed session. The Board will reconvene to open session at approximately 7 p.m., at which time members of the public may enter the meeting, following current health and safety protocols.

The building will open to the public at 6:30 p.m. Signups for public comment will take place as the public enters the building. Please include all requested information in case the Board or school system staff need to follow up after the meeting.

The meeting will be livestreamed on the school system’s YouTube page: Wicomico Schools YouTube channel. Meetings are viewable after the meeting has been held, and may be accessed in a variety of places, including BoardDocs, PAC 14, the home page of Wicomico County Public Schools (www.wcboe.org), and the YouTube channel of WicomicoSchools.