“I thank the board for letting me serve the last two years,” Carlisle said. “It's an honor and privilege to serve.”
Davis thanked the board for their vote of confidence.
Meanwhile tonight, Judge Turner Stephenson swore in returning board members Thomas McDonald and Carlisle and newly elected board member Cathy Keeter.
In other matters this evening the board:
Agreed to renew its membership in the city schools consortium, which is administered through Elkin City Schools. The membership fee is $3,474. Superintendent Dennis Sawyer said following the meeting the school system has been a long-time partner in the consortium, which lobbies for city school systems on a variety of issues including consolidation. “It helps us have a common thread,” he said.
Carlisle, left, and Sawyer recognize Curtis.
Recognized Julia Curtis, a second-grader at Manning Elementary School, for her second-place North Carolina School Board Association poster, a statewide award.
