At its Oct. 1 meeting the Prince William County School Board recorded the following formal actions and votes (outcomes are taken from the public meeting record):
- Approval of meeting agenda
- Motion: "I move that the Prince William County School Board approve the meeting agenda."
- Mover: Vice Chair Tracy Blake. Second: Lisa Zargarpur.
- Vote: 8 yes; unanimous. Motion passed.
- Enter closed session (per cited Code of Virginia provisions)
- Motion: Enter closed session pursuant to sections of the Code of Virginia to discuss personnel, religious-exemption requests, probable litigation and facility security briefings (transcript lists sections 2.2-3711 and 2.2-3712 and subparts including A.1, A.7, A.8, A.19).
- Second: Lisa Zargarpur.
- Vote: Unanimous; motion passed. The board entered closed session and returned approximately one hour later.
- Closed-session certification
- Motion: Certification pursuant to section 2.2-3712 of the Code of Virginia that only matters lawfully exempted from open meetings were discussed in closed session and only matters identified in the motion were heard and considered.
- Mover: Vice Chair Tracy Blake. Second: Lori Williams.
- Vote: 8 yes; unanimous. Motion passed.
- Approval of appointments and releases (personnel)
- Motion: "I move that the Prince William County School Board approve the appointments and releases of specific employees as presented in closed session."
- Mover: Vice Chair Tracy Blake. Second: Lori Williams.
- Vote: 8 yes; unanimous. Motion passed.
- Approval of requests for religious exemption (compulsory attendance)
- Motion: "I move that the Prince William County School Board approves a request for a religious exemption for compulsory school attendance for case numbers RE25-16 and RE25-17."
- Mover: Vice Chair Tracy Blake. Second: Lori Williams.
- Vote: 8 yes; unanimous. Motion passed.
- Adoption of the consent agenda (public meeting consent agenda)
- Motion: "I move that the Prince William County School Board approve the public meeting consent agenda as recommended."
- Mover: Vice Chair Tracy Blake. Second: Lori Williams.
- Vote: 8 yes; unanimous. Motion passed. (Board note: the consent agenda included new course offerings for the 2026-27 school year; the board member Lori Williams highlighted that information in discussion.)
- Adoption of acknowledgements and recognitions
- Motion: "I move that the Prince William County School Board approve the adoption of the acknowledgements and recognitions as recommended."
- Mover: Tracy Blake. Second: Lori Williams.
- Vote: 7 yes, 1 abstain (Trudinik). Motion passed.
All vote tallies are taken from the meeting transcript record presented during the Oct. 1 public meeting.