The Lynchburg City School Board will meet the first Tuesday of each month beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the Board Room at the School Administration Building located at 915 Court Street, unless otherwise noted. The school board will meet on the following dates during the 2019-20 school year. 

The Lynchburg City School Board will conduct Student Discipline Committee meetings as necessary beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the Board Room at the School Administration Building located at 915 Court Street.

BoardDocs  Recent School Board meeting agendas, minutes and videos are available on BoardDocs.

COVID-19 Response

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governor's state of emergency and in accordance with Va. Code § 44- 146.17, Lynchburg City School Board will conduct all upcoming school board meetings electronically until such time that the state of emergency ceases to exist.

Public Access

School Board meetings are streamed live on YouTube and televised on Comcast Channel 17 at 5:00 p.m. Meetings are rebroadcast daily on Comcast at 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m, and available online on the LCS YouTube channel.

Public Comment

In accordance with Policy BDDH Public Participation, the school board welcomes requests and comments as established in the guidelines within that policy and as modified to comply with the Governor's state of emergency. Persons or groups wishing to address the school board may do so by doing one of the following:

  1. Send a written statement to the deputy school board clerk at saundersbw@lcsedu.net. Statements will be read during the public comment section of the school board meeting.  
  2. Leave a voice message on the school board clerk's phone line at (434) 515-5077. Messages will be played during the public comment section of the school board meeting. 

Written statements and/or voice messages should include the name of the person submitting the comment, the subject of his/her remarks, and be limited to 3-minutes per individual and 5-minutes per group.  All written statements and/or voice messages must be received no later than 2 hours prior to the start of the meeting.

Date Meeting
July 16, 2019 School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
August 6, 2019 School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
August 8, 2019 Legislative Advocacy Community Relations Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:00 p.m.
August 13, 2019 Finance Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m.
August 20, 2019 School Board Work Session - 5:00 p.m.
August 27, 2019 Lynchburg City Board Governance Training - Charlottesville, VA - 4:00-8:00 p.m.
September 3, 2019 School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
September 5, 2019 Legislative Advocacy Community Relations Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m.
September 10, 2019 Finance Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m.
September 17, 2019 School Board Work Session - 5:00 p.m.
October 1, 2019 School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
October 8, 2019 Finance Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m.
October 10, 2019 Legislative Advocacy Community Relations Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m.
October 11, 2019 School Board Training/Retreat - University of Lynchburg - 7:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
October 15, 2019 School Board Work Session - Cancelled
October 29, 2019 Public Budget Hearing - E. C. Glass High School, Marie Waller Lecture Hall - 5:00-7:00 p.m.
November 6, 2019 School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m. 
(note: Wednesday meeting)
November 12, 2019 Finance Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m.
November 20-22, 2019 Annual VSBA Conference - Williamsburg, VA
December 3, 2019 School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
December 10, 2019 Finance Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m.
December 17, 2019 School Board Work Session - 5:00 p.m.
January 10, 2020 Legislative Advocacy Community Relations Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m.
January 14, 2020 School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
January 21, 2020 Finance Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m.
January 28, 2020 School Board Work Session - 5:00 p.m.
February 4, 2020 School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
February 11, 2020 Finance Committee Meeting Cancelled
February 18, 2020 School Board Work Session Cancelled
February 24, 2020 Legislative Advocacy Community Relations Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m.
March 3, 2020 School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
March 10, 2020 Finance Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m.
March 17, 2020 School Board Work Session - 5:00 p.m. (Rescheduled for 3/31)
March 25, 2020 Special School Board Meeting in Response to COVID-19 - 5:00 p.m.
The purpose of the electronic special school board meeting is to address the COVID-19 emergency as it relates to school closure for the remainder of the academic year.
Section 2.2-3708.2(A.)(3) of the FOIA allows such meetings in response to a state of emergency declared by the Governor with certain limitations being imposed on such electronic meetings, including that "(i) the catastrophic nature of the declared emergency makes it impracticable or unsafe to assemble a quorum in a single location and (ii) the purpose of the meeting is to address the emergency."  
March 31, 2020 School Board Work Session - 5:00 p.m.
April 7, 2020 School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
April 14, 2020 Finance Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m. Cancelled
April 21, 2020 School Board Work Session - 5:00 p.m. Cancelled
April 23, 2020 Legislative Advocacy Community Relations Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m. Cancelled
May 7, 2020 School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m. (Thursday meeting originally scheduled for 5/5)
May 12, 2020 Finance Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m. Cancelled
May 19, 2020 School Board Work Session - 5:00 p.m.
May 21, 2020 Legislative Advocacy Community Relations Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m. Cancelled
June 2, 2020 School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
June 9, 2020 Finance Committee Meeting - Room 206 - 3:30 p.m. Cancelled
June 16, 2020 School Board Work Session - 5:00 p.m.
July 7, 2020 School Board Meeting - 5:00 p.m.
Public Comments
Persons appearing before the school board will not be allowed to campaign for public office; promote private business ventures; use profanity or vulgar language or gestures; use language which insults or demeans any person or which, when directed at a public official or employee is not related to his or her official duties; engage in behavior that disrupts the meeting or intimidates others; or address the school board on issues that do not concern the services, policies, or affairs of the school board. Individual speakers shall limit their comments to three minutes. A speaker representing a group shall limit his comments to five minutes. The representative shall identify the group at the beginning of his or her presentation. A group may have no more than one spokesperson.