The Covington Independent Public Schools Board of Education tentatively set a June date for a joint meeting with the Newport Independent Board of Education at their meeting Thursday night.
Covington Board President Tom Haggard said the idea came after conversations with Newport Board Chair Ramona Malone and described what he hoped to achieve by meeting with Newport’s board.
“How do we have more programs we can share with students, where maybe they’re doing some sort of program at their high school that we don’t offer?” Haggard said. “We can send kids there and vice versa. We do a little of that now. How can we continue to do that and grow that? And additionally, how can we do some joint professional development together to put all of our efforts together, maybe save some money?”
Newport had offered to host the first meeting, Haggard said. Representatives of Newport were not present at the meeting. The board set a tentative date of the meeting for June 19, although that may change due to it coinciding with Juneteenth.
