Rachel Heaton covers education in Beaufort County. She is an Oklahoma native and Missouri transplant. She graduated from the University of Missouri and previously worked at a local news website in suburban St. Louis. | The Beaufort County School District Board of Education will meet for a two-day work session Friday and Saturday at the district offices, 2900 Mink Point Blvd. in Beaufort.
On Friday, the meeting will begin at 8:45 a.m. Agenda items include new board member orientation, long-range planning on student assignments, 2013 school board meeting calendar and a briefing on the possibility of the board going paperless.
On Saturday, the meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Agenda items include discussion of the 2013-14 school district calendar, preliminary 2011-12 financial audit findings, and updating and developing policies on board member attendance, community participation and the establishment of committees.