Several procedural and action items were adopted by the board during the Dec. 8 session.

The board approved the meeting agenda and the minutes from the prior meeting by voice/show-of-hands votes (no tallies recorded in the transcript). Speaker 10 presented the draft 2026–27 early college calendar for Lenoir County Early College High School, which the board approved after a motion by Speaker 6 and a second by Speaker 12; the chair called the vote and declared it carried by show of hands.

Maintenance department surplus items were presented for board approval; the motion to deem the listed items surplus and to authorize disposal and return of proceeds to the department was moved and seconded and approved by show of hands. Near the end of the public session a board member moved to enter closed session "under North Carolina statute 143-318.11 to prevent a disclosure of confidential personnel files and to consult the board's attorney" and to consider matters related to initial employment of an individual employee; the motion was seconded. The transcript ends before a recorded vote on the motion appears.