001Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Uh, today is May 5th, 2026, and I hereby call back into session um this regularly scheduled meeting of the Logan County Board of Education. It is 5:00. We're coming out of recess from a personnel hearing. Um before we get started, since there's so many people here, just want to remind everybody, you don't have to turn them off, but we ask everybody uh so that there's limited interruptions if you silence your cell phones so we don't get a lot of calls during. Uh we would appreciate that. Um at this time, we're going to ask everyone to please uh rise for the pledge of allegiance. And I'm gonna ask our good friend Jeremy Frasier to lead us in the pledge. To the flag of the United States of America and to the
002republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please remain standing for a brief moment of silence. >> Thank you very much. You may be seated. All right. Under item number four, uh we're going to go first into um presentations and reports. And we're going to flip the order of this. So the first uh presentation that we're going to have is uh item number two under our presentation heading. And that is the Chapmanville Regional High School basketball team. taking care of that. >> So, we'd like to ask the the boys and their coaches to please come to the stage. We congratulate you on your state win uh back in March. >> I assume we stand up. >> Congratulations. It was a good game, guys. >> Congratulations, guys. That's
003just going >> congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. >> Good job. Good job. >> Good job. >> Congratulations. Good to see you. >> Good to see you. >> Good job, man. Yeah, >> Brad down there. >> How's he sneak down there, bro? >> Congratulations, brother. >> I'll get by you. You hear me? >> Get a picture. B's taking our picture there. >> Oh, yeah. Jeffrey, >> how do we miss you, Jeff? There's one we got. >> Thank you. >> Who's Cindy? >> Cynthia doing it. >> Okay. >> Where is Cynthia? appreciate. >> Hey, no problem. >> Great season, guys. Congratulations. All right. Um, next on our uh presentations, we're going to uh bring up uh Miss Cynthia Uten. She's our uh secondary curriculum specialist and she is here for what most of the rest of you are here
004for, for our academic achievements, which you know, I've said it before, I love sports, but academics is why we're here. So, we want to take this opportunity to recognize all you guys that have done fantastic work on the academic side of the school year this year. So, uh Miss Susan, >> she's coming. I think there's a few students still signing in. So, so give us give us just a second. a second she'll be here. >> How's everybody doing? Everybody good? >> Our students have worked really hard this year to uh do well in a lot of uh competitions and achievements and we're very very proud of them to the the middle schoolers honor society. Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Cynthia Uten. >> No pressure on a big entrance. >> It is a great problem to have
005for every so many people to be showing up today to support our kids that we are waiting and signing people in right there at the last minute. Can't ask for anything better than that. All righty. So, what a great place to be this evening. I think all our kids need a round of applause. We are celebrating not just academics, but our kids who challenge themselves daily to grow and excel and take their learning to new levels and give themselves opportunities that otherwise they may not be able to have. So, my name is Cynthia. Like they said, I am a secondary curriculum and instruction specialist for Logan County Schools. So, academic competitions foster an environment full of learning, engagement, personal growth, and healthy competition. These events provide unique opportunities for our students to grow and explore
006creative journeys that help them push themselves academically. They handle themselves in a a professional manner when they go to these events and they also support each other. uh in the competition atmosphere that otherwise they may not be able to do. So this evening we're celebrating our students, their families, their teachers, uh principles, and the power of learning in all forms. Because when our students are engaged, inspired, and and challenged, that's when learning truly occurs. When they can take what they've learned in the classroom and apply it to things outside the classroom. So, our first group we were going to recognize today is our Young Ryder County winners. Now, these six individuals provided us with writings that explored a secret under the grass, the best recess ever, and the importance of the quiet kid. We have
007uh four of those students in attendance this evening. So, as I call those names, we'd like those individuals to come to the stage and accept your county award. Our third and fourth grade winning essay is titled The Secret Under the Grass Field from Be Buffalo Elementary School. A section from the essay to remember is, "As I walked through the village, I saw incredible things. a pig with wings and a bright blue horse walking calmly beside a cart. Suddenly, someone gently nudged my hand. As I looked up, I saw a woman who looked to be about 30 years old. She asked who I was, but I was too scared to answer. Congratulations, Ireland Curry. ulations. >> Our fifth and sixth grade winning essay is feelings are more powerful than money. This writer wrote this profound statement.
008No one reaches the end wishing they could have loved a little less. Insightful words from Logan Middle School's Nvea Collins. Congratulations, Nvea. Our ninth and tth grade winner is from Chapmanville Regional High School with the winning essay, The Time We Thought We Had. a standout descriptive section. Slowly walking up the stairs one by one, feeling sluggish and overwhelmed, I walk into my bedroom, flickering, flicking up the light switch intentionally, yet still getting slightly startled at the bright ball of light appearing. Congratulations, Kinley Web. Our final young writers winner is in the 11th and 12th grade division. This winner is also from Chapmanville Regional High School and the essay's title is Many Names Oneself. A standout phrase from that masterfully used uh that masterfully used a concise technique to focus on the theme is a thousand
009questions throughout my life that ended with a single answer home. Congratulations, Scarlett Basden. >> Good there. Yeah, >> congratulations. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Thanks. Congratulations. >> We now have our county spelling be winner and runner up. Our county winner is from Nan Middle School and our county runnerup is from Logan Middle School. These students defeated 23 other amazing Logan County spellers to grab the title of county champion and runner up. They received their awards at the county spelling be in November, but we would like for them to come forward so that we can gain uh again acknowledge their accomplishments. Uh only one of them is in attendance tonight. It is the runner up and that individual is Anna Vance. This year, our winners attended the in-person regional spelling bee at Fairmont State University
010in Fairmont, West Virginia, which is the first time we've had it in person since before co animated to the fifth round and placed 13th out of 50 spellers in the state. >> Congratulations, Miss >> the Golden Horseshoe Award. This recognizes eighth grade students who have demonstrated excellence in West Virginia studies, including our history, geography, economy, and government. This year, Logan County has four recipients who will be honors as knights and will receive their golden horseshoe next month in Charleston. As I call the names of those in attendance, please come forward to receive your certificate from Logan County Schools. Shayen Markham from Chapmanville Middle School. >> Congratulations. >> And McKenzie Somerville from Chapmanville Middle School. Congratulations, McKenzie. >> Congratulations, Mackenzie. >> Thank you. >> Math Field Day celebrates students who have a passion for numbers, equations,
011and problem solving. Logan County Schools was proudly was proudly represented at the regional competition with more than 22 students entering or earning honors at the regional competition and three of those students moving on to compete at the state level. Although these students received their awards at the county competition in January, we would like for those who are in attendance tonight to come forward as their names are called so we can recognize them. Once again, our fourth grade winners in attendance include Megan Campbell, first alternate from Man Elementary Oh, Jackson Bridges from Justice Elementary. >> And Brooks Rigggins, our first place winner in the fourth grade um division from Chapmanville Intermediate. >> Congratulations. Congratulations, sir. >> Congratulations. Our fourth grade overall team winner was Man Elementary. And three of those individuals are in attendance tonight. Megan
012Campbell, Charlotte Lovejoy, and Marcy Robertson. Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> Our fifth grade winners in attendance tonight are third place winner Logan Ellis from Man Middle School. And our first place winner from Chapmanville Middle School, Lucas Carter Dingus. Lucas was one of our three that also uh placed at regionals uh and he placed second um at that competition as well. >> Oh buddy, >> the overall team winner for fifth grade was Chapmanville Middle School and Lucas is the only person in attendance. So >> I like it. our sixth grade winners. Uh we're going to start with Gwen Wood, second alternate from Chhattenville Middle. Allison Keithley, third place from Chapmanville Middle. >> Congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations. Alex Slate, Chapmanville Middle, second place. >> Congratulations. And our first place winner, Jax Ellis from Man Middle School. Congratulations, sir.
013>> Congratulations. >> The overall team winner for sixth grade was Chapmanville Middle School. And we have three individuals in attendance tonight. Jacob Bell, Alex Slate, and Gwen Wood. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> Our seventh grade winners. We have second alternate with us tonight. Cage Baldwin. Cage was from Chapmanville Middle. Page, we're going to have you stay up here because um the team winner for seventh grade was Chapmanville Middle School and you have a partner in crime up here. She is uh also here. We only have one and that's Allison Elkins. So, you've got a teammate. there. >> Good job, Alison. >> Congratulations. >> Our eighth grade winners, we have one in attendance tonight. And this individual also is part of the county team that won at the eighth grade level. And it's Levi Atkins. He was
014first place from men middle school which also won the team trophicious. Our ninth grade winners Trenton Burgess is with us. He's the second alternate from Chapmanville Regional High. We also have Kyler Blair who placed second place from Chatville Region. Congratulations Tyler also placed at the regional tournament as an alternate. >> Congratulations. >> And we have our first place winner in the ninth grade division with us as well from Man High School, David Williams. The overall team winner for 9th grade was Chapmanville Regional. And members that are in attendance tonight are Kyler Blair, Trenton Burgess, and Silus Schwartman. I do also want to mention that our 7 through9 team placed second overall at the regional permit. Again, congratulations. Congratulations. Congratulations again. >> Congratulations again. Hey, our high school team. We have the fourth alternate with us
015this evening. Tailon Canterbury from Chapmanville Regional. Our sixth place winner, Carson Hail from Logan High School, is also with us. our fourth fourth place winner, Cooper Perry from Chapmanville Regional is here, too. Congratulations. >> Our second place winner from Logan High School School, Christopher Spurlock. And we're going to get Christopher to stay up here because the county winner for the 10 through 12 division was Logan High School. Christopher was a member of that team as well as Carson Hail. Next, we'd like to recognize our social studies fair winners. Tonight, we celebrate the curiosity, research, creativity each of these students brought to their projects. Their topics explored history, culture, government, and more with a creative focus ranging from the value of sports cards to the history of Appalachin music to an evolution in the art of
016voice. Not only did we have outstanding projects at the county level, but 66 students also placed at the regional competition. And of those 66, 15 advanced to the state level where they faced 570 other students from across West Virginia, which was the largest uh event um for the state social studies fair since 1977, I think. Um 12 of our students earned recognition at the state competition and with five uh becoming first place winners. We have several county winners in attendance this evening. As I call your name, please come to the sta stage to accept your county award. In division one, economics individual Elijah Tomlin with the project airplanes from Logan Elementary School. Elijah placed first in the county level and second in regionals economics group. Uh this was Dalen Caldwell and Alexis Scrimmit, but we
017only have Alexis in attendance tonight. The project was Viva Piñata Franchise from Man Middle School. This project was first in the county and third at regionals. >> Congratulations. >> Geography group. Liam Toller is here this evening. The project was amazing space from Logan Elementary School. It placed first at county and third at regional s. >> Congratulations. >> Political science individual Piper Mangus with the project Declaration of Independence Voice of Freedom from Man Middle School. Piper placed first at county, first at regional, and third at state. >> Good job. >> Psychology individual Logan Ellis with the project the knows nose. Logan is from Man Middle School and he placed first at county, first at regional, and first at state. >> Good job. >> Great job. You get your dad to help you with that. >> Great
018job. >> Sociology individual Keegan Hurley. Higgins Project Amber Alert from Man Middle School placed first at county and third at regionals. Sociology group. We have one member of that group with us. The project's name was Manny Thurman. Who did it from Logan Middle School? Aubrey Robertson. Congratulations. >> Congratulations. >> This project was first at county and second at regionals, >> state and local studies group. Uh, okay. Sorry. group. Uh the project is Princess Ara's Impact on History from Logan Middle School. It placed first at county and second at regionals. And this is Anessa Hatfield. >> The category US history. >> We have one member of that group here today. It's Jax Hainer. Um he is from Chhattenville Intermediate and his project was Titanic and placed first at county and honorable mention at regionals. >> Cool.
019category world history with the title Muslim women from man middle school. Uh it's group category and placed first at county and third at regionals. One member is here and that is Kylie Mouse. >> Patty. All right. Division two. This is your middle school division. Anthropology individual. The lost colony of Ronup from man middle school. First place at county. Third place at regionals is Cruz Nelson. Anthropology group. We had one person in attendance with this one. First place at county and second place at regionals. How does the Chinese zodiac represent Chinese culture? From Logan Middle School. Noah Bryant. economics individual. Uh, Chapmanville Middle School, the Las Vegas Aces, the building of a dynasty, first a county, second at regional, Allison Elkins, >> economics group, both members are here. Uh, placed first at county, second at regionals.
020The value of sports cards from Chapmanville Middle, Chase, Kane Stapleton, the geography category, individuals. This project placed first at county and second at regionals. How does endangered ducks habitat affect their population? Chapmanville Middle School. Allison Keatley political science individual. This project was first at the county and third at regionals. It's from Chapmanville Middle School. Title is JD Vance Paisley Ellis Political Science Grooge. The title of this one was how a bill becomes a law. It is from Logan Middle School. It placed first at county, first at regional, and first at state. Harley Abraham, Brinley Vetel. relationship. What was that? Good job. >> What was that? Congratulations. What was it? >> Congratulations. Good stuff. >> Psychology uh individual. This project placed first in the county, first at regional, and third at state. The title from conversations
021to notifications from MAM Middle School. Jax Ellis. psychology group. The title is what makes a serial killer from Logan Middle School. It placed first at county and second at regional. And it's Lily Farmer and Cheyana Luna. >> State and local studies individual. The title of this project was the history of Appalachian music from Chapmanville Middle School. It placed first at county, first at regional, and first at state. Willow Dalton, >> state and local studies group. The title is the West Virginia Penitentiary from Chapmanville Middle School. It received first at county. >> Uh it is Lauren Alshshire and Tiana Burch. US history individual. >> Congratulations. >> This project's title was Appalachian Mountains and Folklore from Man Middle School. It received first place in county and honorable mention at regional Harper Brunfield. Well, Harper stepped out for
022a second. You should. So, let's go on. US history group, we have the title, The Storm of Indifference from Chapmanville Middle School. It was first at county and third at regional. And we have Eden King today in that group. Congratulations. >> Congratulations again. >> World history individual. The title is How the Titanic changed steamboat policy throughout history from Chapmanville Middle School. It received first place at county and second place at regionals. This is Jenna Ingram. World history group. >> This title was what happened the night the Titanic sank from Logan Middle School. It received first place at county, first place at regional, and first place at state. Lacy Hall and Lily Padunac. Special topic American 250 individuals. >> Congratulations. >> The title is Hello from Earth from Man Middle School and it received first place
023at county and third place at regional. Xander McCoy division three the high school division anthropology individual and the evolution in the art of voice from man high school. This project was first place at county, first place at regional, and honorable mention at state. Braden Smith economics group. The title is the economics of sports cards while collectibles have value from Chapmanville Regional High School. This project was first place at county and first place in regionals. Archer Altiser and Kyler Blair Psychology Individual Mind of a Serial Killer from Man High School first place at County. Raleigh Ross Psychology Group. Effects of conver Con conversion therapy. Logan High School. First place at county and second place at regionals. Leila Uten, Linda Stamper. Sociology group project NK Ultra Logan High School was first place in county, third place in
024the region and that's Emily Hughes and Christopher Spurlock. state and local studies individual. The title is the Rocket Boys for Man High School. It plays first at county, first at regionals. Callie Swaffer. Thank you. Congratulations. World history individual title. How the wives of Henry VII changed the view of women from Logan High School. First place at County. Clarissa Evans. >> Our last award uh is one that we involves Skills USA Skills USA competition. It's a national event for career and technical education. The competition highlights students abilities across a range of trade, technical, and leadership fields, serving as a platform to showcase their talents and promising futures in their chosen industries. Although they were honored at the event, we would like to invite them forward to once more so we can celebrate that accomplishment. We have
025one of the two winners here tonight. Cheyenne Elkins. She placed third in technical computer applications from Ralph R. Willis and she is a Logan High School student. Congratulations. >> As we wrap up tonight's celebration, let's remember that what we honor here is beyond trophies and moments. is actually the ability and the opportunity to think a little bit deeper, to question boldly, to work together, and to mirror the ve very best of what education has to offer um and allow them to apply it to a real life circumstance. Each student has demonstrated not just knowledge, but discipline, curiosity, and resilience. Logan County Schools applaud you for your efforts, and we cannot wait to see what you do next year. Now, we're going to take a brief recess to prepare for tonight's board meeting. And congratulations to
026everybody. One last round of applause and safe travels are >> we'll take a we'll take a quick recess you guys the ones that want to leave to go ahead and leave. Um you're more than welcome to stay for the board meeting. Um but we'll take about a five or 10 minute recess and then we'll come back in and finish up with the agenda. Alrighty, we're going to come back from our recess here and we're going to go on to uh public speakers. We had two, but uh one decided to leave. So, um we're down to one and that is Adriana Fields. Miss Fields, if you don't mind, come up so that you're at the microphone. Um, as you walk up, I'll just kind of go over the the ground rules for for public comments. Uh,
027all statements shall be directed to the presiding officer. No p no person may address or question board members individually. Uh, and that is in compliance with our open meetings act. Um cameras, tape or video recordings are permitted providing that the person operating the camera recorder uh doesn't obstruct or um cause uh any um uh obstruction between the board or uh the audience. No interviews are conducted in the meeting while the board's in session. No commentary, adjustment of equipment or positioning of operators is made that would distract either from uh the board or members of the audience while the board is in session. Uh I's presiding officer may interrupt, warn or terminate a participant statement when the statement is too lengthy, personally directed, abusive, obscene or irrelevant. Um I may request any individual to leave the
028meeting when that person does not obtain or does not observe reasonable decorum. I can request the assistance of law enforcement officer in the removal of disorderly people. when the person's uh conduct interferes with the orderly progress of the meeting. I may call for a recess or adjournment to another time when the lack of public decorum so interferes with the orderly conduct of the meeting as to warrant such action and I may wave or we may wave these rules with the approval of the board when necessary. However, under uh under state intervention, we do not have the ability to wave those rules. So those rules remain in effect. Uh, with all that being said, Miss Fields, you have five minutes. >> I've got >> And yeah, and when you start speaking, your time begins. >> I'm
029here to talk about the lack of transparency and the flaws when it comes to hiring, firing, and background checks. I know every system is flawed, but when it comes to the safety and innocence of children, it should be constantly working on any gaps or flaws. More than 4.5 million students are subject to sexual misconduct by a school employee before they graduate. A study in 2018 found that a teacher who sexually abuses children is on average passed to three different school districts. This is an epidemic of sexual abuse in public schools. And that's a fact. Between 2010 and 2019, the number of complaints alleging sexual violence and abuse have more than tripled. There are far too many cases of teachers quietly resigning or voluntarily forfeiting their license to protect not only themselves but also the school
030and school district from public scrutiny and expensive payouts. This should never happen no matter the cost. Nor should non-disclosure agreements be signed to further hide these atrocities. No information regarding a school employees sexual misconduct should ever be hidden, expuned from an employee records, including allegations or other findings. Just the same as there is a file for every child that shows every write up suspension, inschool suspension, and every other note that everybody wants to put in there. There should be the same for every teacher. That includes any allegations of sexual abuse or misconduct. Even if there is no readily available evidence, schools can use the information to establish a pattern. I personally feel that if a pattern is established, then there should be a cause to terminate. Multiple studies have shown that allegations of sexual abuse
031by a school employee that are unprovoked are almost always true. Our children deserve to be safe in our schools, not our schools protecting image and predators. As of April 2026, 20 states with one more pending have enacted laws to address educator sexual misconduct and abuse by requiring new standard practices to screen prospective employees and prevent aiding and abetting. West Virginia is not on that list. We need to do so much better when it comes to our children. The teachers union and schools should not be working together to conceal sexual abuse by permitting them to quit without a full investigation into the allegations. The fact that these cases of sexual misconduct against children is investigated in house is absolutely absurd. Any sexual abuse allegations should immediately be handed to law enforcement. The people that are trained
032to investigate, not our local principal. Districts think institutionally while parents need them to think about our children. Which also brings up transparency. Any allegations of abuse to someone's child should immediately be reported to that child's parent, not two or three days later or never. As well as putting out an all call or sending a letter home the same day to inform parents that there is an investigation into a teacher around our kids every day for sexual misconduct. That not only keeps parents informed, as they should be, but gives them an opportunity to ask their child if maybe that's happened to them, too. We should never find out over Facebook. We also need to establish stronger, harsher penalties for school district personnel who fail to report. Teachers are around and hear kids talking about Mr. So
033and so creeping them out, making them uncomfortable. They also sometimes see inappropriate behavior in relationships and say nothing to anyone. This needs to change now. Dismissing these clear signs are further damaging to comes to reporting pedophiles. We should never prioritize reputation or comfort over saving a child from sexual abuse. It's beyond time that our school systems implement real change that will protect their students. The trauma that comes with sexual abuse as a child will never leave them. They will forever struggle in one way or another from it. I don't want that for any child and neither should anybody else. We as parents are here demanding transparency, accountability, and real action to protect our children. Do your jobs in the way they were meant to be done, not the way that best protects your image and
034your purse. Protect our children. >> Thank you, Miss Fields, for your comments. we go on to uh the rest of our agenda. Item number five is approval of the minutes. The minutes from the meetings of uh March 24th, 2026 um March 21st, 2026 special meeting uh which was a continuation and um adjournment of the March 24th meeting and April 21st, 2026. and those uh minutes have been approved uh by the state superintendent. Uh item number six is approval of action items and for those I will turn the floor over to Dr. White. >> Thank you. Um our action items that again were approved by the state board. Uh we have outofstate travel. We have these opportunities for our students to be able to um experience new things near the end of the year. Hugh Dingus
035Elementary is taking their fourth grade grade class to uh the center for of science and industry co-sign and Columbus. Man elementary's fourth grade class is going to travel by bus to Malibu Jackson and Ashlin Kentucky. Chapmanville Middle School 8th grade class is going to travel to Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. And Holden Central Elementary third and fourth grade classes are going to travel to Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville. Um and many of those trips occur on a Saturday so they're not missing school time. Uh Justice Elementary's third and fourth grade classes are going to also go to COI and um Justice Elementary School um has a trip on a Saturday uh to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee as part of a reward program. Uh they also approved parent volunteers for Logan High School. Um we uh
036it's textbook adoption season and secondary textbook adoptions uh Pearson for the personal finance courses that are required by state code. um health and wellness, uh Goodart Wilcox, uh AAA for driver's education, and Davis publications for art and middle and high schools. Um Logan County Schools, um delayed their social studies adoption a year, which is what they are allowed to do by state code. So, the adoption took place this year. Uh Syngage social studies for grades six and seven and geography. Uh Galipade social studies materials for grade 8. McGraw Hill social studies materials for grades 9 through 12 sociology and economics and BFW social studies materials for psychology. Um we have a second batch of policies that are out for first reading. And again we're working with Miola to uh review our policies and make sure
037that any new policies we need to add u for changes in state code are put in as well as updating our current policies. And again, most of our updated policies, um, it was, uh, they're mostly technical corrections. All of the policies are available for comment online. If you go to the website, they're there. Uh, new policies for first-time reading. And again, these are policies that due to state code, we had to come up with a new policy. Uh, policy 3120.14 regarding tutors. Uh, 3213.03, self harm and eating disorders uh, training, which is also called Megan's Law. Uh, 3242.05, 5 mandatory staff training on uh individualized education programs or IEPs and 4213.03 self harm and eating disorders training Megan's law. Now I should explain it looks like that's on there twice but in our on our
038code book uh the 3000 num the 3000's policies are for professional personnel and the 4000s are written for service personnel. So there's many policies that um are in both places. So the updated policies uh are also listed below. 3313 3113 conflict of interest 3120.08 employment of personnel for extracurricular activities 3122.01 drug-free workplace 3160.01 tuberculosis examination 3213 Student Supervision and Welfare by Professional Staff 3220 Staff Evaluation 3242 Professional Learning for Educators. 3340 grievance procedure. 3431 personal leave. 4113 conflict of interest and the four 4,000s again start service personnel uh codes. Uh 4120.08 employment of personnel for extracurricular activities. 4120.12 areas of critical need and shortage for substitute bus operators. 4122.01 Drugfree drug-free workplace. 4124.01 1 probationary contracts 4124.02 continuing contracts for service personnel 4125 competency testing for service personnel 4132 vacancies for service position 4139.01 suspension
0394160.01 tuberculosis examination 4160.02 2 physical examination qualification for school bus operators. 4213 student supervision and welfare by service personnel. 4340 grievance procedure and 4431 personal leave. Our next item is uh we have two uhus. Uh the first one is with Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College and we're part they are partnering with Ralph Rwis School of Practical Nursing to provide students with a seamless transition from the LPN program to the R RN program. This we're very excited about this. Um students uh can take the LPN program at Ralph R. Willis and then go directly into the RN program at uh uh Southern. Uh our second is with step by step and that's to implement uh step-by-step uh dreamers after school programs for Logan Elementary, Holden Elementary and Omar elementary schools and that begins July
0401st, 2026. For our finances, we didn't have any budget supplements or transfers this month. Our invoices we had uh for county $551,596.50. Um, CTE, career technical education was $21,64.37. Food service $1,8289. IASA $34,679.12. Permanent improvements $5,440 and purchasing card uh was $12,72057 and for a total of $627,3345 for this month. As always, invoices are available for review at the central office. Direct inquiries can be made to Rhonda Justice at the number listed in the agenda. Uh, next is our personnel schedule. Um, for the professional side, we have uh in athletics, we have three U coaching appointments that are listed there. Um, we have uh administrative transfer and this is effective for the 2627 school year due to the school merger of Vernonville and Omar. uh Miss Janice Williamson who is uh currently the principal of
041uh Vernonville Elementary will become the principal of Omar Elementary. And another administrative transfer is uh Greg Bailey, itinerate music at Omar Elementary will be itinerant music at Omar Elementary School from his previous position at half Holden Central and half Omar. Um some employments, we employed two uh substitute teachers u effective immediately and realignment. Uh this is again due to our riff and transfer. Erica Bridges will now teach second and third grade uh split classroom at Justice Elementary. We have a resignation as well of a long-term substitute. Um also listed are um we have employees that when they're initially hired, they have a hired they have a probationary contract. So um for three years and then on the fourth year, they get a continuing contract and those are listed as well. uh for second probationary, third
042probationary and continuing. We have some transfers that were um taking place uh again as we uh had the riff and transfer season. It's the transfer season part of it where um positions that were held by long-term subs are are being u replaced by those who were on the riff list. So, we had uh uh Morgan Browning uh is going to be from the RIFF list. Uh uh Adam Dingus was a transfer I believe. Uh Leslie Goldie was also u pulled from the uh riff list to teach social studies at Logan Middle. Emily Lambert um was also pulled from the reduction and force list to teach choir at Logan and Chapmanville Regional. Um Gary McCus is uh teaching driver's ed and again pulled from the reduction and force list at Logan and Mann. Uh, Patricia Spece
043is teaching art at uh, Chapenville Regional and Chapenville Middle. Um, and is also from the reduction force list. So, we're thankful to have these people back. Heather Thomas uh, second is teaching second grade next year at Chhattenville Intermediate from RIFF list and Jordan Wallace is going to be teaching science at Man Middle. So, we're thankful to have those people come off the reduction force list and back into our classrooms. service. Uh there are a lot of transfers and again with service personnel, it's based on seniority and job uh placement. And so these were people who um their position may have been cut or or someone bumped them from their positions and uh their placement now uh for the next school year. There's um about 13 of those. Um there was a correction for an employee
044uh regarding uh his first name. It was Jacob and not Jerry. And then there's uh the list of again with uh same with service personnel continuing contracts and probationary contracts and and the lists are quite long. Uh for there we have some medical leave FMLA that are listed as well. Uh we have two resignations, a custodian and a substitute cook and uh some transfers again u uh for various uh from one school to another for cooks and cafeteria managers, secretaries and custodians. And finally on the personnel list, a termination of contract um Justin Workman from a previously imposed unpaid administrative leave effective April 14th through May 5th, 2026. and his contract has been terminated. And that's uh the personnel items. And next is superintendent report, which I guess I'll do that too. Take a breath.
045>> We'll take a breath and a drink of water. Um since our last meeting, there's a lot of things to discuss and I want to go through these. Um, last Tuesday, um, Logan County Schools named Crystal Christian as our 2627 teacher of the year and Alice Bill D as our 2627 service personnel of the year and they will represent us well in the upcoming state event. Um, just some information for the board at the next meeting. Our budget for the 2627 school year will be on the agenda as required by state code. I would like to thank Miss Utton for the wellorganized program recognizing all our students for their academic achievements. Give her one more round of applause. And not everyone sees the amount of time and energy she puts into that in addition to
046her other duties and and uh she always does a great uh program and I I just show up and that's that's always good that we have such good employees who I don't I don't worry about it and they they take care of things so well. Um plans are under well underway for the summer maintenance of our facilities and the next meeting we'll have an update from our facilities directors regarding director regarding all of those um updates. Um summit of assessment testing for grades three through eight started today and I would like to say a special message to our students. I wish I'd said this earlier when they were all here to do their best get plenty of rest the night before and show everyone what you know. So, I'm very proud of our kids and
047and they're so uh working hard the next few weeks on the summit of assessment. The regional tennis tournament is winding down at Logan High School this evening. I want to thank the school and the tennis coaches for a well-run tournament. We had we used the rec center during the rainstorm yesterday to keep the tournament on schedule. The agreement with the rec center has been beneficial to all of our athletic programs and allows the county to have additional space for practices and games. The agreement provides us with the time to make sound decisions thoughtfully and carefully for the future regarding athletic facilities countywide. The use of the facility meets the need of the children here in Logan County. Yesterday we had a principal meeting and at our meeting we had a session called five policies you
048need to know and uh it was very successful and I think it's something we're going to add monthly to our principal meeting. But we did review the following policies. Policy 8462, student abuse and neglect. Policy 3213, student supervision and welfare by professional staff. Uh, policy 3362, anti-harassment and violence. Policy 8120, volunteers, and policy 5540, the schools and community agencies. We discussed the requirements of these policies and the accompanying state law and made sure everyone had a thorough understanding of the rights and responsibilities associated with these policies. Our principles will share this information with their teachers and service personnel as well. And each month we plan to review in detail policies that impact our work with students and families. Finally, there have been some law some news lately that has come out come out regarding Logan
049County schools. I hope that all stakeholders understand that everyone has a right to due process as defined by law. As a school system, we are bound by confidentiality and other procedures that are in state code and policy which are sometimes frustrating to all involved. Oftentimes, I would like to tell the whole story openly, but I can only share what is professional, appropriate, and legal. All this being said, please know that as superintendent of Logan County Schools, protecting and serving children is my mission, and that is the mission of all of us uh on the Logan County Schools team now and in the future. I will share information that is legally allowed and appropriate regarding any situation involving Logan County Schools. As a mother of three children and the grandmother of five little ones, I take
050the sacred service of children seriously and have for the the entire 40 years of my career. I hope all families know that every employee of Logan County Schools will do whatever it takes to give your children high quality learning experiences, good memories, and safe learning environments every day. Our school system will have zero tolerance for any abuse of the safety and security of the children of Logan County. And rest assured that all appropriate action will be taken to protect our students every single day. Thank you. That's all my comments. >> All right, we're going to move on to board member comments. Um we'll start with Dr. White. He's um Dr. Pat Joe White. He's uh uh joining us on uh phone today. Dr. Right. Do you have any comments by phone today and to hear
051all of the students who who are in our school system every day uh doing their best to succeed at a multi- level of many different events that are extracurricular. in in total to their regular curriculum. But uh it it does my heart good to see so many students being recognized not only on the county level but on the regional and state level. So um I'm proud of everyone who cross that stage today. Um thank you very much. >> All right. Thank you Dr. White. Uh we'll go with Mr. Keyser next. >> I'd just like to thank everybody for uh everything put together tonight. Miss Sutton, administration, uh Chattenville Regional. Appreciate you all hosting us. Law enforcement. Uh these these things are uh not easy to put together and there's a lot of moving parts and
052uh I seems like our events just always flow and and and that makes it easier on everybody. Uh you know we we have to look at everything in this county as a whole. We have to look at issues that we have and work on correcting. But one thing I think that we fail at horribly in this county is the uh the interest in getting the good that's going on in this county out there for everybody to see. Uh seems like we want to dwell on bad things and don't want to don't want to bring up the good things. and one of the biggest losers and that's our kids. We got uh so many kids in this county. I mean tonight we had kids from May Logan, Chapmanville. Uh the the the results that we had
053this year were just tremendous. And uh you know it it feels so good to sit here on a night uh like the other night teacher of the year and the service personnel of the year award. I mean, that's just such a good positive function recognizing the hard work of our people tonight, recognizing the hard work of the students in this county. Uh, and they deserve that. And I would like to see we we have to we have to recognize our shortcomings and improve them. That's a part of us being responsible people and being where we're at. But it's also our duty to to recognize the good things that are happening. And tonight just been a great night recognizing all these kids and uh and and what they uh what they've accomplished. And and I'd like
054to close that in saying I I am acquainted with just about everybody in this administration. I have gotten acquainted with Dr. wife worked closely with her since she come in October, >> November, >> and I am acquainted with every board member that we got. And I cannot stress to everyone in this county that the safety of the children in our schools is the number one priority of everybody in this administration and in this room right now. I have a daughter in Logan County schools. She goes every day. Tony has children. Ralph has children. Everybody up here has either children or grandchildren. There's nobody that worries about kids no more than any of us. Guarantee it. Think about it every night when I lay down to go to bed. So, I assure you that that's top
055priority on our list. And again, just congratulations to everybody tonight. Great night. Good job, >> Mr. area. >> Yeah, I was excited to see all the parents come out and support your kids. Uh, you know, to say congratulations is probably not enough for these kids. They really excel. They put a lot of work in what they do. And, uh, I'm just proud of each and every one of them. And again, kudos to you, Miss Don. You've always come through and do a good job. And again, toward our superintendent. Kudos to you. You always do a good job. Also, very proud to have you as our superintendent. Thank you. Um yeah, I I agree with uh both Ralph and Mark. Um you know that there's there's no school system in the in the in the state
056or the country for that matter that's perfect. Um the the one thing that I think that we've all um made a conscientious effort is to providing for the safety of our kids. um when something happens, I think we're we're um we're pretty quick to act upon it. Um the nature of some things prevents um the disclosure of information as fast as the public may want it, but that's that's the law and we have to follow the law. Um so um I understand frustrations uh with that. um without going into any too much detail. I've been a a first party member to that in the past. Uh, so I understand the frustrations, but um, you know, there there's an old saying, the wheels of justice turn slowly and and for some people, you know, that they
057turn too slowly, and we understand that, and but we we're we do everything we can um to uh to to ensure the safety of our of our kids um to the to the best of our ability. um turning the page on that tonight. This along with the um banquet that we had last week, these are two of my favorite uh nights of the year for the school system. Um getting to recognize and honor um the uh the accomplishments of our staff uh both professional and service and uh our most importantly our students and their parents getting to come and and see them being recognized for that. I think that's fantastic. Um, and I'm excited to see where these kids um, that have done so great go in life because this is just the beginning for
058some of them and I think they've got very very bright futures ahead of them. Um, as far as announcements go, the next uh, board of education meeting will be held on May 26, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. back at the Ralph R. Willis Career and Technical Center. There being no further business before this board, I need a motion for adjournment. Mr. Keyser, I need a second. >> Dr. White. All those in favor of a German indicate by saying I. >> I. All those uh opposed indicate by saying no. The eyes have at 40. We are adjourned at 6:19 Damn.