001Good evening. We'd like to call this meeting of the Nicholas County Board of Education regular meeting Monday, March for uh March 16th, 2026 to order at this time. Please stand and join us for a moment of silent reflection. Thank you. Please join the board with the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All right, it has been moved through the agenda. Um, item four was the minutes that were approved from the February 2nd, 2026 meeting. Um, item five is the required public hearing number two for the 2627 school calendar to provide any information from the public um, as it relates to the school calendar for next year. Do we have
002anyone in the back that would like to address the school calendar for 2627? All right. Hearing none. Um item six under my updates. Um let's let uh I'm going to let Dr. Lee go first with the 2627 midyear benchmark results. We've had a taste of spring. Looks like we're back to winter. >> Yeah. >> Winter benchmark results. Um, I have a nice little booklet for you, but just like I do my students, I'm not giving you the booklet until I go over all the directions so that you're not reading while I'm talking. Um, but I'll give you the highlights or the cliff's notes version of where we are. Um, right now with grades three through eight, we're running with what the students have shown so far. I would say a good solid 40 to 60%
003proficience range. When I looked at this in comparison with last year, of course, math is still way low. Um, but it looks like we are on track if you continue to maybe be slightly higher in reading at the elementary level than we were last year. Um, you're going to see when you dig in here, I've given you every grade level that you can look at specifically. Um, you're going to see grade three, fractions is an issue. Grade four, fraction equivalence is an issue. Grade five, fraction operations is an issue. I think you see a pattern there, right? Grade six, it turns into issues with rational numbers, which >> why we should have gone gone to metric a long time ago. >> Why, wouldn't we? >> Just move a decimal. Also, when you look into this,
004you're going to see um issues in writing, which have been a long-term issue, but uh pulling it connecting it to text and looking at grammar are the biggies there. Um implications are that we're going to continue to work on fractions, fractions, and more fractions. And when I give you your booklet, you will see you've got a page at the beginning where I've already spoken with the principles about what I called their critical care patients. So, we looked at every assessment. The one that you're most familiar with is the one that has the box around it. That's that flex diagnostic that we've been doing for a few years. But those are the numbers of students that are below 25th percentile that we really need to be looking at. You're going to have some colorful pages like
005this, which this is from the LL flex diagnostic that you're already familiar with, but kind of where we are. Then following that, I have it by school and by grade. So, if you want to look into it in particularly that way, you can. And then near the end of your booklet, I've taken we have the GSA um benchmark 2 where it will actually correlate. It's kind of like the practice test for the GSA, but it gives every standard and kind of where we are. Now, what I've given you is the county level view, but each principal has their own view for their own uh group of students. So, they can work with teachers and really pinpoint which standards maybe they haven't taught yet they need to get to, or which ones they have taught that
006their students are still weak to. And just to piggyback on that, our I know our secondary schools, our 11th graders are prepping for the SAT um and they did just complete the SAT prep practice test. Um the results from that look promising as well. Um better better as compared to last year's results on the SAT. So um that that's that's good news. >> So on those fractions, so uh it almost sounds like it's a curriculum problem. I also think it also goes back to developmentally. I don't think they're getting enough practice with the hands-on piece of understanding what that whole unit of one is, how to break it up. >> I I mean, I know I don't I know when I was teaching uh when we'd take these tests, there were things that they would
007obviously test on before I had covered them. Mhm. >> So, um, which could come into play as well. >> That that has somewhat to do with it, but from last year, they ought to remember some of it. >> In third grade, that's a huge issue because most of the time they don't get to fractions until late January, >> right? >> So, they're just now getting to that when they were testing, which was at the end of January, right? Doesn't surprise me. But that's where I think the principles really need to be looking at those item analysis or standards analysis and say, "Have you taught this?" And if not, when are you going to teach it before we get to April so that they're not cramming three weeks before the test trying to get 30 different
008things in there, >> even if they have to piece it here and there. >> Yes. And we had uh last month we had a session um the tax offered a session with fractions and actually getting fractions into making it tangible. And of course last Friday the pack that did the one on quilting and using the pieces with that did it at the state math conference. So they >> well and I you know and I know we have some a good elementary math teachers. I know that. So it's just hard for me to believe that they're all >> continues to be. >> Yeah. So I that's why I ask about the curriculum and although that shouldn't be all you go by is your curriculum. you should, you know, if it's not in the uh if the
009standard's not in the curriculum, you ought to find how to get it in there. But >> and it's that hands-on piece, that tactile piece is so important. But now, you know, when we have snow day and snow day and delay, what is it that they let go is they typically let the hands-on part go because it's more time and then they >> they've got to experience it. >> Are these based on national averages? the state or >> the universal screener is norm referenced but the flex diagnostic is based on the standards and the flex diagnostic is the one that I put a little more credence in that's the one that's got the box around it because it is tied to where they should be u their standards >> I wonder if there's a a a
010developmental age at which perception of such things as fractions becomes a little clearer. >> Well, if it's a national thing, then you'd be able to >> I think clearly there is um just because of you you've got all that human growth and development pieces with object permanence and whatnot and then till kids experience it. I mean, think back to when you first learned to do a puzzle, you know, until you try all those different ways. Oh, will this connect back? Do you have those experiences? It's really hard to do that. Well, right now, kids, so many kids don't have experience with the tangible because they've all watched it on TV or online or on YouTube. They don't get their hands dirty, so to speak. Yeah. I think developmentally we're delayed with some kids with their
011development, especially that visual reasoning. I think that's a society issue like you're saying. I think it's not just our kids widespread. >> Thank you. >> It seems like the one learning process is just go so far and then all of a sudden you say, "Well, hey, I understand. >> I got it." >> Great. Everybody's played with these little tangos and tang puzzles. The first time you sat there, did you make the square? No. It took hours and hours and hours of playing and how am I going to figure this out be able to make the square. And it's I think it's the same thing for everything that's fraction based. And what makes it hard is the fractions the unit hole is not always the same. Sometimes it's a circle, sometimes it's a rectangle, sometimes it's
012a square, sometimes it's a dollar bill. We call it a quarter. How do you know what it is? >> Thank you. A couple other updates I had uh just for y'all's information. Um progress on the CTE roof at Craigsville. Um all of the materials are on site. Um projected start date for that was to be today, but with the weather forecast, the contractor decided to hold off till next week um just to ensure they didn't open up something up there while the weather was as uh it was projected to be today and tomorrow. So again, all the materials are on site on the roof. They're they're ready to go. Just waiting on some good weather. Um, as far as a construction update, I just did get an update um at Glade Creek out at the
013Summersville project. It things are picking back up there with the weather getting better or there's more contractors on site. Um, they continue to lay the vertical um block, weather permitting. Um, the plumbing and electrical and storm line rough ends are ongoing. Sanitary sewer line is being installed under the roadway. Um the site crew is working on the roadway around the rear of the building. Betting door frames as uh the CMU follows. They're installing bearing plates. Um bar joist and decking being installed as bearing plates are installed. Electricians are pulling wire, installing lights in completed bulkheads. um concrete concrete work at inbeds and slab cuts. Sprinkler system work is ongoing. Painting um in areas that are complete and and temperatures are cooperative. Um and the carpenters are installing hard ceilings, bulkheads, and sheetrock. So, that project
014is moving along nicely and will continue to do so as weather as weather gets better here in the spring. It look like they're ahead of schedule. >> They're still Yes, they're still ahead of schedule. We don't have an updated uh an updated schedule on that project yet. He probably won't submit an updated schedule till we get through springtime. Um but with with the good weather in the fall, um they they they were ahead of schedule some. I hate to say how much, but they were definitely ahead of schedule. >> Um >> still looking at the same deadline. >> Yes. >> Okay. We're fall of 27. Yeah. >> Yep. Um, couple other updates as it relates to this year's school calendar, the 2526 school calendar. Just to provide the board an update, we did get stuff
015out to our staff this week to disseminate. Um, the state board did or the state department of ed did provide a a waiver window which was um for that last week in January. If you remember that it was icy, cold that whole week that affected the entire state that January 26, 27, 28, 29,30, those five dates were provided to counties um to submit a waiver of the 180day instructional um requirement. Again, just for everyone's knowledge, this does not affect the 200 day employment um for our employees. It was just for the 180 days of instruction. During that week, um, we utilized NID days, non-instructional days, uh, non-instructional non-traditional instructional days on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, which count as instruction towards towards the 180 days and the 200 day contract for our employees. So, the only
016day that we were eligible for was Friday, January 30th, which we did submit and was granted. Um so that will be um as as you're aware we had six we had six dates that we had to make up which took up our six OS days which is built into the calendar on February 6th May 29th January 1 January 2 or I'm sorry June 1 June 2 June 3 and June 4 would have been our makeup dates but with the waiver of that one day June 4 will not be instruction for our students but our staff will report to work on that day to meet the 200 day in uh 200 day contract requirement. So our last day for students as it stands right now looking out the window um is June 3rd. June 3rd would
017be our last day for students. Our last day for our staff for 200 day contract has not changed. It's still June 6th as originally on the on the calendar. I'm sorry. June 9th, Tuesday, June 9th would be the last day for 200 day um employees. Oh. I'm sorry. While you're on the calendar, are the graduations still >> graduations do not change. That's that's >> they're on those dates. >> Dates are set. Okay. >> That is May 21 and 22. >> Um, do I have anything else? Um, just real quick as just for y'all's information, we are getting into personnel season. Um, Mrs. Squatchers did a tremendous job and her staff working on this. We will be notifying the affected employees in the near future. Once we we get that accomplished, any requested um employee hearings
018that we have, we will get those set um with the state department, as you're aware, um the state superintendent or her design will run those meetings. Um they will chair those meetings. They will make the decisions as it relates to those hearings. But once we get those, if we have any and we get those scheduled, I will let um President um Prime know and then he can disseminate that information for you guys of those meeting dates. Sound good? Um item seven, we have no delegations tonight. Under new business, we do have a few policies that will be put out on 30-day comment as it relates to either revisions, technical corrections, or um replacements due to change in West Virginia Department of Ed policy or West Virginia um legislative action. Item B, the approval of the
0192627 school calendar. We disseminated um the draft calendars, which we had three drafts. We disseminated those to the school level administrators. They shared those with staff. And when we came back together for our last principal meeting, we discussed the options and I got feedback from them as it relates to what their schools favored. And it was unanimous that the the entire county uh was in favor of draft B. Um some highlights of draft B is staff will start on August 10th, Monday. Our students will start on Thursday, August 13th. Um the calendar includes again a full week for um Thanksgiving, traditional Thanksgiving break and then the traditional um break around Christmas from from December 21 through through um January 1. Um it includes the the spring break which is earlier next year. Easter is earlier
020next year. So, spring break will be um the week that follows Eastern. So, it'll be Monday 3:29 to 4:2. And as it states with this calendar, the last day for students to attend would be on Monday, May 24th, and the last day of the 200 day contract would be Friday, June 4th. The graduation dates for Nicholas County High School would be May 20th and graduation for Richwood High School would be May 21st. So that is the draft that will be submitted tomorrow on the um West Virginia Department of Ed school calendar portal and they have been turning those around pretty quick. Once we get official the letter of official approval from them, we'll disseminate those on our website and get them out to the schools. >> Now, we've always done >> well since I've been
021RHS graduation first and then NCHS next day. Now, we're reversing that, right? In the new calendar, you said NCHS. >> NHS was first. We can switch if that's need be. >> Oh, no, no, no. I just I just wanted to make sure that that was >> that's the way that I had it. >> Yeah. And and you're some people like them on, >> you know, >> I just kind of alternate it because one falls on a Friday. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> And and that's what I was going to say. Some people say, "Well, why didn't they, you know, and we we don't have any control over that. It has to be within >> Right. >> Has to be again, graduation can't occur until 5 days prior to the end of the instructional time. So the
022earliest that it it could take place would be would be the weekend of the 2021 if you want to keep it on a Thursday Friday. Yeah. >> You couldn't bump back to the to the to the 13th previous weekend. >> Yeah. >> But if that's the will I can submit it. Uh I just tried to alternate since I just saw Richwoods was on Thursday this year and Nicholas was on Friday this year. We could just flip it to make it consistent. >> Okay. store. >> Um approval which was approved on um February 25th was an agreement between us and Marshall University for placement of teacher resident candidates and other professional. Item B, approval of an easement with the city of Summersville. This is to the city of Summersville this summer is going to do some
023work to upgrade um a lift station right there close to Nicholas County High School. So they they needed an easement recorded and that was approved by the office of school facilities on February u 18th and will be recorded at the courthouse. Um item E is which was approved for basically joining a litigation to recover um any harm as it relates to school districts responding to social and gaming industry harms. And that agreement is with Northwest Work Site Marketing Corporation which was approved on 225. And then you have two expulsions that were approved. One effective 33 for a Richwood High School student um for viol for habitual violations of West Virginia Board policy 4373 and for a summers elementary school student um effective 312 for a level three violation of West Virginia Board policy 4373. >>
024Who approves that? you or the state superintendent? >> Um the state superintendent or their designate >> once once the u once the hearing is held and I submit everything to them >> hearing is held here. >> Correct. >> You submit to them >> once we get the hearing um report I submit to the state department >> and then they decide what's going to be done. >> Then they either approve or deny the expulsion. >> Oh, okay. You go ahead and say expulsion and Okay. Well, the hearing examiner >> the hearing examiner does the the hearing, conducts the hearing, >> right? >> Yeah. >> Under under consent, there are some numerous items and we're going to touch on a couple of them. I asked Kristen to hit a couple of these just for your information. Um,
025one was the payment uh item one is payment of current invoices. Two was the treasures report for January. Item three was the budget supplements and transfers that's occurred um since August. And then I asked Kristen to just touch base on the FY um 25 financial audit report which you have a copy of the blue book that that was passed out and she's go ahead. She's going to hit some highlights as it relates to this uh to this audit. >> I had a question on current invoices. Are we going to cover that too? >> Do you want to do that first? >> Um yeah, let's see. It said on January 26th 15,555 for modular lease and then uh it also said February 1st the same amount. Uh how long do we have to keep paying that?
026>> We doubt yet. So we'll have to pay. >> That's not our fault, is it? >> No. >> Well, then why are we paying? Well, actually, um, we an agreement with the modular company that they needed to come to get those at the end of a lease period, but because the lease period ended up being so long, they don't feel like they need to honor the price um negotiating. >> So, is FEMA still paying it? >> Yeah, >> I mean, they are right now. I don't know what is going to happen with that. Um if this draw draws out for a long period of time I don't I don't know but we'll >> so our next our next steps will be to pursue which where you started uh Kristen is B marketing we'll start mediation
027is our next step with our attorney um and then we'll go from there after that >> and then then we have uh on December uh the last of December a modular lease of 50,000 440. That would be Summersville. But then uh >> on January 30th, >> who is it? >> That was paid again. >> So that's a monthly, >> right? >> Yeah, they're both monthly. >> Focusing on the questions you had about invoicing. >> Oh, how how much longer do we owe SQP? I see we paid paid 203,000. >> Well, they're done, but they have had to come back and do some things and um they'll have to they have to go through all the approvals um with the with Scansa and with CMM to make sure all the work's been completed and have a
028retainage that we still owe them. So, it might be a while until that's totally paid off. >> Well, if they come back to make corrections, we don't have to pay that, do we? >> Right. No, no, we just Yeah, we um they've there's punch list items and they have completed all of that stuff, but then there's a couple of things that um >> there's still some work there that's required change orders. Uh especially with the sewer line problem. Um so they they will be part of that part of that. >> So then once it's determined that everything is good and we don't need them to come back, everything's to our specifications. >> Well, are they paid off? >> No, no, we have a retainage amount. and we won't pay that until everything is done and
029good. And so, um, yeah, we still are are holding that money until we're totally finished with them. >> But it looks like >> that we paid them $23,000 on uh on the 10 10th month and then we paid them $23,000 again on November. >> Okay. Well, also their billing is kind of behind >> because they submit it and then it has to go through a bunch of approvals and they've kind of submitted it later anyway. So, we're paying for right now is like probably work that they did >> September or October. >> Well, that's the same amount though, isn't it? That's like a monthly payment or something. They not change it. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Oh, I don't have >> Well, tell me the >> uh 203,000 on uh >> 10 11 and 20,000
030on 1110. I'll look into that picture. Okay. Now, uh, Huntington Public Capital Corporation, >> that is our payment that we make for our energy conservation project, >> energy savings group, >> y several years ago, >> once a year. >> Um, I don't believe so. I think maybe it's four times a year, >> probably quarterly. I think it is correctly >> and that was probably an agreement before any of us were on the board. >> That was energy savings group. They do projects basically to upgrade upgrade lights, HVAC. >> Um they come in and do all the work, frontload all the work and then that project is is um spread across multiple years to pay it off. >> Okay. Well, I if I'm going to be responsible for this stuff, I want to know what's going
031on. >> Go ahead. >> That's it. >> I'll check on those. >> Let's um just quickly I mean this financial statement a lot. So >> the blue book read line below. So basically the audit just I think we made like a $6,000 adjustment to depreciation. So compared to our budget, that's pretty. Um so it's basically the same information that I gave you guys when I showed you the financial statements after those were completed. Um but if you want to take this little gadget sometimes um you look The first little section is to start that is the one that gets it has depreciation in there and it has um our overhead liability and other things that make it harder not page 17 those are pretty much that gives you a better picture. So if you want
032to go home and look at those 18 and 19 probably the digits that you'd be most interested in as well by approximately >> what does that mean that much good or >> yeah okay so that is 15 >> that's in the summary or something just I'll just read >> that Like I said, that's the one that's that's just a little more confusing because it takes into consideration monarch capital assets. So for that's that's um money that we're getting from FEMA and then that's a huge outlay but it's going to look like a huge asset in our books because I mean it's so much money so it makes it look like you know we have a huge amount of assets which we do but it's just it just throws things like that into the mix and
033it doesn't make it as clear what our actual expenses and or revenues and are just >> okay So the says the board's governmental funds reported combined uh ending fund balances of approximately 27.1 million. Does that mean that's enough? And then it says 13.6 million is available for spending at the board's discretion. >> That's the the fund statement. That's the one that's easier to spotlight. So yes, down at the bottom it has one balance and if you look at the general current expense that is what it says it is that's where our state aid is and that's where most of our expenses come out. That's not page 17. >> Okay. Okay. Right there. >> Okay. >> So, yeah. So of our total fund balance in fund 11 that's broken down into non-spendable, restricted, committed and assigned.
034So that would be um you know if we have money set aside for a specific purpose um that's where those things would be in restricted committed and assigned. And then if we have um contingency is in unassigned. So that doesn't mean that we don't have anything to spend it on, but that just means that it's not set aside for that purpose yet. >> Specific things that come out of that or does it >> that's where everything >> that um for example, if we know buildings need um a new HBAC, we know it's going to happen. We don't know exactly the amount yet. So that's going to come out of our um unassigned >> the vote and that's >> um the vote is actually set aside in a separate account right now. So that's up here
035in um probably >> but that's the type thing that could be used for right >> right yes well I mean just our ongoing anything you know anything that happens that needs repair if we have money that we are setting aside for something specific for example um we get bus replacement money every year so we get $400,000 of bus replacement money we may not buy three buses we might not use all that money this So, it's going to be in here. It's It's restricted. We're going to use it for buses, but we might use it for buses next year. So, it's it's in here and it's restricted because we're not going to spend that on something else. >> In our in our personal accounts, we'd say that covers our bad checks if we need it, right?
036I mean, if we something comes up, >> right? and and yeah, we know of a lot of things that need worked on right now, but we just haven't put a price tag on them or, you know, >> it's so right. I mean, it's just that we haven't said yet, we're specifically setting aside x amount of dollars for this and x amount of dollars for that. That's just where it's going to have to come from is the unrestricted. >> Okay. All right. Thank you. Where the state requires you to carry 10 or 15% of that, >> right? Yeah. Yeah. The state wants you to be ready for stuff like that. You know, we certainly have a lot of stuff like that. There's a lot of things, a lot of we know of a lot of repairs
037that need to be made now and we just said before. So, in the back of this page 76 is based on you have to First page that it says Nicholas County Board of Education complied in all materials with the types of conducting forms referred to above that could have a direct and material on each of its major. >> So basically we're in pretty good financial shape. >> Yeah. findings and questions is un >> which is that's what you want is unmodified you say what's going to happen to the stock market if things keep going the way they are now do you kind of hold back them or kind of go with the flow and then >> well Um, for example, um, not necessarily the stock market, but just seeing like when I do the budget
038this year, I mean, gas prices are awful right now. So, I'm going to have to take that into consideration when I do the budget for next year, knowing that I have last year's numbers and I could go by those, but I know it's going to be worse. So, I mean, think that into consider prices several years. So, you're gonna have to take that in to into consideration also. So yeah, there's a lot lot to go. >> We got to modify this quite a bit then. I mean, >> yeah, right. Yeah, it's hard to guess exactly how things are going to turn out, but we'll be working on that as we work on the budget. Um the we'll get we'll kind of go into that a little bit. Not really. Um but we um have preliminary
039numbers from the state of what we'll be getting funded for the state for next year. But since the legislative session just ended, we're we'll have some a little bit different numbers. um they'll come back with and show us like um >> the increase in salaries that they're provide and so then once once we have those numbers >> when does your budget have to be ready? >> Um it has to be >> in Quevis and approved and done by the end of May. But we'll have our budget meeting um early midmay I believe. lucky that has been. >> Thank you, Kristen. And thanks to Chris on the audit. I mean, that's a lot of work and uh they spent days and days and days getting ready for that. Um but they did a good job. >>
040Yeah. >> Okay. So, the next thing um is the schedule and proposed levy rates. And so that is um our our levy rates actually don't I mean the rate doesn't change. We have our regular levy and our excess levy. And our regular levy rates are set. Those don't change. And our excess levy rates um they, you know, they're set when we put the levy out um to the voters. And those don't change um like for the next five years because this coming year is our first year of our levy. For those years, that rate is not going to change. But what does change is the assessed values. So, um, the assessor gives us the new assessed values at the beginning of March. And so, then we take those assessed values and multiply those by our
041rates to figure out what kind of tax revenue we're going to be getting in the next year. So, that is what this is. And according to this, there's been an increase in our assessed values for public utilities um, a good bit. So we are looking at combined between our regular levy and our excess levy um it's about $13.5 million for next year um as compared to about $11 million from this year. So um that is a good increase assuming that we collect all of the tax revenue that that we could. Um however, in the preliminary budget numbers from the state, um we are going to have $1.5 million less in gross state aid and a little bit more of a percentage um to go to charter schools than we had last year. And when our
042regular levy amount increases, that also increases the amount of the local share that we have to put in for state aid. So 85% of this money that we're getting in the regular levy goes to our local share for state aid. So basically we're going to lose about $2.9 million um from our state aid then get back about $2.5 million if we collect all of these um regular excess tax levies. So you know kind of a wash maybe but yeah hopefully um >> which is which is better news than we expected. Oh, right. Yeah. I mean, that's that's very good that >> Yeah. >> So, what happens with this is um this has already been approved by the state, but um we will hold this meeting open and reconvene on April 21st, I believe. Um we
043send these these numbers to the state auditor and they approve. Then we come back and we set the levy um on April 21st. >> Thank you. Good job as always. Um, moving on the agenda. Um, under this is still under consent item six. We had quite a few out of state travel requests as we get into the spring time with our field trips and so forth. Those are all been approved and you see the effective date that was approved by by the state on each of those. Um we had two um volunteers that have been approved and went through the process that's required and those are for Zia Elementary. Uh excuse me. I item H on the approvals. Uh I I believe we had a we decided that uh there had to be at least
044uh one adult per 10 students. They have five adults for 90 students. Of course, the state's already approved it. So, I don't guess make that's >> that's good for me to know because I can research and see what our county if I can find anything in our county policy that states those numbers or I can look back through the minutes and see if anything is is in there. >> Yeah, I know. Okay. >> It's in the policy field trip. >> Okay. And I can touch base with the the trip itself has been approved. I can touch base with the individual school as it relates to chaperones. >> It used to be they they like he said there was so many I think it was 10. I can see what it says specifically. >> I'll look
045into that. Um, we had one one out of county transfer that was approved and that is going to Nicholas County High School in 12th grade. Then item 12 um starts your personnel items which flows through the next three pages. There's multiple on there which relates to um either transfers, resignation, employment or leave of absence request and retirement. >> Is there is there any cuto off date on employment uh beyond which we don't I mean it's getting so close to personnel season. Is there a date that we stop employment? Um >> Mrs. Fletcher has that under control. >> So we are hosting and filling those in the middle of personnel season. We do take just a small window of time right now this month, but those positions are sitting there. They will be reposted if they're
046needed after we conclude personnel season. um during the personnel season, you cannot place anybody in a vacancy. So if you reduce a position and you have to have a place for that person to go, you have to push someone else out to create that spot. You can't put them into a vacancy. So I don't know if that really answers your question fully, but we don't ever stop posting for jobs that are still needed. >> You don't stop posting, but you stop hiring. No, no, we just kind of have to take a pause. We just had a batch of postings come down the end of February. Um, and so we didn't put them back up once we did those actions. We didn't put anything back up if they if they didn't have applicants. They're sitting there
047in the group that I'll post back after we get through this process. >> So, basically, >> what's the starting date on that? >> Starting date of what? >> Of the personnel. So the positions that we post after we get through personnel season will be for next year. So we have substitutes in all of the vacancies that we have now. >> And and what will be the date of that after personnel after you do all the personnel? >> Well, it'll be it depends on >> the state department's approval on our recommended personnel actions. Then we would immediately start posting jobs. Well, now also at the WSB uh at the last conference, they said that this the superintendent must recommend personnel. >> Mhm. >> That's and then the board approves or disapproves. Uh do you recommend or
048does the state superintendent recommend? We we make the recommendations to the state which are approved by the state superintendent or their design and that's what's on your personnel list with as you'll see it has a column for WVDE approval date and then the effective date of those employments or resignations >> but they don't see the applications >> no they don't see the background checks >> that's all done here >> but yet they approve >> correct >> okay >> just like we don't >> Yeah just like We >> correct >> just like we got in trouble said we did >> we yeah >> we didn't see him either. >> So if if you're looking ahead if you I think what he was getting at and maybe I'm but if one of these jobs that's posted that
049you're trying to fill if you were going to get rid of that position for next year we wouldn't be posting or filling it anyway. Okay. I think that does that help you, Mr. Moose? That make sense? >> Oh, yeah. I I'm I knew the answer. >> Okay. >> I just wanted to make sure that everybody else heard it. >> All right. Moving on to item 12. Um the next meeting date is April 6th, Monday, which will be a regular business meeting. It'll start at 4:00. Then Tuesday we have the statutory meeting as required by code which is uh where we will take into consideration and approve the levy rates for 2627. Um there was some discussion I had with Mr. Moose about that time in that meeting. I originally had it during the day because
050that will probably be the only item for approval um on that agenda, but if the board if it's the board wishes, we can do that in the evening that day as well. Yeah, I'm I'm scheduled to work that day. I don't know. Have you guys checked your dates? Uh, but I'll cancel because I've never missed a board meeting. >> What What time for May? >> May. May. >> Well, it was was scheduled at 9:00. Fine, but I put tba on here because we can whatever works for everyone. >> But I'm at the place I'm supposed to be at the clay center from 10 to 1 that day. >> So, what time would work for you, Miss Moose? >> Uh, I should be able to get back here by 4. >> Okay, we can put it
051at 4. So, Tuesday 21st, Tuesday the 21st is uh will be at 4 pm and again that is for the approval of the levy rates for 2627. >> Is that spring break week? >> That is after is that after spring break? >> It is. >> Yeah. And then um item 13 again for your information um this meeting will stand in recess per West Virginia code until the third Tuesday in April which is the 21st and we will reconvene at 400 p.m. on that day. >> Okay, that's all I have. Mr. President, well have a good evening.