001Good evening everyone. We'd like to call to order the regular meeting of the Monday uh July 7th, 2025 Nicholas County Board of Education uh meeting. And at this time, please stand 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. Okay. And Mr. Cochran. Um, the approval of the minutes from the last meeting on June 2nd were made public and were approved. Um, a couple updates I have for the board tonight. First and foremost, I would like to introduce our new assistant superintendent and personnel director, Mrs. Denise Fletcher. She's back here in the back. Mrs. Fletcher comes to us
002um from Randolph County. Um spent her entire career in Randolph in the last nine years as a as the personnel director in Randolph County. Um highly recommended by many people and um we are very very very fortunate to have her on board. Um hopefully um um the citizens of Nicholas County will take her under your wing and feel her make her feel welcomed. the um she had a very busy first day today. Um she hit the ground running with Mr. Fitzro. So we look forward to the uh all of her work. She's going to be a great great addition. Um next I would like and it's kind of piggybacking that I would like to thank also Mr. Brad Fitzro for all of his work. Um he's been here since beginning of May or middle May.
003Um really really has has corrected some things and got us on the path to be successful. Um he has a good relationship with Miss Fletcher. So he's going to be in the county probably till Wednesday and then he's going to head back to Charleston to for his uh other job. But u him and Miss Fletcher will be in constant contact. But again, I just want to publicly thank him for his work um while he was here in Nicholas County. Um I did get an email update from um Mr. Bis um the administrator at the Nicholas County Career and Technical Center with the results of of of the U competition at the National Skills USA a couple weeks ago. Um just for the board's information and we'll try to get the students here at the August
004meeting to recognize them. Um but just just some bullet points he sent me is that um Nicholas County Career and Technical Center was named national model of excellence for workplace skills. We had a silver medal winner in chapter display, a bronze medal in outstanding chapter, a bronze medal in related technical math and a 10th place in welding. So, that's an outstanding uh outstanding representation of not only the um Nicholas County Career Center, but Nicholas County um schools as well. So, again, we'll try to get those specific students that placed into the national competition and get him here, get them here in August uh to recognize them. Um, I texted you guys week before last when I found out the news, but um, just for public information, the school building authority did award Nicholas County $180,000
005for a safe schools entrance to be um, constructed at Nicholas County High School. Um, we will return that grant to the SBA tomorrow and um, work with our architects to get that project moving forward. Um, just for the board's information, we did receive several thank you cards for the board from students and of Nicholas County that attended 4. Um, so these came from the West Virginia Extension Service just thanking the board for their support for 4 and all of the wonderful events and experiences they had while attending 4. So, just wanted to pass on that. Thank you. A brief construction update for the board. Um the Cherry River Richwood project is tracking very well. Um it's on track to have phase one and phase two ready to be used by the students and staff at
006the beginning of this school year. Um the furniture delivery and installation is going to be right down to the wire, but we're confident that it's going to be completed and ready to be utilized come the start of school. Um some ongoing work there includes mechanical, electrical, plumbing. Um there's minimal demo remaining outside. Um they're in the process of painting, installing door frames, exterior and interior. We found out today that they got another delivery of glass. So that's going to start sealing up that building. Um ceiling grids are going up, kitchen equipment, the final installation of all of that. Um cabinets and case work are continuing. Paving is um scheduled for for next week. Sidewalks uh are ongoing this week as as well as exterior lighting. And then the uh the adjustments on the controls and
007the wiring installation which is underway. Um the Glade Creek project is currently ahead of schedule and tracking very well. The contractor um feels that they will have a majority of the roof under or building under roof by winter before winter and the final completion is on track for for the summer of 26. Ongoing work there includes um continued vertical block laying when weather is permitting, plumbing and electrical and storm line rough ends. setting door frames. Um installing bearing plates, bar joist, and decking. Roofing is underway in areas that have the completed decking. Setting roof curves and drains were available. Um the north they just completed the north slope repair which looks good and um they're in the uh continued installation of the of the gym slab. So everything with those two projects are are tracking
008very well. And I have one more just update for the board. Um, Mr. Jeff Kelly from WVDE is planning on being here at the August meeting. He requested that if the board had any specific questions for him, get those to me by next Wednesday, the 16th, and I will forward them to him. Um, so he again, he is planning to to give a update to the board at the August 4th meeting. And that's all I have for my updates this evening. >> How about the sewer project? That >> sewer project, we we visited it today at Nicholas County High School. Um we did have an electrical issue. They they cut into the main power last week week. Well, last week um we did receive uh temporary power back up today. So we have power throughout
009the building. Um they're continuing demo work there. Um we we are going to have to plan as we get into the beginning of school with the kitchen. It's not going to be totally um available for use. So we we will plan accordingly for that. We'll have to probably transport our meals from the middle school up to the high school until they get that kitchen totally done. But hopefully that's short short term. um action items as that is presented on the agenda that were approved by the state superintendent of schools,ou with Concord University,ou with Bluefield and um also approval to hold the annual surplus auction on August 6th. consent agenda items that were approved. Um again under finance as you can see there and the approved bids within Kova TSS Cardinal Life Touch and Fox under
010personnel that were approved by Superintendent Blat under professional personnel um those appointments are listed there. Hunter Schaefer, Lee Sison, Fred Roberts, Denise Fletcher, Alexis Spill, and Courtney Nichols McFersonson. We have one rescended professional position that was approved, Summersville Elementary. We had two leave requests of professional personnel, Donna Miller and Kaylee Moore. We had three requests for retirement or resignation. Brian Bane, Ashley Gladwell, and Britney Groves. We had one teacher agreement to reassign that that's a correction and that is Aaron Thomas. We had seven employment of extracurricular extra duty um personnel. Blankenship, Rachel Westfall, Cameron Hornsby, Gary Wy, Patrick Odell, Adam Lynch, and Jessica Lily. We had 10 requests of resignations of extracurricular extra duty um contracts. Aaliyah Aik, Jennifer Gatewood, Kelsey Carr, Caitlyn Piet, Alexis Spill, Alexa Spell, I'm sorry, Taylor Weinbrer, Patricia Mckenry, McKenna,
011Damon King, Christopher Hansaw, and Adam Lynch. On page five, we had 10 requests, 10 transfers of service personnel. They are Aaron Adelman, Sandra Bell, Ashley Freeman, Kimberly Ford, Alicia Neil, Star Taylor, Christina Seabolt, Jeremy Groves, April Coleman, and Crystal Bennett. And we have one resention of service transfer notice and that is Panther Creek Elementary as a a second grade ECAD instructional transport special healthcare aid Tamara Brown. That was an error in the transfer process. We had two leave requests for service personnel, Misty Koger and Tamara Kaiser. Three, request of retirement re resignations of service personnel, Carl Johnson, Lisa Prit, and Brad Anderson. Two, recommended employment of substitute service personnel effective the 2526 school year, Carrie Jacobs, and Steve Hurnen. We had five reclassifications here at the central office as it relates to executive secretary counting
012three to make everyone uniform as per advice from the legal council. uh Sherry Sparks, Francisco, Nicole Workman, Eugina Don Brown, Miranda Vaughn, and Sandra Bell. We had one employee disciplinary suspension action, um Linda Jagger, three days suspended without pay beginning A1325. And then we had a list of some employees that went above and beyond the um allotted days um leave days. So those are the amount of dock days that they they exceeded. We had two employment of extra duty service personnel, Lake and Woodram and Crystal Bennett. And a list of 11 summer positions that were approved. Adam Rose, Susan Nef, Mary Lane, Heather Neil, Courtney McClung, Christy Wamsley, Shelby McClung, Tracy Frasier, Jennifer Maul, Brenda Tennel, and Janet Davis. Those were all approved um by the state superintendent. Next meeting date is Monday, August 4th,
013here at the board office starting at 5:00 pm. And again, if you have any specific questions as it relates um that Mr. Jeff Kelly may be able to answer, please get those to me before the end of the day on um next Wednesday the 16th. And that's all I have, Mr. President. Okay. Do we have a motion to adjurnn? >> I'll make a motion. >> Mr. Green makes a motion. Seconded by second. Second by Mr. Moose. All in favor? I opposed. Motion unanimous. at 516. Check on those agendas. They should