001Good evening everyone. We'd like to call this meeting to order. The Nicholas County Board of Education special meeting Monday, May 19th, 2025. 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, the agenda has uh been approved and so going to turn it over to you, sir. All right. The uh minutes from your previous meeting on May 5th, 2025 have been approved. Uh tonight's meeting is primarily for the budget hearing and the adoption of the proposed FY26 budget. That budget is currently being reviewed by the West Virginia Department of Education and upon uh
002re that can review the department will approve the budget and return those figures back to us and we'll provide you a report on that on the June 2nd meeting. So tonight, I'd like to introduce Mr. Brad Fitro, who's going to serve uh as in the capacity of assistant superintendent in Nicholas County Schools uh until uh such a time that a a new administrative team is being replaced. My name is Terry George. I'll be serving as superintendent until that time as well. So, what we want to do tonight is provide a little bit of information to the board and to the public. So, uh, for financial purposes, all appropriations, all invoices and all contracts will now be approved by the West Virginia Department of Education, and we will notify each of you upon the uh when
003those items are approved and notify you uh the status of such items. Uh, items for the future agendas. All items will be submitted to the superintendent's office and be reviewed by the Department of Education before going on an agenda. The next meeting will be on June the 2nd, 2025 here at the board of education. Uh it will begin at 5. The purpose of the meeting will be to conduct routine business and also provide an update on the status of Nicholas County Schools as it stands at that time. Uh tonight we have uh two discipline hearings that are being conducted and they're in the process of being conducted at this time. So with that I'll entertain uh a motion for adjournment. Make a motion. Mr. Green makes a motion to adjurnn. Do we have a second?
004I'll second. And that's at 503. All in favor? I. Oh yeah. Okay. Happy. 503. Keep. All right. Thanks. Next meeting last a little longer. Pardon? He just asked if he's still