001Port County Board of Education to order July 31st, 2025. This evening we do have quorum. Mr. uh Moore is here and Mr. Low is here and myself. That gives us three. Uh we do have quorum not present are Mr. Sherlock and Mr. Stewart. Uh so at this time it's time to say pledge of allegiance. So if we'll stand, Mr. McCallen, would you lead us in? 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. >> Thank you, sir. Okay. So, uh it's not on our agenda, but we do need a motion to approve uh the agenda. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda? >> So, move. >> Okay. On the agenda, we
002have two names and one and two. Have a name in there. And then I think that's it. There's no other changes. So, any questions about the agenda as presented? Hearing none, we have a motion to approve the agenda as presented. All in favor say I. >> I. Oppose say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Okay, we're down to employments. Uh number one is need a motion to accept the employment of Tiffany Hutchinson, social studies teacher at War County High School, effective for 2526 school year with completion of her required paperwork. >> So move. >> Any questions? Mr. McCllen, if there's any I'm going to move on. If there's anything you want to add, you pop right in there. >> Say that um Tiffany has subbed for us for quite some time. She did finish up
003her pathway to certification and is fully certified. So I'm happy to bring her name to you tonight. >> Absolutely. >> Okay. So we have a motion to approve the employment of Tiffany Hutchinson, social studies teacher at War County High School effective for 2526 school year with completion of her required paperwork. All in favor say I. >> I. I. Oppose say nay. Eyes have it. Okay, we're down to number two. Need a motion to approve the employment of Melanie Verno, special education teacher, War County Primary Center, effective for 2526 school year with completion of her required paperwork. >> So move. >> So she's coming to us from Connecticut, but looking to move back this way. We would have brought her last time, but we've been waiting for um her certification to reciprocate with West Virginia, but
004that took place and is in your packet and happy to bring her to you. She interviewed very well and is a fully certified and experienced teacher. >> So glad to get somebody in that to be able to >> get somebody in that special ed. >> Okay, any questions hear? None. We have a motion to approve Melanie Verno special education teacher work county primary center effective for 2526 school year with completion of her required paperwork. All in favor say I. >> I oppose say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Need a motion to approve the employment of Matthew Hayes, technology coordinator, War County High School, effective for 2526 school year with completion of his required paperwork. >> So move. >> So as you recall, we hired him as TIS at the high school last board meeting.
005This is the extracurricular that goes along with that for the work that he does outside of his regular contractual day. So that is what this is the extracurricular that the TIS's at each school have. >> Any questions here? None. We have a motion to approve the employment of Matthew Hayes, technology coordinator where County High School effective for 2526 school year with completion of his required paperwork. All in favor say I. I. >> I. Oppose say nay. I have it. Motion carries. Number four. Need a motion to approve the employment of Rebecca Miller as alternative education teacher effective for 2526 school year with completion of her required paperwork. >> So I will say that she bid on both of these positions as they were posted and that's why she's on there twice. One is the alternative
006ed and the other is the alternative special ed and she has bid on them both. >> Okay, good. Any questions hearing? None. We have a motion approve the employment of a Rebecca Miller's alternative education teacher effective for 2526 school year with completion of her required paperwork. All in favor say I. >> I. Post say nay. I have it. Motion carries. Any motion to accept the employment of Rebecca Miller, alternative special education teacher effective for 2526 school year. completion of her required paperwork. >> So move just >> on the same thing. She she was the successful bidder on both of those. >> She'll do a good job for us. Okay, we have any questions? We have a motion to accept the employment of Rebecca Miller as alternative special education teacher effective for 2526 school year with
007completion of her required paperwork. All in favor say I. >> I post say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Okay. Need a motion to accept the employment of Brandy Richards, safe school bus transportation communication monitor effective for 25 26 school year with completion of her required paperwork. >> So move mount. >> So this is the bus radio monitor position that we post each year and Brandy has done that in the past and done a good job with it. So happy that she picked that up again this year. >> Any questions? Hear none. We have a motion approve the employment of Brandy Richards safe school bus transportation communication monitor effective for 2526 school year with completion of her required paperwork. All in favor say I. >> I. Post say nay. Eyes have it. Need a motion
008to approve the employment of Misty Mcculti, kindergarten supervisory aid 2, ECAT, the at War County Primary Center, effective for 2526 school year with completion of her required paperwork. >> So move. >> So she is the most senior bidder on that position and the successful applicant. >> Are we having several people bid? >> It's about to It's about work itself out. Yes, sir. Any questions hearing? None. We have a motion to approve the employment of Misty McCulti, kindergarten supervisory aid to ECAT War County Primary Center effective 2526 school year with completion of her required paperwork. All in favor say I. >> I. Post say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. A motion approve the employment of Cameron Nelson, assistant football coach, War County High School, effective for 2526 school year with completion of his required paperwork.
009>> So move. >> So the last time he had not started his form 39 with WBDE that is just about to finish up. Everything he needs to put in there is in there. It's just waiting to process. So bringing him back to you tonight. Any questions hearing? None. We have a motion to approve the employment of Cameron Nelson, assistant football coach, War County High School, effective for 2526 school year with completion of his required paperwork. All in favor say I. >> I. I. Oppose say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Need a motion to approve the employment of Annette Eastston bus A districtwide effective for 2526 school year with completion of her required paperwork. >> So move. >> So we posted two of these and um Annette and Amanda Bis were the successful biders on
010those and she's up next. >> Any questions here? None. We have a motion to approve a net east and bus a district-wide effective for 2526 school year with completion of her required paperwork. All in favor say I. >> I. Oppose say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Number 10. Need a motion approve the employment of Amanda Bis bus a districtwide effective for 25 26 school year completion of her required paperwork. >> So move. And this is the second counter to it that we posted. >> Any questions hearing? None. We have a motion to approve the employment of Amanda Bis A districtwide effective for 2526 school year with completion of her required paperwork. All in favor say I. >> I. Post say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Need a motion approve the employment of Tracy
011Murray special education bus aid districtwide effective for 2526 school year with completion of her required paperwork. >> So move >> Tracy is the successful bidder. We posted a separate special ed education bus aid and she is the successful bidder on that position. >> Any questions hear none. We have a motion to approve Tracy Murray special education bus aid districtwide effective 2526 school year with completion of required paperwork. All in favor say I. >> I. Post say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Number 12. We need a motion approve the employment of Young E. Bennett Cook 3 extended day supper in a sack War County Primary Center War County middle school for 2526 school year. >> Move. So, just to explain what that is, if you don't know, the cooks regularly scheduled bacons at 2 o'clock,
012but we typically feed supper in a sack to kids. And since it goes beyond two, they're quitting time. This pays a cook at each school to stay extra and finish preparing those supper bags and get them distributed to kids. Any questions here? None. We have a motion approve Young Eie Bennett Cook 3 extended day supper in a sack war county primary center work county middle school 2526 school year. All in favor say I. >> I. Post say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. And number 13. Need a motion to approve Norah Kelly cook 3 extended day supper in a sack county high school 2526 school year. So move >> and that's the one for the high school. >> Same thing except at the high school. Yes sir. >> Any questions hear none. We have a
013motion to approve Norah Kelly as cook three extended day supper in a sack war county high school 2526 school year. All in favor say I. >> I. Post say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Okay. Down to finance. Karen had asked if we could put finance on. She was go now town. So I told her I thought that would be fine. Nobody didn't care. Okay. So need a motion approve payment of invoices in amount of $228,000 7786. >> So move >> tell school is getting ready to start. >> It is M. >> Three runs of expenditures for your consideration this evening. The first is on 7212025 and it totals $26,533.98. Noteworthy on this is our website software that we use for the school websites, API and Mr. Rutder. Um you may not know but not
014today's big rain but the big rain we had a while back um we found out that the drain where the third and or the not the prek but the other playground in the back that drain was clogged and it was flooding water was coming in those doors at the prek wing and so when they we brought Mr. rooter out to look at that. We'd seen that there's probably 30 years of gravel in that drain and that's why it wasn't working very well. So, they came out and they cleaned that all out and um replaced that drain and we put the floor back in and put new tile. So, that is what the Mr. Rooter is for that. Um it is fixed and retiled and better better than it was before. the second run of >>
015that's that's been an issue for me many years. >> If it rained if it rained hard that day. >> I can remember mopping up many times. >> Yep. Um so the second run is on 724 2025 and it totals $15,283.90. Noteworthy on this, we have um invoices for Southern Educational Services, 8,46720. We have the proximity math program um that we didn't have a certified teacher at the high school, so that that is the online program that the high school used. And then we've got Worth Wart Health Services with Copelan. Um $6,31.70 for counseling services they rendered. Then the final run of expenditures also on 724205 totals $186,960.98. We have the PAES program $39,875. um practical assessment exploration program for special education. We have progress learning for $17,000. That's the SAT and PSAT benchmark program for
016the high school. And we have 95% group for $33,58910. That is intervention curriculum for reading at the primary center. So all of those expenditures total $228,778.86. Any questions for Mr. Macau on invoices? Hear none. We have a motion to approve the payment of invoices in the amount of $228,778.86. All in favor say I. I. >> I. Oppose say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Okay. in the budget supplements. Uh, but we do have some transfers. So, I need a motion to approve budget transfers in the amount of $17,5252. >> So, move. >> So, two items in this transfer. The first, we are having to get new goalposts for the football field. um since they brought in all of this dirt and moved some things around, they're not quite square where they need to be and
017they probably haven't been replaced in I don't know how many years. So part of that is a transfer to cover the cost of new goalpost for the football field and the next in that transfer um you know we got new buses, new radios on all of the buses. Well, Mr. Bunner. Um, with that new radio, there's a piece of hardware that will go in the bus garage and it will hook into our internet and it will allow any school employee to download an app on their cell phone to be able to talk to the buses and to the bus garage. Um, where if we had to buy a handyalk, it's like 1,500 bucks. I think this was around $5,000 and it's going to let anybody in the school system that we want to to download
018that app and be able to talk to the buses on their phone. >> But you'll control who has access. >> You will control who has access to that. I think the the building administrators and and uh I don't know that anybody else would need that but principles. >> Okay. Yeah, that's a good deal. Just another safety. Yep. >> Another safeguard. >> Yeah. >> Yep. Any other questions on budget transfers? Hear none. We have a motion to approve the budget transfers amount of 17,5252. All in favor say I. >> I. Oppose say nay. >> Eyes have it. Motion carries. And there are no no board concerns on this meeting since it's a a special meeting. So we'll move right to adjournment it. Do I have a motion to adjurnn? >> We are adjourned. >> I'd like
019to thank the board for having this special meeting. We had several personnel things to to get in. I I