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Wirt County BOE is live! -3 June26,2025

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YouTube / Wirt County BOE
Date
2025-06-27
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Wirt County, WV
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3,638 words · about 21 min
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2026-07-02

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001So we have one. Okay. Motion carries. Uh vote was 41 of Mr. Sherlock. Uh vote today. If I get to move too fast, Mr. Sherlock or anybody make sure your vote count. Okay, we're down to number three. have need a motion approve the employment of Taylor Smith War County Primary Center Middle School CIS site resource facilitator effective for 2526 school year with completion of required paper. Do I have a motion? So okay. So as you recall we have applied for a primary middle school authorized that we have got posted it and I'm happy to bring it to you that's both primary and Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. interview candidate and as per the letter in your packet Daniel and Mrs. are recommending Taylor Smith one place. Correct. I think I remember tremendous artist. Okay. Any questions?

002Any further questions? Hearing none, we'll have a motion to approve the employment of Taylor Smith as War County Primary Center Middle School CIS site resource facilitator effective for 252.6 school year with completion required paperwork. All in favor say I. I. I. Say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. I'm glad to see that we're starting that at the primary. It's been it's been a positive for our Okay. Down number four. Uh need a motion to approve the employment of Don Meyer, summer program teacher for Kenny High School, effective June 9th, 2025. So move. So as you recall the last board meeting, we kind of forgot to put high school summer school on there. So we authorized that. We posted it in Mr. Myers disposition and Cheeseman the next on the agenda are the two successful candidates

003for those. Okay, we're backing that up to June 9th because started Any questions? Here, we have a motion to approve the employment of Donald Meyer, summer program teacher for county high school effective June 9th, 2025. All in favor say I. I. I. Post say nay. I second it. Motion carries. And need a motion approve the employment of Eric Cheeseman for summer program teacher for county high school effective June 9th, 2025. Is it good? Thank you. Same. Any questions here? None. We have a motion approved the employment of Eric Cheeseman summer program teacher in a high school effective June 9th, 2025. All in favor say I. I post say nay. I motion carries. Well, here we get paid for those days now. Thank you. Okay, we're down to need a motion to accept employment of Christopher

004Chad Williams and varsity boys basketball coach effective for high school effective 2025 26 school year completion required paperwork. I have a motion so his information is in your packet and he is with us this evening now in the studio audience and Mr. chief who was on the selection committee for that also. So um I believe it was like lemony stick a series of unfortunate events the last board meeting the internet was down you did have your packet you couldn't see things you had some questions for me because I didn't have the answer to I believe the chat has completed his SSAC required training in the process of getting the form 39 done and so happy questions that you might have. It was nothing personal. We just want to make sure people wear iron heart. So

005he he again he will not start till the form 39 and he's um received and signed a contract. Any other questions hearing? None. We have a motion to accept the employment of Christopher Chad Williams, head varsity boys basketball coach for county high school effective for 25 26 school year with completion of required paperwork. All in favor say I. I. Say nay. Eyes. Okay. Need a motion approve the employment of Christopher Long, assistant cross country coach for county high school effective for 2526 school year. No completion of the required paperwork. and his pick will be correct. Any questions? Hearing none. We have a motion to approve the employment of Christopher Long, assistant cross country coach B County High School effective for 2526 school year with completion of the required paperwork. All in favor say I. I.

006I. Say nay. I second. Motion carries. and need a motion to approve the employment of Anna Harper, yearbook sponsor for county middle school effective for 2526 school year completion of her required paperwork. So the addition any questions on Hannah have a motion to employ Hannah Harbarger yearbook sponsor for county middle school effective 2526 school year with completion of the required paperwork. All in favor say I. I oppose say nay. Eyes have a motion carries. A motion approve the employment of Ryan Watts at the assistant boys basketball coach for county middle school effective for 2526 school year with completion of his required paperwork. So he he has I know he has. Okay. Any questions here? None. I have a motion approve the employment of Brian Watson, assistant boys basketball coach for county middle school effective for

0072526 school year for completion of the required paperwork. All in favor say I. I post say nay. I have it. Motion carries and need a motion approve the employment of Matthew Walker golf coach middle school effective for 256 school year completion of this required paperwork. and he's one of our employees already. So, I'm sure probably was just contracted. Okay, any other questions? Hearing none. We have a motion to approve the employment of the Matthew Walker Golf Coach County Middle School effective for 2526 school year. The completion of the required paper. All in favor say I. I. Say n. Motion carries. and a motion to approve the employment of John Smith, assistant golf coach for county middle school effective for 2526 school year with completion of his required paperwork. I have a motion. Okay, this is

008a student. Okay, they do have I need to slow down. Yes. Questions. There's no answers. I knew So you'll need good, gentlemen. Yes, sir. I mean, I don't mind. No, you're good. I just couldn't bring Okay. So, we have a motion to approve uh the employment of John Smith, assistant golf coach for county middle school effective for 2526 school year. Completion of his required paperwork. All in favor say I. I. I. Say I. Motion carries. The motion approve the employment of Tracy Murray kindergarten supervisory 2 ECAT at War County Primary Center effective for 25.6 school year completion of her required so yeah she had several applicants but Tracy was the most senior so therefore successful any other questions we have a motion approve tracing Murray kindergarten supervisory A2 ecat county primary center effective for 25

00926 school year completion required favor. All in favor say I. I say nay. I have a motion carries. Motion to approve the employment of Janet Frasier, substitute teacher for 2526 school year effect completion required. Any questions? Very good. So we have a motion approve the Jan Fraser substitute teacher for 2526 school year effect upon completion of her required paperwork. All in favor say I. I. Say nay. I have a motion carries. And last but definitely not least uh we have Len McVey as substitute teacher for rehired for 25 26 years. Motion. What can I say about Mrs. Bay that some slackers don't return their letter? is willing us up for us for another year. So, I'm happy to bring her to you for your consideration. As long as she doesn't over is a true advocate

010for our children. That's that's one of the nice things she first went out of her way to make my daughter. That doesn't surprise me. Okay, we have a motion to approve the employment of Landonic Bay as a professional substitute for 25.6 school year. All in favor say I. I post say nay. Eyes have a motion carries. Okay, we're down to new business, guys. Moving right along here. Okay, we need a motion approve bond surface advertising. So, move your account. Okay. So, we've had discussion about um seeking maybe some pre-bond services for the possibility of um building a new high school for War County High School. And this is just goes through all of the code provisions of what that needs to be. Um, we would put this out um in the park gives a signal

011on the Charleston Gazette July 14th, 21st and 28th three weeks and then there would be a deadline that if they're interested, they expect to get their proposal to us by the deadline of August 8th. And that would give us approximately a week and some change to go through the applicants, conduct interviews with that and then bring hopefully a successful candidate to the board August 18th. Any questions? I don't remember. But could you check with If a board member sit on the interview president, but we want to make sure that as a board Yes, you can ask a question. Okay. Any other questions, Mr. count on this advertisement. We're not hiring anybody. See who is out here that's interest. Any questions here? None. We have a motion to approve the pre-owned service advertisement. All in favor

012say I. I. Oppose say nay. I have it. Motion carries. Okay. Uh we're down to approve policy J-09, open enrollment policy. Do I have a motion? So the M. Okay. So um we've had lots of discussion on this policy. At the last board meeting, the board's will was to put some language in to um enrollment preferences. So, if you look to page three in your packet of this, it's it's going down through the bulleted list of preferences through there. And so, it still has the same list that siblings of students already involved, secondary students that have completed 10th grade and due to family relocation become non-resident students, students whose legal residents um geographically within another county approximate to our school, students who reside in a portion of M County where topography makes a long classified

013to our school. We don't have different districts. So, that one's kind of a new point for us. But then finally, students who are children, grandchildren or legal awards of employees and the the um the language that follows that is the new language that you asked me to draft. And it says the following. says, "Note, children of current or county employees, with all other factors being equal, will be given preference over other out of county open enrollments, so long as doing so does not conflict with any other sections of this policy or with any other county or state policies. Yeah. To read it again, please. Okay. It says children of current or county school employees with all other factors being equal will be given preference over other out of county open enrollments so long as doing

014so does not conflict with any other section of this policy or with any other county or state policies. So all things equal to separate Any other questions? Thank you, Mr. I'm Any other questions? Hearing none, we have a motion to approve of policy J-09, open enrollment. All in favor say I. I. Say nay. I have seven. Motion carries. Okay, we're down to need the name of the resolution. I do not have the name of the resolution. Do you have that here? Do you have something that you want to present to us? I've got a packet for our paper. Yes. Okay. So, at this time, I will entertain a motion to approve the name of the resolution of War County High School Basketball Court. Do I have a motion? So good. All right. That's where volume

015cost around $1,500 for the labor cost. As you guys know, this year 21 seasons, three of the school history for his leadership. So we just thought this would be appropriate way to pay homage to our team still play questions. Okay. Yeah, if uh if we were to do this, this by itself is doesn't mean a lot if there's nothing in addition that says what coach B students know that because every year we have new students, we got new parents that come through there. It has to be in conjunction with something that is founded that says here. Yeah. What what I was wanting and I I thought I was clear. Okay. What I was wanting was an actual resolution. Okay. We resolve as county board of education that we will name the board that that county

016high school basketball will be naming on Royal board is and then list of things. That's what I was looking for. Okay. Well, this is what I think. Okay. And I give a lot of thought to this. A lot of thought to this. And you know, Roy talked to me. I was Royy's first principal, you know, attending Royy's basketball games. And I know that probably want to get giggy Roy. I'm truly truly truly not. Okay. I just think this is a slope that we're going down. I'm not saying it's a bad slope. I just say that we're going to start something that could get away from us for future boards. Okay, if we just name something after somebody, okay, we don't have it put out why we're doing it, why this person deserves this honor. I'm

017not saying Coach Hall doesn't deserve it. I'm just saying that we need to do that or next week we might have somebody come and say they want to make an auditorium for somebody or this after somebody that So what I am going to suggest and I I did some research on this and a lot of counties, not all counties, but quite a few majority of counties have actual policies that lay out what has to happen in order to have a naming of a facility after somebody or a piece of facility or a room. And what I because we can't do this this year anyway, right? Am I correct in that? It would be a very tight time. Yeah. Because they're already the them being here is already scheduled. Yeah. So what I suggest what I

018think we should do and I provide all the information. I think we need to come up with a policy. Okay. That says this is when we do it, this is how we do it and this is why we do it. And then bring back coach talk under that policy and that from that point on we have us and future boards future superintendents have something to rely upon when somebody comes in and says we want to thank nothing to do with coach all talk people out there nothing to do with coach all talk I just think that we need to be thoughtful about it and we need to put it under a policy is this the first time on your experience that this has been I remember back I don't know if any of you guys

019remember Lou Rollins or not? Anybody remember? Lou Rollins was Yeah, Rebecca remembers Mr. Rollins. Mr. Rollins was original principal of the Lista Elementary which is now under but he actually laid blocks. They actually community build much of that building and Mr. Rollins was original principal was there for 30 plus years. Okay. And when Mr. Rollins passed away, I'm thinking Larry Williams or it might have been even Mr. Liden, that superintendent, they put a plaque. If you go over, go to the multi to the cafeteria area, there's a plaque that says that that room is named the Blue Rollins multi-purpose area. Okay. And that is And then we have this over here is named after Mr. Watson. The the science wing is named Ray Watson. science or academic wing or vocational wing or something like that,

020but that's still going to those are way back and those are people that spent 40 years in our system. Okay? So, what I'm going to do, I'm you know, we have a motion on the floor. Okay? And we're going to vote on this motion. I'm going to vote no. And I want everybody know that I vote no because I think there's a better way to do it. And then we'll come up with if if it fails on one vote. Okay. If it fails, my vote has nothing listen. My vote has nothing to do with Royal Talk as to do I think there's a better way to do this. Okay. Uh a way that will bring more honor to the people that we we put forward for this for somebody. So, we're going to vote no.

021But I'm going to vote no and then we'll come back with a policy. Can't do it next week because it's too short. the form and after go through that policy and then bring back us and actually have what we need in order. We can say that that we did our due diligence and if you wanted to even if you wanted to like explore the plaque that you might want, you know what I mean? Dimensions of it because I'm with you like that's that's an extremely good idea too to have that to like wow, you know? Yeah. I'd like I'd like to see this done. I just want to something that explains why it's important for the new people. Yes. And I think we need to retroactively go back and get a black for the football

022field as well. Well, and that's what he's that's what that's in the athletic facility. Yeah. You know, and that's where I agree with you. Uh, you know, previously from his experience, he's just too he's he just say no. So, it's one of those things like I see what he's saying. agrees. We've we've not been faced with this before and in honor to honor him fully, we want to have a policy in place that way, like he said, future if this comes about again, unfortunate circumstances, you know what I mean? But if it once it comes again, we have a policy in place of is it is it possible to table it? Um, if we table it, when you table, you have to bring it back up to next meaning or it just dies. So, we

023can table it and it won't come back up next meeting. It won't be. So, then it just dies. Okay? Because you only you can only table something for one meeting and if it doesn't come back at the next meeting, then it just dies. That's a that's a better way to just take a and then let it die. Once we pass a policy, we encourage you, we we almost demand you when we pass the policy, will you come back with this? All right. Okay. But I think that's the correct way to do it. I recommend taking this. Okay. Who who made that motion? Okay. Um Mr. Moore, will you um revise your your motion to uh table the name of the resolution for county high school basketball. Yeah. My previous one and would like to make

024a motion table. We have a motion to table basketball. Any questions, comments in the meime and I commend you for coming up with those. Yeah, it's got nothing to do with coach call. It's got to do with the big picture of the system going down the road because I mean you know we'll get somebody come in name auditorium after somebody name you know whatever after somebody and one thing we don't have to worry about somebody name after okay so we have motion on the table to uh table the name and resolution of the county high school basketball court. All in favor say I. I say nay. I have a motion carries. Eric, thank you. Thank you. Okay. And we are, like I said, it won't be next meeting, but the second meeting in July, we'll

025have that policy. We'll have policy. We'll go through it. We'll comment and then hopefully by sometime in August, we'll be ready to have this conversation. Thank you. Okay, we're down to number four under new business. Uh need a motion to approve the addition of 5 days as needed to county guarding for 24.5 contract. Do I have a motion? So, so as you recall last year, we were without the TIS for portion of the summer at the high school. stepped in and helped the high school get all of their computers and everything squared away for the school year. And so that has left her um not very many days to do the things to do at the end of the contract this year. Mrs. Sigman has asked that we give her up to five additional days.

026And as you just saw, we had Mrs. Le There's a possibility that the end of next year we might have to do the same thing high school this summer. Any questions? Hearing none. We have a motion to approve the addition of five days as needed to county guarding for 2425 contract for TIS. All in favor say I. I say nay. I have seven with the board on federal board members approval. We're going to move the superintendent evaluation very last. Is that okay with everybody? Yes. Okay. So, with that being said, we're down to contract services. Okay. Any motion to approve? Okay. Best service, right? So the first three best life therapies speech aiology and death of heart here in our second company and we'll take those as one motion that is okay need a motion

027approve contract of services best life therapy speech therapy services best life therapy aiology services best life therapy death and heart services do I have a motion so we utilized those these folks before the contract. Any questions? Yes. The contractor should be compensated. Okay, we're not there yet. Okay, that's this is basically these are this is speech aiology. Okay, any other questions here? None. We have a motion to approve the contract services best life therapy speech therapy services best life therapy aiology services best life therapy defin heart service. All in favor say I. I post say nay. I have a motion carries. Okay. Now we're to integrated speech solutions. A motion to approve integrated speech solutions augmentation and alternative communication evaluation AAC. So any questions have we okay we have a motion approve integrated speech solution

028authentication evaluations A to C. All in favor say I. I say nay. I have a motion carries. Okay. We need a motion through adult one three vision services visually impaired orientation and mobility services. Questions we use those. Okay. Need we have a motion to approve adult three vision services visually impaired orientation and mobility services. All in favor say I. I say nay. I have a motion carries and a motion approved Amy as physical therapist. So any questions Mr. Cheryl? Yes. So, um, in our packet, we'll get to trying to see the it lists a chart where it says uh 256 full beats scheduled per service and then says the service. And then on the right hand cost per hour. So when I not seen on the physical therapy contract charge see that speech if it's

029that's not physical therapist that's speech even that because on here it lists the integrated speech services that previous. Okay. So the question well yeah because because it says it lists physical therapy cost per hour and that as a different price than what's listed. These folks give a wide variety of services. We are contracting with this particular company for speech. They they provide a wide range of services. This particular company which which was the integrated speech solutions she does. So that page is the previous contract. Yes. So we we are utilizing them for speech and not physical therapy for this particular although they provided all what they charge because that company then is charging less than the one we're signing contract because that one is $77 and the one the next one down says those should

030be compensated. $86 for half hour. So, well, part of this is like the availability and and and just because they provide it doesn't mean that they have people do it. I know for the OTP folks that we have used, we have utilized this person for a number of years and I think we're happy with the services because that is more than double what is listed from a service provider. We get other services for that same service. I can find out some more information about that perhaps. But I know fortunate. Yeah. I guess if if we are helpful with the services provided by the other company that I'm my assumption is saying that they can provide the services listed at equal rate as the other company but at half cost well they had that listed on

031their fee schedule but Mr. Mc said they might not have physical therapist they they might not but the contract just I mean, they're advertising looks, it appears like they're advertising for $77 an hour as opposed to whatever. And then if it says the contract that we're looking at physical therapist, it says half hour. Does that mean that they will be char they will charge in half hour increments or does it mean that 86 is a half an hour or is it saying 86 an hour to be charged half hour? Well, the contract says $76 per hour services. So that would be This one is 86. I'm not sure. Well, earlier what we call $76. It fits for half hour also. The top the top one. I'm sorry. Yeah. No, because on that one it says

032per I believe this is per hour, not per hour. That's Yeah, this is This is Michelle. This is Well, I will tell you I am by no means the expert in all of these contracted services and Mrs. Brown is not with us. deals with this. But I know even if we get a person, okay, sometimes they aren't available to cover all of the minutes that we have diabetes that we need and we got to have another person. So I I think I'm confident in Pearl's ability to bring these things to you in in a correct way that's going to meet the needs of the kids. There there may be some other things in town, but I know getting the people to do the speech, to do the OTP, and to come and give us all

033of the minutes that we need um is not easy to get get all of those things ironed out. And I'm confident that that um to recommend these to you is going to give us the minutes that we need to need to. Okay. Any other questions? Have a motion on the table to approve the contract to Amy physical therapy. All in favor say I. I. Say n. Do have that. That was down to next one. We need a motion to approve the occupational therapist contract with Michelle Any questions? Any questions? Sometimes there's just not enough bodies for the care for the for the main. Okay, we have a motion app for Michelle Center as occupational therapist. All in favor say I. I post say nay. I have it. Motion carries. A motion app through Knox Counseling

034Woodcock Johnson Testing Consult. I'm sorry I said I Knox Consultant Wood Johnson. Another motion. Any questions? Hear no. I have a motion to approve the contract with Knox Consult Johnson testing. All in favor say I. I. Say nay. I a motion approve contract with Dina Swain special education specialist. Any questions? I'll just say we utilize she was at a specialist shared by numerous counties when we shared her with various counties and contract with her and now she's semi retired she's willing to work with us Any questions here? No. We have a motion app to approve Dina Swain special education specialist. All in favor say I. Say nay. I have a motion carries. Need to authorize the position of second assistant volleyball coach for county school. Do I have a motion? So as per Mr. weren't

035interested but for us to authorize that position. Any questions here? None. We have a motion to approve the second assistant volleyball coach for county village school. All in favor say I. I. Say nay. Eyes have it. Motion carries. Okay. At this time, I will make a motion uh to enter into executive session to conduct the evaluation of the superintendent. Any questions? We have a motion to enter into second session to conduct the evaluation of the superintendent. All in favor say I. I. Say n. Sherry, we want

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