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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the
Board of Education of the County of Roane

January 12, 2023

6:00 pm @ Roane County High School, Spencer, WV

  1. This meeting could be joined remotely. The public could join by calling 1-304-553-7794 and entering the provided conference ID or by joining on Microsoft Teams using the provided link.
  2. Presentations
    1. Positively ChargedThanks to Mr. Steve Cooper and Mr. Dick Frum, you can now access any Spencer High School yearbook on our county website, roanewvschools.com. Soon, we will have Walton High School and we hope to get RCHS up also.
    2. Public Participation
    3. Student Achievement
  3. New Business for Consideration and Potential Action
    1. Consideration of the WVNG Future Leaders Program
    2. Update on construction of the new Spencer Middle School
    3. Consideration of recommendation to suspend without pay Employee A, a custodian, for three working days to be determined by his/her supervisorMotion by Dennis Carpenter and seconded by Eileen Richardson to go into closed session to consider suspension of Employee A, a custodian, as per WV Code section 6-9A-4(b)(2)(A). Motion carried. (7:15 pm)Motion by Daris Harper and seconded by Dennis Carpenter to return to open session. Motion carried. No action was taken in closed session. (7:39 pm)Motion by James Minney and seconded by Dennis Carpenter to suspend Jeremiah Hively, for 3 working days without pay, as recommended. Motion carried. (7:40 pm)
    4. Approval of Job DescriptionsMotion by Eileen Richardson and seconded by Daris Harper to approve. Motion carried. (7:48 pm)
      1. Child Nutrition Program Adult
      2. After School Detention Facilitator
      3. Activity Instructor
    5. Update on Paving and Lighting at Geary Elementary Middle School
  4. Consent Agenda - (Action)Motion by James Minney and seconded by Eileen Richardson to approve the following consent agenda as recommended by Richard Duncan, Superintendent. Motion carried. (8:48 pm)
    1. Approval of minutes of the Regular Board Meeting on December 15, 2022
    2. Financial
      1. Transfers/supplements to the budget
      2. Payments of bills as submitted; pre-approval to release checks not to exceed $20,000 prior to the next board meeting
      3. Financial Reports
      4. Approval of FY22 Unaudited Financial Statements
    3. Policies
    4. Contract(s) / Bid(s) / Agreement(s)
      1. Memorandum of Agreement with West Virginia Military Academy for WVNG Future Leaders Program
      2. Bid for and approval to purchase 2 new school buses by Blue Bird of West Virginia in the amount of $227,318
      3. New Spencer Middle School Change Order #1 for $188,479.13
    5. Field Trips
      1. Spencer Middle School 7th / 8th Grade Choir to Morgantown, WV (January 26 - January 28, 2023)
    6. Volunteers
    7. Student Transfers
      1. 1 Student transfer from Clay County Schools to Roane County Schools
  5. Personnel Consent Agenda - (Action)Motion by Daris Harper and seconded by Dennis Carpenter to approve the following personnel items as recommended by Richard Duncan, Superintendent. Motion carried. (8:51 pm)Substitute Service Personnel calling order drawings were performed for Substitute Custodians. The results were 1) Brian Boggs, 2) Kaitlyn Losey
    1. Resignation(s)
      1. Wallace, George - Substitute teacher (RCS - Substitutes), effective December 20, 2022
      2. Harold, Gary - Extracurriculars Bus Run (RCS - Operations), effective December 21, 2022
      3. Myers, Kristen - Assistant Coach, Softball (Auxiliary) (Roane County High School), effective January 1, 2023
    2. New Employment(s)
      1. Williams, Ashley - Teacher / Science (Walton Elementary / Middle School), effective January 13, 2023, pending additional endorsement
      2. Losey, Kaitlyn - Substitute custodian (RCS - Substitutes), effective January 13, 2023
      3. Boggs, Brian - Substitute custodian (RCS - Substitutes), effective January 13, 2023
    3. Transfer(s)
      1. Hively, Jeremiah - Custodian III (Roane County High School) to Custodian III (Walton Elementary / Middle School), effective January 13, 2023
      2. Boggs, Curtis - Custodian III (Geary Elementary / Middle School) to Custodian III (Roane County High School), effective January 13, 2023
    4. Extracurricular(s)
      1. Osborne, Kenneth - Academic Recovery Facilitator (Geary Elementary / Middle School), effective January 13, 2023
      2. Vannoy, Matthew - Extracurriculars Bus Run (RCS - Operations), effective January 13, 2023
      3. Runnion, Lea - Academic Recovery Facilitator (Geary Elementary / Middle School), effective January 13, 2023
  6. Reports of Committees
  7. Superintendent's RemarksNext meeting we will discuss the facility needs requests from the LSIC review. I attended the State Board of Education meeting yesterday, on behalf of the WV Association of School Human Resources Officers. I used the delegation portion of the meeting to bring up the coming expiration of ESSER funds and the general lack of leadership candidates. The legislative session opened yesterday and the Senate passed 23 bills on Day 1. One of the educational bills that was passed allows counties to unilaterally leave the tech centers and build their own, which would leave the remaining county(ies) to deal with the whole cost. There were a few others and they seem to be moving quickly already.
  8. Adjournment
    1. Adjourn until the next regular meeting on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 6:00 pm at Roane County High School.Motion by Dennis Carpenter and seconded by Eileen Richardson to approve. Motion carried. (9:06 pm)