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

April 20, 2021

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

  1. This meeting could be joined remotely. The public can join by calling 1-304-553-7794 and entering the provided conference ID or by joining on Microsoft Teams using the provided link.
  2. Reconvene the regular meeting of March 25, 2021, per WV Code 11-8-12.
  3. Presentations
    1. Positively ChargedEach school has nominated their Teachers and Service Personnel Teacher of the Year. Lorra Tanner (GEMS), Becky Boggs (GEMS), Amanda Cooper (SES),Rebekah Nelson (SMS),Kristina Starcher (WEMS), Misty Carper (WEMS), and Candace Deweese (RCHS) were nominated for Teachers of the Year. Melissa Strickland (GEMS), Kelly Sutphin (SES), Dawn Fore (SMS), Amy Morris (WEMS), Shannon Stockner (RCHS), Gary Harold (Transportation), and Merlin Shamblin (Transportation) were nominated for Service Personnel of the Year. Roane County Service Personnel of the Year is Dawn Fore (SMS) and Roane County Teacher of the Year is Kristina Starcher (WEMS). They will now have an opportunity to apply to represent us at the state level.
    2. Public Participation
    3. Student AchievementWe have a number of completions for the Pandemic Learning Loss course. SMS had the highest completion rate of over 50%. Now that some teachers in the county have completed, the administrators can do their part to develop a school-wide plan and therefore allowing us to start on the county-wide plan. The state allowed us to take a benchmark test that is part of our overall accountability system, the WV GSA. We should have some data at our next meeting to try to figure out best where we stand and how to move forward from here.
  4. New Business for Consideration and Potential Action
    1. School Building Authority Needs Grant for a new Spencer Middle School
    2. Legislative Update
    3. Planning for 2021-22 through 2023-24
    4. Reassignments and New Positions to Reduce Class Sizes under ESSERF 2 PlanMotion by Eileen Richardson and seconded by James Minney to approve. Motion carried. (7:25 pm)
      1. Reassign Lori May, Teacher / 3rd & 4th Grades, Walton Elementary Middle School, to Teacher / 3rd Grade, Walton Elementary Middle School
      2. Create Teacher / 4th Grade, Walton Elementary Middle School (1 position)
      3. Create Teacher / 3rd Grade, Spencer Elementary School (1 position)
    5. Consideration and possible action regarding an RFP for student technology devicesMotion by James Minney and seconded by Jeffrey Mace to accept the recommendation to purchase 900 Apple iPads for student devices. Motion carried. (7:46 pm)
    6. Consideration and possible action regarding policies and administrative guidelines enacted during COVID-19 emergency