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Cabell County superintendent cites enrollment drop as counselors placed on transfer list
Summary
Superintendent Timothy Hardesty told the Cabell County Board of Education that declining enrollment and expired federal COVID funds are driving recommendations to consolidate some counselor positions; affected counselors and board members described student mental-health needs and asked that positions be preserved.
The Cabell County Board of Education heard testimony Monday, April 21, from counselors and the superintendent as the board considered personnel transfers that would consolidate some elementary counselor positions.
Superintendent Timothy Hardesty told the board the district has lost 2,043 students since its peak in the 2014–15 school year and faces a funding shortfall because state aid follows enrollment. "Current reimbursement's a little bit over $8,000 per year per kid," Hardesty said, adding that the district had received roughly $70 million in federal COVID relief that supported positions now expired. Hardesty said the proposed changes move some schools back to a model in which counselors are shared between two schools to…
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