KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. — The Kanawha County Board of Education on April 17 approved a package of personnel actions and the payment of bills for March 2025 that together affect staffing and district finances.

Board members approved the superintendent’s revised personnel agenda, termination and transfer lists, renewal of probationary contracts, the employment of substitute personnel and a set of consent items covering monthly bills, budget supplements and out-of-state travel. The board recorded multiple roll-call votes; most motions passed unanimously. The board also noted that some positions tied to grant funding remain contingent on receipt of state funds.

The most financially significant vote was approval of the payment of bills for March 2025, which the board recorded in separate funds as follows: $25,099,252.82 for the current expense and special revenue funds; $552,496.30 for the KCS public library excess levy funds; $4,218,080.18 for the permanent improvement fund; and $1,383,180.66 for the public library fund — a combined total of $31,253,009.96.

Key motions and recorded outcomes

• Revised personnel agenda (enclosure 130): moved by Mrs. Tracy White; motion carried 5–0 on roll call (Cavender, Jordan, Tracy White, Kate White, Crawford recorded as "Aye").

• Termination of employee contracts (enclosure 131) — effective at the end of the current school year: moved by Mrs. Tracy White; motion carried 5–0 on roll call.

• Renewal of probationary contracts for 2025–26 (enclosure 1302): moved by Mrs. Tracy White; Mrs. Jordan recused from that vote due to a family-member conflict; the motion carried 4–0 with Jordan recorded as recused.

• Employment of substitute personnel (enclosure 133): moved by Mrs. Tracy White; motion carried 5–0. The board noted the district maintains more than 900 professional substitutes and more than 600 service substitutes for the coming year.

• Transfers and subsequent assignments (enclosure 134): moved by Mrs. Tracy White; motion carried 5–0.

• Consent items A–C (enclosure 135–137): approval of March payment of bills (see amounts above), budget supplements/transfers (enclosure 136) and out-of-state travel requests (enclosure 137): moved by Mrs. Tracy White; motion carried 5–0.

Why it matters

These routine votes set staffing and payroll authority for the coming school year and finalize month-end financial actions. During discussion of contract terminations, Superintendent Dr. Chris Williams told the board that the district has not yet received state funding for the ACE (adult education) grant or certain community-school grants and that some employees listed as terminated could be rehired once funding is received. "Once we receive that, most of these folks will be back," Williams said.

What's next

Board staff said open positions will be advertised starting Monday; principals and human resources will continue placement and hiring through May and into the summer as needed.