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Board approves minutes, appointments, administrative and personnel items; expels two students after executive session
Summary
The board approved routine minutes and multiple administrative, finance and personnel items, appointed a representative to the WV Cooperative Extension council, entered executive session on student discipline and ratified expulsions of two students under cited state code and department policy; all recorded votes were unanimous 5‑0.
The Lincoln County Schools Board of Education voted unanimously on several routine motions and took a final disciplinary action after an executive session during its Feb. 18 meeting.
The board approved minutes, appointed a representative to the West Virginia Cooperative Extension council, approved administrative, finance and personnel items, and ratified expulsions for two students after an executive session on student discipline. Every vote recorded on the docket passed 5‑0.
Votes at a glance
• Approve minutes of Jan. 28 and Feb. 4, 2025 meetings — Motion: Cartwright; Second: Burns; Vote: 5‑0; Outcome: approved.
• Appointment: representative to West Virginia Cooperative Extension council — Nomination: Richie Burns (nominated by Cartwright, seconded by Wilson); Vote: 5‑0; Outcome: Richie Burns appointed as board representative to the Extension council.
• Approve administrative items (including MOU with Marshall University for direct admission) — Motion: Wilson; Second: Cartwright; Vote: 5‑0; Outcome: approved.
• Approve finance items — Motion: Mosteller; Second: Burns; Vote: 5‑0; Outcome: approved.
• Approve personnel items (including retirements) — Motion: Cartwright; Second: Burns; Vote: 5‑0; Outcome: approved. The superintendent noted two retirements: Gail Crum and Pam Watson (effective end of the school year).
• Executive session (student discipline) — Motion to enter executive session: Burns; Second: Mosteller; Vote: 5‑0; Outcome: board entered executive session at 6:52 p.m.
• Ratify expulsions (students identified in the minutes as Students A and B) — After returning from executive session, board acted in accordance with West Virginia Code and WVDE policy to expel two students. Motion and second recorded; Vote: 5‑0; Outcome: expulsions ratified.
Legal basis and notes
The expulsions were ratified “in accordance with West Virginia code 18‑A‑5‑1(a) and 61‑7‑2 and West Virginia Department of Education policy 43‑7‑3,” as stated in the meeting record. The board did not provide identifying details about the students in open session.
Ending
All remaining motions on the agenda passed unanimously. The board adjourned at 7:06 p.m. and scheduled its next meeting for Tuesday in March at 6 p.m. at the county office.
