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Board ratifies two administrative leaves after executive session
Summary
Following an executive session, the Cabell County Board of Education ratified with pay the administrative leaves of service employees Ashley Bates (effective 09/21/2025) and Julian Coleman (effective 09/30/2025). Both recommendations were presented by the superintendent and approved by the board in open session.
After returning from an executive session on personnel, Superintendent Hardesty recommended that the board ratify administrative leave with pay for two service employees. The board approved both recommendations by voice vote in open session on Nov. 4.
Hardesty recommended that the board ratify the administrative leave of service employee Ashley Bates with pay effective Sept. 21, 2025 “and will continue until a resolution is reached.” The board moved, seconded and approved the superintendent’s recommendation in open session.
Hardesty made a similar recommendation for service employee Julian Coleman, with pay effective Sept. 30, 2025. The board again moved, seconded and approved the recommendation in open session.
The open record of the meeting does not disclose the underlying allegations, the content of the executive session discussion, or the duration expected for the leaves; the superintendent’s recommendations as read in open session were limited to the effective dates and the board’s action to ratify those leaves with pay. The transcript records voice votes in favor but does not capture a roll-call tally or recorded individual votes.
The board also earlier voted to enter executive session for a legal update; no public details were announced after that session beyond the board’s return to open session and adjournment.
