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Cabell County Board approves HVAC lab cooler, medical-surgical beds, new buses and ratifies two administrative leaves
Summary
The board approved purchases to support career education (a walk-in cooler, state-funded medical-surgical beds) and new buses; it entered executive session for personnel, ratified two administrative leaves (John Castle grama and Kevin Hughes) and approved student expulsions.
The Cabell County Board of Education approved several operational purchases and took personnel actions at its regular meeting.
In operations, the board considered agenda items including approval of a walk-in cooler and freezer for the HVAC lab at the Woody Williams Center for Advanced Learning and Careers, purchase of Hill-Rom medical-surgical beds for health-science classes (presented as funded by the West Virginia Department of Education), and the purchase of multiple new school buses through Matheny Motors to replace older vehicles. An operations presenter said the beds were funded through a state grant and that bus purchases were partly supported by a state allocation; the meeting packet listed amounts for the items.
On personnel, the board approved professional and service personnel items and then voted to enter executive session to discuss administrative personnel matters. After returning to open session the superintendent recommended two administrative leaves with pay: John Castle grama, effective 10/15/2025, and Kevin Hughes, effective 10/11/2025. In each case the board moved and approved the superintendent’s recommendation. The transcript records the superintendent saying, "I recommend that the board ratify the administrative leave of John Castle grama with pay that began 10/15/2025 and continue until a resolution is reached," and a similar recommendation for Kevin Hughes.
The board also moved to approve student expulsions under agenda item 7.0170.02; a motion was made, seconded and the expulsions were approved by voice vote. The meeting adjourned at 05:48.
Next steps noted in the meeting: the HVAC lab and medical-surgical equipment purchases are intended to support hands-on career training; the new buses were described as arriving in the next school year, and the administrative leaves remain in effect "until a resolution is reached," per the superintendent’s recommendations.
