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Summers County board approves 2025–26 budget, routine payments and personnel actions
Summary
At its May 27 meeting the Summers County Board of Education approved the 2025–26 budget, authorized payment of vendor bills with two recusals noted, accepted an audit with no findings, approved multiple student trips and MOUs, and approved personnel recommendations including a coach resignation and subsequent hire.
The Summers County Board of Education approved the district’s balanced 2025–26 budget and a series of routine motions at its May 27 regular meeting in Hinton.
Board Chair opened the meeting and led the board through agenda approvals and a sequence of motions to pay bills. The board voted to pay an invoice for RT Rogers with a recorded 4–0 vote and a recusal by Brogan for conflict of interest, approved a separate market bill with a 4–0 vote and a recusal by Mrs. Harvey, and then approved the remaining bills by a 5–0 vote.
The board approved the proposed 2025–26 budget by a 5–0 vote and noted the document will be submitted to the state department. The chair said the budget had been balanced and made available for public review in advance of the hearing.
Members also approved three out‑of‑state overnight student trips — the boys basketball camp in Marietta, Ohio (June 18); the girls basketball camp in Emory, Virginia (June 18); and the FFA state convention at Cedar Lakes, West Virginia (July 9–12, 2025) — and approved the M3T memorandum of understanding. The board approved rollover of Mountain Steer and Gordon Food Service bids under the district’s cooperative purchasing arrangement.
In personnel business, the board accepted the resignation of Benjamin Farley as head girls basketball coach for grades 6–8, effective May 14, 2025, and later approved his hire as the 9–12 assistant girls basketball coach effective July 1, 2025; the minutes record Mrs. Farley recusing herself from votes involving Benjamin Farley. The board moved into executive session under West Virginia Code §6‑9A‑4(2) to discuss personnel; the session began at 7:31 p.m. and ended at 7:49 p.m. After the session the board postponed a leave of absence request for Courtney Wills (Henry Elementary) until June 10 and approved the superintendent’s remaining personnel recommendations by a recorded 5–0 vote.
The board accepted the district audit results and placed on the record that the audit contained no findings. The chair recorded the acceptance by vote and thanked staff who worked on the audit.
The board adjourned at 7:54 p.m. The next regular meeting is scheduled for June 10 at 6:00 p.m. at the Summers County School central office, with a pre‑K calendar and social studies curriculum among items already listed for the agenda.
